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I'm applying to colleges in the fall and just want to make sure that things like the average test scores and GPA are not out of date since they look a bit different than ones that I've seen that inclu …

I have above average stats for three UC campuses and am wondering whether I can use one of them as a safety school. Especially thinking of UCSC, UC Merced, and UC Riverside

I am going to be a senior in high school this coming year, and am trying to decide a major I want to pursue in the future. I know I want to pursue a line of biology, and while researching, the human b …

Hi, I'm a rising sophomore in high school. I'm interested in the medical field, however, I'm not completely sure what major I'm interested in. I've been thinking about pediatrics/other majors related …

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so I'm rising sophomore and I am planning on majoring in art( and I started art when I was 4 yrs old; I went to art school). I am Korean international student, and I know a LOT of Korean do violin and …

Or is it only the final IGCSE results that matter? I got my final results and got straight As for 9 subjects in the IGCSEs. But, I started IGCSE with mediocre grades. I have an upward trajectory since …

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If I develop an app and publish it on AppStore will it be counted as an extracurricular and if I do it for a company will it be a good extracurricular or strong one?

i am an international student currently in 11 garde and i want to pursue computer science engineering from stanford/MIT/berkeley/cornell/harvard.

i want to know what ECs will boost up my application in …

Hi! I'm a rising senior in Texas. I know that I need to start applying for college, but I just don't know where to start.

What are some tips that you all can give me? When and where should I start? How …

As I British student I did my GCSES three years ago I got all C grade in those which is not the best. I did not have the idea that I would have wanted to apply for American universities. Now looking …

Hi! I'm a rising senior that has taken 5 AP courses and 2 other dual-credited courses. I've been doing searching into which colleges I would like to go to and recently found out that I would prefer to …

Hi so I'm a rising sophomore and an international student who just raised my SAT from 1000 to 1270 superscore within one month. I know this score is ridiculous for Ivy league schools, but I am trying …

I am a high school junior, class of 2021, I am big into sports I have spent most of my high school years playing soccer, but I want to major in engineering, so this summer I applied for an internship …

Hey, so I’m about to be a sophomore and I have high stats for most areas but I was wondering when I should start writing essays. In applying to 11 schools so I have a lot of essays to write, but I don …

I was recently accepted to a school for Fall 2021 intake which follows rolling admissions, but they require accepting the admission by paying the deposit in order to see any scholarship information, a …

Hi! I am a Latino female interested in majoring in Astrophysics and Economics/Mathematical Economics. I'm determined to do a double major, but I know that several universities ask you to select one sp …

I am a rising sophomore. I am planning to study computer science or something similar. I think that I do not have enough good extracurriculars for ivy schools and schools like MIT or Stanford. My main …

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I am going into my senior year of high school. I am wondering if sending in test scores to competitive test-optional schools will help me get accepted? There are some schools going test-optional t …