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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

Does anyone have a list of summer programs that would be considered tier 1 or high tear 2? I've seen a basic outline of them on the tier pyramids, but I wanted to be sure that I've looked into as many …

Hi! I recently got deferred from the University of Chicago. I'm currently writing my letter of continued interest to enter the early decision ii admissions round. The only problem is that my midterm g …

I received a letter in the mail from the NSLC basically sending their handbook and letter saying when to apply and whatnot. Is this even worth it? and will it benefit me in any way? is it expensive?

I've taken the psat and I got a 790 now I want to practice for the Sat but I've done khan academy and I've had no motivation to practice and I struggle to focus when practicing like I don't know what …

I was told that my weighted class rank for my current senior year is 105 out of 626 students which puts me in the top 16% of the school. I've applied to competitive schools and would like to know if b …

My school doesn't offer any AP classes or Honors. They only offer the normal American curriculum classes and I'm an international student.

I’m a sophomore and thought I’d get a head start and just take a blind SAT test with no preparation at all. I intentionally kept my focus away from it beforehand because I wanted it to be no pressure …

Hey Guys it's me a again. I know this question could have been a Google search but I keep on getting various different answers. Can an international Student fill out fasfa? If not what if you're apply …

Is getting an A in a honors course which is like basic level at my school or getting a B in an Ap class better

Caltech has a section to list your STEM honors, with the prompt:

Some Caltech applicants engage in STEM competitions locally, nationally, and internationally (such as AIME, Science Olympiad, Internatio …

I am a little confused - how many credits should I select for each AS subject and each A2 subject?

Also do I report my grades according to the units or subjects (there are 3 units each for my subjects) …

For context, I am a junior. I know my GPA is low, and my chances based off of that are slim to none, however, I was wondering if there is anything that can "make it up", even slightly. I am focusing h …

I have had schedules packed with classes my freshman & sophomore years, but this (junior) year I only take 5 classes, one of them being PE, three of them being AP classes. I tried applying for electiv …

Hey guys, does anyone has a Grammar premium account I could barrow to perfect my essay please? Or maybe I could send my essay to u and u do it for me ? Thanks in advance it would mean a lot

Are they are resources that can help in the essay revising process ?

Is the financial aid at NYU great? How would u rate it on a scale from 1-10 for a international student

I recently found out that colleges typically prefer one STEM and one humanities teacher for LORs. I already asked my mathematics and computer science teachers as letters of recommendations and sent th …

I'm a little confused on what path to take after an environmental science degree

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So I was going through the NYU application and was trying to decide whether to turn in an SAT score or 3 different AP scores. I got a 1350 on my SAT, but I got a 5 on my AP Spanish Literature e …

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