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I have been looking at colleges and I am considering this one college and I just want to know what would stand out on an application or what would you find unique?

I think I didn't word the question correctly in the summary, but I don't know how to simplify it into 120 characters.

I'm applying to USF before the early decision deadline, which is November 1st. I cu …

Honestly, I'm just curious to see what other people think about this topic.

Reading the news wires today I learned that the ACT average score dropped to a 32-year low of 19.8 versus 20.3 last year out of a maximum composite score of 36. Also, the SAT avg. composite dropped to …

Hey yall,

Like the title says, Im worried about writing my personal essay about learning on my own. Ive learned a lot on my own, but its not for lack of resources from school. Its just I prefer learnin …

I have taken the SAT twice and I got a 1270 and 1280. I don't want to submit my SAT scores anywhere so I said I have zero scores I wish to report and zero future sittings. When I checked the preview f …

I am currently a junior in high school. I took 3 (technically 4 since I did one outside) APs sophomore year and had As in all of my classes except for one. I took calc bc sophomore year and it was ext …

I have a GED and, I'm trying to get my college application as prestigious as possible. Any tips? How can I get into an honors society?

I'm a senior in high school and currently enrolled at my county's votech school. In my application, I listed my home high school as the current school that I will graduate from. I included my votech s …

My GPA is around 3.78 in sophomore year, can I raise it to maybe 3.9?

For some reason, I feel like all these merit scholarships are all or nothing. I was wondering if anybody else felt this way.

Based on my academic profile I have received a full ride to both the Honors …

I recently finished the first quarter of my senior year (I was taking 3 aps, an honors class, and was signed up to take a dual enrollment but I decided not to take it). However I ended up having to mi …

I got a PSAT score of 218, which should qualify for commended scholar (not national merit in my state, though). Should I have received an email about this from collegeboard, or do I just assume I am o …

I’ve never been the best at school. I lived in the states until I was seven were I was apart of the gifted kids program. I’m talking student of the month, straight honor roll student, I even got the p …

I am applying to Trinity University. It is my top choice school and I really want to go there. However, it is fairly selective (34% acceptance rate) and my chances are currently 44%. However if I appl …

The short answer questions like "the last time I stepped out of my comfort zone" or "if I had an extra hour every day I would spend it.."?

Hey!! I'm currently a sophomore and taking 2 APs, 1 Honors, and 1 accelerated. I have As in all my classes except english accelerated, in which my teacher says she doesn't believe in giving As, becaus …

I have heard people who were really creative and got in and people who just answered the question and got in. I don't know what path should be taken.

Hello! I have a couple questions.

1. For supplemental essays such as the “why major?”, can we re-use the exact essay for different schools since they’re asking the same question or does each one have …

Hello. I am a Junior that will take 11 AP classes in total by the end of senior year, which isn't a lot but is a good amount. I am a straight-A student; however, my GPA is extremely low as a result of …