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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 …

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In my awards section on my common application, I accidentally stated I won 6th place at the National History Day contest (state), when I actually won 5th place. Is this something that I should …

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Lately I've been told by a lot of people to take the ACT (for context I'm a sophomore in high school). I have no idea what this really means. Like I know what the ACT is and I know from google wh …

Hello! I am just a freshman and I was looking for my future classes, and I found about dual enrollment, I know they can give you power to skip like 2 years of university and college, but I thought tha …

I'm taking algebra 2 my senior year (class of 2024), and some of the colleges I'm applying to require precal-- will I even be considered? Are my chances destroyed?

I've explored taking CLEP exams to g …

For context, I am entering my second semester of junior year in high school. I currently have a 2.8 (w) gpa, and was wondering if it is possible to raise my gpa to at least a 3.0? I have one honors cl …

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My class rank has dropped a couple times. I was 3rd after freshmen year (out of about 750-800 students), but now I'm in my second semester of junior year and my rank has fallen to 6th. While I'm …

So my freshman year i took all CP courses and ended up with a 4.0 GPA (unweighted). Now, during my sophmore year I'm taking 4 honors (world language, pre-calc, chemistry, and english) and my GPA is a …

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This year I'm taking advanced pre-cal, but my school didn't offer the new AP Precalculus course and I didn't know about it, so I didn't register for the AP exam. Is it okay that I'm not taking the …

I am currently a junior in high school, and am taking these courses:

Honors Spanish III

AP Psych

AP Chem

Concert Band

AP Stats

AP Lang

Honors French V

Last year, I failed my second semester of Pre-Calc and on …

I'm graduating a year early from high school (currently in my sophomore year). From everything I've seen, colleges generally don't care much if someone graduates a year early, unless they think that t …

Hello! I'm attempting to complete the "turn your profile into an application" process, but it won't let me finish it. Do I need SAT and ACT scores? I'm a highschool freshman! I can't take them yet! Do …

I am a sophomore in high school and I am currently taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics C, and AP Chem (a rough combo, I know). I was considering since I got most of the hardest classes that my school offers …

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I know that the Service Academies are quite different from regular colleges in their selection process, rigor, and the amount of things you have do in a single day. Nonetheless, I am very intere …

I'm currently a sophomore and am applying to scholarships but also was wondering when it was best to apply to schools to get somewhat ahead.

Hello! In my awards section on my common application, I accidentally stated I won 6th place at the National History Day contest (state), when I actually won 5th place. Is this something that I should …

I did all my research and extracurricular related to biology and medicine. I kinda want to go towards business field but I am a senior and I don't have time left. What do I do. How can I apply to Ivie …

The shift towards virtual education has spurred a rethinking of teaching approaches. Traditional classroom dynamics fostering social and collaborative skills have evolved in remote setups. Interactive …

I’m currently a junior in high school, and I sit at a 3.9 GPA. I’m in 3 music programs, 4 AP classes, an art class, a language class, and part of 7 school clubs (leadership in 3). I’m on target to hav …

In high school, I took a lot of AP classes, and because of this, I have enough AP credits to be able to transfer as a junior for the fall of 2024, even though I've only been at my CC for the fall of 2 …

I’m a current junior who is thinking about applying to NHS in February. However, there is a slight problem dealing with academic dishonesty. Around a month ago I got caught cheating on a retake of a t …