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Hello, I just submitted applications to Emory and Tufts. On both application status pages, it says that my mid-year report is missing, which I am assuming is my mid year transcript. Does anyone know w …

On Common Application, under testing, it say's you can report AP tests that you will take in the future, for example I'm taking AP Calculus right now, but my test is in May 2021. How would I exactly p …

I'm a little confused about part of my SAT score. I scored a 1500, with a 720 in the EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing) section, and 780 in Math.

However, when I looked at my SAT score, I only m …

I took the SAT several months ago and surprised both myself and my parents by scoring 1500. I have been homeschooled my whole life and am finally in my senior year of high school. However, since I s …

I don't mean how to imitate UN committees, more like leadership skills and such

Is it possible to view all of the answers you have posted? I know you can view the questions you have asked, but I can't seem to find a link to my answers. This makes it rather difficult when I need …

On the common app, it asks whether or not I have taken any courses at a college or university. Doe taking dual credit classes at my school count as that?

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I am an international student, applying to Princeton University. One of the requirements there is to upload graded written paper from English class. I have one essay I really like, but it is in …

I am currently a sophmore at an international school in East Africa. The school I attend is an IB school.

I potentially plan to major in Managerial/Business Economics at top US universities (Harvard, …

I had taken SAT once and the score was 1400 (780 Math + 620 English). I know that this is not a good score but everyone might be lower this year. Do I report this score to

Here I include the middle 50 …

I wrote one essay that my Chinese counselor thought it was not so good, but my other counselor, a British, thinks it's good enough. I personally felt unsatisfied about both of their opinions or editi …

Here was the request from a current undergraduate at Harvard: “I’m looking for an intern to look through Harvard Econ lectures to study pedagogy for me. Tasks is to watch 10 minutes of 15 lectures and …

I only have a 1440 sat. Would it be better to go test optional for Harvard, Columbia, washu in st.louis, and duke?

So in an essay for a competitive award that I wrote I mentioned being part of a specific ethnic group. As in “as a member of an ethnic group that was...”. Do I need to mention the specific ethnic grou …

I am trying to decide if I should report my SAT and/or ACT scores to Colby and/or Hamilton. My SAT is 1370 and my ACT is 30.

I am interested in medicine because I love science, but I only have four science-oriented extracurriculars and I am not sure how many I would need for a spike.

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I applied to University of Alaska Anchorage and got accepted, so I wanted to add it to my college list, but I don't see it in the options. Is there a way to add a new college?

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I was just wondering if demographics play any role in college admission chances? I assume that colleges have quotas they want to fill in terms of geographic diversity, but I don't actually know. Fo …

Is there any way for me to include the independent research work I've done on my application if it was for the class AP Research. Would it count as an activity cause it was technically done for a clas …