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I've gotten straight A's all my life up until senior year, which is when I decided to challenge myself with 4 APs. I received a B in two of them along with a B in an honors class in the first quarter …

I have a lot of plans for the future, like graduating early. And since I want to graduate early, I wanna take summer classes to get more credits and be in the more advanced classes. Just wondering, is …

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In my awards section on my common application, I accidentally stated I won 6th place at the National History Day contest (state), when I actually won 5th place. Is this something that I should …

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Lately I've been told by a lot of people to take the ACT (for context I'm a sophomore in high school). I have no idea what this really means. Like I know what the ACT is and I know from google wh …

Hello! I am just a freshman and I was looking for my future classes, and I found about dual enrollment, I know they can give you power to skip like 2 years of university and college, but I thought tha …

I'm taking algebra 2 my senior year (class of 2024), and some of the colleges I'm applying to require precal-- will I even be considered? Are my chances destroyed?

I've explored taking CLEP exams to g …

For context, I am entering my second semester of junior year in high school. I currently have a 2.8 (w) gpa, and was wondering if it is possible to raise my gpa to at least a 3.0? I have one honors cl …

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My class rank has dropped a couple times. I was 3rd after freshmen year (out of about 750-800 students), but now I'm in my second semester of junior year and my rank has fallen to 6th. While I'm …

So my freshman year i took all CP courses and ended up with a 4.0 GPA (unweighted). Now, during my sophmore year I'm taking 4 honors (world language, pre-calc, chemistry, and english) and my GPA is a …

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This year I'm taking advanced pre-cal, but my school didn't offer the new AP Precalculus course and I didn't know about it, so I didn't register for the AP exam. Is it okay that I'm not taking the …

I am currently a junior in high school, and am taking these courses:

Honors Spanish III

AP Psych

AP Chem

Concert Band

AP Stats

AP Lang

Honors French V

Last year, I failed my second semester of Pre-Calc and on …

I'm graduating a year early from high school (currently in my sophomore year). From everything I've seen, colleges generally don't care much if someone graduates a year early, unless they think that t …

Hello! I'm attempting to complete the "turn your profile into an application" process, but it won't let me finish it. Do I need SAT and ACT scores? I'm a highschool freshman! I can't take them yet! Do …

I am a sophomore in high school and I am currently taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, and AP Chem (a rough combo, I know). I was considering since I got most of the hardest classes that my school offers …

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I know that the Service Academies are quite different from regular colleges in their selection process, rigor, and the amount of things you have do in a single day. Nonetheless, I am very intere …

Hello! In my awards section on my common application, I accidentally stated I won 6th place at the National History Day contest (state), when I actually won 5th place. Is this something that I should …

I did all my research and extracurricular related to biology and medicine. I kinda want to go towards business field but I am a senior and I don't have time left. What do I do. How can I apply to Ivie …

I’m currently a junior in high school, and I sit at a 3.9 GPA. I’m in 3 music programs, 4 AP classes, an art class, a language class, and part of 7 school clubs (leadership in 3). I’m on target to hav …

In high school, I took a lot of AP classes, and because of this, I have enough AP credits to be able to transfer as a junior for the fall of 2024, even though I've only been at my CC for the fall of 2 …

I’m a current junior who is thinking about applying to NHS in February. However, there is a slight problem dealing with academic dishonesty. Around a month ago I got caught cheating on a retake of a t …