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hi! i was recently accepted into an immersion program at stanford and was wondering how this will affect admissions. it is a 10-day research based program with a self-reported 30% acceptance rate. tha …

I had applied to UMD regular decisions and they were suppose to be out till 1st April. On their instagram page also they have said that they have released decisions on 1st april, but many people have …

Muslim students dry-fast over the course of sunrise to sunset everyday, for about a month. This can make a burgeoning course load that much worse. Even if it isn't for that long of a period of time, i …

Every video on yt about people going over stats that got them into ivy league universities it is never for their math program.

I am wondering if someone knows of the kinds of test scores (e.g. ACT / SA …

Hello, I’m a rising junior (current sophomore) in high school and these are the classes I’m taking in my junior year.

Just for reference, I’m taking AP Chem, AP Lit, and AP Gov currently.

Junior classes …

Hello!

I am a rising junior (senior in the fall) and have a mess of extracurriculars. I am not sure what I specifically want to major in, as my interests go from finance to international relations. Cur …

I am currently a sophomore with a weighted GPA of 4.64; I am currently taking one AP class and I will be taking three next year. I also participate in multiple extracurricular activities (I am in char …

Hi! I am looking to major in marketing, but I cant find any extracurriculars related to this. Does anyone have any ideas of things I could do to gain marketing experience?

I am interested in business, finance, econ, etc. I do deca and fbla but I genuinely want to learn more about business. I am having trouble finding competitions/extracurriculars to partake in.

Grade11, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Hi there. I'm an international student applying to fall term at CU Denver. Among the several questions on common app, could you tell me wht it means - I am an unaccompanied youth and do not wish to pr …

I'm currently interested in going to college to hopefully become a Marine biologist. Not quite sure where I might go, I'm currently a freshman.

Hello!

This might be a silly question, but i am confused as to how colleges determine their admission cycles. I am wondering because of test-optional policies.

For example, Brown University states that …

I have a few but feel like I need more. I volunteer at a hospital, I am doing an internship with an orthopedic surgeon, I am student gov VP, I started a mental health club, and I intern at the univers …

i tranferred schools in the middle of the year and got put into a wrong math course rlly late like 3 weeks before the finals. i have a D in that class for my first semester since I was basically unabl …

Can i get into university of miami with a 3.1?

i am currently in sophmore year. can i increase my gpa from a 3.1 to 3.6?

Hi

Why is florida university GPA requirements are so high ? Do they have a different GPA system ?

Thanks.

I got accepted to both Cal Poly Pomona, San Diego State, and San Jose State as a Mechanical Engineering major.

I got waitlisted to UC Davis, CO mines, and Cal Poly slo. I sent an appeals letter to UC I …

Hi I'm Ari, an aspiring applied econ major.

I'm currently a 10th grader and here are some of my predicted stats for the end of high school:

-4.0 unweighted GPA - 4.5 weighted GPA

-10 AP classes taken (in …

I'll be applying for College next year. But I don't know what I want to do for living or what I want to study next.

I want to do something that'll help people. So I can contribute to the society, also …