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I am a mostly A and a sprinkle of B's student, and I've done very well especially in english and history, getting A's in my APs, I also have a very strong extracurricular and holistic resume, however …

I'm from India and here the SAT is held once in 3 months, plus my coursework is very different from that of the SAT syllabus so it's a lot of preparation on top of my 12th grade work. But I'm willing …

Hello everybody I was wondering what activities I could implement as the head of the engineering club next year. This is one of my least important extra circulars so I didn’t really put any mind into …

I started writing my college essay and I'm stuck. My topic is my stereoblindness and how I've adapted to life because of it. I'm really really stuck because I feel like I'm being redundant in my intro …

For military dependents with a parent in active duty, they qualify for in state tuition in two states, the state they are currently living in (Texas for me) and their parent's legal domicile (Florida) …

i am a current junior (class of 2023) and plan on applying to college in the fall. Over the summer, I plan on

-voulenteering

-working @ starbucks

-like 2 family trips

is there anything good i can do ove …

I am a sophomore interested in a political science degree. Right now I have taken Honors biology and honors chemistry. I was recommended for AP Chem by my teacher but I was wondering if I should take …

hi! i'm oliver and i'm almost a sophomore. i was wondering what the best extracurriculars would be for me. i'm in the class committee, and the nature club as of right now.

hi! I am currently a junior (class of 2023), and i really would love to get into Notre Dame! most of my colleges are about 15-25% acceptance rates, and i know that my school year ECs are pretty good ( …

I don't need advice but this is more a question out of curiosity because I am seeing colleges lift restrictions on certain admissions aspects in light of the end of the pandemic (I.e, MIT ending test- …

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I know these are super annoying and I've used the Chancing Simulator before but I just wanted to see if you think that my ECs so far are on par for applying to T10/T25 schools. I just want to see …

Hi everyone!

On Dartmouth's common data set, demonstrated interest is considered by Dartmouth. I have already followed several social media accounts, signed up for the email list, visited and attended …

Hi I'm Tyler and I'm a junior in High School. I wanted to ask about my chances of getting into certain colleges. My wanted major is Marketing or some sort of business major with a concentration on Mar …

I have seen many people saying on Reddit that the feeder school bias is real. I know the fact that in general, feeder school's students have generally very good profiles. But does it happen like, AOs …

Hello I’m a junior as of right now and will be graduating in 2023. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I would make it into San Jose state or any other states with my current GPA and extracurri …

I'm currently a Junior at a public high school and I'm aiming to be admitted to the more prestigious UC's such as Berkeley or Ivy Leagues and similar schools such as Stanford, Harvard, ect.. I have st …

My gpa is a 4.16 weighted (my school doesn't give grade above an A) and a 3.95 unweighted. I got a 34 composite on the ACT. I will have taken 8 AP classes and 8 honors courses by the time I graduate ( …

does anybody know how to find legitimate scholarships? i've been told countless times to be careful that i'm not applying for fake scholarships... but how do i find real ones? how do i win? any recomm …

Hi! I was just wondering if anyone can provide me insight on how to improve my EC's and grades for schools I'm looking at such as NYU, UCLA, UCSC, Pepperdine, Brown, Yale, those kind of schools. Here' …

Hi guys. I am a Computer Science aspirant and I want to attend colleges like Stanford, MIT, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, etc.

I happened to have scored 1510 in SAT (720 ERW, 790 M). Should I retake my S …