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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

Please someone answer, I need a response by the end of the week. I am planning to apply to that school.

Hi. I am an American citizen and a rising senior who is about to apply for college in USA. Currently I am thinking mostly CS and engineering majors, good at programming and making retro and indie gam …

I have been invited to join the National Honors Society at my school. I am a relatively smart student, with a 4.0 unweighted GPA and all honors classes. However, I do not do any community volunteering …

Should I add additional information about an award/competition I received/participated in (National History Day)? I did not have space to go in-depth about it in my honors section and I want to go int …

i am very interested in astrology. i heard that your essay should be so specific to you that if a teacher was holding a stack of essays with your essay in it, your best friend or someone close to you …

I am looking at my college list right now and I am on the edge of one of my colleges. Their academics are well known and highly ranked but I do not feel attached to the college. I can not envision mys …

Im currently a senior in high school and wanted to improve my college application with research. I want to be a medical lawyer and was wondering if there were any places where I could find online /fre …

which department do I need to apply to if i wanted to be a physician?

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I have created a sort of high school plan for myself as a freshman (young, I know, but I have major stress about college apps). I’m aiming to get into the top 25 schools in the country wh …

I am a current high school junior that hopes to major in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy. I know that admissions officers like to see recommendation letters from two "clusters": humanities …

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I am a rising senior looking to apply to Purdue as one of my schools. I plan on majoring in business and was searching through Purdue's website when I found BOP (here's the link - https://kranne

I want to elaborate more on my extracurriculars because I feel like the word limit doesn't do it justice. Should I add extra information to really display my achievements with more depth or should I k …

I was an aspiring business major, but I realized my ultimate goals are now to get a bachelor's in music of some sort (I play the piano at an advanced level and am well versed in music theory) and an M …

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So I am trying to major in computer science. Before I can start writing supplemental essays for the colleges I am applying to, I want first to tackle the personal statement by Common App to avo …

I am a high school senior who is getting ready to apply for college. I have been getting a lot of mail and emails from colleges and universities. For some of the colleges, I have a select application …

I'm a rising junior who is not a US citizen but hoping to school in the US.

I hope to study environmental engineering engineering and I don't really have extracurricular. Any suggestions on what to do …

NYU is near the top of my list, so it's pretty important for me to know this. Appreciate any help!

I want to apply to Purdue University but they do not have my intended major (Management of Information Systems). Someone recommended majoring in CIT and minoring in MGMT as a good alternative.

If I de …

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Im a rising junior! Last school year I talked to my guidance counselor about the admission process I wanted to get into as many school as possible and my main schools are UNC Chapel Hill and UF …

I am currently writing my USC why us essay, and I was wondering if there was anybody who knew anything extremely unique and special that makes USC stand out compared to all the other prestigious schoo …