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So far I’ve taken 7 AP and I was wondering if taking 8 out of the 18 AP classes offered at my school would be a good course rigor I’ve also taken lots of honors courses and I might take one course at …

So I heard that getting good grades is important junior year and you should get your best grades this year and step up your course rigor. Ive taken 3 AP and 4 honors this year compared to last year 2 …

I am interested in starting a non-profit but do admission officers actually look at this? How much will it affect it? Also, is a big time commitment for a non-profit worth it or should I focus on prep …

I have a 3.705 GPA and I am a senior who has already applied to my colleges. How do I worry less about the colleges/universities' decision when they come out? I am worried I won't get into it. Thanks …

I want to get into USF and have 4.0 GPA But 17 on ACT....

want to apply for very selective school, so there is gonna be something that is gonna show my passion for studying business. Any ideas?

Hello, I'm applying for regular desicion at Cornell University, but my recommenders and counselor wrote recommendation letters to Princeton( I applied for Princeton in early action) i.e they wrote sch …

I'm looking to do engineering, and have some technology-related ECs which I felt would improve my chances. However, two of them are similar topics so I am not sure if I should keep both, try to combin …

Hello, everyone. I have always enjoyed practicing the piano and out of admiration for those musicians in the romantic era, who could compose and perform at the same time, I also tried to teach mysel …

I have a super score of 1380 and I am applying to Harvey Mudd (test optional) that has an SAT range of 1490-1570. Should I submit my SAT score where do I draw the line for submitting and not submittin …

I've been running two stores, one a restaurant, one a truck stop. I have family ties to them but have been dealing with all the customer service, loans, accounting, and managing since I was 8. I under …

Hi, my name is Joshua and I am a senior. I am planning to major in CS or Data Science. My grades in first semester were all As except for a D+ in Calc BC. I took some other hard classes in senior year …

I'm a non-native English speaker and moved to the U.S. 2 years ago. There were a lot of moving and disruptions in my education over the past 2 years. I have a pretty strong Math score but my English s …

Ive been wanting an answer to this for so long cause ive been confused on what class you need to take for business and owning your own business.

Hello, I've already applied to several colleges via Common App, some which required an essay. I still have several schools to apply to, and I'm more interested in the other prompts I didn't choose. Th …

I am a sophmore currently. I am debating on what I should major but I am not really sure what to do. I don't know if I should pursure something in business or possibly psychology. However, chemistry o …

I was given a full ride to Alabama A&M but they don't have nursing as a major. They only have a BS in biology with a concentration in pre-nursing but I'm not sure if that is the same thing. I'm defian …

Hi iam applying for ed at a university in us but the few universities that I wanna apply to too have deadlines before my ed and some after. Will my ed application be considered non-valid as I have app …

Do colleges consider edx.org courses and coursera.org courses as an extracurricular activity and if they do will it be a good idea to include them in my college application?

Would it be better for me to replace student government with an activity related to my major (comp sci) like web development or replace it with something else? A friend of mine said to combine Track a …