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Hi, I am a rising senior and live in texas.

I was wondering if it is possible to do virtual research with an ivy league professor?

If it is possible can please give me tips?

If you had a virtual researc …

Someone asked me to review a book they plan to publish soon, and this summer I've been working on editing it and giving feedback to this person. (I'm not too involved to be considered a co-author.) I …

I've contacted customer service but all they told me was to refresh the page. Its been weeks since the update and I still don't have this feature. Does anyone know why this is happening?

Hello. I'm a 10th grader and recently I've been thinking a lot about what kinds of things I could do to boost my extracurricular list, but I'm not completely sure of what would be beneficial and avail …

I am considering taking a NEWL exam in Portuguese (since I have spoken it to some degree my whole life) in my junior or senior year of high school. NEWL, or National Examinations in World Languages, w …

Hello! I will be a senior this upcoming school year and I’m not to sure what extracurriculares I should participate in. I didn’t have much opportunities to join extracurriculares due to COVID and I fe …

I am in grade 12 currently and I am confused about whether I should take SAT now or shall I take it after the decisions are out!

Hello all,

I am a rising high school sophomore and was wondering if there are any good online volunteering opportunities available. I have an internship lined up for this summer, but I'd also like to o …

Hey, I'm a rising sophomore. All of my other finals were 95s and above, but my Honors Biology final was pretty bad. It's completely my fault since I didn't study nearly enough for it. I thought I coul …

Hello! I just had a question about some colleges and universities' optional arts supplements (specifically Princeton, Stanford, etc.). On the application page, you have the choice to submit a suppleme …

I just finished my junior year, and next year will be my senior year in school. However I have 0 recommendation letters, and I don't know anyone now that can write me one. I have no idea on what to do …

While in high school and getting ready to take your final exams, how will I know which test is best fit for me and will make the biggest difference? My SAT is only slightly better than my ACT but I do …

What exactly would make an application stand out from the others. For example, I do have good grades and strong ACT/SAT, but to what extent do extracurriculars go?

Due to external circumstances like being accepted in the P-TECH program and selecting an elective of Computer Programming(I intended for Spanish to be my second elective but the P-TECH only allows you …

I am a rising sophomore in high school and I am interested in science and want to eventually be in the medical field. There is an opportunity to take chemistry over the summer at my school (details - …

Hi, I'm an incoming senior and I was wondering if there are any good last minute extracurricular ideas I can do over summer, or internships. I don't really know how internships work and I'm lost on wh …

Hi! I'm a rising senior this year with a 3.87 unweighted GPA (my school doesn't weight, but I've taken 7 APs and 5 honors classes so far, with 1 AP, 3 PSEO, and 2 CIS classes per semester this coming …

Background: I'm very passionate about climate change and informing people about the state of our environment.

Hobbies: I would love to show admission officers my passion for coding and creating websit …

I am a rising senior in the class of 2023. Dream schools that I am interested in applying ED are Emory and Tulane (or NYU, I'm currently undecided between the 3). Back when COVID hit, I was a rising s …

I am a recent high school graduate with a 3.871 weighted GPA from a fringe-rural high school with about 700 students and not many AP classes offered. I mean, I did not get to choose where to live or g …