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My Sophomore daughter wants to get into UT Austin Biomedical Engineering undergrad major. She has a reasonable academic background (unweighted GPA ~3.9, weighted 4.2, will have 14 …

Once I go to college, I want to take both Acting and Music Performance as a major, but I also want to do Global Studies as a minor mainly because I love to learn about new cultures and I want to trav …

I am an Indian and currently living in Botswana where i am doing my AS-level from, and I also decided to write the sat this because, I am planning to do only AS-level and attend a university in the u …

I am currently in AS-Level and looking forward to go to a university in the us, mostly aiming for a ivy-league school, can somebody pls tell me what extracurricular activities I can do relating to com …

Hi!

I am extremely keen in business and music however, my high school does not allow any clubs and worse I am an international student.

So it would be nice if you could suggest some academies or anythi …

Hi,

I’m posting this because I want to answer your questions about applying to architecture schools.

I’ve finished undergraduate (Bartlett UCL) and postgraduate (University of Cambridge) architecture sc …

I’m currently a sophomore in high school. My dream school is Harvard. What are some things I can do academically (courses, exams) and in terms of extracurriculars?

I would like to know what topics I have to include in the NC A&T ENTANCE essay, for example (if you don't understand) UNC you have to include a description of a fictional character, a historical figu …

Is it? I know it's writing, but, what tier of extracurriculars would that be?

1.Are medical technologist and food technologist high paying job?

2. What majors you need to study for each of them?

What extracurriculars, courses, test scores, etc. look good on a college application for Georgetown? It is my top school and I would love to start preparing now before I enter my sophomore year.

I am in 11th grade considerding to apply to this college.

For personal reasons, I've opted to take a gap year instead of starting college this year. But I've already accepted admission to an Ivy League University. So here's the question: if I decide to apply …

I'm trying to get into a good university for writing, just trying to make sure I stand out to other students

I’m a junior in HS and I’m looking into an expensive college. I have a decent GPA, but many CCP classes and AP classes. I’ve had a rough life i would say, so i feel like that would help to get a schol …

I'm currently a high school sophomore (rising junior), and I'm interested in pursuing the legal field in college. I plan to start a mock trial team at my school in my junior year, but I'm not sure as …

I have some hobbies here and there but not really extracurriculars. I know that I'm dedicated to some hobbies and I've been doing some for a long time and have put a lot of time into them but I'm not …

This is a question about the collegevine chancing simulator: I wanted to see what my chances of getting into certain schools would be if I took two more college classes– so I simulated two more, and a …

Because MIT is a STEM heavy school, I know the number of humanities majors is incredibly low. However, I heard that you get more personal attention by the professors because of the reduced class size. …

Hello, my name is Carlos. I am currently having doubts on this as I am from Puerto Rico and I graduate next year. The issue is that my dad wants me to study in Puerto Rico, since it's cheaper. Though …