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With many blogs and websites claiming that students looking to apply and eventually attend fairly competitive colleges need a spike in a certain subject, does that mean that students like myself, who …

Since I live in LA, and most of the testing centers are closed, will not submit my test score make it harder/hurt my chances of a top college accepting me?

Also, If I just started volunteering at a YMC …

Should I include family responsibilities like taking care of younger siblings and helping cook as an extracurricular on my commonapp?

I want to know how much each prospected college would cost me, but I don't know how comfortable I would be giving all of my parents bank and salary info. Has someone here used it already? If you have, …

I'm trying to decide between the act or sat. Do colleges prefer one or the other?

Should I apply to safeties or not if I think I have a really good chance of getting into top tier schools. The chancing profile here gives me 60%+ chance of getting into top schools.

My friend is starting a non-profit and she is making me choose between the director of web development or as the co-founder of the non-profit. I really enjoy doing both but should I make everything in …

Will taking a lot senior year be able to make up for the other years?

1) Is having 3.0 GPA bad ? Will it reduce my chances of getting into college even if my SAT score is good?

2) Due to the pandemic, there is not many options available fro extracurricular activities. …

How do I study for SAT I and II ? Both are just a month a part.Im writing next year March.

Any tips please let me know.

Does shadowing even count as an extracurricular? If so what kind? I’m a sophomore seeking info.

Hi! I am a senior and I want to study economics.

When I research good universities for a bachelor's in economics, the Ivys and other widely known universities always pop up. My question is, what other …

So I just looked over all of the MIT application written-response questions, and noticed there are a LOT of "optional" "additional information" type sections. I know if you're applying to competitive …

For 2 years I have always been into Medicine, but this quarantine made me realize that maybe I'm not that good at treating people. Since 8th grade I have always wanted to become a Neurosurgeon or an A …

In my school I'm supposed to take 3 apps each year. I'm a junior and between this year and senior I would have in total 6 but I don't know if that's enough. Or If I should consider taking more

Incoming senior, looking for apply texas, usc supplementals, etc.

So I was told that you can explain bad grades on the additional information section of the common app. During my sophomore year, I got a B in a math class (which typically is my strongest subject) bec …

I'm a college freshman

Hi! I'm a high school senior from Southeast Asia and I plan to apply to US universities. I'm not sure if all of the US universities I'm applying to require an international student financial form but …

I’m a rising senior and my top schools are reach schools. This is due to personal issues that significantly affected my freshman year leading me to nearly fail some classes and not do well in any of t …