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She did her schooling till 10th in India (cbse) and came to the US for 11th (came as dependents due to my husband’s job). But due to personal reasons we are planning to go back to India. Is it a good …

So I was scrolling through harvard website , and it said harvard business provides rolling admissions while harvard medical does not . I want to apply for computer science , can I apply for rolling ad …

Basically a Teacher at my school are involved with bullying a harassment towards a student. And basically and there's evidence too and many people know about it and it was about a rumor spreading arou …

Hey everyone, I'm currently a sophomore. I have a question about whether I'm allowed to include middle school achievements in my future college applications.

I am aware that colleges tend to only cons …

whats like a good list of things to look for in a college? i have a few good choices but like i literally don’t know how to choose between them. any advice at all would be greatly appreciated 🎀

okay so this is a weird question. my friends and i started a hobby horsing club at our school, and we’re all co-presidents.we did it as a joke, but then people started coming and we ended up doing a l …

Hi, So I did Algebra 1 freshmen year and got an A, and then did Honors Geometry in sophomore year and got a A. Algebra 1 was super easy but I struggled quite a bit in Geometry but ended up doing good. …

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I recently got accepted to a performing arts school with a concentration in acting and theatre (audition required). I am wondering if this will improve my chances of getting accepted to The Juilliard …

So my first language isn't English so do my English credits count as foreign language credit?

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Hi! I'm a rising senior that's curious about which major would get me into colleges based off of my ECs and classes.

I can't decide between nursing and bioengineering and I'd be happy majoring in eith …

I plan on going to an engineering school, but right now I am only doing one stem related activity. What other activities are good to build a good student profile?

I am from india, ICSE school...currently in 10th grade...

what should i add as coursework? I mean we do not have APs...IBs or honors classes in our school...

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I'm a rising junior and I'm starting my common app application. I'm trying to get into one of those t20 colleges including cornell and upenn and I was wondering if working at my family's restauran …

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I’m a rising senior in Texas and I’m looking for an internship opportunity. I’m looking to go into a career in forensics, specifically forensic pathology. I’ve been having a hard time fin …

Hi!! I'm about to finish my Junior year of high school and I currently have an unweighted GPA of 3.72. Would it be possible for me to get it up to a 3.85 if I get all A's next year?

Also, this might be …

These are my stats, ecs, etc. Do I have a shot at College of the Holy Cross if I apply ED?

US citizen

State/Location of residency: Midwest

Competitive public high school

Grade 11 going on 12

Gender/Race/Et …

Usually when people post their college stats that got them into college, if there isn't some type of internship or research project, there is some sort of community service program they have started. …

I am a rising senior and my current UC GPA is around a 3.6. It definitely would have been higher but I was dealing with a lot of personal issues my sophmore year which causes a significant drop in my …