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What all can colleges see exactly? Are they able to see things like if I was in ISS or not?

For the FUN update for deferred EA applicants for MIT, if we don't have any new activities/awards/changes, how should we format the update section? Do we have to explain why there are no new updates?

I would like to think that I am a good student, I currently have a 3.87 unweighted GPA and a 4.83 weighted GPA. I'm predicting that my GPA will go down a little bit more because of AP Calculus (I curr …

Hello! I was just wondering what tier extracurricular Notre Dame Leadership Seminar and IU Kelley Young Women's institute would fall under?

Hi everyone! I am currently a high school junior whose dream schools are UPenn Wharton and Princeton. My current CV chances are 24% for Penn and 23% for Princeton, but am unsure if applying to Wharton …

I am currently a freshman in high school planning to attend college right after I graduate, but I'm in a strange situation. Math has always been an issue for me and I have never gotten better than a C …

So for context, my sophomore year (20-21), was the pandemic year. That same year I had a major death in the family and my mom was diagnosed with cancer. It basically was a disaster and I could barely …

I recently sent out a few emails to various doctors asking if they would be willing to let me see what their job was like through something such as shadowing or getting a tour over this summer.

I got …

I (junior) recently applied to the priority deadline for UPenn Wharton's Essentials of Entrepreneurship summer program. I'm hoping to go to such a program as I want to major in entrepreneurship in col …

Hello, I’m a sophomore in HS and very early in the application process (just have 1 tour lined up for spring break) I was wondering how much alumnae parents raise your chances of getting into a collag …

It may seem like a dumb question, but, firstly, is rigor determined relative to high school course offerings or is it determined by a specific standard set by whatever college?

Furthermore, I moved sch …

Title. I want to message a Dartmouth Counselor but do not know how. Thanks!

Hello!! I'm a junior thinking about how to increase my chances of getting into some great schools for my intended major, entrepreneurship. My biggest extracurricular is definitely piano, I've studied …

I am currently a HS junior with a good GPA and good PSAT scores and course selections in terms of AP (6 courses by graduation) and Honors (7 courses by graduation). So far Texas| UT Austin is my top s …

So, i don't really know what section this would go under but lately I've been thinking;is college really worth it?

I want to go to college an get a bachelors(possibly masters) in Computer Science, beca …

So at my high school, there's no IB program but there are AP courses and parents' consent is needed. My parents' don't want me to ever take the classes. How important are AP courses?

I want to ask if I should do a college interview if I am not prepared for it. If I prepare for it for only like a week will I be ok? If I do badly on the college interview could it hurt me or will it …

Basically just the question above

I think that I'm a pretty decent student but it's not like that isn't the majority of applicants. I don't have anything that interesting on my application so far. I have some clubs and sports, but tha …

I'm homeschooled (I'm a sophomore btw), and I haven't taken any AP courses, although I'm planning on taking at least 3 AP exams. I know that AP courses are really important on a transcript to get into …