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I am an incoming high school senior with an extremely low gpa(around 2.6). I was working a sales job full time and only attending school for tests. My question is it too late? I am in California and I …

Hi! I'm a rising senior who's planning on doing a passion project intended to teach kids about the business world since I'm involved in FBLA and business is something I'm interested in and plan on maj …

Hello everybody. I am planning to go to college soon but I am not sure about my choice. Do you need to take a year off to be precise? Is it better not to waste my time?

I'm at the end of my sophomore year of high school and have already registered for most of my junior year classes, but I'm wondering if I should ask my counselor about potentially changing my schedule …

I'm sure this is what literally every junior ever is wondering but I'm still going to ask. Im going into my senior year of HS and want to know if there is anything I can do to make me a better applica …

Does going test-optional impact my chances of getting into my major? I'm a little worried because my score is really low for my ACT but I really want to go to Applied Math at UW Seattle. My brother sa …

I am trying to submit my art to a few national art competitions in hopes I can put them on my college resume. If you know of any open ones please let me know.

i have heard a lot of people advising rising seniors to get research internships or jobs, by cold emailing professors. i am interested in the humanities and psych, so i am not really sure how to appro …

Hi! I wanted to ask you guys about your opinion on sending my ACT super score of 30 to UW Seattle's applied math major or biology major. I currently have a GPA of 3.9 with about 9 APs in my book. I al …

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Hi, I am a rising junior in high school needing urgent college admissions help!

I am trying to go pre-med, but I do not have many STEM extracurriculars. My main spikes are my own initiatives/employment …

l am an age group nationalist triathlete and I'm looking into collages and l want to find some that have a triathlete team. Do any schools offer such teams?

My UC GPA is a 4.57 when you calculate the extra point they give for APs. Will they consider my UC GPA to be a 4.57, or just a 4?

I'm currently completely lost in what majors I really want to pursue but the ones that have remained constant over the past few years have been Psychology, Biology and Neuroscience. I initially wanted …

Hello everyone,

So I have had all As (with the exception of one B in physics junior year first semester) throughout the past four years, and I was accepted to Stanford this year.

However, this past seme …

i blew by school until high school. even in sophmore and freshman year i kept up a 4.0 gpa. but this year i really struggled and my grades have suffered. i have 3 B’s, 2 A’s, a C, and a D. i also got …

I’m currently at the end of my sophomore year and i’m on track to take pre calculus my junior year but I want to be able to take Calculus BC my senior year so I have two choice either take pre calculu …

I’m currently a rising senior who already submitted my course schedule for next year, but I can still change classes up until July. I’m worried that my senior schedule isn’t rigorous enough compared t …

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