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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 …

Is it ok if I write my supplemental about finance even if some schools I'm applying to don't necessarily have a finance degree?

I don't how to apply to universities correctly and most of the time they don't work, so I would some advices of how to apply through this site

Engineering

This year Brown received 10% more ED applications 6770 compared to 6146.

Nevertheless, it accepted around the same level of ED admits 879 versus 896.

I feel more students applied to Brown because of th …

i'm currently a junior and taking 4 ap's. it's finals week and i have three b's in ap calc ab, ap lang, and ap bio. is there still a chance for me to get accepted by uc's like ucla, ucb, or uci?

I recently took my very last chance at standardized test scores before my last applications are due. I did the ACT and felt very confident about my score. I just got them back today and sadly found I …

im a 10th grade student and am hoping to apply to some top colleges (engineering or premed/research, still figuring it out). i have a handful of clubs im in and am on the board in one, but how can i m …

Duke announced today that it admitted 800 students via early decision (including QuestBridge scholars) to the Class of 2027.

Class of 2025 5036 Applicants 840 Admits 16.8%

Class of 2026 4015 Applicants …

Hello. A few people have told me that being class president or in a similar leadership role is more impressive to the top colleges than starting a business/sole proprietorship with $150k+ in revenue. …

I need time to prepare for it and application deadline is near so can I take the test later and submit it or do I have to take it now?

Also does Harvard accepts Duolingo test for undergrad internation …

I really on the fence about this. On the one hand I love the school, but I know money will be a bit higher than I would like. I know the school does not give out really any merit scholarships and aid …

I joined a bunch of STEM programs, internships, etc outside of high school, but in school I’m only apart of 2 clubs and 2 sports. Should my application have an equal amount of in-school and out of sch …

I spent dozens of hours on each of these long games, and I want to display my interest in compsci through them. Where can I publish them?

My average is a 96%, but I don’t know how I would convert that to a 4.0 gpa? Is a 96% less than a 4.0 because it is not a perfect 100? Or I could a 95% and above be considered a 4.0 gap?

In the graph with the number of applications to a certain college can I see which ones got accepted and which ones didn't?

I will graduate with over 25 college courses and about 20 honors courses completed. My gpa is a 3.1 but I still have time to boost that as I am a junior taking only college classes. Do I still have ch …

I know a friend that applied ED to one of the Ivy Leagues and they also applied Early Action to a private university. They got accepted into the EA university, so I looked up the university, and appar …

Let us say a student constantly receives torment (serious torments with no kidding, the abuser is never convicted only due to the lack of rule of law in the region), which forbids him to go to schoo …