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I have a child who is a Junior. Trying to see if taking a pre-college summer program would enhance the college application.

The summer program (computational biology) is in line to the major (BioTe …

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What's the GPA to get into NYU for the MA in Mental Health Counseling? What extracurriculars would make me stand out of the crowd? So far, I am an e-board member for the AcTive Minds at Penn …

I’ll be a senior next year and my school only offers either AP Gov or Econ (meaning you can only take one), and they’re both one year classes. It’s mandatory that I take civics and Econ to graduate, a …

Hey! My dream school is Notre Dame and I was just curious how much summer programs/legacy affects their decision. I have 3 people in my intermediate family who went to Notre Dame, and I am applying to …

My daughter will start high school in the fall and we are putting together her academic plan. Her goal is to attend an Ivy League-level school where she will study something in the Humanities - most l …

Hello, I'm a freshman in high school years! So, I have been wondering, does it look better on college apps that I'm homeschooled or not? I also travel the world with my family full-time, which kind of …

Hi, I'm currently doing course selections and I'm considering dropping band/Marching band because of the pressure the band director gives me. For context, I just moved to a new school this year and I' …

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Me again. I know that a lot of top colleges kind of have an "unwritten formula" for letters of rec that's as follows: one from your counselor, one from a STEM teacher, and one from a humanitie …

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Next year I plan on taking AP Bio and after talking to my counselor she said I should recommend myself for it since I haven't taken chemistry. This means that I need to email the head tea …

TLDR; looking for things to shiny-up application so admissions officers will overlook my bad freshman grades. Background, grades, ECs below.

Hello! I'm currently 16 and a high school junior and as I'm …

I have to write an essay if i could…….

I am confused about it.

I will appreciate any ideas with which i can make it unique.

I feel all write if i could go back in time, iff i could change the world, how …

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I am currently trying to decide on whether or not to try and graduate a year early, where I would move from graduating in the Class of 2025, to the Class of 2024, and I would apply to colleg …

Hi everyone, my name is Oscar, I am an international applicant to U.S. universities and I understand the whole process to a certain extent, however, I recently faced an issue because I have no idea ho …

I have seen so many opportunities for remote and unpaid internships for high school students. I would love an internship to book my college application and gain experience, but I feel like it is not t …

The best piece of advice I ever received was when you ask someone for a letter of recommendation, ask them whether they are willing to write you a good letter of recommendation. If they hesitate at al …

Next year I will be a senior in high school. I have the option of taking up to 4 AP classes, or 2 AP classes and 5 community college classes. Both are doable for me. The community college is The Colle …

i started this project called prisit. we run online and it’s a youth organization where we hire designers and we get asked by social media accounts, non profits, etc. to design them projects such as b …

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and I need help figuring out what I should do to get accepted into my choice college.

1. I don't have a job and I don't do many extracurricular activities besides NHS and …

hello! i’m struggling to decide if i should take on internships to help boost my college application. i got offered an internship for social media marketing, and i’m planning on entering the business …

I'm a sophomore right now and I live in a town where the high school doesn't have enough resources to teach AP or many Concurrent Enrollment classes. My state offers an online school where students ca …