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Most highschoolers know they have to get good grades to get into college. However your college application requires more then that, and I would like to have ideas in what to do that isn't "publish a b …

For one of my college applications, I have to write a letter to scholar, artist, scientist, activist, etc. that I admire. To get some inspiration, I figured I would see what you all thought.

1. I am worried about my letters of recommendation. I chose a teacher who knew me for all four years of high school. We had a great relationship, and she watched me improve in academics thought-out hi …

I am graduating a year early from high school, yay! I have been taking classes from a community college since before I even started high school classes and because of that, I have many more classes th …

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{these are (mine) graceanne deladem's submission and my original essays, please dont plagerize :D}

Hey I am applying to NYU and I have done research I was wondering about if I should specify that in m …

Hi, I need help with writing an essay for prompt # 1 which says to "Reflect on a time when you exchanged ideas about an important issue with someone holding an opposing view. How did the experience le …

Hi, I want to apply to the school of education. I have a weighted GPA of 4.4 and a SAT score of 1590 and ACT of 33. I have pretty standard extracurriculars but none of them really stand out to the pro …

I'm planning to apply to Boston University and I am thinking about whether I should apply to the College of arts and sciences or the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.

I cou …

Alg 2 Honors (C)

I am mainly an A/B student with solid ECs and an international applicant living in the US?

NJ resident- do I still have a comfortable shot with UMiami RD? SAT is 1490 SuperScore and 14 …

Everywhere Classwork rigour is mentioned, but as a high schooler from India, there were no "advanced" classes in my institution. Will that hurt my admission chances or will admission committees unders …

In no particular order, here are some tips for you if you are applying for RD.

- If you were deferred or rejected from your ED, EA, REA college, do not assume that you are going to get into these schoo …

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Essentially I have a 1500 SAT, 790 in math, and 710 in English. I am a first-generation Asian majoring in comp-sci. So should I apply test-optional to Ivy Leagues?

I was deferred from Georgetown during the Early Action round and since that school is my top choice, I want to send a letter of continued interest. I know that a LOCI should be sent ASAP, but I don't …

Whenever I attempt paying the money for the css profile, the payment isn't accepted, even with the information provided from the debit card.

I have got 2-specific university CSS fee waiver codes of Cornell and Columbia, so do I have to fill CSS profile individually for each college, or I can fill all two together by applying the codes on t …

I have got 3-specific university CSS fee waiver codes so do I have to fill CSS profile individually for each college or I can fill all three together by applying the codes on the payment page?

Hello there. I’m trying to get into UF, and to do this I am going to try to get an internship at one of two companies: Yomi Robotics and Stryker Robotics. Yomi is solely in the surgical industry from …

How does participating in undergraduate research help a student in their future career, in my case, it is aerospace engineering. I have tried to search for this on the internet but have found very gen …