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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 …

Hello! I will be a senior this upcoming school year and I’m not to sure what extracurriculares I should participate in. I didn’t have much opportunities to join extracurriculares due to COVID and I fe …

I am in grade 12 currently and I am confused about whether I should take SAT now or shall I take it after the decisions are out!

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I am a rising high school sophomore and was wondering if there are any good online volunteering opportunities available. I have an internship lined up for this summer, but I'd also like to o …

Hey, I'm a rising sophomore. All of my other finals were 95s and above, but my Honors Biology final was pretty bad. It's completely my fault since I didn't study nearly enough for it. I thought I coul …

Hello! I just had a question about some colleges and universities' optional arts supplements (specifically Princeton, Stanford, etc.). On the application page, you have the choice to submit a suppleme …

I just finished my junior year, and next year will be my senior year in school. However I have 0 recommendation letters, and I don't know anyone now that can write me one. I have no idea on what to do …

While in high school and getting ready to take your final exams, how will I know which test is best fit for me and will make the biggest difference? My SAT is only slightly better than my ACT but I do …

What exactly would make an application stand out from the others. For example, I do have good grades and strong ACT/SAT, but to what extent do extracurriculars go?

Due to external circumstances like being accepted in the P-TECH program and selecting an elective of Computer Programming(I intended for Spanish to be my second elective but the P-TECH only allows you …

I am a rising sophomore in high school and I am interested in science and want to eventually be in the medical field. There is an opportunity to take chemistry over the summer at my school (details - …

Hi, I'm an incoming senior and I was wondering if there are any good last minute extracurricular ideas I can do over summer, or internships. I don't really know how internships work and I'm lost on wh …

Hi! I'm a rising senior this year with a 3.87 unweighted GPA (my school doesn't weight, but I've taken 7 APs and 5 honors classes so far, with 1 AP, 3 PSEO, and 2 CIS classes per semester this coming …

Background: I'm very passionate about climate change and informing people about the state of our environment.

Hobbies: I would love to show admission officers my passion for coding and creating websit …

I am a rising senior in the class of 2023. Dream schools that I am interested in applying ED are Emory and Tulane (or NYU, I'm currently undecided between the 3). Back when COVID hit, I was a rising s …

I am a recent high school graduate with a 3.871 weighted GPA from a fringe-rural high school with about 700 students and not many AP classes offered. I mean, I did not get to choose where to live or g …

do colleges mostly look at junior year?

Why did all the admission chances percentages fall dramatically? One school had my admission chances over 50% and now it shows 16%. My statistics have not changed.

I'm currently eyeing Oregon State University, and the average GPA seems to be around 3.4-3.5. Unfortunately, I started high school pretty badly, tanking in some of my semesters, (for many reasons, inc …

I just finished my junior year, and next year will be my senior year in school. However I have 0 recommendation letters, and I don't know anyone now that can write me one. I have no idea on what to do …

I found a website called UC Scout offering high school courses: https://www.ucscout.org/courses/

However, I'm kind of confused as to what it exactly is. Does anyone know anything about it (especially …