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I am a senior in high school doing college apps. I plan to major in Computer Science.

I developed a free app called Fast and Fit for runners and released to the App Store. It has a 100 downloads in th …

On the advice for writing essays on the college-specific admissions, it says "Recent experiences are preferred as they better represent who you are today." I really want to do a collection of stories …

When i go into Niche or other chancing tools it is like 20-30% and with CV it is 75%? We are deciding to go visit based on this data. Do you think CV is very accurate? She has a 3.5 unweighted, 3.77 …

As an international student requesting fee waivers from the common app, do I have to put my counselor college by college?, Or is there a way to put it general so they can receive all e-mails at once. …

I encountered a very embarrassing problem.

I was once admitted to a public high school, but the very serious depression made me unable to work (in fact, it led to very serious sleepiness), so I left th …

I started a reselling business during quarantine(so mid freshmen year) and I've made decent earnings by selling through Instagram. I was wondering if I could include it under "Other Club/Activity".

Junior year GPA dropped. I took the SAT twice and scored within the 75th percentile. Will this affect my acceptance and possible scholarship opportunities? Should I consider early action deadlines as …

For FSU's and University of Pittsburgh's SSAR do I need to submit both my UW and W? Could I just submit my W GPA?

There are many colleges requesting my fall senior year first quarter grades, but my grades right now are super bad. My teachers haven't put in project and assignment grades that would have boosted my …

Sophomore

Obsessed with Chemistry

Wants to study at an Ivy League School

Needs to develop extracurriculars

Sophomore

Obsessed with Chemistry

Wants to study at an Ivy League School

Needs to develop extracurriculars

I applied early action to a few schools with the common app. My high school guidance counselor sent my transcripts. I took several dual enrollment classes at my community college which are also on my …

should i go on a lds mission before collage or during collage i want to serve a lds mission but i also want to get into a good collage and if i go on a mission before how will it affect my admissions …

My name is Robert, and I am a junior in high school. Since my 8th grade year, I have been suffering from migraines that have caused me to miss many extracurricular activities. Early this year, I trans …

Affirmative action in American college decision policies allows college to use race as a criteria in the admissions process.

Elite colleges like Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill reward hooked applicants com …

I’m applied to Columbia ED and UChicago EA, both of which are due November 1st, which was last night. I was so relieved to finish my college applications, until the following morning where I realized …

I'm an international student (Mexico) and where I live it's nearly imposible to take standarized tests, we also don't have ap classes or any other USA methods, I know colleges have said they are optio …

i will take a 2 year leave

In the demographics part of college sites (like this one), should I say I am white, not specified, or basically all of the above? So for a bit of background, I am Brazilian. I was born and raised ther …

Hello, at my school we don't have any classes that are called "honours" and they are called advanced and then we have AP. So when I put information into the site for my coursework in my profile, would …