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I know fasfa has opened and I'm not finished my essays yet. I'm a senior and I work five days a week as custodian at my school from 2:30 to 8:30 so It's hard to get everything done, so the weekends ar …

I am an international student. In the honors section of the common app, they asked to mention five honors. There are about 17 awards I want to mention from sports and games. Every award is state/regio …

Hi, Im a senior in Texas, and I was wondering I asked my counselor at school for my GPA and he told me it's 3.85 and my school uses a 5.0 scale. Is it a good GPA on a 5.0 scale? and how does it even w …

I am a 9th grader and am looking for extracurriculars that would help me with admissions to top schools for pre-law (ideally Harvard), and I am looking for ways to stand out amongst others. Thank you!

Hi, I am Dev Patel, currently a freshman in high school and I have general question or want advice on time management. Like I come from school and do my homework until night, have dinner and sleep and …

my gpa is 3.4 right now as a highschool senior and i really want to increase it for university. is it too late ?

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I am in middle school and am wondering what I can do for extracurriculars to up my chances of getting into a good college (med school). I want to do something really "cool" and standout. My dream s …

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I'm currently pursuing 25 courses in economics from various platforms like edX, Coursera and Future Learn. Apart from that, I'm planning to take more than 20 courses in Data analytics, Data …

I have content in which there is 20% plagiarism kindly suggest me any tool that can help me resolve this issue.

I am an International student who is planning to apply with psychology as my intended major. I do take psychology and next year (12th grade) I will take AP Psychology. I also take AP Human geo and AP …

Let's say you are advising a student who has a good chance of being admitted to a number of elite schools, but would be a very middle-of-the-pack student there. The same student would be a top student …

Hi! I am a senior who is currently applying to colleges and have been conflicted for six to twelve months trying to decide on a major. I have wanted to major in biology since 6th grade with intentions …

For the 10 activities required on the common application, is it better to include a club that you have committed to for a long time, but don't have a leadership position? Or a club that you just start …

The college I am applying to only allows for one academic letter of recommendation. I’m not sure which of these teachers could give me a better recommendation. My chosen major is a BS in sustainabilit …

hi! if i produce meaningful content online, such as video essays on youtube or essays on current events on a personal website, do these count as extracurriculars? they are both things im interested in …

Is the cumulative GPA the same as the unweighted GPA?

I go to a prestigious private school and last year, unlike other schools in the country, we had the opportunity to take the SAT all throughout the school year (but only seniors last fall). My GPA is a …

I am applying for a physics program in a liberal art college, and I was wondering if I should submit two STEM teachers' recommendations or one humanity and one STEM.

I was nominated by a teacher to be on the Student Curriculum Council at my school, which is a group of students who provide the Assistant Heads of School with direct feedback about our academic experi …

Your main club, not one you did but the main overall club you were in