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My school does not formally offer Honors Courses, yet I am taking 4 High Level Courses. I am wondering if these courses can also be dubbed as Honors Courses, since I am taking them at a higher level, …

I plan on taking AP World History next year, it'll be my first AP class, I'm wondering how the material learned will be different than regular World History? Is it harder?

Hi! I’m an indecisive person and I’m struggling to choose a path to study in college. I enjoy doing so many different things, ranging from graphic design to politics. Any ideas you have, I will greatl …

I was applying for something and was puzzled about how to answer. I had asked how many honors courses I have taken and while I did enter the number, I wondered about the accelerated courses and if I w …

American is my top school right now but I want to make sure it is a good fit socially. As of now I don’t want to join a sorority and I can be a little shy at times.

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I am from India and my school offered only 2 languages from my 6th class. Sanskrit and French. I took Sanskrit and will continue to take it till 10th ( 4 years). So will that be counted as a foreign l …

I'm not a part of any sports currently. this is my junior year with a 3.5 GPA. hoping that I can get a 4.0 by the end of my senior year. I'm not sure if it's possible. Gpa falls easily then rising up. …

I am a Nigerian in ss2 or 11th grade and my school does not have a lot of extra curricular activities and the few we have are not really functioning. What should I do?

Don't shoot the messenger! Some of you know I like to keep track of stats regarding admissions. So far this season, the colleges that have been reporting applications size have been reporting an incre …

I took regular English 9 A, but then got my schedule changed so I took Honors English 9 B. How will this look to colleges?

I've been looking at a lot of different things having to do with art college and how much money it has to pertain with art supplies. I was wondering how much should I get how should I spend it and whe …

I'm a junior in high school who currently has an unweighted GPA of 98 and a weighted GPA of 101. Additionally, I'd like to say I'm fairly involved with the school. I am a part of National Honor Societ …

Hello! I am currently a sophomore who is planning on going into Clinical Psychology. I am big on sports, as I play basketball and tennis, help coach a basketball workout for little kids on the weekend …

I want to Double Major and Minor in college but I don't know how that works, so if anyone knows, please help me!

I am a sophmore currently, and besides taking culinary and hospitality, i could use some guidance. Any tips, tricks, facts could be of assistance.

Hi, I'm a current 8th grader. I am scheduled to finish all the math courses offered at my school at about 10th grade(probably 9th). How do I enroll in college courses or such that are accepted as a ye …

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So I recently saw this on Harvards website

"There is no single academic path we expect all students to follow, but the strongest applicants take the most rigorous secondary school curricula availabl …

I am applying to top 50-75 schools. I am really bad at writing, especially college essays. I don't even know what to write about. It just seems like my life is boring and nothing interesting is there …

I've heard a lot of people talk about essay topics that are overused or are not unique. I admit that I am a little worried because it makes me feel as though I have no experiences to talk about that a …