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I have been using CV for a bit, and first of all, I am SO thankful for this website! It has almost all the resources I need to prepare for the college admissions process next year, and props to …

I suck at standardized testing because I struggle to focus on the question, as a result, I don't want to take the SAT or ACT. I'm a junior and I'm taking two AP exams, I have two virtual jobs, I am th …

Does anybody know of some good pre-college programs offered online this summer? I've been looking for something with tuition less than $1,000 but that has been surprisingly difficult to find. I'm open …

I am a freshman and next year I take 4 advanced honors classes and AP HumGeo

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I am a freshman in high school and I am a A and Mostly B student.As of now I am not in any clubs and I have also stopped playing basketball for Rec.I plan on joining DECA and HOSA in 10th g …

Hello! I am wondering how many AP classes (and which ones) I should take especially to impress universities such as Stanford, NYU, UCLA, and more. I'm currently a sophomore about to start my junior ye …

1. When does CommonAppand coalition release their prompts so I can get a jump start?

2. I know neither Common or Coalition is better but is either of them more convenient?

3. As I have about 4-5 definit …

I want to try to get into the honors program at the UMN twin cities when I apply, (I'm a Sophomore now). What does it take to get into the honors program at UMN twin cities (GPA, ACT/SAT score, ECs)? …

Hey, so I wanted to get accepted for the Honors Program at UT Austin or UT Dallas. Do y'all have any advice on how to get in, and a general idea of who usually gets in?

Hello, I have 2 questions:

- Do I, as an international student from Portugal, need to take the ACT or SAT to enter in an Ivy League School?

- My class doesn't offer any honour or AP classes and doesn't …

Hello, I don´'t have a GPA (since in Portugal the school system is different). What should I write in the GPA space?

Not a big surprise but all Ivys recorded historical low rates.

Actual from today!

3.43% Harvard

3.66% Columbia

3.98% Princeton

4.62% Yale

5.45% Brown

5.68% UPenn

6.17% Dartmouth

8.56% Cornell just in.

My predi …

Hello, my name is Sebastião Mendonça, and first of all I think this website is definitely useful. I just stumbled across a problem while trying to create my profile: How can I choose my country (Portu …

Now that you have (for the most part) received college decisions, what schools did you get into? Do you already know where you will commit to? I'm sure you all have worked so hard for the past months …

I want to be able to add this to my extracurriculars but I am not sure where to start. I am interested in going into Psychology specifically Neuropsych or Forensic Psych.

If you know where to start, p …

Name the Ivy you got into

A summer program I'm applying to requires a pdf of my ACT scores. How do I submit them?

Now that we are nearing the end of the school year, I'm curious on what classes everyone is taking. This is the same for extracurriculars, any fun hobbies you have picked up? :)

I'm a junior who doesn't have the luxury of an informative school counselor, so if anyone has any advice/tips for juniors like me who have no idea how to navigate college admissions or if they're on t …

Hello, I'm currently a Sophomore in high school. I'm interested in becoming a Forensic Psychologist or get into the BAU at the FBI. I'm not sure what major to pick for those specific jobs. And also wh …