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I'm applying to Johns Hopkins early decision 2 without sat consideration for now but I've heard that it's important to submit one even if it's bad.

I am a nigerian student that do not have IBs or APs,I have a 4.0/4.0 g.p.a I want to get into USC or any UC

I have great grades and I want to take the sat or the act by fall of this year,I don't have …

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So I am applying to yygs and everything is fine BUT for some reason, my recommender and my school official are not receiving a Yale email with instructions to, for example, write a recommendation lett …

I am an international student who is planning on taking the sat or the act in fall of this year.

I am from Nigeria and have a class rank of 2/102,should I take the sat or the act.

And I don't have any e …

I am an international student who is planning on taking the sat or the act in fall of this year.

I am from Nigeria and have a class rank of 2/102,should I take the sat or the act.

And I don't have any e …

I'm currently sending off my applications and I've realised that with application fees adding up, I'd rather not apply to both NYU and UPenn. I'm international so I don't qualify for the Common App fe …

I've written my personal statement (CommonApp essay) on my sense of belonging and desire for social justice work. In my supplementals, I'm exploring social justice themes in a different way, such as t …

How many tier 2 or tier 3 extracurriculars out of 10 activities are recommended to get into t40 universities?

Is it ok to have an SAT score is on the 50th percentile for the university?

What has more we …

I want to start writing in a website/ app which has tangible evidence of my work like views, likes, comments and if possible awards dedicated to the website writers… so I would like recommendations of …

I'm a high school sophomore who recently moved across the country. My previous school was extremely hard and competitive but I was able to fit in just fine. This school however, is really hard for me …

Is an essay of 474 words ok?

I was wondering if I should send my 1500 sat score 790 Math and 710 English to Stanford. Would it be more beneficial for me to apply test optional instead? I am a first gen asian majoring in comp sci …

Does anyone have a list of summer programs that would be considered tier 1 or high tear 2? I've seen a basic outline of them on the tier pyramids, but I wanted to be sure that I've looked into as many …

Hi! I recently got deferred from the University of Chicago. I'm currently writing my letter of continued interest to enter the early decision ii admissions round. The only problem is that my midterm g …

I received a letter in the mail from the NSLC basically sending their handbook and letter saying when to apply and whatnot. Is this even worth it? and will it benefit me in any way? is it expensive?

I've taken the psat and I got a 790 now I want to practice for the Sat but I've done khan academy and I've had no motivation to practice and I struggle to focus when practicing like I don't know what …

I was told that my weighted class rank for my current senior year is 105 out of 626 students which puts me in the top 16% of the school. I've applied to competitive schools and would like to know if b …

My school doesn't offer any AP classes or Honors. They only offer the normal American curriculum classes and I'm an international student.

I’m a sophomore and thought I’d get a head start and just take a blind SAT test with no preparation at all. I intentionally kept my focus away from it beforehand because I wanted it to be no pressure …