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Hi, I’m a junior and want to major in political science however I took AP lang and AP Macro and got a B in both. I found these classes to be very difficult. I also didn’t take the AP exam for both. Ho …

I was wondering if I could write my college essay, about my passion(Ice skating and hockey) and if that was a good idea

For educational purposes only, I'm sharing my chancing results from a month ago as compared to the last 2 days. There is a lot of changes to the results, some have to do with lower admit rates, others …

I am an Asian-American, and I decided to answer prompt 1 in the common app. I know talking about my identity, especially in this demographic, is extremely cliche, but I feel like my story is integral …

My school doesn't include the class rank. What should I do?

Hi, my mother and I have been trying to find summer courses. I tried to apply for the ones offered at my school, but they only provide credit recovery. Does anyone know any free or cheap, yet credible …

I'm a 9th grader at Sammamish High school and I know for a fact that being transgender (ftm) is going to affect my chances for getting into certain colleges.

I’m currently a sophomore in highschool and plan to double major in computer science and graphic design. I live in a small town so there aren’t really any opportunities in computer science and current …

My new school requires me to take 3 years of a foreign language and only has Spanish. I’ve taken French 1 and 2 at my old school and I need to take French 3 or Spanish 1 if I want to graduate. Does an …

I've done karate for about 10 years now, and I got my black belt and am an assistant teacher. But I don't really know how to write all that in the activities portion. Does anyone have any tips on maki …

I just turned 17, I am a junior in high school and was wondering what would be the optimum timeline to apply to colleges, get my essays written, letters of recommendation, test transcripts, FSHA fille …

Hey, I was wondering why my chances on all my saved schools went way down recently. I changed nothing about my statistics and some schools dropped by about 20% could this be a mistake or did schools c …

Hello everyone,

I've lurked on here since last fall (I'm done with everything) but I want to ask a burning question I've had for a while now.

Contrary to popular belief, I actually really enjoyed the co …

Hi! I am a rising college freshman and I was starting to thinking about picking classes, specifically language classes. I know that I could more than likely test into a German class above beginners (o …

Hey, I have a question about USC applications. One of the components of a 1-2 minute unrehearsed video on the topic: How do you envision using your USC Thornton education to become a force for positiv …

I have a 97.5 Unweighted Gpa, and our school does not count gym in this calculation. However, gym grades do show up on our transcript and I got a 78 the first semester and an 88 the second semester. W …

I am an international student in the British system. I mostly use CV to check if my extracurriculars are on track since we don't have GPAs and don't take AP/IB/Honours classes. I can't find any solid …

Hi, I want to start participating in research products starting Sophomore year.I’m starting high school this fall but I’ve seen videos of people listing research in their extracurriculars list. I don’ …

Hi, I heard that the UCLA film program is very prestigious and selective, so I was wondering if anyone would have any ideas on how to increase the possibility of getting in. I have like a 3.7ish gpa ( …

Hello, as of yesterday, my college admission chances have all dropped significantly even though I didn't change any of my statistics. For example, my admissions chances for University of Texas Austin …