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I have missed most deadlines for the fall and spring season so I wanted to ask if there is any internships available for 15-year-olds around New Jersey. Preferably something that gives me clinical an …

I am interested in political history/science and journalism.

I’ve heard a lot of stuff about how piano is not a good extracurricular to put in a college application, but I’ve been playing for nine years. I practice about an hour a day. I have participated in a …

I'm a senior applying out-of-state to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and I cannot decide whether to fill out the optional Short-Answer Question and the Required Short-Answer or just fill out …

I've started the college application processes recently and was concerned about my current high school gpa of 3.529. During my ninth grade year my gpa dropped severely to a 2.83 overall, however, duri …

Colleges require some amount of course work, but I am having difficulty figuring out what things can be included in coursework and what things can not be included. Can someone please clarify?

I can't decide whether the montage essay or the narrative essay is a suitable one for my application. Can you give me some advices which schools prefer reading montage structure essay to narrative str …

I am a Junior/Senior in HS (early graduate). I have a 2.6 GPA but I am also taking college classes to push my GPA up. I am taking 16 classes this year (23-24). If my GPA is 2.6 now, can I still apply? …

Im looking for a college where it can help my pro career. I hope to get into the NWSL then move to women's juventus first team.

I have always been the highest scorer in my class and have stellar extracurricular activities( received recognition from the Ministry of Agriculture for my efforts and tied up with the biggest bank of …

10 Grade

Abbeville High School

Hi all,

I'm planning to ED to UPenn this fall.

UPenn has asked for its supplementary essay: Write a short thank-you note to someone you have not yet thanked and would like to acknowledge. (We encourag …

My dream is to go to UT austin, I'm a smart and outgoing student with good grades and great extra carriculars but I Had a rough freshmen year, because of this I get all A's yet my gpa will probably en …

Within my small rural school, I have taken every possible honors class we offer but there are only 4 possible. We have weighted courses that I have taken but we do not consider those honors courses. I …

Hall high school

GPa

Hello, I am extremely confused by the CommonApp website as a whole, but this is especially confusing! I know how to assign a teacher to one school for a letter, but I can not figure out how to add the …

Hi everyone! I'm unsure where exactly to put this award. My team received certificates of recognition from my city due to our accomplishments my freshman and sophomore year (medaling at championships) …

Hi! I'm planning to go into USI in 2024. I have 1010 in SAT (480 in R&W and 530 in Math). I'm not sure about my GPA (I'm trying to get my report cards from my school), and I'm planning to enroll in CS …

Hi all,

I'm thinking to apply to UPenn ED this fall. I know a couple of current students at UPenn, but I'm only particularly close with one of them. UPenn asks you to put in ways you learned about the …