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Hi, I'm hoping to get some advice for my son. He's applying to some competitive schools and has been asked to conduct interviews with alumni.

He has already finished one interview and he said it went p …

I had a few schools which I applied to already and now that those apps are out of the way I haven't touched anything to do with colleges lol. Not to mention with covid and all my classes being online …

Hi, one of the schools that I am applying to is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They don’t accept the common app, so I am applying through their specific application portal. Their acti …

I am a senior and have little finances and wish to do work study in UPENN.I wish to ask for the cheapest financial aid recommendations and I wish to ask If my nationality will disrupt me as internatio …

I'm a an international student and in our country we do only the GCE and I dont know how to convert this to American GPA

I'm a an international student and in our country we do only the GCE and I dont know how to convert this to American GPA

I'm wondering if formal grammar rules should apply to everyday conversations and thoughts I use in my college essay. Side note: Would the use of British spelling be seen as incorrect when applying to …

I am a junior in high school and was born in South Africa. I moved to the US with my family and became a US citizen a couple years ago. I was wondering how me being a foreigner affects my application. …

I am a Junior and now I am knowing about financial-aid and I guess I was supposed to know about it last year in my Sophomore year. Now because of Covid-19, I was not able to know what it is.

Hi, I am a senior. Would it help a student applying to college if they did this? I am not sure how effective it would be in explaining it. There have been things that have impacted my life but I am no …

Hi, I'm from the Philippines and unfortunately our school doesn't offer ACT or SAT exams. What can I do to help me have more chances of getting into universities in the states?

Hi, I was just wondering if the essay I submitted for review on this site is reviewed by multiple people. I dont want too many people to have access to it, because Im worried someone may copy it. Than …

I am currently a freshman in high school and would like to know when is the right time to take the ACT and SAT. All of the colleges I would like to attend have a preference for both and I would like t …

I just had a college interview and want to send a thank you email to my interviewer. The problem is I can't find her email anywhere. I forgot to ask and I've been looking all over the admissions staff …

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I have read some reddit threads between admissions officers where they talk about students who were rejected for having a resume that was "too good to be true". I am worried about this b …

I attended the Harvard Summer School Pre-College Program and the Stanford Pre-Collegiate Summer Institutes programs this summer. They were paid, but highly selective and STEM-focused. Though they were …

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So I've decided I'll like to pursue CS&PSYCH if possible. I don't have ECs in this area because 1) I never had opportunities to explore these areas 2) I was, until this admission process, very conf …

So as a junior interested in civil engineering with no STEM-related ECs is it worth joining the Sci-Oly club. I have really good other ECs so I'm a bit hesitant due to time commitment. Any advice is a …

Hi, I need an advice. Should I send the financial aid app first? Or after submitting my common app?

Please help me! Thank you in advance.

I wrote my essay about overcoming adversity. My essay is about half describing what I went through and the other half describing what I learned and how the lessons I learned will be valuable for me in …