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California residence

UC GPA (10-11): UW: 3.8 W: 4.67 Capped: 4.07

13 Weighted Courses

Major: Mathematics/Statistics/Data Science

Extracurriculars: Started nonprofit, started school club, 100+ volunteer ho …

Hi, I'm a senior from an international school.

After applying to multiple colleges in the U.S., I applied to a prestigious university from my home country (known to be academic).

Basically, my essays …

I'm currently taking - English 9 H, Geometry, Mandarin 1, Biology (as well as P.E. and Health)

10th - AP World History, English 10 H, Algebra II, AP Bio, Mandarin 2 (and P.E)

11th- AP US History, AP Eng …

Hi,

Would anyone recommend self-studying for AP classes? I want to go into the medical field (surgery) and I have free time in the summer. I'm not necessarily interested in high school credit. Where ca …

I read somewhere that for some jobs you have to continue your university focus and go to a graduate school for that course so is there a animation graduate school I need to go to?

In the past I have assumed I would definitely go out of state, however as I've started looking into theater more (theater tech specifically) I've realized one of the programs that I really like is in …

Please help, I am a Junior and start the application process in the fall.

I found out today that "AP Calc" means AP Calc AB at my school. I asked the teacher if she would support my self-studying the BC content, but she basically said that she's tried that in the past and i …

Hi! I really want to get into ivy league and I will do whatever it takes but I am wondering if it is worth it. I would love advice! thanks!

Hi,

So I recently turned my thoughts on high school around. I didn't care until now. However, I am facing the consequences. To make up for low course rigor, I planned to take the AP courses offered on …

I am a senior right now and have decided I will take next year to save money and do generals at our local college. I really want to go forward with majoring in theatre, and I'm thinking on a dream sch …

I have a 30 ACT, a 3.5-3.8 GPA, several extracurriculars, and according to this website a 98% chance of making it into UH at Manoa.

I'm a JUNIOR in highschool right now, and am unsure whether I should …

I am a current high school sophomore and I'm going into this summer without any plans and I'm feeling disappointed that I have started so late to look for programs. Should I try to start on something …

All you 9th-11th graders have watched 2 uber-competitive admissions cycles so here are my take aways for the next season that begins in exactly 197 days from now.

-The trend of Top 50 Universities & Li …

Just based off of grades I have not taken any Ap classes and I’m about to be a junior. But as a junior I plan to take about 4 Ap classes, as well as my senior year. Do you think this will be rigorous …

Hey !!

I’m a high school junior currently with a 4.0 GPA and 1540 SAT… I’m really concerned though because I want to go into political science but I only have credit for IB American history and AP euro …

Does anyone know of any computer science related activities/programs I can do to boost my college app?

I applied to a 8 week summer cancer research internship at Northwestern and was accepted (programming and working in the data science department) but I'm not sure if it falls under professional applic …

So I got a 1460 on the SAT school test in March (750 English + 710 Math) and I'm wondering if I should retake it. My calculator froze before the test, so I know that I could improve my math score if I …

So someone told me today that volunteering is not only about the number of hours you get, it's about the quality and how much it contributes to the major you want to study. In other words, try to inv …