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Hi, I want to apply to the school of education. I have a weighted GPA of 4.4 and a SAT score of 1590 and ACT of 33. I have pretty standard extracurriculars but none of them really stand out to the pro …

I'm planning to apply to Boston University and I am thinking about whether I should apply to the College of arts and sciences or the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College.

I cou …

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I am mainly an A/B student with solid ECs and an international applicant living in the US?

NJ resident- do I still have a comfortable shot with UMiami RD? SAT is 1490 SuperScore and 14 …

Everywhere Classwork rigour is mentioned, but as a high schooler from India, there were no "advanced" classes in my institution. Will that hurt my admission chances or will admission committees unders …

In no particular order, here are some tips for you if you are applying for RD.

- If you were deferred or rejected from your ED, EA, REA college, do not assume that you are going to get into these schoo …

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Essentially I have a 1500 SAT, 790 in math, and 710 in English. I am a first-generation Asian majoring in comp-sci. So should I apply test-optional to Ivy Leagues?

I was deferred from Georgetown during the Early Action round and since that school is my top choice, I want to send a letter of continued interest. I know that a LOCI should be sent ASAP, but I don't …

Whenever I attempt paying the money for the css profile, the payment isn't accepted, even with the information provided from the debit card.

I have got 2-specific university CSS fee waiver codes of Cornell and Columbia, so do I have to fill CSS profile individually for each college, or I can fill all two together by applying the codes on t …

I have got 3-specific university CSS fee waiver codes so do I have to fill CSS profile individually for each college or I can fill all three together by applying the codes on the payment page?

Hello there. I’m trying to get into UF, and to do this I am going to try to get an internship at one of two companies: Yomi Robotics and Stryker Robotics. Yomi is solely in the surgical industry from …

How does participating in undergraduate research help a student in their future career, in my case, it is aerospace engineering. I have tried to search for this on the internet but have found very gen …

Hi, If the universities im applying to have an SAT range of 1420-1500 or 1430-1560. And I have a SAT score of 1430 should I go SAT optional?

I'm a freshman in high school and have straight As (one a- due to mental health issues). I read around 2 books a week (often classic lit and non-fiction stuff concerning early modern England and the P …

I was just wondering

Hello! I am confused on a grammar rule here if someone could quickly help me out. I have a statement in my Common App Essay where it goes "blah blah romanized words," or "blah blah English translation …

Hi! I have encountered a problem with the Common App essay. I tried inputting a foreign language and it would appear as question marks on Common App. So, I decided to use the romanized version of the …

Should I select a particular career interest even if my ECs don't exactly line up with it? I was originally planning to put undecided but since I am talking about psychology courses in the specific co …

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I’m a junior and I am planning on completing two internships this coming summer. These internships are for fairly high-profile companies, but would only be for around 4-6 weeks each. Is this con …