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If you have about a 15-20% acceptance chance at schools you are interested in (as the chancing engine predicts), then you are mathematically supposed to/predicted to get into at least one interested s …

Hi 👋🏿, I'm a junior in high school at Nigeria and I just recently found out that AP courses increase my chances of getting into an ivy League school and so I decided to take a few.

My school doesn't te …

When is ivy day 2022?

I am an international freshman undergraduate applicant from Nepal. I have a 1390 SAT and a 4.0 Weighted GPA. I applied to Olemiss, Whitworth, and Uni of Alabama and didn't get the funding I wanted. I …

I am applying to CUNY schools through the CUNY application, and when it comes to uploading your essay, there is nothing there on the application site to indicate which prompt you chose to do. So, shou …

MIT: Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200-250 words)

Tufts: How have the envi …

I’m applying to three different universities and for different programs for 2022 admissions.

I am midway in submitting my common app application. I am not able to afford a paid counsellor

can anyone please help with it.

Hello,

I was wondering if one can apply their application now and send their SAT scores before the deadlines.

[Regular decision- January(deadline) and Sending SAT scores in March]

Which college has the lowest acceptance rate?

I'm a homeschooled international student in sophomore year, based in LS.

Are my stats and EC good enough for a prestigious college?

I’m a junior in high school right now and I want to go to Duke, or a school to that level. Duke is very very competitive so if anyone can give …

I’m a junior in high school right now and I want to go to Duke, or something to that level. Duke is very very competitive so if anyone can give me advice or info based on my stats that would be much a …

I wanted to know which of them is more highly regarded and will have major impact in my college application. Please note that TASS this year is not the same as other years because TASP have been cance …

I’m a junior and took the AP government test last year and got a 5. What do I do with this now? Do I have to submit it right away to colleges or can I just hold on to it until I begin to fill out appl …

Does anyone know when the honors college or merit scholarship notifications come out for Temple University? The honors college website said its first round reviews starts in early December, so I assum …

When do I submit my SAT score?

Hello friends!Do anyone get chance or deffered from any Ivies or Yale,JHU for class of 26?I am so curious to know.

I am applying for TASS for the summer of 2022 and this year TASP have been cancelled and there will only be TASS both for sophomores and juniors. Will this new TASS be regarded as highly as TASP durin …

Hello,

I'm an international student and I want to try taking a gap year before applying to universities. Will it affect my application in the future or are there any disadvantages of it?

Thank you.