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I am a early college student that has a 3.9 gpa and a act score of 18. I know I didn’t do “great” on the act, which is why I’m anxious of not being of getting accepted. Does this have a negative impac …

I have heard some people say that it looks better on applications if a student took all 4 AP classes at a school that offers only 4 vs. a student who took 8 at a school that offers 20. I am a rising s …

Hi! Can anyone rank which Ivies care most/least about extracurriculars? What about academics and essays? Thanks! :)

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I am a rising senior, who just got her AP scores yesterday. Thankfully, I got all 5s for 4 AP exams. When I took 3 APs last year (10th grade), I got one 4, while for the other two AP exams, I got …

So AP scores came out and I'm just finding out that they send them to the colleges you apply to and I did terrible I mean terrible on the exam. And the withholding form costs money, so they'll send th …

A client commissioned me to design a poster for an album which looks really beautiful but it is an 18+ album so the poster has the "18+" sticker on it.

Also, I have written on the poster- "Make love, m …

Hello! Here's my predicament; I am currently taking Algebra 2 over the summer in order to get onto the advanced math track + to study for the SAT. As such, I'm trying to figure out which math course I …

I'm a rising senior, and just today I checked my planned coursework for next year, and it was completely different from what I had planned originally planned for back in April.

I'm taking a relatively …

Dream Major: Political Science and Humanities

Junior Year

-AP US Gov

-AP Comparative Gov

-AP Language and Composition

-AP World

-AP Macro

-AP Psychology

Senior year

-AP Literature

-AP US History

-Which would be …

In today’s BS/MD admissions advice post I would like to discuss the profile of the average admissions applicant applying to the selective to highly selective programs. These would include schools with …

I am having trouble adding my second ACT score. How do I input it? Will schools automatically superscore?

I'm writing a common app essay on prompt 3-Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome?

I decided to challenge the idea that …

I've already written my USC and UNC supplements now I feel like a joke...maybe I'll just see them as practices lol

USC has used their prompts for three years now...

Any insights?

I’m a rising senior and I’m afraid I haven’t done enough to get into the schools I want.

I’m majoring in biology or a major related to biology.

Unweighted GPA is 3.74 and weighted is 4.01. (My school do …

In the summer of my junior year, and I was wondering if the number of extracurricular activities that I've done in high school really matters. I wasn't really active in a lot of the extracurricular ac …

Would You say my overall schedule is rigourous enough for a top school? (School offers 27 APs, but only offered 2 APS[AP US history and AP Gov) for 9th and 10th graders) Grade Inflation, school weighs …

I'm a rising senior with a massive interest in business/enteprenurial studies. I go to a tech school and I'm going to be testing for my cosmetology license this year. I plan on starting my own skincar …

Hi I just finished my junior year of high-school and currently I'm working on my college list, while also trying to find a major because right now I'm undecided. I just wanted to know should I even be …

There are many supplement essay questions and it doesn’t specify how many topics to pick.

I understand that colleges want to see people challenge themselves throughout their high school years, but I fear that I havn't been. Dream Major: Political Science, Current GPA: 4.0 (unweighted), 4.6 …