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I got a 3.3 GPA (including PE + another free A). Mathematically speaking, my maximum GPA is a 3.8 and even then it'd be near damn impossible to achieve. Am I ruined and what can I do to remedy awful 9 …

I’m not sure what colleges I should I apply for that aren’t TOO TOO easy for me to get into and give decent amount of merit aid for students out-of-state?

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- black female, upper-middle class, not f …

I got an email that basically said I was given an invitation for the program. I looked into the website that gives an overview of the program. But I'm still wondering if I should give it a chance and …

Whether you agree with overturning Roe V. Wade or not, I'd like to share that up to 26 American states out of 50 have either made it illegal or in the process of making it illegal to seek out an abort …

My dream school is Yale. However, it is a big reach for me. I take academically rigorous courses and have a high weighted GPA, and a 4.0 unweighted GPA. Additionally, I take part in many extracurricu …

For senior year, instead of taking AP Calc, I decided to take AP Stats because it aligned a bit more with the majors I want to go in to (Sociology and Political Science both use a lot of statistics). …

So i took the SAT a couple months ago but got a low school compared to my PSAT. My score was a 1010: 630 in Reading and a 380 in Math.

I am going into 11th grade and I am trying to get a head start before my year gets crazy. What summer courses can I take to either help me in my next 2 years of high school or will just look good for …

I asked my AP History teacher if she could help write a letter of rec for me and she agreed later that day (May 27). Since it is during the summer, I was wondering if I should check up on her in a few …

I have taken the SAT twice. My first score was 1340 and my second was 1370. I am debating about taking it a third time to potentially achieve a higher score, increase my chances to get a scholarship f …

I am having a very tough time on making a decision on whether I want to transfer schools or not. I currently attend an independent study public school and I want to switch to my home high school. Ther …

I am going into 11th grade and summer just began. I want to get a head start for next year because I know it is going to be a stressful year, I also want to start doing things that will help me when I …

Currently I have an unweighted GPA of 2.5 (3.5 weighted) and I take all honors classes. I am going into my senior year of highschool and I want to know how much I can improve my GPA before graduating. …

My high school only haves AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, and AP Art, and as a rising 11th grader the maximum I can take is 2 AP classes. I don't have many extracurriculars and I was looking forwa …

My Grandfather was my biggest motivator and unfortunately passed away from old age. But after my first semester with not-so-great grades, I picked myself up again. And now I have a 3.5 unweighted GPA.

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I am a rising senior with Unweighted GPA looks little disturbing with 3.67. i have already taken almost 6 AP and another 4 in senior year and almost 10 honors class. i have leadership positions in …

I've had mostly C's my freshman and sophomore year because I never really believed that I would want to go to college. Towards the end of the pandemic I realized that going to college is something tha …

I'm an IB Year 2 student and have been averaging mostly As with about 1-2 Bs per year over freshman-junior year first semester, but this last semester I dealt with a combination of issues resulting fr …

So I'm about to be a senior this upcoming school year and over the course of my years in high school, I've only taken one honors class (English) which was in my freshmen year. I'm enrolled to be in th …

I finished level ten piano at the start of grade 9 and decided to not pursue ARCT. would it count as an extracurricular?