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Hi, I'm a senior who is really interested in applying to schools out of my home state, but I'm having trouble answering the short responses. I'm currently stuck on the short answer section for all my …

I'm really struggling with showing and not telling, so how you anyone suggest incorporating it into my essays? Using imagery is not my strong suit especially since what I write about are overall exper …

I'm applying to two universities through common app and both the majors are sort of different. one is communication and the other is in arts and design? what do I say on my personal essay to talk abou …

I am a Junior and about to be a Senior, I need assistance with my requirements for graduating high school and getting a diploma. I need to know how many credits I need to graduate and what I also need …

i am a sophmore so i have time to change what i planning to do

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I am a junior in high school and a IB student. I have taken several IB and honors classes and I definitely feel happy with where my grades are currently at I have above a 3.9 unweighted and above a 4. …

Hi! I have been pretty worried about this for a while.

I only have one AP score to report since my school does not offer humanities AP classes. My only consolation is that my other stats are high.

Does …

I used my common app essay to talk about my academic interests and why I'm passionate about them, but now things are a little tricky for me. A few of the supplements I have to write ask me why I'm int …

Does anyone know where I can view case studies for students accepted to ivy league schools? Like what their stats, extracurriculars, LORs were? I found a few college blogs but was wondering if anyone …

So I am a freshman, and i have a question on a lot of the schools I am going to apply to say on my chancing that I have a strong profile and it says, "You have a strong admissions profile for this sch …

Hi! I'm planning on applying to UVA RD (School of Architecture) as an in-state student and I am still undecided on which rec letter to send to UVA. 1 is required from a core subjects teacher and I don …

NYU allows applicants to submit 3 AP scores. Last year, I took 4 AP exams but for some reason there is no option to select which scores you want to send to a specific college? Any idea on how I can su …

I am applying to Drexel University and a high school senior. I am doing A-Levels from Cambridge and came across this question as followed:

Will you complete the following courses prior to your high sch …

For the MIT application, there are 4 types of creative portfolios that an applicant can submit:

- Research

- Visual Arts

- Music

- Makers

I wanted to ask whether the maximum limit of submitting a portfolio …

Are there any Virginia colleges with strong language programs? Especially German? I would like to major in German or in Linguistics, but I don't have many good options right now.

I took the SAT twice and the ACT twice.

For the SAT my super score is 1490 (750 English, 740 Math).

For the ACT, my super score is 34 (35 English, 35 Math, 34 Reading, 33 Science) and my highest compos …

Hi there,

Several of my schools have no supplements. However, I'm considering submitting one as part of my demonstrated interests. My question is, does it matter? Will AOs read it? If yes, should it be …

If I am writing an essay that has a max word count of 250 words but my ideal finished essay is 254 words long do I need to cut words or is there a window of tolerance?

Edit: It’s not for CommonApp and …