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I do not want to have an essay that has been read a million times before, what are some that you commonly see/hear other writing.

Hello, I’m currently a junior approaching my senior year and am therefore very worried about college admissions.I have been to 3 high schools so far- a K-12 badly funded private religious school in fr …

I have a GPA of a 2.9 unweighted, I don’t know what career I want to go into, according to many tests and people I talk to both medical and law seem to be the top. I am terrible at the sciences needed …

Hi! Does anyone know which sports have the most pull in college admissions? For example, does tennis have more pull than say, track and field or swimming? What about lacrosse, or volleyball?

I’m currently a highschool student and this summer I want to do a research project and hopefully find a college professor to be my mentor, and help me along the way. How do I ask them? How can I convi …

I am in 10th grade and i am looking to get a head start on college application processes what could i get a head start on and what should i include in the process?

Should i start my essay now or should …

I applied to the QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program with a "strong" (as said by my teacher) application, but one of my recommenders (specifically the academic recc) never submitted a recommenda …

As a STEM bound student I had a convert station with my physics teacher about the upcoming unit and for lack of a better term I’ll be helping her write the test. As I feel I have a dearth of STEM ECs …

I’ve always thought it mattered for business or law majors.

I ended up with a 34 on my ACT on the first try, and I'm pretty happy with it. The only issue is that I'm planning on going into chemical engineering. I got a 36 in science, but only a 29 in math. I h …

I have a high GPA and LSAT but I attend UBC (University of British Columbia), will this hurt my chances of getting into a t-14 law school in America?

I know this may be a bit broad, but I decided to take the ACT and SAT, and was wondering what the best way would be to prepare especially during the pandemic since I can't go out to tutoring sessions …

What can touch admissions the most?

I am interning at a hospital during my senior year of high school, would that be considered a strong extracurricular?

I was wondering if international students are grouped in one category or are they grouped by country? So you're competing within your country instead of kids from all over the world.

I'm currently a sophomore who is interested in attending medical school and majoring in biology. How can I demonstrate that I have a spike in biology/something that has to do with the medical field (s …

What is the relationship between UPenn and the city?

Do the essays have to be about the spike, too or is it more a theme the AOs just get?

How We Can Calculate Our Unweighted And Weighted GPA. As I Find Different Site To Calculate GPA. But The Result Is Little Bit Different From Each Other. Kindly Friends As I Find This Website To Be Ver …

Hey!

I know that achievements are an important part of the application process, and there's a different section in Common App to put them (we get to put 5 achievements + 10 ECs).

Where do I put my ach …