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Grade- 11

Stream- Humanities

Country-India

I was interested in digital art since elementary school, and I'm still very passionate about it. I want to show it in my college essays but I don't have any evidence (winning competitions, portfolio, …

Grade- 11

Stream- Humanities

Hello. I am a rising senior (female) of Asian ethnicity. I come from an academic/strict background but my parents never forced me to study. They cared about my grades and my culture focused a lot in a …

I am a junior right now and an international student. In my country, we are promoted to a "Junior College" once we pass our 10th-grade board exams. My junior college is mainly an entrance exam prep co …

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I took the SAT last October 2020. Recently, my mom reminded me of a problem that had not occurred to me until today. When I took the SAT, I accidentally registered that I was a 12th grader, instea …

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I am a rising sophomore in high school and I want to add a little spice to my resume. I love physics and I also have a fascination for biology, with that it has been difficult to find activities re …

I went from a hard target 41-49% odds on Friday of getting into UVA, down to a reach of 9-17% on Monday, with no changes to my profile.

I am in my 11th grade and wanted to go abroad for my undergrad.I have 2 choices in my mind, either to apply for American universities or Canadian universities. I wanted to choose a major related to sc …

I'm in my high school and wanted to go abroad for my undergrad.

I'm currently in my 11th grade. I'm planning to go abroad after my 12th .

how are liberal arts majors at Duke? (like sociology, religious studies, and other humanities)

I'm an international student and my school doesn't offer any AP or Honors classes. I would've self studied for the AP but the exams are already over (I think the last exam was on mid-June).

Are there …

My school only offers 13 ap classes how many of them should I take I think 9 would be good but the aps they offer aren’t stats Econ euro etc so how do I study for those or take that course and if I se …

Hey! So I'm an international student trying to work on my college application. As I was filling out the academic part when came across AP classes. Now, the system in my country does not have AP classe …

I've been putting my essay up on the peer review system, and I'm just not sure if I should be listening to any of the feedback. On one review, someone tells me that my topic is 'Solid' and one another …

Whats up! I'd like to know if an Investment Banking medal/honor mention would be interest for my application, since I'm planning to attend a Finance major! It is "The First Investment Banking Competit …

As I scanned through the personal insight questions and saw well-written examples of answers to those questions I realized that I'm not so unique. Now I'm not looking for pity or "you are unique" I ju …

I’m a rising junior when I get back to school I plan to start a investment club or should I branch in my school which one is better

I've been going to an arts school since 6th grade. I have eight 80 minute classes per semester, four classes per day split into an A/B schedule. I take all four core classes and the rest are filled by …