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High school, college, university standards and requirements

So I'm currently a freshman in highschool, and I have just finished semester 1. I want to drop an elective, so I won't take it anymore in semester 2. Will this affect how colleges view me?

Hi, so I'm planning to write a letter of continued interest for some schools but the thing is my grade for the first semester of senior year got worse. Some of it was a mistake and my teachers won't c …

Hello,

I heard extracurriculars are crucial for admission, and these are the extracurricular activities I have done so far:

1. Competed in an international level MUN

2. Won 1st place in an international …

Next year (as a junior), I’m taking:

AP Chem

H. Spanish 4

Band (Counts as an Honors credit since I’m in the highest ranked school band)

AP Calc BC

AP Bio

AP Gov

AP Physics

AP Lang

The problem is: I need to tak …

Hi! I got deferred from a lot of schools actually and I was wondering how I used write my letter.

Some schools include a form on their portal. Should I write there as well as email it to admissions of …

Im currently a freshman in highschool and choosing classes for next year and i am stumped on if i should choose these classes. Currently my list is;

AP Seminar

AP Comp Sci Princ

APUSH

Pre-calc

Orchestra

Sp …

I’m a sophomore in high and I was looking to do something during the summer that focuses on standing out in college applications. When I was reading over some people’s descriptions I saw that most of …

I’m a current junior who’s taking a studio one 3D art class to fulfill my fine arts credits for graduation. However, there is one huge issue; my teacher sucks.

This is what happened:

We were assigned …

I’m a sophomore , I have a 3.5 gpa unweighted and 4.1 weighted (I know that they are very low compared to most of you guys) I’m trying to find precollege program that I ca join during the summer.

And …

Hi! I’m a junior and I need to know if my grades are competitive enough for Ivies, Rice, UT Austin, Northeastern, Stanford, and MIT. I already have some alright extracurriculars. I co-started a nonpro …

i’m planning on studying physics too (both bachelors and doctorate degrees), any suggestions?

Hi!!! I am a junior at a medium sized high school in Arkansas. (could be considered small, not quite sure because it's arkansas). I desperately want to go to vanderbilt in 25', but I don't think that …

Hey everyone! I was looking at certain out of school universities, and while my state required 3 years of history, and I plan on taking only 3 years due to my school only offering a 4th one online, ma …

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I’m enrolled in a top public college in Virginia through ED. Starting senior year I have 3 C’s in my, AP courseload, transcript for semester 1.( I only have 5 classes due to taking a half day trade c …

Im a current junior and my GPA is 3.8, but I have little extra circulars and no SAT/ACT yet. I am looking for colleges that have a good biology/biomedical program for bachelors degrees. I am not very …

I only took two language classes, so two credits, but I hear that many schools– like UGA– require you to take three or four language classes.

I am a junior, and honestly, I would much rather not take …

I am usually an A student, but I got a B+ in Chem 1. I am very interested in chemistry, I just wish I was naturally better at it. I took APES this year and am doing well and now I'm trying to pick be …

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