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My future high school offers a program whereby taking 4 Social Studies classes through 4 years (those being Human Geography AP, World History AP, US History AP, and Government/Economics AP), I can gra …

I'm looking for a good film school that offers study abroad. Specifically Scotland maybe Ireland. Anywhere in Europe would work but those are my more specific interests. I would prefer a school with g …

I am a current Sophomore intending to major in poli sci or international relations. Is there any summer programs that would coincide with these?

Are there any good (free and paid) summer programs that would be good for an aspiring computer science major to do? I am currently a sophomore.

As mentioned in the past queries my school does not offer AP courses and exams but I want to prepare for AP Physics 1 and 2 and AP Chemistry as well. Please suggest any sources for revising the concep …

Hi, I am a current freshman looking for a good summer program to do this summer. Something to do with business, stock investing, or international affairs. Thanks!

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I'm currently a junior in high school. My top college picks are UC Davis, UCLA, and the University of Washington. However, all of these schools are very competitive and are looking for standout …

Hi! My name is Julie and I’m looking to apply to NYU. I’m a sophomore, so I have a lot of time to improve on certain aspects of my application. I’m looking for advice on how to make myself seem more i …

Hi, I am a current sophmore looking for a good summer program to do this summer. Something to do with business, stock investing, or international affairs. Thanks!

Hi :) I’m a current sophomore in high school. Last year during online school I did pretty terrible in all my classes & finished the year with a 3.36 GPA.

Now that we’re back in person, I have around a …

Hi! I am currently a freshman and taking all honors classes besides geometry. I take the PSATs on April 19th and I am freaking out about them. I have all A's and my GPA is around 3.8. I work hard on a …

So I belive with all my honors courses, i have a 3.1 GPA. I do extra cirriculurs, and Im almost an Eagle scout, and a decent runner. Should I be worried about my college choices at this point?

So I got waitlisted at Virginia tech and the school said July 1st that decisions would be out but I'm not sure. Do you think they'll come out earlier?

IVY will come a week earlier this year than last year. I'm predicting this 8 days before Ivy day.

My Class of '26 predictions are as follows

Brown - 4.9%-5.1% (Actual rate turned out to be 5.0%)

Columbia …

hello! I'm currently a sophomore and I have been panicking about grades. Last year, I took all regular classes and ended with a 4.0 unweighted and weighted. I got recommended for two advanced level cl …

This year Williams received a record 15321, 2821 more applicants than the 12500 they received last cycle. They admitted 1304 students which is a 304 increase from the 1000 they admitted last cycle.

Alt …

Just out, Swarthmore college announced that the Class of 2026 cohorts are comprised of a lucky 1021 that were selected from a large pool of 14700 applicants.

Last year, they admitted 1014 from 13012.

Hi! So I have currently taken 4 AP exams (I am an IB Diploma Student so I am not taking as many, prospective economics major looking for admission to ivy leagues, duke, vandy, uva)

Currently I have a 5 …

Colorado College Acceptance rate hit record low of 11.50% down from 14.25%

This cycle 1266 applicants out of 11007 were admitted to the Class of '26.

Last cycle 1556 applicants out of 10917 were admitte …

I want to go to architecture school and from what I understand it's very competitive I'm in my freshman year of high school and the reason I am thinking of just kinda giving up is due to my GPA I have …