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I am an international student applying to top20 universities in the US; I take the IB and have a 39 predicted (out of 42), and wanted to ask if it was recommended to take the SAT or not. I am applying …

Hi there! I was recently received an emailed from BigFuture, asking if I'd like to join their ambassador program. I'm unsure whether or not to join and I can't find much information online. If there i …

I took my first ACT in March and got a 34 composite (E: 35, R: 29, M: 36, S: 36). I wanted to retake the exam because of the 29 in reading, which looks bad as I intend on applying as a poli sci major.

At my school to become a junior you have to have 13 credits, but I have 16. Is that good?

Should it be a populated one - like biomedical?

Or, less populated - like Nuclear?

Hi! I have a 4.1 weighted 3.8 unweighted gpa but a 22 ACT score and I'm worried that this will negatively impact me getting into college. Should I apply test-optional or no?

I had a bad 3 years and it affected my grades I am now in my senior year with a 2.5 GPA I know I won't make it to a 3.0 but I was wondering if is it possible to go to a community college and raise my …

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I am an international student and I have graduated high school with a 85.8% overall average in finals ( we have % system in our country ), however during the junior and senior years this used to be …

i'm not sure what i wanna major in (deciding between nursing/psychology) so i've been planning on going undecided so i won't have to switch majors, but i'm worried that i'll be hurting my admissions c …

Hi! I am a rising senior in high school who plans to attend a 4-year college after graduation. I am pretty content with my current weighted GPA (3.64285) because I believe I can generally get into mos …

I am a homeschooled senior looking for some extracurriculars. Do any of you other high school homeschoolers have advice? Thank you!!

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i really don't have a clue about what major to apply for when college apps start since i have too many interests,, and i have also heard that applying undecided could impact your chances of get …

I’m an uprising senior—during 2023-2024 I will be a freshmen in college. I’ve heard that some universities or colleges don’t require the SAT or ACT scores during the school year I will be a freshmen, …

English is not my first language therefore my vocabulary are very basic, is there anyway i fan improve it?

What are ways to improve my grammar? (and punctuations)

what are some way I can prep for act/s …

I am a rising senior who has struggled with mental health during the first two years of my high school career. Because of this, my overall grades are pretty lackluster and I am ranked 70 out of 174 an …

I'm a rising senior and I already have my classes picked in which I chose AP Stats instead of AP Calc AB. I chose AP Stats cause I honestly think I would do better in the class, the teacher that teach …

Ok so I’m going to be a senior and took the sat in March 2022 and scored a 1190 and will be re taking it in aug. However any practice tests I take I score below 1210 and am unable to increase my score …

What are impressive EC activties for marketing and nutrioton I could do. I have already thought about starting a DECA club

On the common app one of the activties i'm trying to put is football but what should i describe or say in the area where it asks you too describe the activty and recognition i was gonna put i was a fr …

3.82 Unweighted, 10% class rank, and 4.972 weighted out of 6 scale.