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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

I got deferred from Case Western. In the time since applying and now, I have made some heavy revisions to my additional information, activities, and common app essay. These changes are as simple as re …

I am currently a sophomore very stressed about when I apply to colleges. I know you need a spike and a theme in your application for more selective colleges but I have not really decided what I want y …

I will be taking those courses in the future and I am wondering how I could ace those subjects and do well. Also how to improve in algebra 2 since I am taking it right now and I want to become better. …

How is lafayette good and what are the opportunities for students who are doing the sciences such as biology and chemistry? I need something to write in my why LaFayette essay

I might be taking these two courses in the upcoming years. I was wondering what the course load is like and how to learn the courses as efficiently as possible. If there any websites, channels, or vid …

First of all: I'm Sri Lankan. If you don't know where that is, it is a country in South Asia. I moved to the United States in 2016.

I checked my chances into getting the Big 3 (Harvard, Princeton, and …

I’m a sophomore in high school and I have a heart condition that makes me pass out constantly. At the beginning/middle of this quarter I was not yet diagnosed and was having episodes 3-4 times a week. …

my school offers this internship but it isn't well known. I took their previous course last summer and it was really fun so, I also want to do this internship. It, however, isn't well known as it is s …

I'm still a sophomore in high school, so I don't have enough experience or achievements to apply for prestigious research programs (I would like to try in junior year), so currently I want to build ex …

Hello, everyone. I submitted my application to U of Wisconsin, Madison days ago. And recently it emailed me saying that I have to submit a "Final High School Transcript" in order to make my applicat …

Does taking 3 or 4 years look impressive to colleges. I am signing up for my senior year courses in a week so I was wondering I have 2 foreign language credits right now.

I’m a sophomore and I don’t live in California. I’m a Hispanic female, and USC is my dream school. I currently have a 3.2 GPA but I plan to raise it as much as I can in the next 2 years. I’m currently …

Hello everyone, I am currently a high school junior living in the US. For college, my ultimate goal is to go to a University in Europe such as ETH Zurich. I plan to do this by getting my bachelor's at …

It is a research program that is 2600 dollars and I’ve even attended their info program. I’m having a hard time finding research opportunities in my area, at my age, so I’m probably going to pay for i …

I'm currently participating in multiple IB classes - IB English HL, IB MAA SL, IB World Religions SL, and IB biology HL along with two electives. I'm also president of two clubs (one community service …

I am an in-state student in high school(Class of 2024). I heard that the application process has changed for Umich comp sci where you have to directly apply to comp sci to declare as your major. How w …

I got horrible grades in my freshman year, and recieved a C last semester in AP Calc. If I were to retake those classes online, and recieve a higher grade, how would that look to the admissions office …

I am a sophomore in high school and considering applying for the Stanford Summer Humanities Institute this summer. I heard that it is a really good program, but can't seem to find any information onli …

My parent is not required to file for a tax return. The college said I should upload a signed statement explaining the reason. Should the statement be signed by my parent or by someone like clergy or …

Hi, I was looking into the mid-year reports and started to get a bit concerned after I read that mid-year reports can rescind college decisions. I was able to maintain mostly A's throughout my high sc …