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I am moving to grade 10 and MIT has been my dream school. I have realized I might need to take the SAT but I am doing the British Curriculum and cannot change to the American Curriculum. My school doe …

I've been studying on Khan Academy for a while now and whenever I take a practice test, I get the same score or worse. Do you guys have any tips?

So I assume that the chances for getting into schools on college vine using the chancing calculator are for regular decision applications rather than early ones. So I was wondering how much applying e …

So I am applying for the University of Oregon Robert D. honors college. The application for the honors college and university of Oregon are all together but to apply to the honors college you need to …

Hi! I was diagnosed with a severe chronic illness during my freshman year of high school and it largely affected my grades and attendance throughout high school. I have a low GPA (I have a 3.1), but I …

does mit acceptance changes country by country.

in india we are not given option to choose subjects and we do not have concept of ap/ib classes. all the students have the same classes. then what should i choose when i am asked in the common app abo …

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I'm a rising senior applying to some prestigious colleges. I asked for recommendations from my computer science and art teachers (matches my intended majors, teachers liked me) at the end of jun …

Hi, recentely edited someone's essay and there was a phrase that really stood out to me. Was wondering if there's a way to revisit essays you've peer-reviewed. Thanks everyone

I started a Student Cultural Committee and my previous school that was pretty devoid of any sort of clubs or extracurriculars, but I had to move unexpectedly. I don’t want to just abandon my brain chi …

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I'm applying as an international student needing a lot of aid. I actually understand the differences between Ed and REA but REA is a bit of a gamble for me since I wouldn't be able to apply for EA …

Hi, I had a question regarding school

So I am planning to attend a school called Utah Military Academy grades 7-12th, I was wondering does going to a Military Academy up my chances of getting accepted …

so I am applying to a public university with an honors college with the intent of going to the honors college. The application for the public university and the honors college are all put together but …

What is the essay count for Texas A & M supplemental essays along with their engineering essays? Its not listed on their website.

Also is it better to use coalition app verus apply texas? Any recomend …

I always thought I wanted to major in computer science, but after doing a summer internship and looking at other people's experiences I've decided to apply as undecided. The only problem is that a lot …

I'm a rising senior and one of my main activities is tutoring kids at a local middle school. But due to covid I can't really do this right now. So my question is should I still list that I did this ac …

My school is offering calculus, AP calculus, and Integrated Math as options for math subjects to seniors. They are saying that they would recommend Integrated Math to students who will not be pursuing …

I am Senorita Dutt, grade 10.

At first, I put "prefer not to say" for race, then hit calculate for a bunch of colleges I was looking to get into. Let's call the target college I was most interested in, College of X. It said my cha …

I did the TOEFL last month and obtained a 108. 28 in reading and writing, 29 in listening, and 23 in speaking. I am from El Salvador and will very likely apply without SAT scores due to the ongoing pa …