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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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Coursework: Calculus, Pre-Calculus, Trigonometry, Vector Algebra, Linear Programming, Statistics, Matrices, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, English

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Hello,

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?

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 …

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 …

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 …

Education

• SEE Examination (grade 10): State Rank 1 (3.95/4)

• NEB Grade 12 Examination: State Rank 3 (3.78/4)

Standardized Test Scores

• SAT: 1520 (Math: 800, Reading & Writing: 720)

• Duolingo English T …

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Thick drops of sweat cascade down my forehead. Trepidation threatens to engulf me.

I stand anxiously, in front of a class of 50 students, holding a marker in my hand. The barely s …

I’m currently taking Honors Algebra 2 and planning my high school math path. I’m considering taking Honors Pre-Calculus over the summer so I can take AP Calculus AB as a junior. Since I’m aiming for a …

As a hopeful premed, I'd like to say I have pretty decent ECs and college essay, OK rec letters, 1490 sat score, 12 APs.

However, I have a 3.4 unweighted out of 4, and 4.2 out of 6 weighted gpa. I have …

Social Studies – B2

English Language – B3

Core Mathematics – C4

Integrated Science – C4

Economics – B3

Geography – B3

Elective Mathematics – B3

ICT – B2

I currently have an average ~14-15% chance of getting into each Ivy League, with some (like Princeton) higher than others (like Yale). If I apply to all 8 Ivy League colleges, what are my chances of g …

Hello! I'm currently a Sophomore, I've got a 4.0 unweighted GPA and a decent PSAT, those are alright on their own but I'm concerned my extracurriculars will leave me behind. I'm doing robotics and int …

Hi! Im currently a senior in high school! I want to go to my local 4-year university and then transfer to a better university because I just don't like the environment of my university however I didn' …

I got a 1430 on the SAT, I could retake it but the next sitting is on a very important event I don't want to miss. I'm applying to USC and Stanford. I have a 4.0 unweighted, and 4.33 weighted, I took …

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I hope you are doing lovely. Currently I am a sophomore in high school and I am trying to build my extracurriculars for my specific niche. However after research, I can not find more op …