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This year, I took my ap exam in May but then requested to do a make up examin June and needed to wait until August 16 to get my scores. I faxed to a cancellation form to college board to cancel the sc …

My grades took a hit from covid my sophomore year especially math. Will my poor gpa that year effect my overall GPA all four years and late on college apps?

Hi! I'm considering doing the third prompt on the common app:

Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?

My idea is to discu …

I plan on going to college as a business admin/management major 2-3 hours away from home. I'm really looking at Morgan, Bowie, and Howard but I have many other schools on my list. But Bowie's entrepr …

Hey, this is kind of a dumb question, but as an international student, the GPA system has me really confused. When referring to a GPA, does everyone mean your GPA from all four years of high school, o …

Going into 12th grade

Trying to put together my different application deadlines

I attended Harvard Summer School over the summer but had to withdraw from a course because of cheating/Plagiarism. This will also be shown on my transcript. How bad does a transcript that shows cheat …

Hi, so I plan to retake my SAT, if I already send in my application before I take the test, will the schools I apply to get my new SAT score? Will they accept the new score even after the application …

When you cold mail a professor at a university and he accepts your offer, where do you live, and how do you manage housing and dining.

In my country high school is 2 years long, should i send transcripts from last 2 years of middle school and 2 years of high school or just 2 years from high school?

My dream school is Princeton, my test scores are a little low so I wanted to have a good passion project, I just don't know where to start.

I applied to Texas A&M and had issues with the scholarship page. Did anyone else have this problem? Additionally, I haven't gotten an email with login information from any of the colleges I've applied …

Hi!!! I am an international student looking for universities in the United States. Could you tell some schools that offer financial aid to international students? I know Harvard and those types of sch …

I recently asked two high school teachers of mine to be my main LoR writers. But later I found out that supplemental letter of recs were a thing, and wanted to ask a professor that guided me through a …

hi, I took an exam called the jee main which about 1.3 million students take and got a rank below 50 is this worth mentioning in the common app? and can I include this in the chancing engine someway?

I am in high school and my football team is looking for managers, if do this for the rest of my high school career, could this benefit me in any way?

I have two options when it comes to interviews and I really don't know which to choose. I can either interview with a student at the college before submitting my application, or I can interview with a …

Hey Everyone,

On the common app where you report AP scores do you think it's better to report them chronologically or in order of best to least score?

Hey, guys!

I plan to apply to Case Western Reserve University this year and am freaking out about my GPA (I'm not done yet, but I think it will be 3.0). The CWRU is my dream school, and I'm not sure I' …

I recently asked two high school teachers of mine to be my main LoR writers. But later I found out that supplemental letter of recs were a thing, and wanted to ask a professor that guided me through a …