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Does Emory have spring transfer?

I am taking these classes in my senior year: AP Calc ab, academic English, academic Gov, Intro to CS, and a Cisco course worth 3 DE credits. I feel like these are not good enough classes for me to get …

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There are 20 million rumors about how certain things affect admission to BYU. And weird stories. Students who have all the extracurricular activities, valedictorian, and still don't get in.

I toured BY …

I am asking this because I have a lot of essays to write but not a lot of time. I want to know how important of role essays play a part in Texas A&M's admission process so that I know how much time to …

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I´ m applying for a drama college that requires to read the entire play of the monologues that you are doing. The problem is that I can´´ t find any website or res …

I’ve passed all the ABRSM piano exams. Will that only help me get into a music college or will it also work in normal colleges?

Is there a section on the Common App where I can add extra classes that I've taken on my own outside of school (I've taken several FEMA courses, basic life support etc..)

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Are awards required for admission to top universities(Let's say CMU)? However, I do not have any awards.

If so, is there competition for adults or no age restriction? BTW, I'm older than 20... I began …

These are the most current transfer rates I pulled off of CDS' for T40 schools.

I'm providing these to give seniors some context to not getting into their dream colleges and settling in at a target or …

Would someone be able to edit my NHS essay

the prompt is Consider a leadership position you’ve held, in the school or in the community. Briefly describe the position and the responsibilities of the p …

FOR FALL 2022, UC Berkeley Applicants can now select an ALTERNATIVE MAJOR and this is good news.

Previously if you picked a highly competitive major like EE or CS, you had a much lower chance to get ac …

NOTE that CalTech is now Restrictive Early Action just like Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

No longer will you be able to "stack" CalTech alongside UChicago, MIT, and UMich if you are applying …

A pretty simple question but since I'm having trouble with time management recently as my workload is increasing, it's very helpful to get some feedback about planning things out.

edit: thank you every …

I was looking at some of my dream school's past example of all the extracurricular the undergraduates had, which I went to look at the official websites of the awards and I soon come to realize that m …

I dream to go to a prestigious school. However, I go to a small school that is from a small town. There are very few ace or college classes offered to students, and absolutely no AP classes and no hon …

I am currently a junior and I noticed the common app only has ten spots for extracurriculares. Im involved in more than that and was wondering how I should chose the best ones to put on my application …

Class of '27 What Part of your application makes you nervous and uncomfortable?

As we embark on yet another hyper-competitive admissions season, I'm sure other CV members want to know if they are the o …

I'm currently a sophomore (class of '25) at a small school in West Virginia (~500 students). I have not taken the SAT or PSAT yet as I haven't had the opportunity to. That being said, I am taking the …