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Hi, my name is Alexia, I'm an international student (Peru), applying to a college in the USA. I've been asked to list my academic distinctions or honors; however, since I come from a small school, I'v …

Hi, my name is Alexia, I'm an international student (Peru), applying to a college in the USA. I've been asked to list my academic distinctions or honors; however, since I come from a small school, I'v …

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I'm a current high school student and I am worried about my chances of getting into a really great school because I did not participate in any clubs in my freshmen year. However, I have gotten stra …

Hi! I have an independent research paper. Where can I publish it? For more context, it's a comparative literature related paper of approximately 1,000 words. Also, will uploading it somewhere like ac …

How do I put home responsibilities on my application? Do I even put it there? It's not a job, just work I have to do at home every day due to some circumstances .

I want to apply for financial aid and almost all colleges need me to complete the CSS profile for that.

I know the CSS Profile will be open for fall 2022 applicants on October but I just wanted to col …

I really struggle with completing assignments on time. I’ve been getting better about it, but I still failed a course this year. I made it up over the summer, and I just finished my exam today, and I …

Preference: Any cheap boarding schools for international students in any english speaking country

From: India

I'm a 9th grader and I feel like my learning is limited in this school board specifically. I …

I'm a rising senior. I want to do early action so I want all of my applications done by august, and all of them paid for or waivered by late august no later than early September. Should I get fasfa do …

This is on freshman application requirements to a number of colleges such as UMD. These colleges require 4 years of math.

My daughter took Algebra I in 7th and Geometry in 8th grade middle school. The …

I am currently a Junior at my High School and I am not sure if I should take the SAT. I was thinking that instead of spending my time practicing and taking the SAT, I could just focus on my grades and …

Hi im a rising junior, and this is my extracurricular plan, I have not already done everything on the list but this is what I would like to do next year. I want my spike to combine sports, medicine, a …

I'm a rising senior whose applying to 11-14 schools. I heard you can get waivers, and there's even a free college application day! How do I get waivers, and is this free application depend what your c …

I changed my high school after my 10th-grade exams. My 11th and 12th-grade classes were conducted online due to COVID-19. I don't really have any kind of relationship with any of my current high schoo …

Please tell me how to research what and how many extracurriculars a university is looking for

I am a rising senior, looking into Computer Science university.

I don't know what & how many extracurricular …

Because of covid my grades 11-12 teachers never met me and dont know who i am properly (they cant know anyone properly through online classes) Can i get my letters written from my grade 10 teachers wh …

Can someone tell me what are extracurriculars? Is it possible to take these during the summer?

I have a virtual college tour scheduled with a small liberal arts college next week. I am kinda clueless as to what questions to ask them during/after the tour. This tour isn't considered as part of t …

Hello! I'm going into my senior year and I've registered to retake the SAT (I got a 1340 in April). I want to purchase my previous test booklet but am unsure if I would receive the QAS (question-answe …

I made one myself...