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Does anyone know any good extracurriculars to engage myself in Richmond, Virginia or online. Could the extra curriculars please be related to engineering or aerospace engineering. I am already in FRC …

I make English class every Saturday, but is not relate with school, it will be an extracurricular? Can I request a recommendation letter from this teacher?

I'm a senior that's interested in accounting. I plan to apply to UPenn, CMU, UNC Chapel-Hill, and two other schools.

I'm currently taking Honors Calculus this semester and signed up for AP Calculus AB …

Hi! I'm a current senior applying to colleges right now. Only one of the schools I am applying to requires two letters of rec, so I have asked two teachers (one of them being my debate coach) to write …

Why do I get rejected from every college?

My school is religious but my family is not, and I myself was a believer until less than two years ago. I want to write about how my education shaped me into a better person even though I no longer sh …

Hey!! I'm currently a sophomore and want to pursue CS or engineering (STEM) in the future. I live in the Bay Area and applied for a Berkeley STEM program but was rejected :(

Are there any other great p …

My first day of class at Columbia University freshman starts Tuesday and I'm going to try my best to get good grades and a high GPA. Answering questions on CV has been my unofficial community service …

I am taking these classes in my senior year: AP Calc ab, academic English, academic Gov, Intro to CS, and a Cisco course worth 3 DE credits. I feel like these are not good enough classes for me to get …

Im 2 months out from applying ED and need one more good ec for my activity list. I plan to apply for engineering, does anyone know about any extra curriculars I could start soon and have them be very …

I was watching Elias Miller's "In for the Win: How to get into Columbia University" at 33:00, Elias presentation shows that you need some kind of achievement to higher your chances of getting in. My s …

Im a tenth grade student who want to be a med student. How do develop my spike in that area to higher the chances of me getting in? I don't play sport or any musical instruments.

Hello everyone,

This sophomore year, I had planned to take AP Computer Science A in school. However, due to a scheduling conflict, the course has been dropped from my schedule. It lefts me with 3 AP co …

Does Emory have spring transfer?

I am taking these classes in my senior year: AP Calc ab, academic English, academic Gov, Intro to CS, and a Cisco course worth 3 DE credits. I feel like these are not good enough classes for me to get …

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There are 20 million rumors about how certain things affect admission to BYU. And weird stories. Students who have all the extracurricular activities, valedictorian, and still don't get in.

I toured BY …

I am asking this because I have a lot of essays to write but not a lot of time. I want to know how important of role essays play a part in Texas A&M's admission process so that I know how much time to …

Hello dear friends how are you going?

I´ m applying for a drama college that requires to read the entire play of the monologues that you are doing. The problem is that I can´´ t find any website or res …

I’ve passed all the ABRSM piano exams. Will that only help me get into a music college or will it also work in normal colleges?