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If I start an activity between my 9th and 10th grade, can I write that down as a 9th grade activity on my college app since I haven't started 10th yet?

So I noticed on social media that all the kids applying to ivys (and getting accepted) have these crazy extracurriculars like multiple national level competitions they participated in. Some started th …

Hello! I'm a rising senior, and I'm interested in the biomedical field. I want to major in Genetics, but not many colleges offer that. What are some majors that are similar to genetics that I could ap …

Hi, I am wondering if I have a chance of being accepted to SCU with my SAT score of 1370 (610 in reading and writing, and 760 in math) and a UW GPA of 3.7. I have a variety of extracurricular activiti …

Do the college short essay prompts for Common App change every year for each college? I noticed that for colleges such as Stanford have multiple essay prompts. Is it required to answer all of them and …

Hi, I was curious on if you have a wrestling program and how hard it would be to get in?

The customer service people aren’t helping so i need another way to apply

Hello. i was advised to drop a prereq class because my professor was having technical issues with receiving my submitted assignments. The professor was a tough grader, and he was very difficult to und …

So I play football and I pretty much am involved it for most of the year. Some weeks I don't do as much with football and some weeks I do more with football. So should I just calculate the rough estim …

My request to connect with one of the colleges I am considering was accepted, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to start the conversation with their Admissions Director. Any advice is …

Is there any way I can raise my GPA from a 3.81 to a 4.03 in one year? I’m going to be a senior and I’m currently taking 2 summer classes that are dual credit. I plan on taking more classes for colleg …

When is the application for 2024 summer start for NYU career edge for high school students? I've been looking everywhere but can't seem to find when the application starts for next year summer.

Is it n …

Hi Everyone, I was wondering whether everyone could share a good college with good financial aid. It could be from merit scholarships or more. Or any cheap colleges.

Ex. Miami University for its merit …

I am taking 8 courses. Some courses says HRS, but honestly are CP (aka. normal levels). These courses depends on the teacher.

-I do have a 90 minute break time every other day (ex. Monday, Wednesday, …

I have a 3.5 GPA and a 1060 SAT (gonna retake it aiming for 1380 and above), I'm a junior in high school (rising senior class of '24), a Soccer player, African American Male, I also wear hearing aids …

This newspaper clipping gives insight about me that would not be found anywhere else on my application, but there is one part of it that I'm unsure about. It talks about my top choice for colleges and …

I'm a junior and I just finished up the year. I know I have my senior year left to bring it up, but I plan to apply early to some schools and I feel like they won't see my senior year grades.

How does IU Bloomington have such a high acceptance rate but their Business School. Kelley school of business is highly selective with a 11% acceptance rate?

For NC State and UNC Charlotte, what Unweighted GPA range would you need to be in? Online i’m seeing for NC State , 3.8-3.97 but that seems way to high.

When I began brainstorming different college essay topics I quickly became attached to the idea of talking about Legos and my childhood obsession with them. However, I didn't learn until recently how …