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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 …

I have an opportunity to intern (technically Junior social media specialist, but I might ask them to change the title to intern) with a black assemblywoman over the summer. She already lists me as her …

During first semester of this school year, I ended with a bad grade in math and I'm currently trying to boost my math grade for second semester, but it's pretty hard. I'm really worried this will heav …

Hello. I'm a freshman going through a 1/6 life crisis right now. I don't have any specific extracurricular that people can associate me with. I wish I was a dancer, rhythmic gymnast, or reincarnation …

I've always favored more humanities based stuff, but I didn't make my Mock Trial Tryouts :(

I'm a sophomore right now. I'm a black female.

1. Diverisity and Inclusion team (9th - Present) Co-President

2. …

Duke and Princeton are my top 2 schools and I have about the same chances at each (27 and 26 respectively) and I’m not sure which I should apply ED/EA to.

I’m a black female that’s planning to go into …

I am a 10th grader and is in Algebra 2 Honors currently. I want to take Pre-Calc over the summer and in 11th grade I want to take AP calc AB and then 12th grade my plan is to take AP calc BC. Should I …

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So my new dream school is Dartmouth, and CV says I have a 27% chance of admission. I am thinking about applying early decision to Dartmouth (or Wharton or Duke), and I believe I have very strong ma …

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I'm really struggling with who to ask for my humanities recommendation letter. My issue is that my junior year English teacher who I was planning on asking actually quit at the end of the first …

I know some friends and classmates who got recruited from doing sports and I've also been involved in a sport for many years. By the time I have to do college apps, I'll have over 10 years, and I've …

Is the core GPA or overall GPA used by colleges? This is because my core GPA(93) is way higher than my cumulative GPA(82.4).

I am planning to get this up going into my junior year. Taking a lot of rig …

I am currently a sophomore doing the IGCSE curriculum (outside of the US). I have 2 Cs and a D in math. My GPA is 3.7. My strongest subjects being economics and english. Should I still put more elite …

Am a Nigerian and want to study at your school, but the O'level result am using is National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) which I want to know before applying for my undergraduate …

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This fall I’ll start my Junior year and I just wanted a bit of insight on my classes I plan to take. (For college I plan to get a degree in something art related but I haven’t decided exactly …

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I'm in a German school and I'm doing my Abitur, and I don't know how to register my grades because our grades are from 1-to 15. On the other hand, I don't know how to register for my …

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So I am a junior in the IB Program, and due to the program's two year courses, I am unable to fit physics into my schedule (Applying as business/econ major; top 3 schools are Dartmouth (27 …

Hi, I have a 3.2 gpa and I will be a junior this fall. I want to be a nurse practitioner. I haven’t took any AP classes and I was thinking about taking one or two classes online over the summer. Does …

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My friend and I created a club at school where we give mini-seminars to elementary schoolers. The seminars spread awareness of the computer science field and give them a little intro to it. I have …

FYI I am a freshman now. What do I do ?????? I know people say don't worry about it because they will take into account that you couldn't take any in the first place, but I definitely am. What are the …

I am a junior in high school and already have my classes set for my senior year next year. I want to build up my activities and college courses but don't know what to do. I'm trying to do more to poss …