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I have heard that many top tier schools are looking at the SAT EBRW score in case we don't take the TOEFL. Would you recommend taking it? Note: I have my SAT coming up too and also it's expensive. I'm …

I'm currently in 12th grade and will be joining college from fall 2022. I wanted to start drafting my essays. Do essay prompts of colleges and the common app change every year? (In that case, I'll wai …

I am a rising junior and since it is summer I finally have time to start a passion project and work on building my college application. However, I have no idea where to start for a passion problem, an …

this is because I'm an international student

I've heard from a lot of people and admissions officers that in the "Why Us?" supplemental, you shouldn't make it seem like the college is a stepping stone, like saying that it will help you get into …

Grade 8 preparing for highschool and want to be ahead of the game.

planning to join the combined program in VCU @

I am already taking online courses related to it

also currently managing a portfolio of stocks

is reading an what going on in the market article good then taking vocab notes good

and reading investing/e …

The ratio of students to counselors at NYU is approximately 1:1000. Is this average, high, or low for a school?

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This summer, I am participating in the Red Cross Leadership Development Camp. This is a 1-week camp where we meet from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. We learn leadership skills, self-reflection, and many …

So I recently won this writing award for National Colonial Dames of America to got the Washington DC to visit all sorts of places. However, it is scheduled on a week where Youth and Government hosts C …

I'm an International Student from Brazil, and my HS is a full-time professional school. Through the 3 years that I've been there I've taken close to 70 courses, including some in Computer Science, so …

I had 93% in freshman, 96% in sophomore and have 97% in senior year. I got 1580 on the SAT. But I got 70% in junior year. Did I lose all chances of getting in a top college? (I am an international stu …

Schools like UPenn and Cornell (actually most schools) have divided schools. However, schools like UChicago don't. Does this mean that UPenn and Cornell students can hardly change their majors across …

Calc 3 wasn't a requirement for general biology at UCSD but it was for another university I had to withdraw bc my job hours changed and it overlapped with the class. I updated this and wrote that I dr …

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I have no clue when to take it

I have no clue when to take it

I am taking an elite summer program called Summer STEM Institute where I will be working on research projects with college professors and technology company entrepreneurs. Is it better to ask for a r …

I was on the track to becoming a straight A student before covid hit... which, I am aware is no surprise as that happened to a lot of people. However, I did horribly my junior year (difficulty adjusti …