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I'm highschool junior and I aspire to do bio engineering in college but I'm not sure of what extracurriculars i should do.

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I had been playing Tennis & track & field since my freshman year, and in my Junior year, I only played in Varsity - track & field.

I was wondering if I am not highlighting sports in my application- …

I'm a freshman right now in honors algebra 2 and am not that familiar with the musings of different math classes and all, but i was thinking of taking honors precalc over the summer and then doing cal …

With the new policy changes for computer science admission, can you still transfer from a different university to Umich? Can you still apply to transfer into comp sci at Umich assuming you were accept …

I'm a 10th grade high school student and I'm committed to attending Duke University! I remember visiting their campus my freshman year of high school and instantly falling in love...

Does anyone have …

I have the opportunity to intern for the Democracy Summer project, and I am not sure whether or not it is prestigious.

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I think it would be too difficult to sum it all up in the question summary so I summed it up with one word: help.

So basically I am now a junior who just recently moved to a new school and country aro …

I volunteer at my local teen court as a jury member for 6 hours a month (two 3 hr sessions). What tier would this be?

In a competitve HS, I rank currently 50/605 ppl and have pretty much all As except for a C in AP physics I and a B in ap calc ab. I have good extracirrculalrs relating to my major (business/econ/finan …

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I had been wanting to post this for a long time coming, but figured now (immediately after Ivy rates are revealed) would be the best time. CollegeVine is a fantastic resource for students to wor …

So I got selected in Purdue, but not in the main campus, they are offering the fort wayne or northwest campus for Computer Science. I have also got Selected to Illinois tech (computer science) and at …

I plan on taking a major and a minor, but there is another minor that could be very beneficial to me. Is it possible to have 1 major and two minors? Or should I just make sure to take the classes rela …

What projects can I do to get in UC Berkeley I wanna major in law and am a 9th grader

The first time I took the ACT I got a 34: 35 English, 31 Math, 36 Reading, and 35 Science

The second time I took the ACT I did worse with a 33: 34 English, 33 Math, 32 Reading, and 34 Science.

My supers …

Hi! I'm an international student in grade 10, and I'd love some suggestions on how to make my extracurriculars more spike-y and developed. I got a 1550 SAT, and I have mostly 9s predicted on my GCSEs …

If you take ap/honor classes, clubs, but managed to get a d (but made up those credits) what are the chances? what if you are a legacy baby

If I attend Columbia College Chicago, what will the Music Theory and Composition major entail? This question includes: Specifically what will I be learning? What happens to me in this major if I have …

Hey, I'm a sophomore in high school currently, and I was wondering what some good safety colleges would be. I have a ton of reach and a few targets, but no safeties. For reference, I have a 4.0 unweig …

Should I take Duel Enrollment Statistics or should I take a 2nd internship period (I am already taking one block next spring)? I am also already taking year long AP AB Calculus. I intend on being a bu …

This cycle NYU received 120,000 applications for 9600 acceptances. Last year they received 105,000 applications for 12805 acceptances. This further supports my theory that more and more T50 schools ar …