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I have had all As pretty much my entire school career. There is the potential I will end up with a C in my current math class, an "advanced class" (above honors, below AP). I am a sophomore and I am w …

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It is my all time dream to do 2 years in state (particularly a major for flipping houses and mortgage), then at least 4-8 more years for sciences and law. My all time dream isn’t that specific …

When is everyone applying for scholarships and how many scholarships are you applying for? Also, is it too early if I start applying this year as a freshman? Thanks!

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Hi everyone! I am currently a junior and have a unique-ish school situation. Long story short, my school wasn’t compliant or helpful at all when I couldn’t physically attend school due to medical reas …

I am a high-school student whose school offers a Early College High School program. In a few semesters I will graduate with an associates degree in Liberal Arts from a local college. However, this sch …

I am currently a sophomore and am taking all advanced classes, only core classes, but I have been struggling in my chem class all year. I currently have a C but that is counted as a B on my weighted G …

I have plenty of extra curriculars and interest outside of school. I am not sure if IB is going to help me in the direct that I would like to go. I see many DP kids get rejected from schools they shou …

Hello. I am currently a junior and I am narrowing down my college list but my parents are telling me to go to community college for one or two years to get general ed classes out of the way and save m …

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I was wondering how colleges look at IB classes vs. regular classes. Is a B in an IB class equivalent to an A in a regular class? Or how do colleges feel if you have a B, but it's in an IB level …

Do UC schools use UC capped + weighted GPA for admissions instead of fully weighted gpa? Which GPA is the most important for UC admission?

I am an international student. My school uses the Cambridge curriculum. I wasn't able to take IGCSE exams due to financial reasons. I only took english IGCSE exam. At the time I was comfortable not ta …

I'm currently a sophomore in high school. I've been looking at college majors, and I've been trying to get an idea of what I want to do. I've always known I don't want to go into STEM because I'm not …

For Asian males hoping to major in CS, what are some good safety colleges? Seems like CS is impacted everywhere so I have no idea which college will be a good safety.

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I am currently a sophomore in high school, and have a question about what math classes I should take for my senior year. Freshman year I took algebra 1, and this year I am current taking geometry, the …

I have had a really bad sophomore year my grades are really really bad right now and I need to get it up my GPA is a 2.0 and it has never been that low before.Any suggestions on how to get that up?I h …

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I am currently a junior in high school. I have a current unweighted cumulative GPA of 3.24. This GPA, when weighted, is 3.41. This current GPA only accounts for my freshman and sophomore year, m …

I have an opportunity to intern (technically Junior social media specialist, but I might ask them to change the title to intern) with a black assemblywoman over the summer. She already lists me as her …