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I’m a student in Canada and wanted to try the COMC (Canadian open math contest) for a chance and performing well and ranking higher. If I do well on this, I could try for national or international too …

Hi, I'm a senior who got into CMU, JHU, UW Madison, and BU... Decision time is really soon for us this year, so where should I go? I just wanted some general thoughts or pros and cons if any of y'all …

So one of my parents friends is for lack of a better term very high up in an area adjacent to my career field (think cardiology and nuerology) For privacy’s sake (not what he is but one that should a …

Hi! What are good majors for students who want to go into the medical field, specifically at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. I'm a 10th grader. Would microbiology/lab sciences be good since c …

I was always dedicated to my studies for which I could not take part in much extracurricular competitions. I participated in math and physics olympiad upto regional levels in Bangladesh. I learnt some …

I'm trying to research College's with Div 1 and Div 2 competitive swim teams. I'm a nationally ranked athlete. I'd like to do some research on schools with competitive swim teams that offer my chosen …

Grade 10

Knox College Jamaica ( the highschool)

I have the following choices:

UWI MONA

UTECH

MANY MORE

All honors English classes at my school are available for dual credit, so my teacher brought up the point that for credit an AP class is pretty useless because you can get it in honors and not have to …

Hi! I am taking the SAT on June 5th and I'd like to know how to increase my math score. I've taken the SAT twice now, first time I got a 1340 and second time I got a 1230. On the first one I got a 710 …

hiiii yall i'm an international student and i'm currently a junior.

our school is a traditional high school so we don't have any clubs or activities that can be written on my resume. so all of my ecs a …

GPA is good.

Hi! I am a freshman who is thinking about options to go to college, and my parents mentioned graduating HS early. I am not like a straight A student, But I take 1 AP right now. Anyway, I wanted to kno …

I am a sophomore in high school who is interested in science. I really want to participate in a research internship sometime before college (summer before senior year, maybe?). I really want to get th …

So I'm a sophomore in high school in a really small town in a rural area. There are not many options for AP/Honors classes or different extracurriculars like there are in bigger cities. I am taking a …

I'm a junior in high school aiming to attend a top 10 university and I'm trying to figure out whether I should take on the extra time commitment of doing varsity track.

For context: I should have arou …

I believe that collegevine had some kind of stats where you can see the average GPA or the percentiles for each college, but I don't know where to find it. I would really appreciate it if someone know …

I was waitlisted at UC Berkeley and accepted at UCLA. I'm thinking about applying to be on the Berkeley waitlist to still have the option and because it's my top choice. However, I'm not sure that I w …

I am currently in 10th grade, and will like to know the academic requirements of becoming a Neuro Sonographer. I am currently taking classes like AP Psychology and Anatomy and Physiology. But as I go …

I attended an international school(Concordia International School Shanghai to be exact) for my first two years in high school, but since I have spent two years in America I will apply as a domestic st …

Hello!

I'm in the secretariat of a MUN. We have several committees, more than 200 people participate as delegates (people from all over my country), and around 50 people participate as Chair.

I'm also g …