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I’m currently a senior in Highschool just starting my second semester of senior year. I’m working to graduate with desired gpa honors and earn academic letters. As of now, my weighted GPA is 3.731 …

I am a usual all honors/AP student who wants to remain competitive to colleges. During my sophomore year of high school, in addition to Honors Geometry, I took Algebra 2 online so that I could skip ah …

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I have been hearing and reading a lot about a site called EdX, which is supposed to help students find and take courses that their schools do not offer. I would like to self study for an …

Entering my junior year i have a 3.2 cumulative gpa. I usually make more A's than B’s. Is it possible for me to raise my gpa to 3.5 or higher by senior year?

I self-reported my SAT scores in the General information of the Common App for the schools I wanted to submit my scores too. However, I thought that for the schools I choose not to send my scores too …

I have taken Spanish 1 in Middle School and Spanish 2 and Spanish 3 (all Honors) in High School. I could not fit Spanish 4 into my schedule in 11th grade because I wanted to take AP Computer Science P …

I'm a junior with strong academics (1550 sat [770m/780rw] , straight a's, 4.0uw/4.67w gpa, etc) but I think my extracurriculars are lacking. I switched schools halfway through sophomore year, and prio …

Hi, I'm a sophomore in high school. Recently I've been interested in interning anywhere in the biology/biomedical/healthcare area. I heard that they are a good addition to my college application.

I do …

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I'm currently a junior in high school, and looking to apply to colleges this upcoming summer/fall. One of my favorite extracurriculars is being in student council, which I've done in 9th and 11t …

I am a junior, who is graduating now 2024 which I just recently found out about. I have been finding myself rushing to meet deadlines because I thought I still had until next year. Yet I have no clue …

I am a junior, who is graduating now 2024 which I just recently found out about. I have been finding myself rushing to meet deadlines because I thought I still had until next year. Yet I have no clue …

I need an opinion from an outside perspective on my extracurriculars. With my situation I do my best to do what I can in my spare time. I’m not trying to push for an Ivy but maybe somewhere like usc,u …

anytime I think about college my hearts drop and I have this massive headache that whenever someone brings up college I get annoyed and irritated.

Just curious- how many of you will be making your college decisions this year partly based on the insanity going on on many campuses these days (specifically anti- Semitism and anti- Israel / pro- Ham …

i've been in orchestra for the past 4 years, but since i've come to highschool i've come to realize that my teacher is really stuck up and ruins the fun out of it. literally there's only 70 students i …

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I am an 8th grader about to enter high school. I am currently in GT (Gifted and Talented) and while that means nothing in high school, it opens up opportunities for me t …

How much does going test optional hurt your chances at admissions?

Hi! I am an high school graduate from Nepal. I attended a charter school with National Board. My grades are: 3.85, 3.85, 3.49, 3.49 for four years. I took Chemistry, Physics, and Biology , Maths(B) a …

I participated in this molecular biology olympiad. I didn't won. I just participated should I put it in my college application. There are like a bunch of things I participated but didn't win. Should …

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I'm a first-gen low-income senior applying to many of my college through Questbridge Regular Decision and due to many medical issues, my father has currently been in the hospital for the …