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I'm currently a Junior at a public high school and I'm aiming to be admitted to the more prestigious UC's such as Berkeley or Ivy Leagues and similar schools such as Stanford, Harvard, ect.. I have st …

My gpa is a 4.16 weighted (my school doesn't give grade above an A) and a 3.95 unweighted. I got a 34 composite on the ACT. I will have taken 8 AP classes and 8 honors courses by the time I graduate ( …

does anybody know how to find legitimate scholarships? i've been told countless times to be careful that i'm not applying for fake scholarships... but how do i find real ones? how do i win? any recomm …

Hi! I was just wondering if anyone can provide me insight on how to improve my EC's and grades for schools I'm looking at such as NYU, UCLA, UCSC, Pepperdine, Brown, Yale, those kind of schools. Here' …

Hi guys. I am a Computer Science aspirant and I want to attend colleges like Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, etc.

I happened to have scored 1510 in SAT (720 ERW, 790 M). Should I retake my S …

hello! i am a current junior in high-school (class of 2023). I was hoping/wondering if anyone had any idea on what kind of colleges i could call 'targets.' here are some of my stats:

-college-prep high …

So I'm from Ukraine and I decided to take a gap year to start transitioning (yes, I'm trans) and prepare for exams (SAT, TOEFL and national exams). But since 24th of february my life became uncertain …

My GPA is 3.88 from my 2 years in high school. My projected GPA for my junior year is 3.76. I have taken 8 honors classes and am projected to take 7-8 AP classes. I don't really have any EC besides s …

So I have a 3.94 unweighted gpa, taken 4 aps (projected to complete 9 by senior year), 4 honors courses (5 by senior year), taken 3 community college courses (10 completed by senior year + a summer co …

I am a junior who sucks at writing essays. What are some things that I can do to improve before I start writing them?

Is a college essay consultant worth getting for college essays?

I am a current Junior in high school planning to attend college directly after high school (with a major in nursing). My college is a college-prep school, however my GPA is about 2.9, with no APs or H …

thoughts on studying abroad? what are the best ways to do it?

Hi guys. Do colleges in the U.S. (like MIT, Stanford etc.) look consider your major before granting you an admission? For example, does an SAT score determine which school within that university is or …

Hi again. Getting into Brown university's PLME course has been my dream for quite some time now, however I'm not sure if I would be a competitive applicant as an International student. My high school …

Hello! I am a rising senior and have starting writing my college essay. I have an idea but I just wanted to make sure that it was doable and not too cliché.

I have OCD and have been diagnosed since …

I did spanish 1 in 7th grade, spanish 2 in 8th grade, spanish 3 in 9th, and spanish 4 in 10th. Does this count as 4 years for college or should I do more?

I am interested in taking some online courses on websites like Coursea and edX because I have a lot of free time since school is winding down (just courses I am interested in, for example ones about h …

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Recently, I have been doing a lot of essay reviews on here and I was wondering if there was a way I could put my work here on a resume?

Thanks!

Hey! so I want to major in the business field, but I feel like there aren't a lot of business ECs available. My school has FBLA and I'm part of it, I'm going to be president next school year (2022-23, …

Hi. I live in a city in India where no school offers an AP class or an AP exam. We do not have the system of Honors/IB classes in India as well. Will it hurt my chances of getting into the most select …