Admissions Advice

In today’s BS/MD admissions advice post I would like to discuss the profile of the average admissions applicant applying to the selective to highly selective programs. These would include schools with...

Hello again! My name is Yesh and I am back with part 3 of the BS/MD advice series. As always, I recommend that you check out our previous posts on this topic in this community page as well.

BS/MD p...

Hello everyone! I'm back with part 2 of BS/MD program information as promised. For those of you are seeing these posts for the first time, if you want, feel free to refer to my first post on this topi...

Part 1 - What are BS/MD programs and how I came to know about them

Hi, my name is Yesh and I am a student in the Boston University seven-year accelerated medical program (SMED). You can catch me on...

I'm a soon to be junior in high school.

I'm a rising sophomore and currently, my nonweighted GPA is a 4.0, my unweighted GPA is- I actually don't know lol but my percent grade weighted is 98.81. My school doesn't have a class rank.

My Fres...

If someone here has transitioned from CBSE to IB or knows the syllabus, can you tell me what syllabus lapse I might face if I switch from CBSE to IB for IBDP?

I am an international student giving the ACT via a computer. My current score is a 29. I have a 26 in English, 30 in Math, 24 in Reading, and 35 in Science. How do I get to a 35? What is the best prep...

I'm a sophomore in high school and would like to be a physician assistant I would just like to learn more about college life itself ad the courses I will be taking.

I'm a rising senior planning to apply to USC by December 1st so I can be considered for merit scholarship finalist, but would it be considered regular decision? I don't want to apply for it if it will...

1) How do I improve my extracurricular activities in a fun way? Italy does not have that much to offer. I don't like sports that much, it is nearly impossible to create a club and I don't know whether...

I’m going in to my third year at Sacramento state. I want to move in to dorms. I was wondering if FAFSA would cover for my dormitory expenses.

I live with my parents but they stress me out so I’m try...

Would courses taken online on a platform such as Coursera or Edx count as a dual-enrollment course, if taken from a college?

I am asking because I have taken a Coursera/College <name> course. The ...

Super random but I thought it would be cool.

You don't have to list all, maybe just a couple.

My own example: ⚽👩‍🏫📰 (soccer, education nonprofit, school newspaper)

Should I report both to colleges this admission cycle. Score range is same for both. 99 percentile. Is reporting both better or is just one is better.

Dear anyone who hasn't (or has) seen their AP scores yet, they were released on Wednesday.

Good luck to all of you!!! I hope you guys get 5's. What were your results, if you have seen them.

I am a rising sophomore student and currently my subjects are

Sophomore year

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English 2 honors

Precalculus

AP Chemistry

AP US history

Physics

Spanish 3 honors

Fundamentals of da...

I recently took AP Lang and was able to write and continually edit my personal growth common app essay. I wrote it about the terrible experience I had presenting an event for a club I participate in, ...

I have a lot of 3s, one 5, one 4, and two 2s. Should I send my 3s to colleges that don’t accept them for credit? Will it hurt me? If I don’t send them, will they assume I got a 1 or 2? If the college ...

Asking for opinions.

Hi everyone! I was hoping to see what other people are writing about for their common app! I currently have writers block right now :/

Is learning English for 14 years (started at the age of 2.5) counts as good extracurricular? I've got some great certificates for my knowledge. Or it's something unimportant? Should I include it in my...

I have heard some people say that it looks better on applications if a student took all 4 AP classes at a school that offers only 4 vs. a student who took 8 at a school that offers 20. I am a rising s...

I am a early college student that has a 3.9 gpa and a act score of 18. I know I didn’t do “great” on the act, which is why I’m anxious of not being of getting accepted. Does this have a negative impac...