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Hi, I'm a rising junior from CT. I want to major in Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut and eventually go to medical school. I will have a lot of AP credits by the time I gradu …

Hi I am applying to 18 colleges and am wondering if it would be considered too many.

For context, I am applying to 7 UC colleges, 4 CSU colleges (including both Cal Polys), Colorado School of Mines, Un …

For example, I earned a NSDA Degree of Excellence for my competitive success in Speech and Debate. They are a national organization, but I was one of thousands who were awarded it and I got it for loc …

Ok so I won't go into specifics, but I'm essentially an American citizen who lives in India, so I should be considered a domestic student (IDk really, those websites are confusing af). I'm in 9th grad …

I was finally diagnosed with social anxiety disorder last year as a junior and completed treatment this February, so social anxiety isn't really an issue for me anymore. However, before I received thi …

Hi, I am a rising senior. By the time I graduate I will have taken 7 AP classes, but only 2 AP exams. This isn't due to financial reasons, more just that I did not want to take the AP exams honestly. …

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I just wanted to clarify something since I keep getting inconsistent feedback with regards to this ... I have extenuating circumstances (illness) that lower my cum wgpa from a 4.3 to a 3.9 as well …

My dream school has been Stanford University since I was a little girl and I have been working on my essays all summer, intending on applying early. So, currently, my GPA is a 3.97 but after first sem …

Pretty simple question IMO, but I've heard a lot of conflicting info from college reps about this. I have a 4.0W (3.7UW) in part because I took a lot of AP classes but got some Bs in a few of my cours …

I'm in 11th grade, I did Model UN for 6 years, from 3rd grade to 8th grade. But I don't know which one to choose. Because Debate Club has more benefits like traveling to Ivy Leagues but it's way more …

I switched from a small, rural, resource devoid school in one state to one of more resources in another. My first school didn’t offer any honors classes and offered limited aps, although they said all …

I come from a very competitive state, so I don't qualify for National Merit Scholar...and my school limits how many APs we take, so I can't put any of the College Board awards. What are some other opt …

Hi, I’m a senior and plan to apply to US. Regarding my common app essay, I initially wrote my outline over the summer but don’t know if its college essay worthy. Hence, I’d like to ask for someone’s o …

The SAT itself is now test optional for next year at some colleges, so given that I have had the chance of writing the SAT should I take the essay.?

So prompt 6 is about an academic subject that inspires me and how I further that interest. Is it a good idea to write about a class I struggled in but worked hard and ended up learning many things abo …

I am writing my SAT in October, and am currently at 680 for EBRW and 750 for Maths. I'm trying to get to 740 for the EBRW and 780 for maths. So far, I have been using Khan Academy and practice tests. …

So i am currently working on my essays and I'm having some ideas but the thing is that i don't know whether writing words like 'ohh' , 'ah' or maybe 'haha' would become too informal . And the other th …

labeled as test optional but strongly reccomend sat and subject tests dont have any subject test except for one ap exam

should i send my score if they are bad

Hi! Rising junior, and planning to apply to schools more on the selective side. :) These questions are just about the website Outlier.org.

I just came across Outlier.org and am now considering enrollin …

For selective elite colleges, is there a minimum score that they like to see for subject tests? Do you have to get an 800 for it to look impressive or is there some scaling system that they use to dif …