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I am an 11th year student from Turkey, and I was wondering when the administrators evaluate my resume do they consider the opportunities I had in Turkey? For example, we don't have any AP, IB, honors …

I took the AMC 12A and 12B earlier this year and got an 81 on both; turns out I forgot to "sign up" for the 12B and so my score was unofficial according to my teacher. However, this means that while I …

Freshman and sophomore years: In the early years of high school, its a good idea to explore a variety of activities to discover your interests and passions. You can join clubs, sport teams, or communi …

So my school doesn't offer any ap classes like the rest of high-schools in my city but it does offer dual enrollment which I am doing. Dual enrollment is basically taking college classes at a college …

So I have epilepsy and if you're unaware of what it is, it mean that I have an excess amount of electricity in my brain which causes me to have seizures. Last year I was talking to a teacher and she t …

Through the state, I have the opportunity to take two classes online; I'm already going to take AP Statistics, but I can't decide whether my second class should be AP Lang or Chinese I. I might be abl …

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Since I took accelerated classes in 8th grade, I got an 89 in algebra and the rest of the accelerated classes were as. However in freshman year I got 2 bs one in science and one in math and now I have …

The last time I took a practice SAT my score was low and I want to increase it by a lot. I was wondering how people who raised their SAT score by a lot were able to achieve it and what tips, resources …

I am a rising junior and I am afraid that I will not do that well in these subjects because I am weak at Math and Science. I was wondering how people who did well in the class prepared for these subje …

I took AP Lang and Ap sem as a sophomore, both got As and passing exam scores. I took research and lit this year and got As and expect to get passing AP scores. My counselors want me to take a senior …

I am a rising junior and am wondering what ECs I can do over the summer or even in the fall to boost my college apps. I am interested in Business/Finance.

These D's were in AP classes so I'm scared of the fact that colleges might quickly reject me

I am an international student from Brazil trying to apply with Common App.

The problem is: while applying, the site asks for "Course level" (something that I don't know how to put my classes in.) Wha …

11th grade

I'm having a REALLY hard time choosing my senior-year math classes. I just took AP Calc AB for my junior year, and I originally signed up for AP Stats for my senior year since it's not as rigorous as …

What can I do to make my applications stand out? I have the grades but that’s really it. Please help me I’m kinda freaking out😂

I'm a rising junior,

and during the summer or junior year, I was thinking of doing comp science(ai, robotics), biotech, or astronomy-related research and my local universities. I checked and they curr …

I’m a rising senior and I’m looking for test optional colleges just in case I didn’t make a higher score. I have took twice of PSAT in my sophomore and junior year but I’m scared to take the actual SA …

I'm an international student from Chile, and I have a 4.0 GPA, but my school doesn't offer any AP or honors classes. Does this affect me in a negative way? I want to apply test optional