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Junior year my kid just listed schools to send her SAT too. Unfortunately, she listed UMIAMI and that score was bad (1040) now we see they are test optional and my kid wanted to early decision there. …

Now that admissions are opening up I wanted to get Early Action processing for the colleges I wanted to attend. Most are test optional so its not like I truly need it, but I feel it'd be good for my a …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …

I'm considering applying to Haverford. I have a low but not 0 chance based on my school's stats. I would be best off applying ED as it would generally be my top choice college (distance from home, aca …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …

At Cornell, you don't declare your major officially till sophomore year. Does this mean indicating a major on the common app will not affect the acceptance rate? Or will picking CS make a harder chanc …

My name is Abdoulaye Daba Safia,I am from Chad. I was born in 2006 and I am the fourth born of a family of seven children. I am an orphan, my father was assassinated in 2016 and ever since that time,l …

Hello. How does holistic review work and how does ethnicity factor in? Let me know. Thanks!

i am a freshman with a weighted gpa of 3.9 and a cumulative gpa of 3.4. i am currently taking three honors classes with one ap class. i have all a's, and am never late to any of my classes. my grade d …

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To give some insight I'm from Iraq (Both of my parents as well)- I know that I'm middle eastern but in terms of race in the US what would I be consider …

I am currently a junior going to a private school in New Jersey. The school is somewhat rigorous in terms of academics but not as competitive as schools like Lawrenceville or Pingry. However, the scho …

Hi, I'm applying to Harvard Early Action and was wondering if my essay topics are well-selected; I'm confident in all of the drafts I have and have received positive feedback on the writing itself, bu …

I know vine just added more data and that’s why it changed, but figured it go down with recent competition for admissions. Are we finally seeing admissions going back to being reasonable.

I have never been the strongest when it comes to English in the academic setting, probably due to being raised in the deep south. English is the only subject I have ever made a B (less than 93) on, wi …

Hey everyone,

I'm planning to apply to most of the UC's and UW and was wondering if being extremely good at video games is a strong trait to get into these schools. My unweighted is like a 3.91 and I'm …

I have a 4.35 weighed, 4.05 UC capped, 3.65 unweighted. Do I have a good shot at UCI UCSB and UCSD?

Hi! I'm a HS senior applying to QuestBridge, and for my final essay in which we can choose a topic that interests us, I chose to write about the College Board monopoly on education. I was, and still a …

I'm an HS senior and have a 4.0 GPA, BUT I'm struggling in pre-calc and a C+, will this tank my GPA

I am writing a PIQ with the prompt "Describe how you have taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity or worked to overcome an educational barrier you have faced."

My essay revolves aroun …

I am applying to Drexel, the University of Washington, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for business. These schools don't superscore, and I have 2 ACT scores with the same composite. The first …