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11th grade

nigeria

Hey everyone i looked on my profile and it said that my profile is an all-star profile and i'm fit for direct admission i clicked yes and now it says that my application is active which i'm very happy …

Exactly what it says.

I have changed my mind like 100 million times over the past couple of years and have no clear direction for what I want to do.

I was wondering how you do you truly know what you …

Exactly what it says.

I have changed my mind like 100 million times over the past couple of years and have no clear direction for what I want to do.

I was wondering how you do you truly know what you …

Hello all,

I’m just finishing up my sophomore year in high school and still so confused over the aspect of extracurriculars in an application.

My freshman and the beginning of my sophomore years were …

The title is pretty self-explanatory; anyone help me out if you can?

Thank You

So currently I am a junior and my high school GPA is at a 3.78 but could go up a little bit. My SAT score is 1400 and I am going to retake the SAT to get a higher score.

I am also taking a lot of STE …

I did a summer precollege program at a large university and took two courses there. I got a C+ and a B-, which I realize is normal in college, however, I don’t know if it’s worth talking about in my c …

I am wanting to go to school to become a sports medicine physician and I am wondering if anyone has anything for me. I am divided between App State and Western and I don’t know which one I should atte …

If you can, could you please rank them based on prestige and competitivity?

I'm going to be entering 11th grade soon and I need to know how I can get more involved. I have an unweighted 4.0 GPA (and above for weighted) and I write stories and poems in my free time. I also hav …

Is National Honor Society valued better than the president of DECA club?

Hi, I am currently doing AS-level and planning to go to a university in the us, and I researched for many universities and found out they require to fill out the common app as a requirement and also f …

Hello! I'm curious to hear from any students in Iceland, or anyone who knows info about the stúdentspróf, the Icelandic matriculation exam.

I'm interested in studying full time in Iceland for an under …

I am international student from New Zealand and am wondering what I can do to best prepare for applications. I am a quarter way through year 12 (junior year) and currently have an unweighted gpa of 3 …

I’m a junior in high school with a 1300 SAT and a 3.7 GPA, but I’m lacking on extracurriculars. I play sports, am a member of student government, and am a member of two clubs. Any suggestions for othe …

For reference, I'm planning on applying to a variety of T-50 liberal arts colleges. I want to major in political science.

I attend a HS that partners with a local college. Professors from the college c …

one is research, second two math programs but arguably have more prestige? - which would you choose?

Good day,

I am applying as an international student. I got a 1320 on my SAT and 3.8 Gpa and an average extracurricular. I have been searching for schools to get full scholarship (not the competitive sc …

Suppose that I'm a college sophomore with 4.0 GPA with almost perfect SAT (1590) and ACT (35) scores and ambitious extracurriculars that I did during my years in college , but bad High School GPA (3 …