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I really want to do research in the biomedical sciences. I have emailed two professors so far and have received no responses, but I am not going to give up. I just feel like I lack any qualifications …

I got 3 days OSS my sophomore year for vaping and ISS 3 days also. I've never been in trouble again, so will this affect me as a senior applying to colleges? Will I be able to even get into college?

Hello. I am in a predicament over what classes I should take next year. Everyone has told me to take AP classes every time I am given the opportunity to because colleges like ap classes. However, I wa …

Hi, I recently created an edtech-related website that solves an issue unique to my school district. The teachers at my school really like the idea and are okay with implementing it as a tool that stud …

Hi, I'm a sophomore who switched schools after freshman year and now I'm kinda getting worried. Freshman year was really hard on my because of the pandemic, and I got all B's (All regular classes bc m …

Hi! I can't seem to find anywhere a "list" of generally important dates regarding college admissions and common application. I know early action deadlines are roughly November 1st, but I'm looking for …

I'm from the Caribbean and I want to attend university in the U.S but have no clue what to do. I'm 2years from graduating , so I still have Time but when the time does come , when will be the best tim …

I am a desperate freshman in high school who lives only 15 minutes away from my dream school. Unfourtanetly, Stanford university is highly competitive and challenging to get into. However, I NEED to g …

My dream school is USC but I hear it's very hard to get into. My career goal is Game Design, but if I don't get into USC what other schools have great programs in this field?

Am I allowed to write a CommonApp essay that highlights an incident dated back to when I was in grade 5/6?

If I few months, I will complete RCM level 10. Should I continue and do ARCT? Piano is basically my only extracurricular. I enjoy playing the piano sometimes, but I don't enjoy investing hours a day. …

I have a feeling that most college advisors would suggest I pile up academically rigorous courses for my senior year of high school, but I’ve filled nearly all the requirements to graduate and basic h …

Hey everyone! I am trying to decide between Duke, Dartmouth, and UPenn for early decision (I would totally be ready to commit to any of them in a heartbeat and am trying to figure out which would be e …

I really, really don't know what I'm interested in. Please help.

- ok at sports, but I don't think I'm good enough to make it a strong extracurricular

-lots of music experience (piano and music theory), …

Hi! Once again I'm here. A few days ago I asked if it was possible to receive a full-tuition scholarship with a 3.0 GPA and a great score on the SAT test. Well the answers were not positive, but I'm n …

I know that dual enrollment classes may not be accepted by some or many colleges as college credit. So I wanted to make sure that it would at least count as high school credit no matter how hard it is …

My high school does not have many options when it comes to APs. They currently only have 10 and they only give you certain APs you can take each year depending on your grade level. Will colleges take …

Hi, so I don't know if anyone will be able to help me here or not but I thought I would see if anyone has any advice. I am stuck between two colleges.

One of them offers a great community and environm …

I’m really struggling finding a good school. I want to do either medicine, speech language pathology or accountant work. Thanks.

Hi I am a rising HS junior and was wondering anyone knows of any good HS internships that are remote hopefully focusing in public relations?