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Hi everyone! I am a junior in high school and want to major in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience. I have a 4.4 weighted GPA(on a 5.3 weighted scale) and am wondering if anyone has any advice/knowl …

Hi! I'm a high school freshman. I am interested in the medicine field and I want to go to any highly ranked and prestigious college for Pre-Med. I have a 4.0 UW/5.0 Weighted GPA and I am taking 1 AP a …

I've been struggling with this for the past couple of months. Up until this point, I have always assumed I was going into engineering. My course load in high school was always lots of math and science …

I'm an 8th grader and I have been planning on working towards getting into Harvard. I am a straight-A student and do Drama Club and Band so I have some extracurriculars. What kind of programs and AP c …

I am a current freshman who took the PSAT earlier this year. I got a score of 1440 (750 math, 690 language/reading). Do you have any idea about what my predicted SAT score will be and if that will be …

Currently, I am a freshman in high school. I am going through the College Credit Plus program (if you're not familiar with it, CCP is a program where you can earn college and high school credits while …

I have decided to take my own language learning seriously after about two years of coasting. I am currently studying Russian and am looking into taking up Spanish. I am mainly studying on my own, with …

I'm a Black, Muslim upper middle-class student from Richmond, TX and I got into both UT and Yale University. However, I don't really know where to go. Obviously, the first choice is Yale University; t …

Hi! I'm a junior in high school and my current GPA is a 3.4 (weighted), and I have no idea what it is unweighted because our school has no way for us to check (and frankly Im scared to find out), this …

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Hello, I am a gap year student from Singapore. I am interested in moving to USA and I am going to apply to universities here this year. I am an American permanent resident. Is there any internship opp …

Hi! I'm a rising senior who plans on applying to a number of top ranked schools, but isn't so confident in their GPA. Currently, I'm sitting at a 3.7 UW and 4.0 W. I know this isn't terrible, but it's …

I am 1 week away from my ACT. I got a 28 composite on my practice test with a 36 on the reading section and weaker in math science and english. What should I focus on and study before my exam next wee …

my school gpa is 2.9 - 3.0

I’m a freshman and these are my plans for AP Classes in my next years, a lot of them I am forced to take as an upperclassmen and for next year I can add maybe 1 course because a lot of courses are sti …

Do my sub section scores matter? I scored a 31 composite score however I only got a 26 on math will that negatively impact my chances?

As an upcoming sophomore, I am beginning to think of colleges I would love to attend. The University of Texas is one of my dream schools but I am worried about not standing out since they get so many …

hi! i was recently accepted into an immersion program at stanford and was wondering how this will affect admissions. it is a 10-day research based program with a self-reported 30% acceptance rate. tha …

I had applied to UMD regular decisions and they were suppose to be out till 1st April. On their instagram page also they have said that they have released decisions on 1st april, but many people have …

Muslim students dry-fast over the course of sunrise to sunset everyday, for about a month. This can make a burgeoning course load that much worse. Even if it isn't for that long of a period of time, i …