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Hi! So, I'm currently a junior in high school, and as a freshman and sophomore, I played lacrosse and field hockey. I no longer play any sports-but can I still count those as activities?

I'm a rising sophomore and because of the way class credits work at my high school, I can only take one AP class sophomore year, but I want to have 10 total by the time I finish high school and I can …

Hi, I am a High School Sophomore that got into the iStart Valley Entrepreneurship internship program. But, I wanted to see if a) it is a prestigious program, fir college applications and such b) it's …

Hey, I'm an international student, so do excuse me for my silly question.

If I need to go to college in Fall 2022, then my applications will open this year in August. My deadlines will run from the No …

Hello everyone, I am a sophomore heading into junior year. I have had soooo many recent discussions with friends and family about college. First off, I know these seniors who are friends of mine that …

Hello everyone. I am currently a sophomore, headed into junior year. Ever since the pandemic struck and having to adjust to distance learning, I have had a lot of time on my hands and didn't utilize i …

Hello, I'm now a rising senior and I have already taken the SAT 3 times. When I Superscore, I get a score of 1490 with 800 math and 690 reading+writing. I am a First-Gen student so I am not very good …

I want to find a tech related internship but I’m not sure where to start. I don’t really have a lot of experience with coding or anything hardware related, which probably is a problem. Any suggestions …

I want to make it in to college but I am a junior going to be a senior I feel like it’s to late to try to go to a&m.

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So I am interested in applying to Houghton college in New York but they don't seem to offer scholarships and i would really love to apply for a scholarship. Do yo …

Hello, since UC does not look at 9th grade, could someone tell me what the middle 50 percentile GPA range is? Or is the GPA range listed in Collegevine the actual range when 9th grade is disregard?

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In an IB school, I took IB MYP classes in freshman and junior year. In junior and senior year, I take IB DP courses (which are weighted like AP courses). I have not seen a sure answer on how IB MYP cl …

I went from all Aand B to C and D

Hi. I am planning on applying to National Young Arts program in the writing category and some other poetry competitions. If I were to be one of the winners of the National Young Arts program, is that …

How am I going to know what classes are good for me in high school. I'm going to 11th grade next year and I don't know what classes are good for me

Hey, I'm applying to college this upcoming fall (ahh very very nervous) and throughout high school (well for the past 2 years tbh) I've done very heavy activist work and it's been a huge part of my li …

I am in the last year of high school studying in Singapore and am about to apply to University soon. An opportunity has come up to be part of my school's rotary club. I am not sure whether to apply fo …

I'm sure we are all familiar with the question: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" It seems like it is always asked no matter our age. While I may only be a freshman, one of my biggest insecur …

Hii, I'm a 10th grade student in Brazil (the school year here starts in january/february and ends in november/december, and therefore I'll graduate by december 2023) and I'm looking for advice on how …

I'm a freshman student from India, and our school doesn't offer AP and honours. I also don't really have a good ECA record. What things should I do to get into any Ivy League colleges?