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I am a teaching assistant at my high school for a business course. The teaching assistant position is considered an honor at my high school and is chosen on grades, demeanor, teacher nomination, etc.

Hello, my name is Vitoria. I'm an international student applying as a transfer and I have a question about the section parent/guardian in the common app. It asks about living but I am afraid that I do …

As someone who is more of an introvert than an extrovert, what are some tips to help boost extracurriculars and how does this play into college admissions. I know people always say "go outside your co …

What is a good weighted gpa for a college currently I have. A 4.24 and I’ve taken 5 Ap classes and 8 honors classes.

The school I want to apply to I have a well-above standardized testing score than their average. If I applied to RD, I'm pretty sure I will get in. The thing is the financial package. I want to be abl …

Hi, my best subjects in high school were math, psychology, and physiology. Stuff that is also interesting to me is neuroscience and writing. I want to go to healthcare/medical type of field, but I don …

How weird would it look on my transcript if I don't take all of my AP exams? For example, I'm taking AP Lang, APUSH, and AP Phys, but I only want to take AP Lang and APUSH - since AP Phys is already d …

Hi! i'm a junior in high school. Over the summer, I worked on assembling a team for a nonprofit and submitted an application for a grant through a youth innovation program. today i was awarded $1000-t …

One of the questions for a college application that I'm completing through the Common App is "What is the education level of x sibling?" My sibling is also graduating this spring. Should I put that sh …

I know collegevine recently updated, and I think there's something new with the early decision factor, right? Where can I see/use that?

I'm wondering whether or not I should take Calculus I, II, and III through Dual Enrollment or AP Calculus AB and BC along with Calculus III.

I'm a homeschooled freshman who is currently self-studying f …

Hi all, I'm a sophomore in high school and am currently thinking about joining the military. Aside from defending my country/helping others, I also like the financial and environmental security (milit …

I have an app that has been in development since May, but since it’s been developed through volunteer developers, I’ve had a lot of trouble. First, I had a developer who set up the framework, and he d …

Junior year my kid just listed schools to send her SAT too. Unfortunately, she listed UMIAMI and that score was bad (1040) now we see they are test optional and my kid wanted to early decision there. …

Now that admissions are opening up I wanted to get Early Action processing for the colleges I wanted to attend. Most are test optional so its not like I truly need it, but I feel it'd be good for my a …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …

I'm considering applying to Haverford. I have a low but not 0 chance based on my school's stats. I would be best off applying ED as it would generally be my top choice college (distance from home, aca …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …

At Cornell, you don't declare your major officially till sophomore year. Does this mean indicating a major on the common app will not affect the acceptance rate? Or will picking CS make a harder chanc …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …