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I have tons of questions I want to ask Admission Counselors of colleges but I'm not sure if I should (Stuff like average GPA of the college, What they are looking for in a college application, how muc …

I have an issue with finishing my Common App profile because I need a fee waiver and main problems are:

1. I don't have a counselor in my school

2. All people from my school administration who can s …

Hello. I am a rising junior in HS. I am a bit worried about my extracurricular profile and how it affects my chances of getting into schools that I want.

The problem is my parents work full time and I …

I am a grade 10 student studying in the CBSE board in India can I transition into IBDP after 10th without harming the College Application?

Will appreciate a descriptive reply?

In my sophomore year, I had my phone on me during a midterm because I forgot to put it in my locker. It went off in class and was confiscated. My school agreed that due to the type of student I am tha …

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I am in a dilemma right now and I need advice. I was recently informed by a friend about the Advanced Medical and Public Health Program.

It seems to be a valuable personal experience and …

During my junior year (I'm arising senior) I applied to at least 20 scholarships every 1-2 months. For the whole year. I never got chosen once. I stopped for a while after school ended. Most of them w …

ex. if a person is #7 in unweighted, but #9 in weighted......How does that weigh in college choice?

I currently have a 720 reading + writing score on the SAT and a 630 on the math section. I have taken the SAT 3 times and usually end up with around a 1300 score. I am pretty strong in reading, gramma …

I'm an international student and my school offers around 13 IB Classes, but I only took 2 that were oriented to what I'd like to study (medicine). I would like to apply to top colleges, but I don't kn …

I have all A’s except for the following grades: Geometry (H)- Semester 1:B- Semester 2: B+.

Algebra 2- Semester 1: B Semester 2: B+. Biology (H)- Semester 1: C+ Semester 2: C. I took 4 APs: AP English …

My college essay topic is about genealogy and how it helped me discover an ancestor of mine, Robert Burns, the national poet of Scotland. In the middle parts, I talk about how I reached this conclusio …

I would like to apply to top colleges, and I was thinking of doing my topic about how I had to take care of my older brother at a young age and made me choose what I would like to study and what I fee …

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I am enrolled in an Indian-curriculum based school which doesn't offer AP, IB or any sort of Honors class. Which means that I am lagging behind on the course work section of my resume. My extra curric …

So, basically, I'm an international student from Ukraine and I wonder if my ec's are good enough to be a competitive applicant for financial aid (i don't know which ec's are common for people with my …

So I basically emailed a professor at a local university and luckily had a chance to join his research team. Since this is an unofficial internship (my professor never had a high schooler or an intern …

If I'm a history major when I get into the college of arts and sciences, can I take, let's say, statistics/data science/cs (if this school's cs major belongs to the college of arts and sciences) class …

How long should a typical college resume be? Mine is about 2 pages long. I’m scared that they may decide to just not read it altogether because of the length. Is this true? Should I shorten it or is 2 …

For context: I'm a senior from a small town in Brazil.

Since 7th grade, I've been involved with volunteer work, especially as a tutor/teacher/teacher assistant. I started as a Portuguese and Math tutor …