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I changed my high school after my 10th-grade exams. My 11th and 12th-grade classes were conducted online due to COVID-19. I don't really have any kind of relationship with any of my current high schoo …

Please tell me how to research what and how many extracurriculars a university is looking for

I am a rising senior, looking into Computer Science university.

I don't know what & how many extracurricular …

Because of covid my grades 11-12 teachers never met me and dont know who i am properly (they cant know anyone properly through online classes) Can i get my letters written from my grade 10 teachers wh …

Can someone tell me what are extracurriculars? Is it possible to take these during the summer?

I have a virtual college tour scheduled with a small liberal arts college next week. I am kinda clueless as to what questions to ask them during/after the tour. This tour isn't considered as part of t …

Hello! I'm going into my senior year and I've registered to retake the SAT (I got a 1340 in April). I want to purchase my previous test booklet but am unsure if I would receive the QAS (question-answe …

I made one myself...

I got mostly D and E in my exams can I enter college?

I used to play a game that is wildly popular (1+ billion installs and 100+ million active users till now). I ended up spending at least 1500 hours in it.

To give you some context, It's a game similar …

I study the IGCSE board

CollegeVine says that UC Santa Cruz is a safety school for me, but I only have a 4.0, with 5 AP's, 3 honors classes and very few extra curricular activities. Is this accurate?

Hi all,

My mother is moving to California. How long do we need to be living in CA until I can qualify for in state tuition?

thank you

Hailey

I feel like I'm doing "everything right" when it comes to preparing for college, for what that's worth. Yet I still feel stressed out, additionally because I feel that my honors/awards and my academic …

I am an international student applying to the University of Cincinnati this fall for a CS major. Can anyone from the US tell me how prestigious is it considered by tech companies? Suggestions of other …

I’m a rising sophomore trying to figure out my extracurriculars. I’m aiming to major in psychology. How would I develop a spike while also experimenting with my own personal interests outside of it? A …

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice in how to format one of my extracurriculars in the common app. I’m really involved with amnesty international, a human rights group, but my involvement has grown ov …

I'll be a senior in September and I've done a community service project that raised money and donated over 800 donations, done a competition but didn't win, did a club a year bac,performed in a poetry …

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I have been closely interning for my local congressman for 2 years now. Due to covid and online learning, my junior and senior year teachers haven't gotten much time to get to know me. I underst …

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When I was in Freshman and Sophomore year, my grades slipped because of my undiagnosed severe ADHD. This was solved in Junior year with medication and therapy. I am now going to end senior year …

Extracurricular activities as name suggests is any activity I do besides my main course / classroom work . I learned some programming languages online , I spent alot of time on it like 10-15hrs every …