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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 was just wondering what tier extracurricular Notre Dame Leadership Seminar and IU Kelley Young Women's institute would fall under?

Hi everyone! I am currently a high school junior whose dream schools are UPenn Wharton and Princeton. My current CV chances are 24% for Penn and 23% for Princeton, but am unsure if applying to Wharton …

I am currently a freshman in high school planning to attend college right after I graduate, but I'm in a strange situation. Math has always been an issue for me and I have never gotten better than a C …

So for context, my sophomore year (20-21), was the pandemic year. That same year I had a major death in the family and my mom was diagnosed with cancer. It basically was a disaster and I could barely …

I recently sent out a few emails to various doctors asking if they would be willing to let me see what their job was like through something such as shadowing or getting a tour over this summer.

I got …

I (junior) recently applied to the priority deadline for UPenn Wharton's Essentials of Entrepreneurship summer program. I'm hoping to go to such a program as I want to major in entrepreneurship in col …

Hello, I’m a sophomore in HS and very early in the application process (just have 1 tour lined up for spring break) I was wondering how much alumnae parents raise your chances of getting into a collag …

It may seem like a dumb question, but, firstly, is rigor determined relative to high school course offerings or is it determined by a specific standard set by whatever college?

Furthermore, I moved sch …

Title. I want to message a Dartmouth Counselor but do not know how. Thanks!

Hello!! I'm a junior thinking about how to increase my chances of getting into some great schools for my intended major, entrepreneurship. My biggest extracurricular is definitely piano, I've studied …

I am currently a HS junior with a good GPA and good PSAT scores and course selections in terms of AP (6 courses by graduation) and Honors (7 courses by graduation). So far Texas| UT Austin is my top s …

So, i don't really know what section this would go under but lately I've been thinking;is college really worth it?

I want to go to college an get a bachelors(possibly masters) in Computer Science, beca …

So at my high school, there's no IB program but there are AP courses and parents' consent is needed. My parents' don't want me to ever take the classes. How important are AP courses?

I want to ask if I should do a college interview if I am not prepared for it. If I prepare for it for only like a week will I be ok? If I do badly on the college interview could it hurt me or will it …

Basically just the question above

I think that I'm a pretty decent student but it's not like that isn't the majority of applicants. I don't have anything that interesting on my application so far. I have some clubs and sports, but tha …

I'm homeschooled (I'm a sophomore btw), and I haven't taken any AP courses, although I'm planning on taking at least 3 AP exams. I know that AP courses are really important on a transcript to get into …

Currently, I am a Sophomore at a school which offers 1 AP class for my grade: AP Spanish Language and Culture. I am, moreover, taking class, but I am transferring the coming year. The thing here is th …

Can colleges see your middle school grades (6-8th)? I know they mostly look at 9-12th but can they see it? :)

Due to some personal problems, I'm very late with my CSS profile and I still haven't submitted it as I'm not finished yet. I'm planning to send it in by Feb 1 but since it's way over the deadline I'm …