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I know that when you send your transcript to colleges for applications they do their own gpa calculation. But do they count classes like speech and music tech that were only semester long electives? A …

I cannot seem to find this information, so if someone could point me out to the link or let me know I would appreciate it.

I live in Quebec, but am attending Liberty University Online Academy. How do …

I am an international student. On the Coalition app, can my counselor upload a draft of the report sheet that y school uses for the section that says 'Please upload a document that will allow assessme …

I am an international student. Do I have to fill out the Nacac school report on coalition?

My school doesn’t offer AP/IB classes. How do I specify that so it doesn’t look like I’m just missing a ton of credits?

I am an international student. I graduated last year November. Do I have to submit mid-year and first year grades? How d I get them? All the schools I am applying to are showing it as required

I am using the coalition application. How should my teacher submit my mid year and first year reports? Should I download and fill the common app mid year report and submit it on coalition alongside my …

What is an interview like for college? (bonusivy league)

Random but any examples of sat or act questions, literally anything, tips, examples, study webs, example sites, etc

I am a junior in Florida who is looking into cybersecurity as a potential major, and I have always dreamed of attending a prestigious school such as MIT or Caltech. However, last year I had a rough pa …

How many community service hours should I aim for each year in high school? Do colleges look at the community service hours? What do colleges like community service work to be?

I submitted my applications via Common App a few days ago without the transcript and letters of rec. included (my high school won't release them until the end of September). Once the transcript and le …

I want to get involved in research somehow during high school. I saw online that research programs are also a way to get involved in research. I want to find legit ones involved in the brain and psych …

Given many schools are not requiring SAT scores, should one submit an SAT score if it's a high score - meaning above 90th percentile+ (example 1350+) but it falls below the university's median score? …

Hello, I'm an international student who comes from Indonesia. I come from a private school with a national curriculum in my country which has a lot of difference with the US curriculum, so I don't hav …

I am an student of CBSE based school and when I search through some to the collage website and Quora and many more youtube channels , They all are taking about Honors classes , Honors classes , Honor …

I'm study in a CBSE based school , and to apply to some of the selective schools its obvious that we should have rigid courses work , AP , IB classes , and Honor classes . But as I said my school is …

Hello, I am international student from Nigeria. While filling the CSS Profile, I was asked to submit a W-2 form. I downloaded one from the U.S. IRS website. Is I that the one I'm meant to fill? My cou …

The prompt is: Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging that it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn to when you want to learn more?

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I'm an 11th grader in CBSE based school. I'm also preparing for SAT. I wanna know the things I should keep in mind during these years to make a do list, which can help my application to stand out.

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