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I have a 30 ACT, a 3.5-3.8 GPA, several extracurriculars, and according to this website a 98% chance of making it into UH at Manoa.

I'm a JUNIOR in highschool right now, and am unsure whether I should …

I am a current high school sophomore and I'm going into this summer without any plans and I'm feeling disappointed that I have started so late to look for programs. Should I try to start on something …

All you 9th-11th graders have watched 2 uber-competitive admissions cycles so here are my take aways for the next season that begins in exactly 197 days from now.

-The trend of Top 50 Universities & Li …

Just based off of grades I have not taken any Ap classes and I’m about to be a junior. But as a junior I plan to take about 4 Ap classes, as well as my senior year. Do you think this will be rigorous …

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I’m a high school junior currently with a 4.0 GPA and 1540 SAT… I’m really concerned though because I want to go into political science but I only have credit for IB American history and AP euro …

Does anyone know of any computer science related activities/programs I can do to boost my college app?

I applied to a 8 week summer cancer research internship at Northwestern and was accepted (programming and working in the data science department) but I'm not sure if it falls under professional applic …

So I got a 1460 on the SAT school test in March (750 English + 710 Math) and I'm wondering if I should retake it. My calculator froze before the test, so I know that I could improve my math score if I …

So someone told me today that volunteering is not only about the number of hours you get, it's about the quality and how much it contributes to the major you want to study. In other words, try to inv …

Hi I'm a junior in high school right now and I have an interest in reading books and math . Do you have any suggestions on passion projects related to any of these 2 areas

My EOC was done on the computer. I don't know why they did it, but they did it and there were so many technical issues. I was able to log in, but other people in the same room as me couldn't, so there …

So I don't have that many extracurricular activities but I'm mostly in different honors societies and like 2 different clubs. would me not having that many extracurricular actives hinder me from getti …

i have a 4.0 on a 5.0 scale. im in NHS , multiple clubs and captain of a varsity sport. i also have taken/ am taking multiple aps and honors classes

Hi, I'm a senior who applied to colleges/universities from several different countries.

I'm not asking about a college in the U.S., so it might be irrelevant, but I thought why not?

I submitted an appli …

Is it okay to finish PVSA(Gold Award) before high school? Does this make any difference on a college application? Appreciate any insight?

U of M is my dream school, but I'm unsure how to increase my chances of being accepted. I am in a lot of extra curricular activities (Student led programs, band, robotics, coding, NSHSS, etc), and hav …

For college, I want an extreme spike in community service, that will make me competitive for Ivies.

By the end of Junior year, I'll have at least 3,000 community service hours and I'm planning on found …

I was waitlisted at Duke, and was wondering how I should go about writing letters and updating information. I wrote a normal letter of continued interest according to sources I found online, but also …

Currently, I'm a freshman, and I'm a little lost on what programs to take during the summer. Are there any recommendations for college summer programs for any of the UCs or Ivy Leagues open for risin …

When colleges (UCs) say that they do not use SAT or any other standardized score to distinguish acceptance, do they really not give any look at it? If there were to be two same students, with same GPA …