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Hi, Im a rising senior starting to plan for my college essays. Im struggling on which topic I should write about and whether or not it's intriguing enough for a college advisor. These are the topics I …

my mock trial mentor from a top law firm went to Princeton. I was wondering if getting a letter of rec from my mentor would improve my chances.

Thanks

so for my common app essay i picked the prompt about a realization that sparked a period of personal growth and stuff. my essay is kind of a gradient from the event, that led to a realization, that le …

You will learn many skills and projects in the program. After the program, you will have a resume with projects that demonstrate your skill. You will only earn the certificate when your score higher t …

I'm not sure how much of a difference it would make, but as I have a lot of extra credits and am advanced for where I need to be, I have the option to graduate one year early (in my junior year). I ha …

Hey planning to major in History and applying to Ivy League + T20

the concern I have is that my math grades are too low.

I have maintained a 98+ in all my history classes with a 100 in AP world

95+ in al …

I'm talking AP Physics 1 class for junior year.

What am i doing in there and what I need to prepare for it?

Thanks

As a junior going on senior in high school, I've began the process of applying to schools. My current grades consist of mainly High As and Bs, and rarely any Cs. There was a problem with my gradebook …

I came from bold a couple of weeks ago and I was wondering under intended major what do I put if I want to put cosmetology. Like being a nail tech?? Which category do I fall into??

For context, mine's a 3.69 so it's on the low side but I have reasons for it, mainly being more focused on extracurriculars and internships. I'm pretty sure my extracurriculars are strong, mainly beca …

What am i doing in English 3 class and adv pre-calculus class?

What do i need to prepare for them?

Please let me know correctly.

So, I'm a rising freshman (as you can see in the title) and I've done well on academics my entire life. My average has never gone below a 96 and I've been on honor roll since first grade. I'm a fully …

Hi I'm Ian and I'm going to be a Senior in high school next year.

My Asian parents have recently been stressing me out tons because I received 2 b+ in 8th grade grades and they show up on the transcrip …

I’m going to be a Senior in the fall and I plan on applying to UConn. Will these stats give me a chance of getting in? I should also note I have a 504 plan (idk if that would help my chances)

-3.6 gpa …

I have a hard time managing my time, and I really don't want that to affect me this upcoming school year. This is because in 2023 - 2024, my grades sunk in 4th quarter because I wasn't able to manage …

When I sent a connection request to one college it automatically sent the request to other colleges, and I put specific information about the first college in the request.

How do I fix this??

I've been U.S. for 1 year a half now.

These are class courses for my junior year

English 3

AP US History

Ap computer science principle(I dropped it last year and taking it again)

adv Pre-Calc

engineering c …

So, I am really sick of Collegeboard and the SAT:( I made the big mistake of taking March SAT, which was nothing like the practice tests available at the time. THEN Collegeboard turned around and rele …

Hi! I'm a rising senior from Washington state! I just wanted to ask for y'all's opinion/advice and see if there's anything I can do this summer/fall to add to my application!

Demographics: Female, Whit …

what are the top universities in Canada in technology specifically in computer science and AI??