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For some brief backgrounds, I attended a local community college for one year after high school (2022), and I will be attending WPI this fall (2023). I applied to this institution because it has a str …

Hi! I’m a sophomore in high school and I have 50 volunteer hours so far, but they are for different things (nonprofit, humane society, and helping at a school). I’m not sure what I plan on studying in …

estimating odds of acceptance through early decision application

In the section where you enter grades/courses in the UC application, I selected that my school reports grades from A-F. However, I got an A- in a class, but there is no option to choose any -/+ grades …

Hi Counselor

Is there an overlap between APUSH and AP Gov

Thanks,

Do I need to wait 1 year to be admitted to an in-state or public college after getting my Green Card?

I'm a transfer student in the USA. I completed my HSC(High School Examination) in 2021 from Banglad …

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I checked the admitted students profile for University of Maryland, it says 4.3

Not sure if I am reading their stats correct. does it require that high GPA to get into this University.

Thanks.

I was recently looking through the collegevine chancing sim, and I noticed that most of the colleges that I have lined up in the simulation at least encourage an applicant to have a letter of recommen …

I am a 10th grade student studying in the Maharashtra state board in India. My school does not provide AP and IB courses. I really want to get into Harvard and hence i have started working on my colle …

Can she get My daughter in / she is only at qt q 2 % chance of acceptance on her own at Duke University

Do we have to submit a portfolio if we are applying to undergrad as someone who wants to study architecture?

Do colleges prefer students who have certificates or diplomas on Alison.com?

Hi

Is AP Psychology considered a science course for college admission ?

I need a science course for my senior year.

thanks.

I found some oyster shells on a beach and to make a long story short am currently making calcium acetate out of them, and out of that I'm trying to make pretty well known compounds, hopefully with my …

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AP ECON is a semester course and so is AP GOV.

Are they considered two different APs ? or one because they only one semester course.

Thanks

The calculation put UofM as a hard target for me because I’m choosing to go test optional. As a class of 2024 student apply for the fall 2024 semester, how much do you think they put test scores into …

I am going to be a junior next year and I am interested in the pre-med track. I have taken biology, chemistry, and AP biology and did well in all of the classes in the past. For next year, I am debati …

So far I've gotten 7 B's(Techically 6 cause my teacher made an error on my transcript that will get changed to an A) is that too many B's especially for top tier schools?

If I apply Early Action some colleges, will those colleges still see my first hlaf senior year grades. I know If I get accepeted they will monitor my grades but when I submit my application will they …

I'm in NHS, and the volunteer hours can be a bit hard to get once the school year starts. I hear that it's a good thing to be in, but is it really? Almost (if not all) the people in my school who appl …