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Im in 11th grade and im just trying to get a better future. :)

Im in 11th grade and im just trying to get a better future. :)

I get a lot of conflicting information online when I look this up. So, for most colleges, what GPA do they look at (I know they look at all but what is the main one they use)? 9-12, 10-12, weighted, u …

Hi guys! I'm currently wrapping up my junior year of high school and was wondering when the best time to start asking for recommendation letters would be. I don't currently have an intended major or p …

I am currently a junior in high school with a 4.0 GPA. At this time, I've taken a college course and an AP English class, which I just recently took an exam for. I await my score by July. As of right …

I have a 2 unweighted gpa and im currently a junior taking trig and bio 2. Is there any way to improve during senior year?

Hello! I'm going to be a Junior for the 2023-24 school year, and I'm not sure what I should be doing to help prepare for my future. Most likely, due to tight finances I'd realistically begin higher e …

I will be a junior in 2023 and senior in 2024. College is one of the things I am thinking about and I have school choices, I just don't know which one is exactly best for me yet.

Hello, I have a sat score 1460 and i want to apply for a scholarship with that get a school with that,can you please help me how does it work?

Hello! I’m a high school Junior who is graduating a year early to study abroad in Japan. Right now I’m in a situation where my only options to afford college are in-state community college or financia …

I got an A for my AP CALC AB in my Junior year first semester but an A- in my junior year second semester. I missed the A grade by 0.5%

Is this considered going downward direction. ? Do I need to pr …

The summer is coming up and I am an upcoming senior. I want to know what i should be doing this summer to allow me to have a less stressful senior year. Also, what can I do this summer to look better …

I get lots of emails from all sorts of colleges, including some pretty prestigious ones like Columbia, Tulane, UNC, etc. At the end of the emails they usually say something along the lines of "Please …

If my first two years of high school I didn't take any aps or honors can I still get my application to stand out if i get more involved Junior and Senior year?

I am a sophomore, If I have a low GPA, can I make that up with powerful extracurriculars related to my possible major? Also could you suggest some extracurriculars that could make up for a low GPA

In the future, I may want to consider doing a 4-year bachelor's college program just to focus on extracurricular activities. But that would require a major. I am looking for a quick and easy major. I …

Hello, Its my second year in highschool and I got a decent gpa of 3.55w, but my 2nd semester I started get 4 c in my classes which is going to bring my gpa down a lot. Is there anything I could do abo …

What are some common but yet unique essay topics that I could use?

So I asked my Econ and AP Gov teacher for a letter of rec recently. I plan on asking my psychology and AP world teacher for one as well. I am going to get a 3rd letter of rec I am just not sure which …

With about 3 weeks left in my 8th-grade year, I calculated my current GPA. This excludes the other classes, like Gym, Ecology, Art, Computer Science, Music, and Health.

Trimester 1: 3.17

Trimester 2: 3. …