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I’m currently looking to attend some of the best education conferences in the USA in 2025, and I’d love some guidance on where to register for them. I'm especially interested in conferences that focus …

I go to a public high school and I will be a senior this fall. I'm planning to apply to all UCs and Stanford and major in physics.

For more context: I tutor my special need sister for 30-45 minutes a day, everyday of the school year.

I want to know if I should even list this as an extracurricular on the common app and how much it …

Hi everyone, I’m Arlo.

As a passionate educator based in the Philippines, I’m looking to grow professionally and stay updated with the latest trends in education. I’ve heard a lot about local education …

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I’m currently preparing my research paper for presentation, and I wanted to get some clarity on an important academic question: Is it acceptable to present the same research paper at more …

Are 5 college summer classes too many for a junior?

(U.S History, Creative writing, intro to investigation, chemistry, and philosophy.)

These are all eight week courses I signed up for but I'm kinda g …

I am currently in 9th grade, progressing to sophomore after the break. However, my freshman year GPA was 3.76 out of 4.0, and I am aiming for straight 4.0s from sophomore year to the first semester of …

When scrolling through this community page, there are so many bots. There are so many "questions" that are just repeated. Some as an advertisement. I feel like I can't even find a real question to try …

In New York, I got to breathe again.

Before that, I was suffocating, literally. My body was failing me before I even had a chance to live. I had an enlarged liver, my skin yellowing before I could take …

I’m a rising junior without much extra curriculars, and I want to start working on them this summer. My goal is to get into brown PLME or into a good pre med college like Hopkins, but more realistical …

Hiii okay so I have the June SAT in 2 days... and to be honest so much has happened up to this day and I didn't have time to study as much as I should've for this sat. my sat I took on may was a 1050. …

Hiii okay so I have the June SAT in 2 days... and to be honest so much has happened up to this day and I didn't have time to study as much as I should've for this sat. my sat I took on may was a 1050. …

Hi everyone,

I’m currently exploring career paths in IT and looking to get certified in areas like cybersecurity (CompTIA Security+), cloud (AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner), and Microsoft technologie …

Use essays and recommendations to explain any extenuating circumstances. Highlight your test scores and upward trends. A strong personal narrative can make a big difference.

Hi everyone! I'm Ashia — I recently graduated high school as valedictorian and will be attending Duke University this fall. I was also accepted into UT Austin’s Turing Scholars Program (CS honors, ~20 …

If you’re a high school student who took dual enrollment classes, will graduate (medical/law) schools see the grades you received in those classes (considering the dual enrollment institution and unde …

I'm currently in 11th grade and have had to prioritize family obligations, which has limited my participation in extracurricular activities. I'm concerned about how this might affect my college applic …

Do an A+ and an A- cancel out into an A? In my schools grading system an A+ is a 4.3 and an A- is a 3.7, so logically they would cancel out but I'm not sure how colleges would view this. Thank you!

My school is a public school that does not allow students to take APs their freshman or sophomore year (sophomores can take AP computer science only if they took the prerequisite computer science cour …

My school doesn't offer any AP or Honors courses, but has a very strong dual enrollment program. I want to self-study for 4 AP exams for next May before graduation, (Statistics, Government, Psychology …