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Before reading, please know that I'm not at all trying to ragebait or be an insufferable perfectionist. I genuinely just want some second opinions about my situation.

I just finished my first sophomor …

My son is getting acceptances from local California universities and some on the east coast/mid west. They are all fairly similar, some better ranked than others. How do people make the ultimate decis …

I'm a freshman and I really love science, history, and writing, and I write a lot of papers and articles on these subjects, just as a hobby. How do I put that on a college application?

Hello, I am a Junior in High School and I want to join the medical field as a pediatrician,OB GYN,or a Dentist. However, I also have an interest in becoming a Female Sports Talk Host.I would love to a …

This semester has been challenging and I have lost focus of my future aspirations. Now that I am back on track I have realized the effects of my mistake of slacking off. Semester 1 grades of Junior ye …

My GPA freshman year was pretty bad, something like 3.52, and this semester I'm on track to have all A's but one B+. I really feel like I'm not on track to have a good enough GPA for one of my dream s …

So this is kind of a weird question I got into Sewanee Young Writers' Conference: Winterim. I’m very happy about that considering I didn’t think I’d get in but I’m now seeing the acceptance rate might …

I am currently a Junior in high school with a 3.974 weighted GPA. I am taking extra classes on FLVS to boost my GPA further. My dream school is Yale and I am wondering if I have a fighting chance. I a …

I'm a junior and I have a decent profile and I want to go into history maybe become a professor, journalist, or a politician and I'm kinda torn. Rutgers seems like a really nice school for me It's not …

I'm looking for internships to boost my college resume, any ideas? I need something online as I have no way to properly commute anywhere without assistance and so far, I can't find anything online or …

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I am trying to transfer to the Gies College of Business at UIUC. I am currently a freshman at Saint Joseph's in New York, but I graduated from an Illinois high school. I ended with a 3.94 during …

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I am trying to transfer to the Gies College of Business at UIUC. I am currently a freshman at Saint Joseph's in New York, but I graduated from an Illinois high school. I ended with a 3.94 durin …

Hello, I'm currently in 9th grade, and my GPA isn't perfect.

To be honest, after seeing the extracurriculars of someone on this platform, I feel behind. I want some ideas on medical extracurriculars. …

I'm a junior in highschool and I have no idea where to start when applying to colleges. Do I apply to multiple, when should I start applying, and how do I decide what colleges to apply to?

My counselor just told me today that my school doesn't offer French 3 even though last semester she allowed me to pick french 3. However I put that on my application for a bunch of schools save Stanfo …

Im a female, freshman, class of 2029. Ever since I was really little my dream has been to go to Notre Dame. My family is very centered around ND, and its basically my home away from home. Currently, m …

I am planning for UW Seattle, and a studen living in WA. I am newly transferred from Canada (Vancouver, BC) to here as a junior and this semester, I have 3.96 GPA (6 A's and 1 A-). Even though I don't …

Although not necesarilly, ive always wanted to get into a good undergrad school for pre-med. Long story short, I ended my freshman year of high school with a 3.52 gpa uw, and I now have a b+ in biolog …

I am currently a junior with a unweighted 2.9 GPA and a weighted 3 GPA and I did pretty bad during my sophomore year however I would say that I have improved during my junior year, I calculated my gpa …