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I got a D on my math final and my grade fell to a C+. I’m freaking out and I don’t know what to do.

So I’m a freshman in high school and long story short I got caught in school with contraband and ended up in my county’s alternative school. I just wanted to know if and how this could potentially aff …

I am a sophomore in high school about to become a junior. I currently have a 3.3 unweighted gpa and I take all honors classes. I am planning on taking 3 AP classes next year. I want to raise my unweig …

How do you determine if you like a college campus over another one? I recently did a virtual tour of MSU and ASU and I like both I just can't determine which one I like better

Next year is my sophomore year in high school. I'm taking Honors Western Civics, Honors Biology, Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra 2, CP English 2 and CP Spanish 2. I have the opportunity to take Honor …

So I go to a private school where they kind of do whatever they want. We don't have A+ and the lowest class we can take is an honors-level class. That's fine with me except for the fact that they don' …

I'm not sure where to post this, but I'm using a Chromebook to access this website, but the portion of the website is not loading properly.

I would really like to be a scientist working with genetic engeneering. But I'm not good at chemistry. I'm not sure if I'll be able to complete chemistry courses of biotech. Should I try bioinformatic …

I know on this site, colleges can connect with you, but there is also an application feature, so what does that do, and should I turn it on as a sophomore in high school? It seems the application feat …

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I'm currently a freshman in high school. Sophomore year I'll be taking honors classes and hopefully AP mixed with honors classes my junior year. I was wondering if taking 2-3 honors and 1-2 AP c …

Hello to anyone who reads this! Although The University of Southern California is one of my dream colleges, I am now a rising junior in Georgia. To those who were admitted, which classes did you enrol …

I know on this site, collages can connect with you, but there is also an application feature, so what does that do, and should I turn it on as a sophomore in highschool? It seems the application featu …

After completing a bachelor's degree 4-year program, I was thinking about going back to college for another 2-4 years for an associate/bachelor's degree so I could focus on extracurricular activities. …

Hi, I am in the process of writing my personal essay, and a fact I want to mention in it is that my late Grandfather and I had the same first and last name. Am I allowed to include my name? I want to …

I'm currently a junior in high school who has a good GPA (4.0 unweighted), okay SAT (1510), rigorous coursework, but NOT ENOUGH extracurriculars. I am a cambridge diploma candidate at my school (simil …

Hi,

Let's say I'm applying for immunology / virology for a school that offers that major. Will I be considered with other students applying for that exact same major or just in general biology students …

My 2 cents for the Class of 2028 based on these 3 hyper-competitive admissions cycles

All of you 9th-11th graders have watched 3 uber-competitive admissions cycles so here are my takeaways for the next …

If I'm planning on transferring colleges at the end of my freshman year of college and entering a new school in fall of 2024. In high school I did not do the best, and I know that since I'm transferri …

So currently I'm a freshman and I'm not going anywhere this summer so I want to do something that will help me with getting into good colleges like just working on some sort of research project, or ta …

The main advice I’ve heard states that you shouldn’t submit SAT results if they are below the 25th percentile. Not sure where to check this?