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I’m a junior and I’ve been thinking about college apps. I get straight As but I don’t talk much in class, so I don’t feel like teachers know me great. Should I try to make a good impression with AP bi …

Each junior and senior I talk to is completely stressed about being competitive and getting into college, and a post-grad program. I'm looking for a tool or advisor who could look at my daughter's aca …

Hello, I'm a senior applying to MIT's Early Action, which was due on the 1st. I already submitted my application, but I didn't realize they strongly recommend a humanities teacher's recommendation, so …

I’m currently looking at colleges and I’m looking to go into photography. I want to major in business and either minor or double major in photography, I’m mainly looking for schools with no core curr …

I'm a junior studying internationally and will applying to a few colleges in the US. Based on the following overview of my stats, could you please list a few good colleges (public/private) that you th …

I’m a junior and I’m thinking about business / finance major in college.

I struggle a lot with accounting homework (especially adjusting entries + multi-step income statements). My school doesn’t reall …

Will this affect my application? Logically, it’s not a big deal. But because I’m prompted to include future exams on Common App, and because schools will now not know/have to assume I’m taking the exa …

I just submitted my application EA and they've already replied to me with an interview. Are there any MIT alums or interviewees on this site who've experienced it before and what was it like, as well …

Hi I'm applying to IU Bloomington for marketing. Is my essay decent? I've been told that it's too generic but is the content unique enough? I understand it's not the strongest essay. The rest of my ap …

currently a junior with a 3.44 gpa. not too bad, but i would like to raise it. (probably to about 3.6 realistically, 3.7 or greater ideally) the college i'm looking at isn't crazy high ranking, but ha …

I've submitted two essays and the reviewers both said that it didn't make sense. How can I improve my writing so that it makes sense? And how can I improve on my writing overall?

I'm a freshman in high school, and my schedule is PACKED. I take a bunch of clubs and extracurriculars, all possible classes, and all honors classes except for Bio. I've been debating whether or not t …

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I'm a freshman in the Midwest, and I already know my career/college goals. I want to get a PhD in cellular biology and teach college students.

However, I have a very big interest in law/legal syst …

Hey, so I have a GPA of 2.9, almost 3.0. I'm applying to SJU Early action, without my SATs, just my resume, 2 letter of recommendations, and a strong essay. Their nursing program states they need >90% …

Hi, I'm a senior thinking about applying early decision to Boston University. I have a 3.96 unweighted GPA, got 1360 on the SAT, and have medium-strength extracurriculars. I'm wondering if I should ev …

Hey guys, so I am currently a senior in high school and planning to apply to college. I have a considerably decent resume and a 3.76 GPA with honors and dual enrollment, but my ACT is only a 24. Altho …

I'm currently in the process of applying for BCC's dental hygiene program, but I'm lost on the process. I saw there was another post on here, but it didn't really help answer my question too much. I'm …

I'm planning to major in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology on the pre-med path to become a Medical Oncologist. I'm currently a sophomore, could y'all help me give some advice on how my plan is? My goal s …