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pls guys do you think that failure is a good experience or a bad experience.

Since I am still taking the calculus class and other classes currently, I am worried about my grades and GPA. I will admit it's been troubling to motivate myself to actually learn -- I have two Bs and …

Do you guys think you could post an MIT ultimate guide or a how to get into MIT in the future?

If you have a chancing profile with a college list, I wanted to share that CV's chancing engine has been updated to account for submitting vs. not submitting a test score. This Winter, you may have ob …

UPenn or Stanford? When it comes to CS + Management Penn's Jerome Fisher M&T Program sounds really cool but CS at Stanford seems stellar.

Being a kid who loves computer science but doesn't want to leave business-related programs which one should I prefer, UPenn or Stanford? When it comes to CS + Management Penn's Jerome Fisher M&T Prog …

I’m a high school junior and I’m planning to take the SAT one or two more times. I really want to improve my SAT score by at least 60 points but 100 points would be so good. I do the prep on Kahn acad …

I finish HS in September, planning to apply for early action on November 1, 2021. I have enough time to study and take the test at the time I finish HS?

While your score can definitely increase by studying, does anyone know the average increase in points of your SAT score each year by just learning in your high school classes? For example, if a Freshm …

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I am a high school senior who has taken a full load of AP/IB/Honours/Community College Courses and earned C or better. BUT I received a NP in a community college course that I had taken …

(Currently a sophomore) When starting high school, I decided to take a new language that I had been wanting to take for years, but wasn't available to me earlier. Unfortunately, there isn't an honors …

I got my ACT scores back and I have a 30 Math and a 25 in Science. Most of my schools want a high 20s to low 30s (28-32). My intended major is mathematics analyst so would schools care about the compo …

How many HS years of FL do select schools look for? I have taken Spanish 1 in 8th grade, Spanish 2 in 9th grade, and Spanish 3 on line the summer between 9-10 grades. Do I need to take Spanish 4 thi …

Hi! I am interested in studying sustainability and environmental science in college. I live in New York City and am looking for an extra curricular centered around these interests. I am already part o …

Our school doesn't do class rank, but we do quartile, deciles, etc. How do you know which percentile of ranking you are in? ie top 10, 20. 30 etc.

Also, when deciding the ranks, does your high school …

Hi, I go to a public school and I am looking for how to improve my application for colleges. For reference, I would love to go to a school such as Columbia or Georgetown. I am also looking to major in …

Just a thought...but it would be super helpful ;)

I'm really anxious about making it in to grad school, but what are are some good ways to get awesome letters of recommendations. I have asked my previous English Prof for one and now she won't write t …

I'm a freshman in high school, and due to the pandemic and just the way my school is run, they do not provide many extracurriculars. My current GPA unweighted is a 3.8, so I'm strong in the academic a …

My school grades harshly resulting in lower GPAs. My unweighted GPA will be around 3.7 although I will have taken 14 Honors courses and 7-8 AP classes. How can I be competitive in a top 20 school whe …