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In the fall of 2022, I plan to audition for American Idol (auditions are held in mid-August-early-September). This is also when I'm supposed to start college. Should I wait until the spring of 2023 to …

I have a 3.88 unweighted GPA, and a 4.4 weighted GPA as a high school sophomore. I understand that they want demonstrated interest, however, I am taking many healthcare-related classes such as Princip …

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B.Sc. nursing

Hi! I am in 9th grade taking APHG and I got C in first semester, but now I have a B.

which makes W GPA of 3.67 and UW GPA of 3.83 I also took a college course in local community college which will h …

My GPA is 3.89 on a 4.0 scale and a 4.25 on a 5.0 scale. I got a 28 on my ACT (I'm retaking it in June 2021), and I've been recognized by numerous organizations, and I've won plenty of awards. I write …

Hi all! I am currently a junior and I've heard that gender and major can affect your chances of getting into college. Currently, I have psychology with a pre-med track as my intended major, I am aware …

I am junior high school student. I have 3.9 GPA and interested in applying for scholarship at Bennington college.

I'm a confused international student applying to universities in the united states. I have good test scores but my activities are slacking.

Duke is my dream school. Unfortunately, the tuition is excruciating (before financial aid, of course). The acceptance rate is about 9%. If I audition for Duke's school of music, will I have a better c …

My school only offers AP US History for freshmen and I can no longer take it. Will colleges find it ok if I self study for it?

I wish to major in Political Science in college, but haven't started early enough?

GPA:4.0

9th Grade:

US History ll Honors insead of AP US History. (AP US History was a yearlong course, only AP offered, …

I understand that Upenn is need aware, but after consulting with my parents we've concluded that we can pay 40-45k USD max. (taking 83k as COA), how badly will this affect my chances in context with m …

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All colleges/universities have subject requirements that you have to have, or at least “strongly recommend”, as you know.

Since I attended high school in …

I'm a junior in high school and the main issue with my college application is that my extracurriculars aren't very strong. As of right now, I have 1 year of spirit club, 1 year of varsity soccer, 2 ye …

I got admits from both TAMUK(Masters in plant and soil sciences) and TTU(Masters in Agribusiness). I am in a dilemma which one to choose and moreover I have received an out of state fee waiver from TT …

I’m a sophomore in high school and I want to major in something related to economics, finance, or business. What extracurriculars should I do if I want to get into an ivy??

hii I'm 14 years old right now and I want to do a summer program sometime in high school. I want to experience doing something new, but I'm not sure which summer programs are good and which ones are u …

I recently discovered I wanted to do Journalism. I wanted to apply to the School of the New York Times but the deadline for finicail aid consideration passed. Anything like it?

Jamaican High school

Hi, I’m a junior in High School. I received a C+ in Biology (H) the first semester. I’m hoping to receive a B- or a B for the second semester. I took Intro to psychology last summer and received an A. …