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I've been chosen to be a speaker at a international debate event.

What type of EC section and rank would this be considered?

I was wondering I am gonna apply to the University of Wisconsin Madison, There overall acceptable rate is 55% and their business school acceptance rate I have a question. Should I consider them a rea …

I was wondering I have 9 EC's right now and I don't do all 9 at the same time they vary on the time of year. I was just wondering I haven't gotten an common app account but is there a section where i …

Hello~

Do all schools/admission counselors have the ability to make connections with a student on here?

I'm currently a high-school freshman curious about what colleges I'm going to look into.

I got deferred from Harvard and I need to do everything to get in.

I took a gap year, my 12th-year grades are terrible as i faced many difficulties that year which i will be writing them about it in a …

For those who do not get any support from their family, how realistic is it to work while being at Harvard university?

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I've been dancing for about 7 years, but it's always just been in school. My achievements so far are basically 2 distinctions in a bi annual contest that's part of an arts festival.Getting a distincti …

I am a junior currently and super stressed about getting into a college I want. I really want to go to UC Davis but I am afraid my grades are holding me back. I would have been close to an unweighted …

Hey I’m a current junior who got a C in Honors Geo first semester sophomore year. The next semester I improved it to a B but I know a lot of colleges see a C as a red flag. My dream school is ND and I …

For those of you are currently attending college, how are you affording to pay for college?, do you have any advice for people who are currently applying for colleges?, if you have scholarships how di …

I had a really rough year freshman year (COVID year) and it dropped my GPA down tremendously. Sophomore was a bit rough too but this year has been going fairly well. Is there still a chance I may be a …

Yes, this is not necessarily an admissions question, but I figure I might ask here as it is a fairly helpful community. I am at an impasse in my college application process. I cannot, for the life of …

Hello all!

I realized that I had a question about one of my "extracurriculars". By the end of my senior year, I will have been on my Principal's Advisory Committee for three years and the Superintenden …

Next year, which will be my junior year, I'm looking to take all academic courses, my course list will look something like this hopefully,

- Algebra 2 honors

- Geometry honors

- Chemistry honors

- AP …

I'M high school student at federal way public school, 12th grade and the best about going to school to learned everything from the teacher, making friend, know conversation of the learning, be friendl …

Harvard recommends a minimum of 4 years in a foreign language,

I am fluent in English and Tamil. Tamil is my mother tongue and I learned English in school from 3 years old. Does these count as a forei …

So, I'm kinda freaking out right now, because I realised (in my sophomore year) that my extracurriculars are weak. I've been doing dance in school for about 6 years, but I don't have any achievements …

I won't be attending college in the fall, as I am 16 compared to my peers who graduate with me at 18, and I find being around people who aren't my age unsettling. I want to change this by taking 2 gap …

My percentage increased from 80% in grade 9 to 93% in grade 10. It dropped from 93% in grade 10 to 83% in grade 11. In Grade 12, it rose up again to 93%. How will this fluctuation affect my admission …