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Hi all. This story won't make any sense, but I'll give it a shot! So I applied to a college that was marked for me as a hard target school on my list. I was under review and days later, they reached …

Im curious if someone could get into Florida State University with a lower GPA but High SAT score? I hear that they are test heavy so I wonder if this has influence. I have a lower gpa that is 3.1 unw …

i dropped out of highschool when my family went through a violent divorce and i had to choose a family member to live with i lost motivation in school and got a minimum wage job and ended up starting …

I'm currently a Sophomore and have been doing poorly academically my whole life. I really want to get into Cornell College but my GPA isn't the greatest due to some personal issues in my life and not …

I'm a freshman in high school and wanted to take some summer classes to hopefully earn some credit, build up my resume/application, and just keep myself busy during the summer, because I'm going abroa …

Hello, I am a week off from going into the summer before my senior year and have been trying to stay prepared as possible for applying to colleges. I was wondering if you think I would get in as an ou …

I'm currently preparing for the HPE6-A86 – Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA) exam, and I’m looking for effective preparation strategies. I’d like to hear from anyone who has recently passed t …

Hello, I am a rising senior and for the longest time my top two dream schools have been Yale and UPenn. I honestly just want the bare truth on what my chances are looking like. I have a 4.6 Unweighted …

I am a Junior this year, and I got a C in AP Calculus AB this year and the same in AP Physics C Mechanics. One teacher taught both. He was really bad, and family issues made it worse. I have a 3.9 GPA …

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I am applying for Rice University in the fall, and want to make sure my resume represents me, not just as a student, but as a person. I was thinking about starting a passion project or a small busines …

I'm applying to Yale next November, and I'm coming up on my senior year. I skipped a year so I have a choice between three math classes; Pre calculus, Physics, and Algebra 2. While I'm not bad at math …

I’m a 10th grade student from Malaysia and I’m taking IGCSE next year, I mainly want to focus on strengthening my extracurricular this year but I’m not sure how to do it. My interest is in medicine, m …

Okay so I took Spanish 1 at my local junior college, and I’m taking Spanish 2 this summer. My school says those two semesters count for 3 years of Spanish total, and I was wondering if anyone thought …

My scores just came in and I got a 1420, but my Math score was almost 90 points lower than what all of my practice exams showed I could do. Is it worth it to retake the SAT this fall to get a better s …

Hello, I’m a rising senior and am interested in taking rigorous, challenging courses next year. I applied and gotten into a PSEO program at a local university. This particular program requires me to g …

hey guys!! just some background information, i'm a current sophomore in arizona, and cal poly pomona is my dream school. i didn't start highschool too hot because i had a 3.1 gpa by the end of freshma …

I’m a little worried right now because I have a 2.8 with 2 C’s, 2 B’s, and 1 A. They are all ap/college classes. I forgot if the admission policy was to keep above a 3.0 unweighted or weighted? Will U …

hi! has anyone ever been to Notre Dame Vision? i’m trying to decide if it would be a good experience for me :) if anyone has any information about it at all, i would greatly appreciate that too. thank …

Currently finishing up my year as a high school freshman, and I kind of realized a little late that I have some potential in math.

Unfortunately for me, I don't have the most impressive stats (though I …