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My son's father, uncle, paternal grandfather and grandmother all attended Harvard. (His grandfather did his graduate work there as well.) Do these five legacy connections (if you count grandpa twice!) …

Where can I self-report the college courses that I took during my years as a high schooler? There doesn't seem to be an allocated spot for it

Also, can I include my grades from college in the cumulativ …

I'm a current sophomore aiming for a T25 university. Should I apply to Governor's school? Will it help with college admissions or be beneficial to me in any way? If I do, I'll either apply for the Med …

trying to choose a category to put my high school dance team under.

considered a club by the school but compete on the varsity level at high school competitions.

or do i put it under dance?

I will be taking the ACT on 21 October, and My scores are in the range of the low 20s.

I have one month to prepare and I am a senior.

Do you have any plans or advice for me? knowing that I aiming to get …

Not a college admissions question but still

So I attended a 9 day summer program called the National Student Leadership Conference at American University. I am now applying to American University and I was wondering if that experience would hel …

Hi, so I am a new resident of the US (newly arrived) and I am planning to apply to Ivy Leagues and a bunch of other colleges that are competitive and are highly ranked, I could not finish high school …

Hi, so i am applying to colleges this year and I am applying all regular decision so most of my college deadlines are early January. I plan on submitting my apps by mid November early December but I r …

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I am an Iraqi student wanting to study abroad. I'm currently working on my Common App. And I encountered a question that asks about the number of courses I took in my most recent school …

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I am a freshman who is very anxious about my highschool “career” so I’ve set up a whole 4 year plan for myself LOL. So, here's the dilemma. I know self-studying APs that are already offer …

I'm top 28% of my class, on the common app should I click the top 20% or top 30% option?

I have been trying to complete the activities section of the commonapp, but my peers, the internet, and my guidance counselor have been telling me different approaches. For the sections

"Position/Lead …

I am a senior in high school and have a 4.43 weighted GPA. I have taken 3 AP's passed all the AP exams and taken 5 college courses at my local community college. I avidly tutor and mentor younger high …

I am an international student who wants to apply for the 2023/2024 session. I graduated from high school this year. Using my WAEC result(it's like the final exam for high school in my country), I have …

And would a 3.78 UWGPA (3.85 WGPA) good enough to get into Purdue?

I have a G.P.A of 3.9, Sat score of 1350, about average activities, no APs, and no PSAT. Which are the best collages (Computer Science) I can get into. Please, consider giving a reply if you have any …

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Hi, I'm trying to apply to some schools through the common app, and I realized I can't put the universities that my parents went to in the education section. The only options are schools in America, b …

I was looking at jobs within the medical field so when I graduate highschool, I know what I want to be. The only problem is that I don't know what majors I need for these jobs. Another question is the …