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If someone has taken many AP classes but chooses not to submit their AP scores, is it less likely for them to be considered for an Ivy League school?

I am a Junior in high school. I am very creative, I like cooking & reading & playing video games. I am in the Women in Literature Club and Creative Writing Club at my school, and I am doing an interns …

I know I'm going to take AP Lit, AP Physics, and JROTC, but I don't know about the rest of them.

Should I take AP Calculus AB or BC?

Should I take AP Biology, Dual Enrollment Biology, or AP Psychology? …

I'm currently a sophomore interested in debating, public speaking, creative writing, etc. And I would like to know what are some prestigious contests or activities or research opportunities I may be a …

I’ve been a part of several state champion teams for track and xc, as well as the state runner up concert band. Should I include these awards, or focus more on individual accomplishments and leadershi …

Currently I am the Business Management Lead for club at my school and am an ICDC qualifier for DECA. With the club, I work and manage with different local organizations and high school teams to facili …

I am an 11th grader with good extracurriculars ( beta club pres, governors school, after school assistant teacher( cross country and robotics), volunteer firefighter, etc.) With that being said, I hav …

Hi I’m currently a senior who got accepted into UCI. Senioritis is hitting really hard and all my grades are fine except for my Calc in which it is at a 81%. So can UCI rescind me ?

Okay, I really need help here.

I'm a junior in high school who just moved here like 6 months ago from a different country.(9th and 10th grade in India, 11th and 12th in USA.) I want to do everything I …

I'm a junior, not a senior. I just moved to America from India and desperately need extracurriculars to put on my college applications! Is it likely for me to get accepted into the program? I perfectl …

Do you need to take 3 years of foreign language at high school to be considered for top schools? My school does not require me to take Spanish in Junior year. If I want to take an additional AP class, …

Hi!! Club elections are approaching at my school and I’be been manning to run for a few officer positions for a while. These are clubs in which I’ve been active in for a while and I feel like it’s def …

I want to major in Psychology at UT Austin, and I wanted to know if it was too competitive. I've gotten varied answers with some people telling me Psych is very competitive since it's the highest chos …

I found out recently that when colleges calculate GPA they don't include your electives or easy classes, which brings my UW GPA from a 3.65 to a 3.4 (only including core academics). I'm really scared …

hi, so i'm a junior and i'm doing this computer science/IT academy thing and i really want to do more outside of school (i'm in clubs like girls tech, rpg, and jazz club) but i have no idea where to s …

I'm currently a high school junior hoping to go somewhere like ucla/berkely, stanford, mit, columbia, vanderbilt, etc as a psych or math major, and was wondering based off my creds and what i want to …

It's embarrassing to admit, but up until my junior year, I had no idea what the point of AP classes were. I figured they were classes that people who wanted to test themselves would take. I was never …