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Hi I'm a freshman in college and initially I wanted to major in psychology, but I hear so much about how there may be limited jobs as a psychologist, and that my degree might go to waste. I also hear …

Sorry, this is so long! I want to get into a Canadian college with a 52.4% acceptance rate. With all of the following in mind, is it possible to get in?

For most of high school, I've lived in a funk. I …

I am a senior from India and have been interested in USC for a long time. I was originally applying to the Viterbi School since I want to major in Computer Science and Business. But I incline design. …

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I am a Canadian student, and it is my goal to get into Caltech.

What are some tips for classes, extracurriculars, and essays?

4.442 GPA

So so far throughout high school I've taken around 6 ap classes including junior year. I plan to take around maybe 1 next year. My school offers 18. So If I took 7/18 ap classes at my school with the …

Hey where to find 2022 UF SAT score ranges, I head the 50th percentile is 1420???

I have just under the cusp of credentials, as I believe it to be, to get into Vtech engineering, I have a 3.856 GPA, last year I had a 4.21, take the hardest Stem classes at my school, did a sport for …

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My Name is Brooke and I am a Junior Currently. I was wondering how can I boost my Gpa to a 4.0.

Currently my weighed gpa is 3.78 and unweighted at a 3.5 ish. This year I am taking 5 ap's.I am ran …

for the last 3 years leading up to my last year in high school as a senior, I'm still unsure what major I should lean towards. I have a few things in mind but I really want to be sure and confident In …

i'm having trouble looking for schools that HBUC and has the mayors of LAW. it also has to be a school located in new york. please help

Hi! I'm a junior in high school and have a weighted gpa of 3.7. How can I bring that up to 4.0 by the end of the year? I'm taking 2 AP's (APUSH and AP World), 4 honors (chem, human body systems, pre-c …

I know I want to study business in college, but I also may want to incorporate my passion for film into it. USC's BCA major seems like the perfect major for me but it only takes 55 applicants a year. …

Most Ivy League colleges are self-selecting especially if you are an ALDC, recruited athlete, legacy, development candidate, or child of faculty. For hooked applicants like Black, LatinA, Indigenous, …

I’m just curious about how it works and want to get insights from others about it.

I have good stats, but I'm scared I won't get in.

It's hard for me to look at my high school credentials without exploding. I finished with a 2.789 UW GPA (2.862 Weighted) and a 31 composite ACT score (25-Math, 32-Science, 32-Reading, 35-English, 8-W …

My intended major is international affairs and economics. By the time I graduate, I will have 14 ap tests including ap micro/macro econ, psych, lang, lit, and us/comparative gov. However, I am taking …

My intended major is international affairs and economics. By the time I graduate, I will have 14 ap tests including ap micro/macro econ, psych, lang, lit, and us/comparative gov. However, I am taking …

I notice most colleges/Univ look or reference SAT scores in their websites. Does it matter if you take the ACT instead of the SAT. Pros and Cons of each test please from the college/univ perspectiv …