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I play tennis but I was cut from my school team. However, I want a varsity sport on my extracurricular profile. What sports are the most impressive?

If I could give this website one star, I would. Waitlisted at a school that says I have an "80% chance" of getting in. Yeah right. I wouldn't recommend this website to a goldfish.

Hi, I’m a junior in Japan, and I would like to ask for any opinions about rec letters from a professor in a non-prestigious university. Whenever I see people say students should ask for rec letters f …

I am a sophomore in high school who is taking a dual credit math course next year, and I want to make sure the schools I want to go to (Cal Poly SLO) will accept credits from the school I'm taking the …

The Class of 2026 at Colby college was announced.

1258 applicants made it through the most competitive pool at Colby in history. The average SAT was 1500 and the average ACT was 34. 40% were persons of …

Hi, my name is Anicyah and I am a junior in high school (3.8 GPA, #17 in class rank currently). Coming from a foreign country to finish my studies, I often find myself in stranded in situations where …

Hello! I want to start narrowing down my college decisions as I make pros and cons lists. I want to get rid of 2 colleges from the ones I have been accepted to so far. And I want to pick 2 colleges to …

I'm a Junior this year and I need to get some solid extracurriculars for my college application... I was thinking of starting a non profit that aims to teach younger students based on the help of olde …

I’m currently a freshman in high school, and I’ve been doing well in academics but have a rather lacking ec profile. I want to get on top of that before it’s too late, and since I’m pursuing something …

Hi, I am a 10th grader in Monterey. My goals are to go into pre-med and study either Neurobiology or Biology. I want to start looking into doing a passion project, but I don't know where to start or e …

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I'm currently a rising senior and the number one thing my older friends tell me is to start early with college applications and essays. How exactly do I do that? Should I create a Common App acc …

I just wanted to start a discussion about other people's experiences with applying for scholarships and going to college. Just get some advice and lesson.

I just got my ACT back, I got a 33. (35 on English and Reading, 31 Math and 30 Science)

Should I take the ACT again this summer or focus on my extracurriculars? I’m a black female (immigrated to US whe …

The most important thing you did this cycle was give it your all and completed your applications and tried your best. You can't ask any more of yourselves so give yourself a hug and a loud clap! You w …

What we know so far is that Amherst received more applications this cycle because they 100% dropped legacy admissions! Amherst like MIT and CalTech gives zero preferential treatment to legacy applican …

Vanderbilt Class of 2026 Acceptance Rates will be lower this Cycle

So far what we know is that the TOTAL Early Acceptance rate at Vandy is 17.6% versus 18.1% from last year.

This years ED1 rate was 24.1 …

Hello 👋, I'm David Otegbola, a Grade 10 student at a high school in Nigeria. I hoping to get admission to a good college in U.S but I'm worried about the AP classes because it is not offered in my are …

I want to take French next year. However, I have to take Spanish because nothing else fits in my schedule. Should I take both in the same school year?

I'm a junior from a large public school, and I was wondering if i should hire someone to help me with the admissions process when the time is available for me to do so. I wanted to know if it was some …

Last year for the Class of 2025 Pomona admitted 771 from a record pool of 11620, for a admit rate of 6.6% (Class of 2025) down from 8.6% (Class of 2024). This year I expect the total application pool …