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I'm currently a junior and getting a head start on researching universities to apply to in the fall of my senior year. I live in California and I really want to be able to attend these UC schools (my …

Hello! I am currently a junior in high school with average stats and extracurricular activities (I'm working on that). I am currently studying for the ACT in hopes of getting a 30+ and I am looking to …

I only took one Subject Test--Literature, and I only got a 690. My dream school is Northwestern. Should I submit my score or just leave it out of my application? I know the average for Northwestern is …

While applying to NYU I put that I got awarded as a winner of an essay contest accidently (I didn't end up winning the award) when I had meant to put another honors award there. What should I do to fi …

wall street prep certificate i will be taught financial statement modeling, dcf modeling etc. they have at wharton nyu berkley citi group jp morgan so many know brands and corporations. I'm interested …

Vassar's prompt:

Your Space is your opportunity to allow the Committee on Admission to learn something about you that you have not addressed in another section of the application. Your Space is entirel …

At my mom's house there are four of us, but at my Dad's there are six! What should I put on my application?

I have a 3.5 GPA (unweighted, and Fresh to Junior year) and have taken 8 AP classes (18 available at my HS). I have a 1350 superscore SAT, I am applying to the University of Michigan (in Ann Harbor), …

I got back a peer review for my essay, and she made highlights on my paper, but I can't see them. What do I do?

One of them was I wrote "ever" instead of "Never," which made my sentence not start with a capitalized word and also well, it doesn't make much sense. The second mistake was forgetting to put a predic …

Is it advised to be in the IB program and take college courses as dual enrollment? And would it look good for top colleges I plan on applying to?

I am currently a junior in a high school. I never took any AP classes or Pre-College programs yet. I have 9 classes this year- only one class is below a 90% avg. I want to be in the Computer Science m …

What should I write as the position/leadership description on the common app activities section for physician shadowing?

When applying to my colleges, it says that I need a Letter of Recommendation from my school Guidance Counselor, but she's on vacation. I contacted her through email and got a reply saying she would be …

I am trying to start looking for possible scholarships and was wondering if anyone had any advice. The only scholarship I know about for juniors is the Coolidge Scholarship, which seems like it is mor …

Major: Finance or Econ

my parent own a small healthcare agency would helping with taxes, investments, and finance in general (if they let me lol) would it be a good extracurricular for upenn or mit or …

I know there is a stigma around mental health and I don't want colleges to think I'm "weak." I've suffered from anxiety for the last couple of years but it was made worse by the pandemic. Is disclosin …

I don't have access to AP or IB courses and therefore cannot do them. Also my SAT was kind of low for the schools (Stanford, Yale, Princeton) I am applying to so I am planning to apply test optional. …