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Does anyone know what the requirements are for the Indiana Purdue Aviation Program? And does anyone know how to stand out for the application?

Does anyone have any tips or prompts for writing a good college essay besides the one on the common app? I am struggling to write one.

Hi, I'm a transfer from Asia that just started studying in America last semester. My average scores are around 97-100% now and I'm studying in a public school ranking around 1100. I'm currently self- …

My school doesn't offer any aps so as a result I have none on my transcript, if I explain my highschool never offered any will colleges give me a pass?

Do you think a B+ in a college course (Calculus III) will affect my admissions to very selective colleges that I am applying to (UPenn, Northwestern, UMich)? I am a junior and my friends were telling …

If I take one semester of all my senior year classes over summer and then a final semester in the fall will I graduate and how will colleges see it?

Stupid question and I don't know how to form this question, but I have a USB drive with my novel on it that I have not yet published, since wanna go to college for creative writing or journalism, do I …

I am hearing conflicting advice about Cornell interviews this application cycle. One student says they've been asked to interview. On the Cornell website it says you have to ask for an interview b …

Would Wharton Youth Programs be Tier 1c level activity?

IF not, can LBW still be tier 1c?

What all can colleges see exactly? Are they able to see things like if I was in ISS or not?

For the FUN update for deferred EA applicants for MIT, if we don't have any new activities/awards/changes, how should we format the update section? Do we have to explain why there are no new updates?

I would like to think that I am a good student, I currently have a 3.87 unweighted GPA and a 4.83 weighted GPA. I'm predicting that my GPA will go down a little bit more because of AP Calculus (I curr …

Hello! I was just wondering what tier extracurricular Notre Dame Leadership Seminar and IU Kelley Young Women's institute would fall under?

Hi everyone! I am currently a high school junior whose dream schools are UPenn Wharton and Princeton. My current CV chances are 24% for Penn and 23% for Princeton, but am unsure if applying to Wharton …

I am currently a freshman in high school planning to attend college right after I graduate, but I'm in a strange situation. Math has always been an issue for me and I have never gotten better than a C …

So for context, my sophomore year (20-21), was the pandemic year. That same year I had a major death in the family and my mom was diagnosed with cancer. It basically was a disaster and I could barely …

I recently sent out a few emails to various doctors asking if they would be willing to let me see what their job was like through something such as shadowing or getting a tour over this summer.

I got …

I (junior) recently applied to the priority deadline for UPenn Wharton's Essentials of Entrepreneurship summer program. I'm hoping to go to such a program as I want to major in entrepreneurship in col …

Hello, I’m a sophomore in HS and very early in the application process (just have 1 tour lined up for spring break) I was wondering how much alumnae parents raise your chances of getting into a collag …

It may seem like a dumb question, but, firstly, is rigor determined relative to high school course offerings or is it determined by a specific standard set by whatever college?

Furthermore, I moved sch …