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I am a Indian student and I want to apply to ivies,northwestern in like march cuz that's when my exam ends. I wanna apply with my 12th grade marks.I don't want to take a gap year. So I wanted to ask W …

I feel like I can write the most/best content about my sport (swimming) for Yale's community essay, but I'm worried this topic is too basic/overdone for a top school like Yale. Any thoughts?

I am a junior in a technical high school in New Jersey and I am currently taking some college courses. My school does not offer any AP courses but it does offer honors classes, some of which also coun …

Is 4.29 a good gpa? Thanks.

I've been road bike racing for a few months now as a 15-year-old and my friends say it's a useless 'sport' that colleges don't care about. I love cycling and I've done a few races that are held in my …

A women's college

hi! I've noticed that many websites/resources for applying for scholarships require a US school background or address. While I have a permanent address there, I've lived in Bangladesh for the last 11 …

I went for the SAT without preparing at all and got 1440. I wish to apply to UPenn, NYU, and Columbia.

I have good high school grades. So do you think these activities can make up for my bad SAT?

My gra …

I'm currently a freshman taking 3 APs, I take AP Physics 1, APUSH (which is only for freshmen at my school), and Comp Sci Principles. The class I'm struggling with the most would be AP Physics. All my …

I have been studying for the sat for months now, but can't seem to score higher than a 1420. I am taking it one more time, but do not expect to see a large score increase. I have a list of colleges th …

My school does two rounds of predicted grades, once at the end of October and once at the end of November. If I submit my October predicted grades for my ED/EA schools in the US, is it possible for me …

I am a freshman in high school right now, and I was wondering what I could do to "spice up" my college apps. I'm going to take 11 APs and 2 Honors courses, so I'm mostly set in that regard, but I want …

Hello, I am a freshman hoping to major in CS, and I am wondering if anybody has any good suggestions for extracurricular activities.

Currently I am in:

JV tennis, Youth and Government, UNICEF club, Key …

So I put my common app essay into GPT Zero and the thing said there's a 45% change it's all AI generated but I never used it. Everything I wrote are my ideas, I ddid have help with a essay turtor but …

Just a general question because I would like to apply both of these things to create a tech startup.

Just a general question because I would like to apply both of these things to create a tech startup.

Just a general question because I would like to apply both of these things to create a tech startup.

Just a general question because I would like to apply both of these things to create a tech startup.

Just a general question because I would like to apply both of these things to create a tech startup.

Does the school of Mines have an aerospace program, just wondering because I am thinking about applying