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In the common app activities section, it asks about activity types. Is working as a TA academic or volunteer or school spirit? Or is it something else entirely? Should I just pick "Other Club/Activity …

For a college essay, I need to write about an issue or topic I am passionate about.

I have two topics in mind, and I am confused about whic one to choose.

First, is women abuse. This is something I have …

Hello, lately I’ve been worrying all the community classes I took were in vain as I’m not sure if the course is transferable.

Does “transferable” only apply to credits, or am I able to mention the comm …

I'm currently a sophomore in high school with a 4.0 GPA with a plan to take all honors with several AP classes throughout high school. My issue is I want to make my extracurriculars stronger.

My main …

I am a senior who already submitted my application around a month ago.

So, for the question "TestOptional; Do you want your ACT and/or SAT scores used in your review?", I answered "no." However, I acci …

I have taken 8 AP classes and gotten 5s on 5 of them, a 4 on AP world, and a 3 on APUSH. Should I include my APUSH score? It's lower than my other scores but I also don't want colleges to see that I t …

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Im a junior in highschool.

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I am a junior in highschool looking through colleges at the moment.

Hiiii! Does anyone have any good college suggestions in the United States of America with cold, gloomy and rainy weather? I would love to be either in a city or a large town.

I’m a freshmen with a current 4.0 gpa (first quarter) and I am wondering what classes I should take to. I’m want to become a lawyer so my intended major is criminal Justice, law or criminology. I want …

Hi everyone,

I applied early action to University of Oregon but I never received any sort of confirmation that they received my application or any decisions. It's been three weeks so I assumed it would …

Hello everyone! I'm looking for music that I could use at the beginning of the podcast, do you have any suggestions?

I’m starting 9th Grade soon, so I still have 3 years until I graduate but I’m very eager to make the most out of the time I have left in High School. I would love to go to an Ivy League but my chances …

demographics:

asian-indian male in CA, socal area

intended majors: data science, stats, data analytics, applied mathematics

GPA: 3.85 UW/ 4.4 W, as of this post being created (should go up significantly …

RISD is my dream school, but unfortunately, my chances aren't looking too good due to my grades. What type of essay or things in my portfolio could increase my chances of getting in?

Hello,

So, I wonder if I should apply to CMU, Clemson and Lehigh to my list of colleges I will apply to?

Do colleges ask for high school transcripts and other related information ( like your high school GPA, how many APs you have taken, your extracurricular and whatnot) if you want to transfer to a diffe …

I want to apply to Sorbonne Universite, Oxford, and Cambridge University. Does anyone have any experience? What should I know? How do I apply?

Hello! I plan on creating a political advocacy group for youth on discord where students can debate, share opinions & communicate to opposing sides in a respectful manner: if I obtain a large amount o …

My average dropped this mid term because I had to take up the most tasking courses and drop the easy ones. What effect does it have on my chances in getting into my dream school.