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Which universities r accepting applications for fall 2021 without SAT for business programs?

What gpa did you have and what school you got into

What's a good gpa that will get you into a good school

I would like to go to an ivy league school. My GPA right now is 3.89. I am involved in volleyball, job, student government, debate team, and community service. I come from a low income family making u …

I read that if you don't have the recipient list filled out about 2 weeks after the test date you will need to pay extra to have them sent to schools. How would this affect applying test optional? Wou …

I recently got my SAT score back, and I'm not all that happy with it. I got a 1270 for reference. I'm a good student all around, I have a 4.0 UWGPA, I will have taken 10 AP classes and 7 honors when I …

I go to a selective enrollment school in Chicago.

Would you rather have many good friends or have one very best friend?

Hello!

While thinking of the colleges I want to go to and how I can make my school "profile" look better I decided to take the ACT (I'm a junior and I'll take it for the first time in July). I was read …

Hi! To give a bit of a background, I am a current Sophomore, and I just got my PSAT 10 results back. I was a little disappointed because I did not do very well on the math section. I lean very heavily …

I'm a junior and my gpa went down a bit during covid. I am taking classes in the summer that are weighted to boost my gpa. Does anyone have any tips to make up for it in my college application. I have …

I’m a California HS student and want to go to medical school. What are some organizations or extracurriculars that would be good for me to learn more and help boost my resume?

I'm an athlete in Kenya and currently waving my nets to get a university or any institution that may assist out to spearhead my career

- sophomore in hs

I have a lot of interest in economics and I might want to be an economist but I have no idea what the major is called for this and what college would be good for economics. Also, what are some extracu …

I have severe anxiety and high-functioning autism. I have a 3.9 GPA and have been taking AP classes. However, my extracurriculars are limited because of my difficulty with crowds and social interacti …

As high school students, we undergo notable peer pressure (due to some fellow students doing better than us), which is made worse by sometimes assigning grades based on ranks. How should we, as studen …

I am a pretty good student, but I don’t really do ap classes just honors and I have a strong gpa. I’m not like above and beyond but I’m also not like just the minimum. What are my chances of getting …

I am a currently a junior in high school and I am in great need of extracurriculars. I have some clubs already and I've had a job, but I still feel like I need more. I'm not really into student gover …

So I am a proud Palestinian-Armenian-American. When I apply to colleges what would I put for demographic info. Could I put other and then in personal statements discuss discrmination I experience and …

I went to update my profile and improve one of my activities to their c from d. Went to the chancing profile and it's saying my course rigor is not excellent (full ib so I literally can't improve it, …