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I’m a 9th grader who wants to go to the USC film school.

How can I increase chances to get a scholarship for it?

What classes and extracurriculars should I do to prepare for it?

I’m already a good aca …

This is my first time withdrawing from a class. This semester, I decided to take 3 APs and 1 honors class. I excell in 3, but I am dooing poorly in 1 of the AP's, AP World. It is causing me a lot of s …

Don't shoot the messenger.

I just read in the LA Times that UC Berkeley has been court ordered to hold enrollment at the '20-'21 level. They can't very well kick out anyone they already admitted so the …

If I'm applying for a safety school, should I take an interview if it's optional? I want to do that because maybe they may give me more scholarship money if I do really well. What are your thoughts?

Is advanced placement viewed more favorably than dual credit? I have an opportunity to attend a collegiate high school, wherein I would earn an Associates Degree while in high school. Though this is a …

does having high sat score make up for low gpa?

How do I know if I already sent the karma points? Because after I did everything, it just stayed on the last step.

I'm taking an intro to computer science elective as a sophomore. Its about three weeks into the semester, and I hate it. I could learn more on my own in three hours than I will in this class, and the …

I’m currently a high school sophomore. I'm currently planning on applying to colleges next year (a year early, as a junior), and am currently making class decisions for next year. I was wondering how …

I joined a non-profit as a member of their social media team. I plan to later on to gain an executive position in the non-profit. What tier would this be considered?

Would it be better for college admissions to get the IB diploma and have a lower rank and gpa, or take AP classes and have a higher rank and gpa?

For context, would it be better to take mostly/all hono …

I'll keep this as short as possible. I'm a junior, just placed my course requests for senior year, but nothing's final yet of course. My intended major is entrepreneurship, and the toughest school I w …

I was absent for my final for world history (each class is a semester at my school) so this semester I have to take a credit recovery class. Will the credit recovery class affect my chances of getting …

I'm a freshman in high school and I have ADHD and other things that affect my school life. I have an IEP and I am wondering if IEPs transfer over to college.

After checking my chances at brown University, it was 12% which is greater than Brown's overall acceptance rate:8%.What does it imply?

I am just really anxious about my school results.

I have applied to total of 8 different school, 4 early action and 4 regular decision.

I have gotten into 3 EA schools and deferred in 1 (which is not my …

Okay, so I know that regular animals aren't allowed in college dorms but will my emotional support animal be allowed? 'Cause I know ESA's aren't allowed in a lot of places but will I be able to bring …

I go to a barely recognized S/D team. We're around 48th in California, and my coach says I have good potential. But it's so incredibly draining, the work is ridiculous and outweighs all my other class …

Hello I am currently a senior, who has a GPA of 3.96 and taken 8 AP classes along with 7 honors. I have taken 3 years of arabic at my school as well as held many leadership positions throughout numero …

I am going to be a junior next year and I am planning on taking both the ACT and SAT. I have taken the Pre-SAT and Pre-ACT a few times but I have not done very well on them (of course it was without p …