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Hi everyone! I'm a rising senior and was wondering if I should take community college classes over the summer to boost my GPA a little more, I am already enrolled in 2 virtual summer honors classes bu …

Would starting a blog that deals with finance and economics be good or

Create trading algorithms that screen for stocks and automates trading

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The minimum act score for the school I'm aiming for is 22 in math and reading, and 19 in English. I'm unsure of getting 22 in the math subscore act I just took. If I score a lil under the 22 math scor …

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I was wondering if anybody knew of any free virtual/remote opportunities related to computer science that I can do this summer. Specifically, does anybody know of any opportunities for re …

I know so many colleges that have been test-optional this year, but I haven't heard anything for classes of 2022 and 2023. I heard some say they'll let people know this summer but didn't say what clas …

Math took a toll on my gpa.

I know that USC doesn't have early action or early decision, but for merit scholarship consideration applicants have to apply by December something. Does anyone know if I can ED to schools like Vander …

So I’m taking 4 APs next year (senior year). When I apply I won’t have my scores ready for those classes. Will I be able to submit my scores later on when I get accepted?

BEAVER OR TREE?

Would like to get responses based on Research, Funding to Research, Student Life, and Intensity of Academics.

I currently have 3.46 GPA, is there anyway i can try to raise my GPA to a 3.5 in my senior year ?

Any international students here?

pls guys do you think that failure is a good experience or a bad experience.

Since I am still taking the calculus class and other classes currently, I am worried about my grades and GPA. I will admit it's been troubling to motivate myself to actually learn -- I have two Bs and …

Do you guys think you could post an MIT ultimate guide or a how to get into MIT in the future?

If you have a chancing profile with a college list, I wanted to share that CV's chancing engine has been updated to account for submitting vs. not submitting a test score. This Winter, you may have ob …

UPenn or Stanford? When it comes to CS + Management Penn's Jerome Fisher M&T Program sounds really cool but CS at Stanford seems stellar.

Being a kid who loves computer science but doesn't want to leave business-related programs which one should I prefer, UPenn or Stanford? When it comes to CS + Management Penn's Jerome Fisher M&T Prog …

I’m a high school junior and I’m planning to take the SAT one or two more times. I really want to improve my SAT score by at least 60 points but 100 points would be so good. I do the prep on Kahn acad …

I finish HS in September, planning to apply for early action on November 1, 2021. I have enough time to study and take the test at the time I finish HS?

While your score can definitely increase by studying, does anyone know the average increase in points of your SAT score each year by just learning in your high school classes? For example, if a Freshm …