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I've been reading lots of questions and answers about this and there is a lot of misinformation that started 2 years ago with the test-optional policie …

I have been struggling with ranking the 8 colleges of the University of California- San Diego. Even though I researched about these colleges, I didn't find much about computer science. Please let me k …

I wanna apply to my dream universty whuch is in NYU and I did pretty average in sophomore and freshman year but some family issues arrived and my mental health was affected junior year my semester is …

So I am currently filling out the CommonApp and I am really confused about how I should go about approaching the "weeks spent per year" section. One of the activities I participate in is being a Fresh …

i participate in a charity program which i have over 100 hours in, have been a secretary for, and have done for 5 years (6 by the time i graduate), i have been in choir for each year of high school, i …

I am a sophmore and I am very worried over college. I have always wanted to get into a top school, but now that I am in high school ever since the pandemic I feel like I have less motivation and I can …

I was in earth science honors but now in sophmore year I am in regular chem which is still advanced but it is not honors chem, will this hurt my chances of getting into a top school like an ivy league …

I am currently taking 3 out of 4 honors classes and I am taking chem which is still advanced. However I have other classmates who are taking all 4 honors classes which feels like a disadvantage for me …

There are 10 activities that can be filled out on the common app. Do I have to fill out all 10 spots to have better chances of getting into a particular college?

Is it better to have only 6 strong act …

I'm junior in high school and I didn't do any extracurricular during my freshman and sophomore year, I wanted to do community service this year but it wasn't possible for me. Since I don't have any st …

This is mainly a question for state schools like Ohio State which people have said are experiencing a record number of early action applications. Although no one can determine whether I get accepted …

Hello, I am applying to colleges on the CommonApp and I recently started my essay. My essay includes talking about how another college sent me an email about joining a stock market challenge hosted by …

I don't understand, should my accepted rate be more or less?

example: Harvard accepted rate let's say it's 4% if my accepted rate was 16 is that good or bad? should it be 16 and more or less than 16?

I'm kind of confused because when I am choosing my intended major and alternate major, there seems to be nothing about a marketing business major. Yet when I search up a program about it, there are va …

I'm trying to place this on the chance stimulator... what group/activity is this? What tier is it? How useful is this activity?

If I submitted a fee waiver, will I receive an email confirmation,will my counselor receive one or would I know only after trying to submit my completed application, should I contact the universities …

If a college coach has reached out to you and you haven't heard back from them in a while should you get worried?

I got a B in APEX gov and pol, I am applying to UC Berkeley, Irvine, Davis, and Santa Barbara. I was working and tutoring during that time frame which meant that I had minimal time to be on zoom to ta …

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I was asked to write an essay on the topic: Describe an intellectual idea that has transformed your thinking. I am a bit confused about whether it is ideas on topics like Evolution & Natur …

I was wondering how significant is PVSA on college applications and whether getting this award would help categorize the extracurricular activity at a higher tier (for example a tier 1 or 2 vs tier 3 …