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Can i get into university of miami with a 3.1?

i am currently in sophmore year. can i increase my gpa from a 3.1 to 3.6?

Hi

Why is florida university GPA requirements are so high ? Do they have a different GPA system ?

Thanks.

I got accepted to both Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State, and San Jose State as a Mechanical Engineering major.

I got waitlisted to UC Davis, CO mines, and Cal Poly slo. I sent an appeals letter to UC I …

Hi I'm Ari, an aspiring applied econ major.

I'm currently a 10th grader and here are some of my predicted stats for the end of high school:

-4.0 unweighted GPA - 4.5 weighted GPA

-10 AP classes taken (in …

I'll be applying for College next year. But I don't know what I want to do for living or what I want to study next.

I want to do something that'll help people. So I can contribute to the society, also …

I'm highschool junior and I aspire to do bio engineering in college but I'm not sure of what extracurriculars i should do.

Hi

I had been playing Tennis & track & field since my freshman year, and in my Junior year, I only played in Varsity - track & field.

I was wondering if I am not highlighting sports in my application- …

I'm a freshman right now in honors algebra 2 and am not that familiar with the musings of different math classes and all, but i was thinking of taking honors precalc over the summer and then doing cal …

With the new policy changes for computer science admission, can you still transfer from a different university to Umich? Can you still apply to transfer into comp sci at Umich assuming you were accept …

I'm a 10th grade high school student and I'm committed to attending Duke University! I remember visiting their campus my freshman year of high school and instantly falling in love...

Does anyone have …

I have the opportunity to intern for the Democracy Summer project, and I am not sure whether or not it is prestigious.

Opinions?

I think it would be too difficult to sum it all up in the question summary so I summed it up with one word: help.

So basically I am now a junior who just recently moved to a new school and country aro …

I volunteer at my local teen court as a jury member for 6 hours a month (two 3 hr sessions). What tier would this be?

In a competitve HS, I rank currently 50/605 ppl and have pretty much all As except for a C in AP physics I and a B in ap calc ab. I have good extracirrculalrs relating to my major (business/econ/finan …

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So I got selected in Purdue, but not in the main campus, they are offering the fort wayne or northwest campus for Computer Science. I have also got Selected to Illinois tech (computer science) and at …

I plan on taking a major and a minor, but there is another minor that could be very beneficial to me. Is it possible to have 1 major and two minors? Or should I just make sure to take the classes rela …

What projects can I do to get in UC Berkeley I wanna major in law and am a 9th grader

The first time I took the ACT I got a 34: 35 English, 31 Math, 36 Reading, and 35 Science

The second time I took the ACT I did worse with a 33: 34 English, 33 Math, 32 Reading, and 34 Science.

My supers …

Hi! I'm an international student in grade 10, and I'd love some suggestions on how to make my extracurriculars more spike-y and developed. I got a 1550 SAT, and I have mostly 9s predicted on my GCSEs …