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I'm usually a straight A, occasional B student, but last year I crashed. I lost a family member, I had to take on a job, I was adjusting from being online for 2 years, and I took on too many clubs dur …

Hi, I am an international student at California attending high school and wanting to apply to Johns Hopkins university for their well known and strongresearch opportunities. I currently in the beginni …

I’m currently a Junior and I’m starting to build my portfolio (I plan on applying to multiple art schools) I thought I knew what major I wanted to apply to but now that I’m starting to build my portfo …

I am a senior in high school and I know I want to do something with law but I am not 100% sure what yet. I have no clue how to start applying for colleges because neither of my parents went past their …

GPA- 3.8 ,SAT-1120 (expected 1350+ in 2nd attempt), senior year, (Indian)international student,

I am also applying to UIUC, UCB, etc. for my bachelor's and I have enrolled in a NGO as a " Social Entre …

I have a very demanding extracurricular (badminton). I have represented my school and state in many competitions. Due to this, my scores dropped in 9th and 11th Grade. Is there anything that I can do …

Hi I'm a freshman in college and initially I wanted to major in psychology, but I hear so much about how there may be limited jobs as a psychologist, and that my degree might go to waste. I also hear …

Sorry, this is so long! I want to get into a Canadian college with a 52.4% acceptance rate. With all of the following in mind, is it possible to get in?

For most of high school, I've lived in a funk. I …

I am a senior from India and have been interested in USC for a long time. I was originally applying to the Viterbi School since I want to major in Computer Science and Business. But I incline design. …

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I am a Canadian student, and it is my goal to get into Caltech.

What are some tips for classes, extracurriculars, and essays?

4.442 GPA

So so far throughout high school I've taken around 6 ap classes including junior year. I plan to take around maybe 1 next year. My school offers 18. So If I took 7/18 ap classes at my school with the …

Hey where to find 2022 UF SAT score ranges, I head the 50th percentile is 1420???

I have just under the cusp of credentials, as I believe it to be, to get into Vtech engineering, I have a 3.856 GPA, last year I had a 4.21, take the hardest Stem classes at my school, did a sport for …

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My Name is Brooke and I am a Junior Currently. I was wondering how can I boost my Gpa to a 4.0.

Currently my weighed gpa is 3.78 and unweighted at a 3.5 ish. This year I am taking 5 ap's.I am ran …

for the last 3 years leading up to my last year in high school as a senior, I'm still unsure what major I should lean towards. I have a few things in mind but I really want to be sure and confident In …

i'm having trouble looking for schools that HBUC and has the mayors of LAW. it also has to be a school located in new york. please help

Hi! I'm a junior in high school and have a weighted gpa of 3.7. How can I bring that up to 4.0 by the end of the year? I'm taking 2 AP's (APUSH and AP World), 4 honors (chem, human body systems, pre-c …

I know I want to study business in college, but I also may want to incorporate my passion for film into it. USC's BCA major seems like the perfect major for me but it only takes 55 applicants a year. …

Most Ivy League colleges are self-selecting especially if you are an ALDC, recruited athlete, legacy, development candidate, or child of faculty. For hooked applicants like Black, LatinA, Indigenous, …