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I currently have a 3.6 GPA, so a B+ average. I have two years of high school left, next year I plan to take 3 AP's, and 2 Honors classes, along with a college level course. Assuming I raise my letter …

Hello! I've always wanted to have an online space where I collaborate and write about news and interview influential people. I reached out to a friend and we're starting this together. I already have …

I applied to 2 universities and got into both. I accepted one of them but after accepting their offer, the other university gave me a good financial aid offer. Is there any way I could "un-accept" the …

During high school, I wanted to take 2 advanced classes, AP Psychology and Dual PreCalculus, in the 11th grade. However, during the summer, my school's counselors added a new required class for all ju …

I was on the varsity team last year for my schools soccer team but chose not to do it this year because the team was very toxic and was not good for my mental health. Can I still have soccer on my ext …

So, I'm a Sophomore, and my time to pick and improve my activities before applications is slowly coming to an end. I'm currently involved in a state-level volunteer thing and will be coming up on 6 ye …

does my gpa really matter when it comes to college decisions

I'm currently in 9th grade, and planning on continuing doing theater in high school, but not on a professional level. This is definitely the most impressive extracurricular I've done, but I'm not sure …

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I was debating between taking AP Seminar/Research versus Chinese I/II for my upcoming two school years. I don't know which set of classes would be more beneficial to take, but I'm leaning towa …

Hi! I have a question if a student is attending to the 10 grade and has a 4.0 GPA, the student can apply for college admission? I’m asking this question because there are scholarships for 10 grades. H …

the volleyball season is after we have to nd our collage applications and I don't know if the collages can see it or not.

Hi, I'm a senior who applied to colleges/universities from several different countries.

I'm not asking about a college in the U.S., so it might be irrelevant, but I thought why not?

I submitted an app …

I am not very good at the violin and have no chance of getting into honors orchestra. I am struggling even with a tutor to help me. It would also free up some space to take more advanced AP classes. B …

I'm a freshman, planning my schedule for the next three years. I have some open space my senior year, would taking fewer effort electives to fill these spaces reduce my chances of getting into college …

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I'm struggling in my math class as a result of math text anxiety (only math - not sure why) and am currently coming out with a very high B+.

I get As and A+ in all my other classes including A …

I’m a high school sophomore and I’m trying to find some extracurriculars.

I’m deleting the post because of overwhelmingly negative feedback - this was literally about an organization which supports mental health so getting member anxious or nervous about this post in any wa …