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I'm doing early graduation because I have enough credits, and I was wondering how early should I apply to a college? I got accepted into Lake Sumter, but I have to apply for UCF, and I needed help fig …

Baruch college

Howard university

Umass Amherst

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I have a 3.5 gpa with a 1090 sat score with 6/7 strong extra curriculars 5 ap classes and 250 community service hours and I’m goin …

I am afraid that is a very common essay topic that might make colleges bored. Should I still write about it? Also any extra advise on what to add to the essay to make it stand out more?

I am trying to write the UMICH Why Us? Essay and am having a hard time figuring out some UMICH-specific qualities that match with who I am. How do I find this out? Planning to double major in Financia …

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Over the last month, I've been working on my Common App essay, and I've written about board games and how playing games with my family has helped me bond with them and taught me b …

Basically my school is trimester based instead of semester based, freshman year I had like a 3.86 GPA average(unweighted) and sophmore 1st tri I did good but then I did HORRIBLE the next tri, I got a …

My teacher did not have an email so I created one for him yesterday. It's a Gmail account. I was trying to apply to a pre-application program and had to submit a LOR. There, it was written-

"Use your r …

Can you submit a letter of recommendation before you apply to colleges?

Just found my award (school level) for creating an article in wikipedia (not translated existing but created my own) that is related to my intended major (astronomy/astrophysics). Should I mention it …

I’m an international student applying in the upcoming cycle and I got an email from Fordham saying that they waived my application fees of $70. Obviously, that’s great, but I was just wondering if thi …

Hello! I’m considering going to VT to major in chemistry and was also interested in perusing theater as a hobby/ elective in college. Does anyone happen to know about the theater program at Tech and h …

I'm a junior in high school who loves history and biology...( I scored a 5 on my AP World History Exam last year). Are there any competitions I could take place in that maybe specialize in these speci …

Because of my hectic schedule, I was unable to fit physics into my schedule, and I know it is not only required in a lot of schools to have 4 years of science (especially if you are going into medical …

Does having perfect attendance such as never being absent or tardy have any impact on college admissions consideration?

I’m a junior who wants to apply to tops schools my senior year my top choice is UPenn rn my school offers de and ap classes 12 Ap no more than 8 I was planning to take 4 Aps but nobody sign up for the …

I'm taking APUSH as a freshman, is this seen as more impressive than taking it as a junior or senior, or does it really not matter to them.

I am going to be a junior this year and was wondering if anyone had any good advice on writing college essays. I have no idea where to start and was looking for some help or guidance. I am looking to …

Just want to clarify, as an international student, if I have studied my subjects in English for the past years, I do not have to submit IELTS, TOEFL, etc. as a demonstration of English language profic …

from what i can see my high school does not offer a algebra 1 class, does SM count as algebra?

Hi, I was wondering when you apply to RSI, it says 11th grade, but doesn’t specifically say If I’m an 11th grader who will be a 12th grader or a 10th grader going to be a 11th grader.