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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 …

The overall main themes of my application are helping others and teaching. All of my ECs go back to at least one of those two.

Between my activities, I have five that are almost the same: Volunteer Tea …

I am an international student currently enrolled in the South African system, which is not very well known globally. I took the SAT in May, and got 1250, which is lower than predicted by my teachers a …

I am interested in going into pharmacy but unsure about which path I should take. Some of the schools I plan on applying to do not require me to get a bachelor's degree before applying into their phar …

Hi! I’m a prospective Astrophysics/Astronomy major that’s looking to go to a T20 school. All of my friends tell me that I am lucky to be going into a less populated major because I’ll be able to get i …

I am planning on taking neuroscience as a major which blends in with psychology courses. Would it be a good idea to minor in psychology since a lot of the classes cross over? I plan on going into the …

What are the best extracurriculars for me to start now that I'm a sophomore to help me get the attention of the Ivy Legues I want to go to(Yale, Princeton, Harvard)? Any suggestions are appreciated.

I got an email from Swarthmore college saying I had gotten a fee waiver but I how do I check it off on common app since its college specific and not a general fee waiver?

Hi! I was trying to enter my extracurriculars for the chancing calculators but I really don't know what category to put one into. I'm currently in this program for the fall in which I just take math o …

So I have applied to a research programme at Pioneer academics and I’m positive that I would get into it. Do you think it is worth it? How much of importance would it hold on my college application? O …

Does the ecs done /pursued after high school graduation will be beneficial if I mention ?

How to arrange the ecs ? Should I list similar activities in one section? Like attending winning several debat …

Hello everyone I think this is very late to ask but still wanted some opinions. So I loved writing from a very young age which also helped me to write poetry stuffs as well. So I used to post these on …

What are some of the best STEM extracurricular activities.

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I'm currently a junior and taking AP US History and AP Macroeconomics. Our school offers the option to either take the AP exam or do dual enrollment through a tiny, local 4-year universi …

When a college asks for a GPA do they prefer a CORE GPA value or a cumulative GPA value and does this differentiation matter?

I thought that the interview went well, but I am afraid it will reflect badly on me if I send a thank you email now.

hey! i know the ACT and SAT are no longer required at most schools, but I'm still worried that my application will be weaker without one of them. Would my being an international student make the ACT l …

Why is collegevine telling me to submit my sat score when it is 100 points lower than the average accepted student?

I'm a 10th grader (graduation year 2023 as I'm planning on graduating a year early), and I was wondering if taking the PSAT is a valuable thing to take? I didn't take it in 8th because I transferred …

I currently have mid-1400 SAT and 3.8 GPA.

I'm a sophomore in high school who just finished his freshman year but is confused and what my GPA exactly is? On my school transcript, it says I have an 89.5%, The problem is I wanted in GPA form lik …