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I currently have around a 3.1-3.2 Cumulative GPA, I am also in 2AP Classes and honors math. My ACT score was also a 21. Next year I should be completing 2 CTE Pathways as well as a few more AP and Con …

First generation students are defined as having neither of their parents having a bachelors degree and/or never went to college. Neither of my parents went to college, although my mother got a diploma …

Hi. I'm a senior this year who just heard back from all of her colleges. I got into some good ones and am thankful for that. But I got rejected from the Roski school at USC. I wasn't considering writi …

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Looking for specific requirements and acceptance rate for Pepperdine University if you're not a young student or coming in with an MA into the Psychology dept.

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I am currently a junior and an international student. I was wondering if my age will affect my chances at a school in the US. I am planning to study Engineering and will be graduating in the year 2 …

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Hi all. I am a junior attending a competitive high school on Long Island. I have a 3.975 UW GPA and a 1510 SAT. Currently, my extracurricular include Jazz Band, National Honor Society, a position as p …

my high school is a STEM charter school which is tops in the state and one of the top in the US however, it does not call its courses "AP", due to the regulation and cost that entails. I started hono …

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I have been using CV for a bit, and first of all, I am SO thankful for this website! It has almost all the resources I need to prepare for the college admissions process next year, and props to …

I suck at standardized testing because I struggle to focus on the question, as a result, I don't want to take the SAT or ACT. I'm a junior and I'm taking two AP exams, I have two virtual jobs, I am th …

Does anybody know of some good pre-college programs offered online this summer? I've been looking for something with tuition less than $1,000 but that has been surprisingly difficult to find. I'm open …

I am a freshman and next year I take 4 advanced honors classes and AP HumGeo

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I am a freshman in high school and I am a A and Mostly B student.As of now I am not in any clubs and I have also stopped playing basketball for Rec.I plan on joining DECA and HOSA in 10th g …

Hello! I am wondering how many AP classes (and which ones) I should take especially to impress universities such as Stanford, NYU, UCLA, and more. I'm currently a sophomore about to start my junior ye …

1. When does CommonAppand coalition release their prompts so I can get a jump start?

2. I know neither Common or Coalition is better but is either of them more convenient?

3. As I have about 4-5 definit …

I want to try to get into the honors program at the UMN twin cities when I apply, (I'm a Sophomore now). What does it take to get into the honors program at UMN twin cities (GPA, ACT/SAT score, ECs)? …

Hey, so I wanted to get accepted for the Honors Program at UT Austin or UT Dallas. Do y'all have any advice on how to get in, and a general idea of who usually gets in?

Hello, I have 2 questions:

- Do I, as an international student from Portugal, need to take the ACT or SAT to enter in an Ivy League School?

- My class doesn't offer any honour or AP classes and doesn't …

Hello, I don´'t have a GPA (since in Portugal the school system is different). What should I write in the GPA space?