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Hello i am a sophomore and interested into the field of finance their are two online courses i want to take and they are know in the industry it is a wharton finance and wallstreet prep do you think …

Im planning on applying to some ivy leagues and I hear that AP exams is going to be weighed more because of the new test optional policies. I am a senior and I am going to take 6 APs in total. I didn' …

I’m a senior in high school wanting to pursue psych nursing

I struggled my freshman year and had a horrible GPA, but every year thereafter my GPA had increased. Will that be considered in my application?

Does a 1470 count as a legit score in terms of college application?

I applied for UW, UIUC, BU and other equivalent colleges.

Hey guys,

It seems like an obvious stereotype that BU got a lot of international students. While there are pros to have a diverse community, is there any disadvantages to have so many student bodies?

I live in the STEM-focused California Bay Area, close to UC Berkeley and Stanford.

I heard some rumors that NU has planned to raise their ranking in U.S News and other ranking institutions. Is that real? Does it suggest that they are bad school?

I am an average student all around, 1270 SAT, above average ECs, 4 recs, 3.7 GPA, so I am only applying to mid tier schools like VTech, UMN, UVM, and NCSU. I have no desire to go to a high tier univer …

Some of these supplemental prompts seem like traps intended to encourage repetition.

Right now I'm working on Pomona's application, which has three culture & diversity prompts. I'm not applying to Bro …

So, I have received my decision from MIT, and I got deferred. I would like to look at my application to see if there's anything I should improve. How can I request a copy of my application from the ad …

Hi I am a junior currently with As in my all subjects . I have to really work hard to get A and it not an easy A for me specially physics and AP AB calc. I took SAT in Dec 2021 and got score 1410. Aft …

Hey,

I search on the internet and I don't know whether the standardized tests is vital to UofT and other Canadian schools.

Please. answer me!

Hello,

As I work on my Columbia University supplemental essays I'm unsure where to include the spoken word that I love.

"List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read o …

After submitting a RD application, is it too late to change it to ED2? Also, does ED2 have the same benefit as ED1?

I am in 10th grade, and I am wondering if peer editing essays will count as community service. I contacted my counselor and she said the organization has to be non-profit and a supervisor has to fill …

So there is this question which I need to write an essay about:

At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from ta …

I competed in a math competition run through a university (not my typical math league), and my team of 3 people got a top 10% distinction. On the contest results website my name is listed for this, so …

hello i have a question on how do i find these prestigious internship at places like google i am interested in finance and i saw this video on YouTube and she did financial planning for google and won …

I work for my student newspaper and got involved in Covid-19 policies with school systems this summer, so I reached out to my school district officials about getting involved and possibly helping. My …