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im interested in double majoring in Econ and polysci but im not sure which to list as my intended major on my applications. I got 5s on both my us gov and macro econ exams. I'm leaning toward poly sci …

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I am an international who recently graduated and wants to enroll in an American university next year. I learned about the admission process and particularly about the importance of AP cla …

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im a high school rising junior in a small school. we dont have many ap courses or extracurriculars and i just started getting interested in where im going to college (ik its kinda late) and i c …

I had been dealing with personal issues my junior year and history was already a hard subject with me but with the extra stress of my other stuff I ended up getting a D in the ap us history class. Now …

anyone with insight on how much weight schools view L10 gymnastics. Is it a waste of time as an EC if the college applying to is not a gymnastics school. Do admissions see value in it? It's a lot of …

I plan on emphazing that crocheting taught me that making mistakes are ok and it has shown me that starting over is a part of life/my life. I also used to be afraid of making mistakes, but bc of croch …

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I want to retake the SAT, but how does this work? Do colleges ask you for all your scores or only your highest one? Also, I've heard about superscore but I don't really know what that is.

I am planning on applying to the University of Pittsburgh, but my SAT score was not up to my standards. I received a 1090, and am retaking it in late August. I have taken multiple college classes at m …

It lists my degree on here, but on the NYU website I can’t find anything. Anyone know if they still offer it?

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for my college admission i want to set myself apart. I want to take a wooden box the size of shoe box, and carve my college admission essay out onto it. This box will additionally serve as a time caps …

Hi! I am committed to an ivy league and got a 33 on the IB. My results were 4,4,5,5,6,7. (B on TOK, C on EE)

I am a domestic student and my school didn't give predicted grades. My final grades for seni …

I have 2 questions. My first is does applying Early Action increase your chance of gettig accepted compared to applying regular admissions. My second is, is it a bad move if I apply to all of my targe …

When I look at the average GPA and I want to apply to the business school of that colleeg for example. Should I look up the average GPA of the college or the average GPA of that business school?

Should I use all 10 of the Slot on the Common App Activties Section? I have like 4 activities that are high commitments, 3 that are medium commitments and 2 that are low commitments. Should I still bo …

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Brief Profile - Asian (India); International Student; IBDP II (Grade 12) - My IB expected Predicted score will be 44-45; 5 in all 8 AP's ; 1550 - SAT Score;

final predicted scores are expec …

So last summer, I volunteered at a school for about 75 hours and a temple for approx. 40. However, this was all done in a very rural village with no internet connection in India. No one has phones, so …

I have 2 questions regarding early action. My first is does early action increase your chances of getting accepted. My second is if you get rejected from a college when you apply for early action can …

Wondering if someone could help me order my ECs--watched so many YT videos and posts here that have conflicting advice and I'm so stressed and confused now bc all of my ECs are important to me, but ap …

I'm planning on applying to some UCs and just colleges in general so I'm definitely going to need to write some piqs, but I tend to struggle with what i need to get across in my response, and like wha …