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When colleges (UCs) say that they do not use SAT or any other standardized score to distinguish acceptance, do they really not give any look at it? If there were to be two same students, with same GPA …

In my country, high schools do not offer AP classes, honors classes, or anything similar. However, we have a 13th year instead of just 12 as you have in the US. Will this put me at a disadvantage, or …

Hello, I need some help. I'm a junior and I only took one dual credit class and no AP classes. Is it wise to schedule more of these classes.

I'm applying to Miami University, Hillsdale College, Allegheny, and Gettysburg College this fall. I have a 3.3 GPA because I was a B student freshman year. My junior year GPA is about 3.7 and I have a …

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I'm currently a sophomore in high school. I'm a year younger than everyone in my class, so I can't participate in a lot of other medical related activities that are offered (they need people to be …

I plan to pursue a career as a cartoon scriptwriter and would like to know what major would be best for me to take up. I plan to minor/double major in English as well.

Alongside this I would like to kn …

I got nominated to go to Texas Boy's State which is a week long event in Austin focused on political and leadership skills.

I think it's a cool program, but I want to pursue something in the STEM fiel …

Today WashU announce that it admitted 3589 or with an admit rate of 10% to the Class of 2026.

This is lowest admit rate in the history of the University. This means they received approx 35900 applicati …

I am in 11th grade and I will be applying to Colleges next year. I'm curious as to whether anyone has advice as to what would make an essay stand out?

Hi! I’m a current freshman who is interested in going into the dental medicine. Does anyone have any recommendations for what classes I should be taking in high school and other general advice I shoul …

Hi! I'm planning on studying Marketing/MIS in a business school (undergrad).

I have applied to McGill (which is currently my top choice). However, I applied to both the School of Management and the Sc …

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Can anyone recommend resources for self-study of AP Music Theory (specifically the composition/part writing)? I'll be a senior next year. I am in a nontraditional educational format that makes i …

I’m planning on joining my new school’s anime/Japanese culture club and I don’t think I’d be able to get any kind of leadership position since I’m new & a rising senior. I plan on including it in my c …

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Hi! I am currently a freshman and in my second semester. My GPA is 3.87 unweighted, 4,20 weighted. Do you guys think these are good classes so far, and should I add any more for sophomore year?

Freshma …

Hello! I am a 10th grader looking to go into the medical field; I have been searching for medical related volunteer opportunities, but with COVID restrictions it has been difficult to find any especia …

I'm currently taking AP Spanish Language and taking 4 advanced classes. However, next year I'm taking 3 APs (AP Spanish Lit, AP Lang, and AP US History) and 2 On-Ramps classes, a course that is set in …

Just a minute ago, I reported an essay of an Indian folk (he/she claimed in the essay).

The issue was, that he copied my Harvard Essay and altered it a little. He did not even change the strong words …

I was thinking of taking an AP class in Freshman Year. Unfortunately, this will have to be outside of the school so I will be self studying. Are there any particular APs which might be too hard to sel …

AP Psychology

AP Calculus AB

AP Language and Composition

AP US History

Physics

Intro to Engineer Design

Advanced Strings

I currently have all A's and am taking 4 honors classes. However I'm not sure how more …