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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

I have a 2.81 gpa. its low, I know. Im really ashamed of my gpa and how I performed in school, I'm really trying hard and asked my counselor if I had a chance to take online class courses during my se …

Hello, I'm a high school sophomore with all A's as of now. I'm not essentially concerned about my grades right now, but my extracurricular. A lot of my extracurriculars I am self-taught in, such as pi …

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I recently got a 73 on my test in a subject where my overall was an 83. How would this affect my grades in the future and how can I maintain and increase them? As this is a bad grade I've gott …

Hey all,

I recently got a 73 on my test in a subject where my overall was an 83. How would this affect my grades in the future and how can I maintain and increase them? As this is a bad grade I've gott …

Hi everyone,

I am currently gearing up for the AHM-520 Health Plan Finance and Risk Management exam as part of the FAHM (Fellow, Academy for Healthcare Management) certification and I wanted to start a …

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I'm a high school senior currently working on applications (wish me luck!). I'm taking 4 AP classes this year (Human Geo, Calc BC, Chem, and Lit), but I'm only planning on taking the exams for Geo …

I've been condensing my resume, and now, I have this decently large empty space on the side. I can't think of anything else to add, so I put a QR Code to my LinkedIn account. Is that fine?

I was originally planning to put all ten bu I've seen others say it's actually not a good idea. I've been doing all of these extracurriculars without starting them simply for my application, some of t …

I want to apply to a lot of schools. Originally my list had about 10 schools but then my mom told me to apply to a bunch of Catholic Schhols (I'm Catholic). I don't mind applying to a lot of schools s …

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My high school counselor recommended that I apply for the Questbridge Match Scholarship. Although I am curious, I heard that if you match schools you HAVE to go with one of them. While I have co …

Hey! I am currently a High school Junior. I am wondering if I have a chance to get into NYU.

Here is a brief overview of my projected resume:

GPA: 4.0 unweighted

AP: 6

Dual Credit/Honors: 5

-4 year memb …

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I am a Junior and have no idea what to major in in college. I dislike math and science. I love English and social studies. I am very studious and love school. I love working with kids. I have a str …

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I'm a junior, but by the time I apply I will have 3000+ service hours from volunteering at 3 different places

8hrs/week +leadership, 4yrs

5hrs/week +leadership, 4yrs

8hrs/week, 2yrs

Do these activities he …

I'm wondering if I should re-take the SAT. I took the SAT last March and got a 1200, which I'm proud of, but wondering if I could improve on to increase my chances of getting into certain schools. For …

I’ve written one common app personal essay and two college supplemental essays. I apply to colleges in less than a week and I’m worried that my essays aren’t good enough or unique. What are some tips/ …

Im a senior with a gpa of 3.6 weighted I’ve will have taken 4 college credits by the time i graduate.

Hi all, I'm currently writing my activities section for my common app and have an activity with multiple leadership roles throughout my participation (ex. StuCo rep 2 years, president 2 years). Do I r …

I want to go into med, specifically neuroscience, which I know is crazy competitive and filled with kids with insane stats. I'm currently a junior at a very competitive high school, so it is decently …

Some of the EA schools i wanted to apply to include GATech, UMich..

My ECAs are average (or slightly above avg) compared to my peers and my CGPA (unweighted) is 3.9. SAT is low (1380), but I'm retaking …