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I have currently filled out my entire apps for a few colleges however they require letters of recommendation. I've already added the people I want to write them but the counselors at my school won't b …

If I’m taking it to boost my GPA, will they look down on that?

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Schools on my country have been closed for the past 18 months, and our final exams have all been indefinitely postponed, and we have not had any kind of official test for 18 months, so I have absol …

Is pre calc and or calculus required in ALL majors and or required at ALL colleges?

So yesterday I won a state-level chemistry olympiad and will go to the national level, but I'm not sure whether it will be hosted before the regular decision deadline or after. So what should I write …

Hi! As a student, my academic profile regarding my SAT and rigor reflects well on my college application (1530, 8AP, 15GT, 2Hon). However, my GPA was severely impacted due to the development of an anx …

So my writing isn’t the best, and when I signed up to take the ACT with my school, I was unaware that I was signing up for the ACT plus Writing. When I was taking the exam, I figured I could just subm …

I know that when you send your transcript to colleges for applications they do their own gpa calculation. But do they count classes like speech and music tech that were only semester long electives? A …

I cannot seem to find this information, so if someone could point me out to the link or let me know I would appreciate it.

I live in Quebec, but am attending Liberty University Online Academy. How do …

I am an international student. On the Coalition app, can my counselor upload a draft of the report sheet that y school uses for the section that says 'Please upload a document that will allow assessme …

I am an international student. Do I have to fill out the Nacac school report on coalition?

My school doesn’t offer AP/IB classes. How do I specify that so it doesn’t look like I’m just missing a ton of credits?

I am an international student. I graduated last year November. Do I have to submit mid-year and first year grades? How d I get them? All the schools I am applying to are showing it as required

I am using the coalition application. How should my teacher submit my mid year and first year reports? Should I download and fill the common app mid year report and submit it on coalition alongside my …

What is an interview like for college? (bonusivy league)

Random but any examples of sat or act questions, literally anything, tips, examples, study webs, example sites, etc

I am a junior in Florida who is looking into cybersecurity as a potential major, and I have always dreamed of attending a prestigious school such as MIT or Caltech. However, last year I had a rough pa …

How many community service hours should I aim for each year in high school? Do colleges look at the community service hours? What do colleges like community service work to be?

I submitted my applications via Common App a few days ago without the transcript and letters of rec. included (my high school won't release them until the end of September). Once the transcript and le …

I want to get involved in research somehow during high school. I saw online that research programs are also a way to get involved in research. I want to find legit ones involved in the brain and psych …

Given many schools are not requiring SAT scores, should one submit an SAT score if it's a high score - meaning above 90th percentile+ (example 1350+) but it falls below the university's median score? …