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Hello, so I'm a senior and some of my colleges applications are due November 1. But I have been stuck on mi essay topic for months. I have various topics that I'd like to talk about, but I don't which …

I am a High School freshman and I have my PSAT tomorrow. I don't feel prepared for the PSAT at all and so my question is should I be worried about it?

Another related question, is it good enough to even mention on the application (I'm asking this as I self-studied for the exam because my school doesn't offer AP classes)?

So I have doubts about my essay being too generic. I'm currently talking about how I lived in India for three years (ages 7-10) and how that pushed me to be different socially and academically current …

Hi, i'm a latina student that wants to apply early decision to Columbia with financial aid. My gpa is around 4.0, my extracurriculars are really good (a lot of science research, community service, etc …

From 7th grade to ninth grade, I experienced a series serious of traumatic events which affected my mental and physical health as well as my grades. More specifically, I was sexually abused for 3 ye …

I am applying to Tulane and they have a place to upload a pdf of what is supposed to be a resume of a list of extracurriculars. Can someone help me find guidelines on making one, because I know there …

I'm a high school senior currently applying to college. I have accrued 350+ volunteer hours with a PVSA-certified organization but am unable to receive the physical award in hand before my college app …

I already have listed 10 activities on the activities list. I have a few more that I feel will add breadth to my application. Should I include them briefly in the additional information section?

Does anyone know what the ACT Score Policy is for CMU? I emailed one of the counselors and they said you needed to send all ACT Tests you've ever taken to them. I've taken five with one of them being …

So I have recently found out that my parents make way more money than I thought. So I will not have access to any financial aid on a need-basis (or whatever it is called), so I have to somehow pay for …

I'm a bit of an introverted person, so between that, the virtual setup, and nerves, I don't think I've been able to succeed in really engaging my interviewers thus far. So firstly, how do you know if …

I noticed that all the high school near me had a school offered SAT on October 13th, but mine did not, which led me to look at the next dates for school offered SAT dates. I asked my counselor if we w …

I am an 11th grade student from India and I intend to pursue Comp Sci/Science majors. Up until the 10th grade, I was fully focused on getting educated in my own country, so I didn't pay attention to E …

Northwestern is my #1 choice university. I am stuck on whether to apply ED or wait for regular decision for this school.

From what I learned, they accept half their class from the ED pool (around 25%), …

In my country, we use 1-9 grading system. 1 is the best and 9 is the worst grade. This system does relative evaluation.

Grade 1: Top 0-4% (96-100 percentile)

Grade 2: Top 4-11% (89-96 percentile)

Grade 3 …

I am a 9th grade student in India (U.S. citizen)

In U.S. —

- I have volunteered for 120+ hours for an Art Gallery in the U.S. and will also get a LOR for it.

- I got into the honor roll and the distingu …

How many service hours total in your life. Just a goal so I can set my sights to achieve average or above. Or if you have not started would you please state how many hours you plan on getting.

I'm from India. I recently completed my 12th grade. i didn't scored well in my exams (2.7GPA or 81%) so i'll be writting improvement exams for the same.

I was from medical stream and was preparing for …

I want to write an overcoming challenges essay

I want to know if writing about stage fright and inabality to give public speech is a good topic for the essay. I hope it is not too ordinary