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I don't want to hurt my chances of getting to a good college so I was wondering if Californian state universities take the +'s and -'s of your grades into account during the application or do they jus …

Hi! I am Chinese-American and I currently take mandarin in school. People are telling me that I made a bad decision because i already speak mandarin at home, and thus colleges will dislike the fact th …

Hello,

This summer, I’m going to a Journalism workshop at Ohio University and Space Camp at NASA’s Huntsville division.

Would these be good to put on an application or should I just leave them out?

My …

I'm going to be a senior in the fall and I was wondering how important it is to get my sat score up. I've taken the SAT twice, and first got a 1380. I am planning on applying to competitive schools, a …

I will be a senior in the fall, and I've been getting a lot of mixed advice about how good my chances are at highly competitive schools. I am looking to major in business and I am a white female from …

I’m just finishing up 9th grade, and I took my PSAT in the fall. I got a 1000 (560 in reading and writing, 440 in math). I’m feeling like this isn’t a great score, especially on the math portion, but …

Just for reference, my school doesn't offer any honor classes and I want to pursue law.

Freshmen Schedule:

- Chemistry

- Algebra 2

- Freshman English

- Global History and Geography

- Engineering

- Spanish …

I am a junior student, and I was a straight A student but I got a B in my second semester of junior year for AP calculus. My GPA is 4.019. Do I still get a chance to get admitted to a top 10 biz schoo …

Yes, I know the responses here will be biased as all hell, but that's just the way it is.

I'm a sophomore that's going into Junior year this fall, and I'm trying to be proactive when it comes to colleg …

So, my jr year has ended and my 2nd semester I ended up with a 3.7 gpa and weighted 4.57 gpa in advanced IB classes. Looking at my cumulative gpa is a 3.5 and 3.9 weighted. Will my Jr year gpa make mo …

Hello all,

Since I was young, I’ve always had a passion in reading and exploring different types of literature. This has lead to a profound interest in writing and research, something of which I’m dete …

I started looking at colleges and I realized that compared to other applicants I have very few extracurriculars. During covid I lived with strict relatives (who didn't want me to join clubs at all) so …

I've just finished my junior year and will be a senior starting August, but I still don't really have any idea of what college I want to go to. All I know is that I want to get into a good school majo …

I've been organizing international Model United Nations conferences, with over 600 participants from around the world.

I'm reaching out to you because I'm considering including this experience in my p …

Hi! I'm currently a sophomore in high school and will be a junior this fall. This will be my second summer working as a lifeguard at the local public pool.

I know some of my peers have participated in …

My school is very small, around 300 students, with only two guidance counselors, 9 AP classes, and our test scores are very low. It is a low-income area with historically low academics in northern Mai …

Hello!

I recently retook the SAT and am awaiting my score. Until then, I am considering applying test-optional to several top schools (think Ivies) but using my April SAT score to schools that are not …

i have a few ideas going into this summer as a rising senior and I am thinking of writing my essay on the following ideas, let me know if you have any more ideas and which one you like:

1) base it arou …

Just made another more general post about my GPA- but I've got a more specific question regarding my essay. As I was writing, the idea popped into my head that I could base my essay around the followi …

Hey, all. I've screwed up. I'm staring at a 2.85 GPA (unweighted, 4.27 weighted) as of the 3rd marking period- still waiting on grades from the 4th quarter and end-of-course grades but I'm not going t …