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I’m a rising 10th grader attending a magnet science/technology program at a large-ish public school (4,000 students). My freshman year I was completely out of it and didn’t do any extracurriculars wha …

I have some questions about if you can get into a college with a 920 SAT score. I took it in March and got a 920, I checked and it was a below average score. I have already going to have a another SAT …

I'm going into my senior year and I want to get into a Top 20 college. I want to become a divorce attorney, and these are the AP classes I've taken so far: AP World, AP Seminar, AP US History, AP Lang …

I was trying ot login my personal google account on my school computer. There were some issues with my original account, you see, I changed my google password account, and because of that, I can't acc …

Hi everyone, I heard a mix of things when it comes to this option. For context, I am a Latino, and we come from a predominantly Christian/Catholic backgrounds. Despite this, I identified as agnostic b …

Hi, I am a current high school senior that wants to major in music education. I have looked into schools such as Florida State University, College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati …

Hi! I just started my senior year of high school and I am very excited for debate this year. For the last couple of years, my school's debate team has been pretty small, but somewhat competitive. This …

I am planning to major in the business world and I took the SAT back in april of this year and I didn’t do as well as I wanted is there any schools that have a good business program but are flexible a …

Hi everyone! So i've been thinking a lot about this and it's new to me. I always thought I would go to a straight 4 yr college that not expensive and I didnt want to be in dorms. I am considering comm …

I am Greek from a low-income family living in Athens (Greece) and this year I'm pursuing my final year in Greek high school from which I'm gonna get the Greek high school diploma (Apolytirion). I have …

I know someone who’s in eighth grade and is extremely smart for her age and has high academic scores.

She wants to start looking into colleges or start increasing her chances for applications?

l am a Female Ugandan, 55 years old, instead of a high school, l did a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community health, in Medicare Health Professionals College in 2012. The GPA was 2.8. In May 2022 …

l am a Female Ugandan, 55 years old, instead of a high school, l did a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Community health, in Medicare Health Professionals College in 2012. The GPA was 2.8. In May 2022 …

As a person on an h4 visa, I can't legally do many things.

I could not apply to many programs—ex: MITES, NASA, SAMS, no research or business programs. But I still persevered and got into one local pro …

When you are named to the dean's list, does the school make studies harder to kind of challenge you? To try and see if you can make it through more hard stuff? I'm just wondering because I would love …

I'm starting to work on my college apps and my personal essay (through common app). Is it a better idea to use one of their basic prompts or write my own essay? The topic would be something I'm passio …

Hi everyone, I'm a rising senior in South Florida aiming for an Aerospace Engineering degree. I'm targeting Virginia Tech, UF, and UCF as my top choices, but I'm also applying to safeties like Florida …

Hi everyone, I scored 7.5 overall on the IELTS, but my writing score is only 5.5. Do universities in the U.S. consider a high overall score to compensate for a lower writing score, or should I be conc …

Hi everyone! I'm a rising sophomore who is aiming for UCLA, and I would like some advice on what to do this upcoming school year.

Here are my stats as of now:

1. 4.0 UW gpa, 4.15 weighted gpa

2. AP Chin …

Hello! I think I may have messed up my schedule and chose to take AP Physics 1 instead of AP Bio, and now I'm basically stuck with physics. I am very concerned with this class as I'm the only sophomor …