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So I'm a junior right now, and for the past three years, I've really wanted to try out for our school's dance team. But instead of trying out senior year, I'm thinking about taking a 5th AP, lik …

There are some browsers that give your school an average rating between A+ to D- or 1 - 10 stars

do the colleges you enter your admission through look at these ratings?

It seems as though I qualify for need based aid at my college of interest, but I'm not entirely sure what it is. Is it a loan that I have to pay back or is it like a scholarship?

I am a high school senior. I was waitlisted at my top choice so I emailed the admissions team expressing my continued interest and they offered to set up a video call. What will this call be like? Wil …

I'm currently a junior with very little extracurricular activities. I planned to change that this year, but the whole quarantine thing kinda ruined my plans. I'm looking for things I can start from ho …

I'm a sophomore and I recently realized I severely need to start doing more extracurriculars. Currently, all I pretty much have is participation in four clubs (newspaper, FBLA, MSA, and Scholastic Bow …

Hey ya'll! During this quarantine I've been trying to make up for all of the activities that have been cancelled and spending my time in another way. Would starting a blog count as an extracurricular …

I'm a junior, straight A student.

I just don't understand some of college lingo!

I am currently a junior and prior to fall semester I was a straight A student. During fall semester I ended with 5 B's and 1 A and worked really hard this semester to bring my grades to 5 As and 1B. T …

I am going to A2 and am looking forward to how to be admitted to IVY league university.

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The question is from a high school junior in Northern California wondering where to find internships and contests of interest involving writing on English and/or History topics?

I’m currently a sophomore at a public school. I have a 4.76 weighted GPA, and am expected to take 12 AP classes by the end of high school. My dream is to get into an Ivy League school, or ideally, Sta …

In order to do this correctly, I need to put in Canadian schools, but it won't let me.

It says that based on need, I could get around a 50k discount, but I'm not eligible for any scholarships. Why am I not eligible for scholarships but am able to get a high discount?

I plan on attending Towson University in the fall. I’ve already been accepted and now I just have to commit. To do so I have to pay my enrollment fee and housing fee which total to $650. I don’t curre …

I'm a junior in high school and I was wondering how college admissions would differ with the canceled standardized testing? What would the colleges focus more on? The extracurriculars and the GPA?

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I am currently a high school Junior who has a 3.72 Weighted and 3.28 Unweighted GPA counting all three years of high school from freshman to junior year. I am concerned about my low GPA and I want a f …

I have been to three summer programs, two from the same organization and another one and I wanted to know if I can talk about my experiences and achievements on the Common Application? Also, would I m …

I'm a junior at my high school and the standarized tests were cancelled, I was conerned wheather for fall of 2021 I could still be considered for the BS/MD program without these scores.