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I have awful social anxiety. Overall I would say I'm an A grade student. I don't have much ECs but I have a decent GPA (3.79UW), hopefully good rec letters, and work as a family responsibility. My cha …

I'm from Brazil, and here we don't have APs, dual enrolment, or IBs (At least not in my area and school), but, what we do have are a professional integrated curriculum and full time (7am-5pm) schools, …

My name is Marjan and I study in 9th grade.

I'm from India and from a really under-represented and economically poor region of India. We basically have almost zero facilities or amenities for students(in my state). On top of that, I come from a …

I just got my SAT Spanish result and it was a 700. I'm an international student from Brazil and the test day I took the SAT II was the last one ever. Since I'm not required to send my score this year, …

I'm an international senior from Brazil, and a great part of my profile is my love for learning and teaching languages and STEM. To back up that profile I have 6 years of volunteering as a tutor at a …

I just got my scores for the SAT Subject Tests and I got a 730 on the World History test. I am an international student (Asian) applying for STEM major to T20s. I got 800s on Math II and Physics but I …

If the bottom 25% are at 1330 for that college and I got a 1310 should I submit my score or apply test optional?

What is a good outline for an Ivy League essay? Thank you!

I’m currently rising sophomore in high school and I just received my grades. However, during the start of my freshmen year, I had a lot of circumstances which affected my grades. With receiving a C fo …

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I am a rising senior living in Thailand. I am trying to start my college essays as soon as possible, but as most of you know, it is kind of hard trying to come up with sufficient and interesting i …

Hello, I am a rising senior and looking to major in something comp sci and bio-related - maybe bioinformatics or something else. While I have ample comp sci ecs (I have been doing FIRST Robotics for 6 …

I'm a high school sophomore and I'm trying to calculate my chances of getting into my dream school. The only problem is AP class aren't offered here. I feel like I've hit a dead end. There is no way t …

I can't believe most of my dream schools change from dream & safety to reaches if I enter my demographics. How often do people get into their reach schools?

I heard that international Asian applicants …

I'm an Asian and from India. It's a no brainer that Asians (Specially from China and India) have the hardest time when it comes to college acceptance. Should I include my race and country in the demog …

Hey! I'm an upcoming sophomore (I'm doing Pre-IB), interested in math and psychology. I was planning to self-study unrelated AP courses like Art History and AP GOV to boost my GPA, but would that look …

I know supplemental essay prmopts get released on august 1st, I have a chart and I'm trying to get even more organized possible. I know that they are one of the most important parts of the college app …

Hello, I am a rising senior and looking to major in something comp sci and bio-related - maybe bioinformatics or something else. While I have ample comp sci ecs (I have been doing FIRST Robotics for 6 …

How many APs do I need to take to get into an Ivy League or a good school? In the chancing simulator I said I would probably take 7 and it says that is WEAK. Really? 7 AP classes is weak coursework? I …

Would starting my own business count as a leadership role?