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I know this may be a bit broad, but I decided to take the ACT and SAT, and was wondering what the best way would be to prepare especially during the pandemic since I can't go out to tutoring sessions …

What can touch admissions the most?

I am interning at a hospital during my senior year of high school, would that be considered a strong extracurricular?

I was wondering if international students are grouped in one category or are they grouped by country? So you're competing within your country instead of kids from all over the world.

I'm currently a sophomore who is interested in attending medical school and majoring in biology. How can I demonstrate that I have a spike in biology/something that has to do with the medical field (s …

What is the relationship between UPenn and the city?

Do the essays have to be about the spike, too or is it more a theme the AOs just get?

How We Can Calculate Our Unweighted And Weighted GPA. As I Find Different Site To Calculate GPA. But The Result Is Little Bit Different From Each Other. Kindly Friends As I Find This Website To Be Ver …

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I know that achievements are an important part of the application process, and there's a different section in Common App to put them (we get to put 5 achievements + 10 ECs).

Where do I put my ach …

How is patent application pending rated in the extra curricular activities?

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I want to meet up with some other juniors who applied to the program and just chat! A reminder that decisions come out in lat …

hey! I wonder if there are any places where high schoolers can publish their paper? thanks for answering!

Recently after I got rejected from cornell, I got a letter encouraging me to transfer with some requirements. I'm applying to dyson which has the lowest acceptance rate but I'm not sure for transfers. …

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The UC school system does not provide financial aid for out-of-state students due to State of California laws.

I am currently in 11th grade studying in Michigan. My parents want to move to another stat …

I just want to know how could I find easy jobs for new comer in this country and It’s for high school student.

Very recently, Rutgers University (NJ) and Cornell University (NY) [per USA Today] have mandated the vaccine for upcoming fall admissions. After these dominoes fell, Brown University (RI) and Northeas …

I'm a junior in La Canada High School, CA. My GPA is at 3.23 and I did not take SAT or ACT this year. I'm planning on taking it my senior year so it would give me some more options. I do some research …

In my country AP classes don't exist so I can't take any. We only have regular classes that are still pretty hard, but I wanna go to college in the USA, and not taking AP classes affects my weight GPA …

As I can apply to 20 colleges via common app, but I have to apply other safety and reach schools also. So, if I apply to those schools directly from website, how am I gonna submit my common app essay …