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If I did not report one of my AP scores on my application and I have to submit my official AP scores, do I still have time to cancel or withhold the AP score?

My son is a senior Brazilian student. In Brazilian school don’t have AP courses or Honors. The high school in Brazil have 16 mandatory courses same for all students . He is going to second Summer Pro …

Hello,

I am currently taking Online Programming Courses at myGreatLearning. It mentions that it is accredited. Will I be able to include this on my transcript or on my ECs? Also, are certificates nesse …

I'm planning on going into pre-med and applying to really competitive schools, so I want to take as many science courses and APs as possible.

Originally, I had been planning on taking AP Chemistry as …

I'm a junior in high school at the moment and I'm trying to figure out what schools I'm considering applying to as ED. Although its a well-known fact that the ED rounds of selective schools have highe …

Anyone familiar with Inspirit AI or Mehta? Thinking about these two programs for the summer. Any feedback would be helpful.

My grade-gpa 5/5

So I have some safety and Target schools finalized. I have on reach the school finalized on my list. I listed some possibilities for reach school but I am having a hard time narrowing it down. How sho …

What's up gang sophomore here. To make a long story short, my teacher is giving me an A- because when I tried to turn in a project the website was DOWN so I had to submit it late, but I am not getting …

I saw this college was not listed on collegevine's schools list, so I wanted to know if anyone knew anything about this college. Seemed quite interesting, since I'm interested in cs, but I couldn't fi …

I'm making an herbarium as an EC.

It's a collection of dried, described and documented plants.

How many should I collected for this to be considered Tier 1 or Tier 2?

So, I think that it would be most appropriate to start with the situation that I have been trying to figure out.

I have technically never been in high school. I was supposed to be part of class of 202 …

Some are my guesses for now but I'll update this every couple of days until the list is as complete as possible. The key takeaway is that there is still a huge amount of downward pressure on acceptanc …

I'm having a dilemma.

I am someone who loves space and the universe, I also do a lot to learn about it, so naturally, I gravitate towards two majors: Aerospace Engineering and Planetary Sciences (I wa …

Hi, I took a course from UC Scout last summer but didn't do well in it. If I don't report my transcripts to my school is that okay to do so? And will colleges ever find out about that course that I to …

I got in and am doing some courses for computer science. I just want to know if it would make me stand out to an ivy league.

I am a Junior in high school and I'm just not sure how to even begin my college essay. I want it to be something that stands out and I'm just unsure how to come up with an idea that isn't bland or bor …

Hi, I'm currently a junior in high school right now and I'm hoping to apply to UNC-Chapel Hill. Throughout high school, I've taken almost all honors courses and have a 4.45 weighted GPA (4.0 unweighte …

I have been trying to plan what classes to take my junior year and I really want to take AP Psych but I'm not sure if I should take regular psych first? I am aware that by taking psych first it will g …

So I'm in the last quarter of my Junior year, and I want to start my personal essay but I don't know how. Can you guys give me ideas?