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I'm hoping to be accepted in my colleges Vet Tech program my sophomore year, how should I begin prepping during my freshman year?

Hi, I am currently in AS-Level and planning to go to a university in the us next year, so i have been researching for good universities and found out that they want you to write an essay, so my questi …

Hi! I am a current high school junior who is looking for some extracurricular ideas to strengthen my application. I have interests in psychology, working with children, medicine, and writing. If you k …

Hi, I'm an international student. I have a great SAT score and 3.92 GPA. My school doesn't provide AP or IB classes even tough it's one of the best schools in the city I live in. So my question is: Is …

Looking of some advice, im a sophomore trying to get into an Ivy. I skipped 8th grade something that had never been done in my county/districts history and skipped right into freshman year. Had a bump …

I want to go to nyu. i already have many other academic rec letter options. a mentor of mine, who is not a teacher but does theatre/comedy work through the school, is an nyu alum. he graduated from my …

How is the demand of biotechnology and genetic engeneering?

How much can a fresh graduate earn after finishing this major?

Does it have a lot of research area?

Hi! So I am a HS junior planning to go to med school. I am currently taking classes at a CC and would like to continue my gen ed classes there. I was just wondering if I should apply to colleges next …

Hi! I'm a high school freshman with a 3.95 GPA (soon to be 3.975). I am interested in going to school for politics, language, or music (I am undecided). All my dream schools are highly competitive, fr …

Hello, I’m a currently a sophomore in high school, and my AP government and Chemistry exams were on the same day, May 1st, but AP gov was in the morning and AP Chem was in the afternoon. I took AP Gov …

I've noticed that in collegevine chancing simulator your admission chances increase or decrease depending on the major you pick, so keeping that in mind if I say that my major is undecided during coll …

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In this form on the bottom left corner it's asking for exam code which I'm not sure where to get. Is there any way to figure it …

I have one sat score and one act score. ive already taken the sat a second time and am awaiting my score, and i plan to take it a third. i dont plan to take the act again. my sat is a 1360 (730 readin …

Hello forum members,

My Sophomore daughter wants to get into UT Austin Biomedical Engineering undergrad major. She has a reasonable academic background (unweighted GPA ~3.9, weighted 4.2, will have 14 …

Once I go to college, I want to take both Acting and Music Performance as a major, but I also want to do Global Studies as a minor mainly because I love to learn about new cultures and I want to trav …

I am an Indian and currently living in Botswana where i am doing my AS-level from, and I also decided to write the sat this because, I am planning to do only AS-level and attend a university in the u …

I am currently in AS-Level and looking forward to go to a university in the us, mostly aiming for a ivy-league school, can somebody pls tell me what extracurricular activities I can do relating to com …

Hi!

I am extremely keen in business and music however, my high school does not allow any clubs and worse I am an international student.

So it would be nice if you could suggest some academies or anythi …

Hi,

I’m posting this because I want to answer your questions about applying to architecture schools.

I’ve finished undergraduate (Bartlett UCL) and postgraduate (University of Cambridge) architecture sc …

I’m currently a sophomore in high school. My dream school is Harvard. What are some things I can do academically (courses, exams) and in terms of extracurriculars?