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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

Is it bad that I am dropping out from playing badminton to bring my gpa up? I am a sophomore in high school with a 3.25 UW gpa. But badminton is not my only sport I am in varsity tennis, I also do pri …

I have been very anxious about whether my extracurriculars are enough.

I am an American Citizen who has only done high school in India, the rest of my schooling was in America. These are my ECs.

1.Learn …

My son is in 9th grade and is not doing well in honors biology. It’s around a 75 average. He has 2 other honor classes and everything else he’s at 95 is. Should he drop to regular biology? The teac …

I accidentally cheated on my Spanish unit exam today because I misunderstood the teacher and received a 0 on the exam. I know that top tier schools heavily frown upon cheating. I fear this 0 is also g …

Transferring from Texas State. 3.8 GPA, just finished fall semester of sophomore year. Was part of the Financial Management association and Student Economics Association.

Also have done an internship w …

I’m currently enrolled at a community college and finishing my requirements for a degree for transfer. I originally planned to apply to more universities but my mom said it’s not a good idea if my hea …

I'm interested in writing and I think it will be one of my main extracurriculars in high school. I was having trouble choosing between entering writing competitions or starting my own blog as a writin …

I am GED graduate student and I am trying to attend university. Unfortunately, my father cannot support when

I am GED graduate student and I am trying to attend university. Unfortunately, my father can …

Stuck between the two, both include the CPA track program and are AACSB accredited but having trouble deciding which one opens up a better opportunity for a future job with good pay coming out of coll …

Hi! So I have recently found out I have a 3.25 unweighted gpa, and I’m in second semester of 10th grade what can I do to bring my gpa up and what type of classes should I take junior year rather than …

How competitive is Penn State Smeal College of Business to get into for Undergrad?

Since I reported it on my applications, my class rank has changed from 15/400 to 10/400. Is it worth emailing colleges to inform them of this change, or will it not affect my admissions decision?

Thank …

Hi, everybody! Do colleges answer when I click on messege and write a message to them beacause I have sent a message to a college and I didn't get answer. I don't have advisor. Do people need an advis …

My son is in 9th grade and I have a few questions. He is pretty good at lacrosse and cross country track. Does that help getting into college?

My son is a pretty smart kid. In 9th grade he is taking …

I am a texas resident and I am in the top 7-8% of my class and have a 3.98/4.0 GPA. I have a 1500 SAT and decent extracurriculars. As ut is becoming more and more competitive I feel like I really don' …

Hello, I am a current freshman and have until March 1st to finalize my sophomore schedule. I'm thinking of taking AP Stats, Physics 1, Calc AB, and World. Later on, I initially thought I would take AP …

I'm in 10th grade and I took the PSAT a while ago. I've been trying not to think about it, but I keep feeling self conscious about it. I got a 990 (440 in Math and 550 in English), is this anything to …

What exactly are colleges looking for in college admission essays? What about when they are optional vs. when they are required?

Demographic: Indian male, currently a junior

GPA: 4.0 UW 4.5 W (the electives were all non-honors)

school doesn't do class rank, but I'm in the top 99.63% of my class of 750 students

8 APs in total (8 AP …

Hi! I moved from Africa to Canada about a three months ago and I'm currently in grade 11. I cant take IB classes because I would have had to apply in grade 10 (and this is the only challenging program …