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I’ve always been a straight-A student. Right now I’m a sophomore in high school and taking AP bio, and it’s been super hard on me. I got an A last trimester but I’m not sure if I’ll get one this trime …

For context, I'm part of my school's newspaper and love journalism, but don't want to study it in college. I would like to write for my universities newspaper and was wondering if putting that in my ' …

So, I submitted a few college applications and almost all of them require a mid-year report.

During this semester, all of my classes have been 9 AP classes and within those AP classes, I've only manag …

Hi! I'm a junior with a 3.88 GPA in all honors/APs. I haven't taken the SAT yet but am planning to study for it more after getting a 1360-1380 on the PSAT. My main extracurriculars are piano, a music- …

at my school, they offer AP classes and IB classes. Does one look better on my applications or are they normally equal to each other? I am planning on taking both but I do not know what one I should ¨ …

I have a good idea about what I want to write but haven't started writing them at all since I was busy with other applications.

Hey, I am really keen on going to the USA for university, but I am from a British system school, where instead of a GPA and AP/honors, we do IGCSE and A-level. So I am unsure what to do.

Any tips?

Will …

I'm mentioning some of the achievements that I have, Please someone review these and suggest some more activities that I should involve

My main area of interest is Mathematics and computer science, An …

Hi. I'm a senior who just applied to Dartmouth today.

Before completing my CommonApp application, I made sure to check whether or not Dartmouth requires official sat scores directly from Collegeboard. …

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and my extra curricular/ community service consist of being involved in my church as a Sunday School Servant and a Scout member. I am unable to join a sport but I do have …

Hi! I am a junior in high school (outside the US) and I was wondering which ec’s look good for college application. I already do many activities outside of school that truly passionate me, but what wo …

I am currently a HS senior right now and I've already applied to the majority of colleges I'm thinking about. I'm worried because I had a perfect GPA until the 2020-21 school year when my grades dropp …

I am a 10th grader and I was wondering what may be some great science extracurriculars. If I were to do research where should I look for and if I were to cold email a professor how could I sound credi …

(I'm currently a junior who has no idea what kind of career field of college to go to.)

My school doesn't offer any sort of AP/IB/Honors classes. I decided to do dual enrollment classes at a local comm …

Hi, I'm a ninth grader in Florida trying to figure out what to do about AP courses since my school doesn't provide AP courses. Should I pay for AP courses online?(if so then does anyone know reliable …

I'm applying for the Bank of America student leader internship, which is incredibly selective, and I was wondering how I could stand out and be chosen. The application consists of recommendation lette …

Hello, I would like to ask if I preach about Jesus on Instagram, like doing live streams. Would that count as an extracurricular on its own, and would it be under the category of own-initiative.

As a senior applying regular decision, can I take the March SAT and update colleges if I get a better score? In theory, since their admissions decision can be released on April 1, the scores can com …

Hi! I'm currently a HS student and I'm interested in taking AP macroeconomics. My counselor has confirmed with me that because our school didn't offer the course, I'd have to take it at a nearby colle …

I am a 10th grader and soon we would have to choose our courses. I have already planned to do 3 AP courses next year: AP English 3, AP Chemistry, and AP Psychology. I have a choice if I want to do AP …