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I want to retake the SAT, but how does this work? Do colleges ask you for all your scores or only your highest one? Also, I've heard about superscore but I don't really know what that is.

I am planning on applying to the University of Pittsburgh, but my SAT score was not up to my standards. I received a 1090, and am retaking it in late August. I have taken multiple college classes at m …

It lists my degree on here, but on the NYU website I can’t find anything. Anyone know if they still offer it?

Some of them are still works in progress:

- Founder & President of a Club

- Vice President of Club#1

- Vice-President of Club#2

- Board member of a student-led NPO

- Content Creation Internship at a small …

for my college admission i want to set myself apart. I want to take a wooden box the size of shoe box, and carve my college admission essay out onto it. This box will additionally serve as a time caps …

Hi! I am committed to an ivy league and got a 33 on the IB. My results were 4,4,5,5,6,7. (B on TOK, C on EE)

I am a domestic student and my school didn't give predicted grades. My final grades for seni …

I have 2 questions. My first is does applying Early Action increase your chance of gettig accepted compared to applying regular admissions. My second is, is it a bad move if I apply to all of my targe …

When I look at the average GPA and I want to apply to the business school of that colleeg for example. Should I look up the average GPA of the college or the average GPA of that business school?

Should I use all 10 of the Slot on the Common App Activties Section? I have like 4 activities that are high commitments, 3 that are medium commitments and 2 that are low commitments. Should I still bo …

Greetings

Brief Profile - Asian (India); International Student; IBDP II (Grade 12) - My IB expected Predicted score will be 44-45; 5 in all 8 AP's ; 1550 - SAT Score;

final predicted scores are expec …

So last summer, I volunteered at a school for about 75 hours and a temple for approx. 40. However, this was all done in a very rural village with no internet connection in India. No one has phones, so …

I have 2 questions regarding early action. My first is does early action increase your chances of getting accepted. My second is if you get rejected from a college when you apply for early action can …

Wondering if someone could help me order my ECs--watched so many YT videos and posts here that have conflicting advice and I'm so stressed and confused now bc all of my ECs are important to me, but ap …

I'm planning on applying to some UCs and just colleges in general so I'm definitely going to need to write some piqs, but I tend to struggle with what i need to get across in my response, and like wha …

I would like to increase the amount of EC's I have but, I spent the entirety of my freshman year in a job and didn't have time to actually do anything. I kept my grades up and currently have a 4.2 GPA …

-Internship at a National Laboratory

-Math Club President (Member for 2+ years)

-Choir Council Vice President (Governor and then Secretary the past 2 years)

-Association of Statewide Student Legislature …

I already have around five different essays drafted (one complete), and I plan on applying to 20+ schools. Should I write multiple essays and submit different ones to each school? Or submit one for ev …

I feel like I studied a lot for this test, I'm not really sure what happened especially considering I had an A this entire year. I want to go into CS in college but Im not sure what to do now. If i re …

I have a 97% GPA out of 100. Is that good enough for selective institutions. The GPA is weighted. I have also taken 11 AP classes and 10 Honors classes.

Junior year, my mom had surgery for cancer and as a result towards the end of April going through May I had to give up studying time to take care of her. I was also unable to put my best effort into A …