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Hi, I'm a senior and I am currently working on my college essay, however, I need help with starting my essay with an interesting hook. I want to write about how k-pop, more specifically BTS and NCT, h …

hey everyone I'm a high school senior who just submitted my utd application. so basically I'm applying to tamu, utd, and a few other colleges here in texas. for tamu I'm applying for engineering and f …

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- During 8th grade, I wanted to be a pilot. Now, I'm a freshman in high school taking an aviation elective. the class material was very boring for me

- I wanted to be so many things …

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I am currently a freshman at High school and also an international student. I want to go to Caltech and my interests are in Physics and Math. Can anyone please share their advice as to how i sho …

I am an 8th grader, I have A's and take some rigorous classes in a local college. I also do martial arts and 3 other extracurriculars.

My final SAT score I got was 1380. My top school is the University Of Illinois Urbana Champaign. I have a 3.75 GPA, took 10 AP Classes, and am taking Calculus 3 as a senior right now. I have decent ex …

Is it okay if one of my recs uses his personal email? This is for a volunteer org i work for (that doesnt have a domain) and he's been a supervisor who can actually attest to my own work. Any outside …

Hi, I m rafsan completed high school. I have done free tutoring for 8 months in a poor school besides my tuition for earning after father's death. Is it a meaningful activity for ivy league??

I have ot …

Hi, How should we report Pearson Edexcel IGCSE grades on Common App. There's only an option for Cambridge in the Testing section

heyyy im a highschool senior applying to colleges right now and i feel very stressed out. i am an above average student, but feel very very below average among my classmates.

i have a 4.3W gpa, 1320 sa …

I'm a sophomore in high school looking to study Mechanical Engineering once I go on to college. As far as academics go I believe I'm all good but my extracurriculars are lacking. I do a fair bit of CA …

I am not the person that will let strangers on the internet decide my life however, I wanted to get non biased opinions on what my major should be thanks in advance. I am a freshman trying to narrow d …

I am beginning to start my essay and I want to know how i should do my essay, and will this help me get in if its really good.

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I just got my results for my ACT back, with 35 Math/35 Science/36 ELA/36 Reading = 36 Composite on my first try, no studying. But now I'm worried about smth else... For reference, my super sco …

Basically I was cooked from the start cause my bus always brought me to first period halfway through the class till my this year since I can drive now so my first period has always brought my grade do …

I’ve already finished algebra 1 & 2 as well as geometry and had 95+ grade and 100 on each final. Biology and chemistry I had 90+ all year with a 95+ final. In aphug I scored a 5 I am heading into my s …

I am filling out my SRAR, and my school only provides rank for the top 10%. If I'm not in the top 10%, what do I put on the SRAR?

I'm currently a senior in High school. The first time I took the ACT last year at my school was in May(I'm not used to how the ACT is structured). I received a 14. I recently got my September ACT scor …

Hey guys, I just got my September ACT scores, and I'm pretty disappointed. I got the exact same score as my June test, which is a 33 composite (29 math, 35 english, 35 reading, 34 science). I worked r …

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I'm sure this question has been answered countless times but I wanted a reassuring answer haha.

So I'm currently a senior and I'm starting my application process. I do need to get letters of reco …