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So throughout my high school career, I have gathered my Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Premiere Pro, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Powerpoint certifications. Should I put these on my college applica …

I want to do a short virtual internship this summer, but can't find any. I found a website called forage.com where they have lots of 5 hour programs I can do for free. Will this look good for colleges …

Does anyone know any prestigious summer programs/courses to take for psych/comp sci majors (preferably online)? Also, when do you generally start applying for them? Thank you so much!!

Is it possible to double major in Nursing and Public Health. I am interested in both fields but didn't know if it is possible to. Would it be possible to double major in Urban Design and Nursing?

It's more important to choose the right college over prestige.

I got a 1240 on one of Khan Academy's practice SATs, and a 1210 on the PSAT as a freshman in high school. I know Ivy Leagues and other top 20s need at the very least a 1450-1550 on the actual SAT. But …

They say that application round is now factored in, but I can't find where to input that information. I have a column for application round in my chart, but when I change it from regular to early deci …

So I go to a small school in rural Michigan with around 120 kids in my class, and I plan on going to a competitive out-of-state college. The problem is that my school only offers 4 AP and 2 Honors cla …

I’m about to be a senior and I’ve felt (relatively) confident in my chances in getting into my top schools which were between 30-80% . Now like most of my schools except for maybe 1-2 are in the teens …

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I'm currently a junior retaking a load of classes from my second semester of sophomore year since the pandemic hit a major toll on my household. I need to retake 2 a-g required classes separate from t …

Some of you have seen a big change in your CV chancing results on your college lists. Regardless if you are high achiever or not, you are going to see some numbers that make your head scratch. Therefo …

Did anyones chancing just tank? Mine earlier today was normal and now many of the school on my list were nearly cut in half. Is this a bug or the new accurate calculator? Did this happen to anyone els …

So I heard about how the metrics for admissions chancing has been redone, but my chancing percentages dropped SO MUCH like from over 80% to the “normal” acceptance rate like 30%. Is this happening to …

I got an email inviting me to apply. What is this and how do they select who is recognized? Does it help with college admissions?

I am a rising Senior And I'm interested in my question above especially with many schools becoming test-optional.

My dream schools are MIT, Stanford, NYU and UCLA, and i'm going to be a math major, and while the odds are low to get accepted, I was wondering what some things I could do are to make my resume stand …

Hello, I'm a rising senior in South Carolina :). My grades and such are good, but my main concern is being able to pay for college. I have been doing my due diligence when it comes to research since m …

Where I'm from (the Philippines), schools don't provide AP or Honors' classes. Everyone is taught the same general topics in each subject without any opportunities for accelerated learning or speciali …