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Hello! I’m Kripa and I’m from India. I’m a Junior year HS student and I’m planning to major in Economics. It is my dream to get into the top universities like Harvard and Stanford and I’m determined t …

I am going to be a high school senior and working on some of my college application essays. The University of Illinois has supplemental shorter essays specifically asking about your intended major and …

I'm a Sophmore in high school who is interested in the Pa career and would like to shadow a pa but have some concerns on the requirements and where to shadow one.

I'm starting to work on my application essays, and I would like to discuss my ADHD and Autism diagnoses in one of them.(not as the main point.)

I've heard that this isn't a great topic to talk about i …

Classes I am taking junior year:

- AP/IB Literature and Comp

- Honors Algebra II

- Honors AP Physics

- Pre AP Spanish

- Standard Government

- AP Psychology

- Anatomy & Physiology I and II

I am also going to j …

Is it true that you can’t get college credit for AP scores your senior year since the scores come out way after a colleges deadline to claim college credit?

If so, could I do a leap year?

ACT.org recently announced 2 changes.

1.) From now on, it will compile a "SuperScore" report option and send that your college list. (you still get 4 free with your test but have to pay for each addit …

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I have just concluded sophomore year, and I self-studied the AP Computer Science Principles course. Even though I felt ready for the exam, I didn't practice enough and should've put in more eff …

I decided to self study for my APs, I got 5 on every mock tests, but then suddenly the exam was digital, because of COVID 2nd wave. This was my first Online test, and I lacked confidence, however, I g …

I am in 11th grade but I can't see any of my GPA scores from freshman or sophomore year. Do I have to ask my school or is there another way I can get it?

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I'm a rising senior in high school so I'm just preparing for college applications and such. I want to be an orthopedic surgeon and next year I'd like to attend CWRU to major in biology. I want to m …

I was reading over the business school recommendations and it says they highly recommend that students take at least one year of a high school level calculus. Would honors pre calc count for this or w …

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I was looking through my chances for my dream schools, and my GPA as well as my classes looked strong, but the extracurricular category was lacking. I do not know what to do to this year to add to …

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I am finalizing my application list and am worried it may be too ambitious. I have a 1550 SAT, 42/42 IB score (grade 11, 3HL, 3SL courses) with international level sport participation in cricket (N …

I am considering to apply to, unc,unc,uncg,queen university and Nc state university. I don’t know many people say it’s good to apply to 12 colleges?

I studied in different High Schools (9th and 10th in one; 11th and 12th in the other). Will I need to submit two school reports to the colleges or I can just submit the school report of my current hig …

Hi, I am a rising junior hoping to form a club to make up my lack of EC. So to be direct, do u need to have your club sponsored by a teacher ?

I'm a rising senior with my college list laid out, SAT's done, and rec letters in the making. Despite me being a hard and dedicated student throughout highschool I have a 3.2 GPA and an 850 SAT Score …

I was wondering if I am supposed to create a different portfolio for each art school I apply to. It would be the same major and same portfolio requirements for each school.

Hi. I am a rising senior, who took 7 AP courses in total. I took 4 AP courses in my junior year and got good scores. The school has recommended Multivariable Calculus from Johns Hopkins University (CT …