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I was given a full ride to Alabama A&M but they don't have nursing as a major. They only have a BS in biology with a concentration in pre-nursing but I'm not sure if that is the same thing. I'm defian …

Hi iam applying for ed at a university in us but the few universities that I wanna apply to too have deadlines before my ed and some after. Will my ed application be considered non-valid as I have app …

Would it be better for me to replace student government with an activity related to my major (comp sci) like web development or replace it with something else? A friend of mine said to combine Track a …

Is it ok if I write my supplemental about finance even if some schools I'm applying to don't necessarily have a finance degree?

Do colleges consider edx.org courses and coursera.org courses as an extracurricular activity and if they do will it be a good idea to include them in my college application?

I don't how to apply to universities correctly and most of the time they don't work, so I would some advices of how to apply through this site

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i'm currently a junior and taking 4 ap's. it's finals week and i have three b's in ap calc ab, ap lang, and ap bio. is there still a chance for me to get accepted by uc's like ucla, ucb, or uci?

This year Brown received 10% more ED applications 6770 compared to 6146.

Nevertheless, it accepted around the same level of ED admits 879 versus 896.

I feel more students applied to Brown because of th …

I recently took my very last chance at standardized test scores before my last applications are due. I did the ACT and felt very confident about my score. I just got them back today and sadly found I …

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I’m a freshmen in high school (AS-Level) and our school is making us a choose our subjects once and for all - after which we’ll not be allowed to change/drop!

As someone who wants to pursue a CS …

im a 10th grade student and am hoping to apply to some top colleges (engineering or premed/research, still figuring it out). i have a handful of clubs im in and am on the board in one, but how can i m …

Duke announced today that it admitted 800 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2027.

Class of 2025 5036 Applicants 840 Admits 16.8%

Class of 2026 4015 Applicants …

Hello. A few people have told me that being class president or in a similar leadership role is more impressive to the top colleges than starting a business/sole proprietorship with $150k+ in revenue. …

I need time to prepare for it and application deadline is near so can I take the test later and submit it or do I have to take it now?

Also does Harvard accepts Duolingo test for undergrad internation …

I really on the fence about this. On the one hand I love the school, but I know money will be a bit higher than I would like. I know the school does not give out really any merit scholarships and aid …

I joined a bunch of STEM programs, internships, etc outside of high school, but in school I’m only apart of 2 clubs and 2 sports. Should my application have an equal amount of in-school and out of sch …

I spent dozens of hours on each of these long games, and I want to display my interest in compsci through them. Where can I publish them?

My average is a 96%, but I don’t know how I would convert that to a 4.0 gpa? Is a 96% less than a 4.0 because it is not a perfect 100? Or I could a 95% and above be considered a 4.0 gap?

In the graph with the number of applications to a certain college can I see which ones got accepted and which ones didn't?