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Because of my hectic schedule, I was unable to fit physics into my schedule, and I know it is not only required in a lot of schools to have 4 years of science (especially if you are going into medical …

Does having perfect attendance such as never being absent or tardy have any impact on college admissions consideration?

I’m a junior who wants to apply to tops schools my senior year my top choice is UPenn rn my school offers de and ap classes 12 Ap no more than 8 I was planning to take 4 Aps but nobody sign up for the …

I'm taking APUSH as a freshman, is this seen as more impressive than taking it as a junior or senior, or does it really not matter to them.

I am going to be a junior this year and was wondering if anyone had any good advice on writing college essays. I have no idea where to start and was looking for some help or guidance. I am looking to …

Just want to clarify, as an international student, if I have studied my subjects in English for the past years, I do not have to submit IELTS, TOEFL, etc. as a demonstration of English language profic …

from what i can see my high school does not offer a algebra 1 class, does SM count as algebra?

Hi, I was wondering when you apply to RSI, it says 11th grade, but doesn’t specifically say If I’m an 11th grader who will be a 12th grader or a 10th grader going to be a 11th grader.

Hey guys I wanna know what are the extracurricular activities, I can do online as an international student for business major. I am currently in 12th grade and I don't have impressive extracurricula …

- sophomore

hi, I wanted to know if self-studying a few AP’s would be doable as a sophomore. I’m taking these classes next year:

Semester 1:

World History H

Pre Calc Trig H

Chem H

(Perhaps) pre-engineering …

I am an international student. I am from a small town (it's more like a village) and my school does not offer any AP, IB, or Honors courses but my grades are pretty good so I just wanted to check whet …

- rising sophomore

- interested in applying/majoring in Economics and/or Linguistics

I’ve been recently thinking about my extracurriculars and I realize that compared to my twin sister I don’t really …

I'm completely lost about whether my grades are good or not (some people say I need improve them a lot, other say that they are great). I'm international student and we don't use GPA grading system he …

i'm a pretty good student with a high GPA and decent coursework but my SAT score isn't really improving, i've been using Khan Academy to study but my score is barely improving what should i do?

so ill be a junior this year and i need some really good extracurriculars that can be unique to me... right now my extracurriculars are pretty basic and not very unique so i was wondering if you guys …

I am an international student, I just wanted to know if I am supposed to get recommendation letter from my school subject teachers or is it enough if I get it from the management head .. Also should i …

My dream college is Stanford, and apparently people have like 2-3 tier 1 activities there. But they probably don't have 8 tier 2 ones, right?

I have no idea what to do, and yes, I'm running out of time …

Hi how are u :) my name is Julia I was really wondering If you good help kids with still special needs ? Because I have some special needs but that not stop me for showing people how hard working I t …

One of the supplemental essay prompts is the following: Reflecting on a part of your identity (for example, your culture, race, ability status, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, nat …

During my freshman year of highschool I really struggled with switching from a religious, lax environment into a more harsh, irreligious setting where secular studies where held to a higher standard. …