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I'm an international student from Nigeria, planning to major in Molecular Biology. I'm seeking U.S. colleges that offer full-ride scholarships for international students. Due to my financial sit …

I am in my junior year and I've realized I have next to no awards. I am the president and founder of Model UN at my school, and I made the Rec all-star baseball team but that is just about it. What ar …

I dream of attending an Ivy League, like Princeton or UPenn. which are my favorites, and I want to pursue a creative writing degree. My dream is to get a PhD in CW or English. However, I don't know wh …

So I've been working on my CommonApp essay and I've been planning to talk about how one of biggest interests in life is playing guitar or in general just breaking down songs by listening to them close …

As an A2 student following the Edexcel curriculum, I have achieved three As in my AS levels and am currently completing my A2 studies at Alfred International School and College. Coming from a low-inco …

Hey guys I am currently in 12 CBSE AND HAVENT GIVEN CLASS 12 CBSE BOARD SO DONT HAVE MY CLASS 12 SOCRE NOR THE PREDICTED SCORE AT THE MOMENTS TO CALCULATE MY UNWIEGHTED GPA FOR DIRECT AMDISSION IN COL …

Hey guys I am currently in 12 CBSE AND HAVENT GIVEN CLASS 12 CBSE BOARD SO DONT HAVE MY CLASS 12 SOCRE NOR THE PREDICTED SCORE AT THE MOMENTS TO CALCULATE MY UNWIEGHTED GPA FOR DIRECT AMDISSION IN COL …

I'm a current junior and want to major in either biophysics or gen physics. I'm not fully sure how to go about explaining this so bear with me.

My school offers to pay for up to 18 credits of college c …

does anyone have any ideas on how long your essays are supposed to be? how long is too long and how short is too short? i dont want to bore the admissions people but i also dont want to exclude import …

Hey! What are some tips to creating a stronger profile that looks more attractive to more competitive colleges? Some of the colleges I'm interested in going to are: BC, BU, NYU, and GT. Also, how does …

Hello! I'm currently a high school senior and I'm taking AP Calculus BC. However, the class has been difficult and based on how things are going, I think I'll be finishing my semester with a B. I've b …

I am a Sony-certified and contract photographer in 500px & VCG (a global online photo-sharing platform that is a subsidiary of Visual China Group), can I put it in the "honors" section of the Common A …

I'm currently a junior in high school. My top college picks are UC Davis, US Santa Cruz, and Cal Poly Humboldt. However, these schools are very competitive and look for standout students. Does anyone …

I logged in today and saw literally half of my safeties drop to target without any chances made to my profile. How come?

Hi! I am currently a freshman at U of M - Flint and want to transfer into the Ann Arbor campus the fall of my sophomore year. My high school GPA wasn’t all that great with a 81.333 weighted. I want to …

I'm an international student (I don't school in the U.S) and I've been trying to think of a solution to this question through a series of videos, books and websites. At my high school, I'm a junior ( …

Hi I go to a really competitive high school(junior) and I was looking at naviance scattergrams and the result for even my targets was discouraging to say the least, my schools average to get into uiuc …

Hey y'all my name is Naomi I currently have 2.3 GPA and i'm in junior year high school. I went through so much during my freshman and senior year which reflects on my GPA, and I have finally decided t …

Hi! I'm a current junior and I just wanted to know what sort of extracurricular, APs, and dual credits I should take for senior year. I have currently already been in AP Seminar, Government, Research, …

Hi! I'm a junior this year, and I got an 1150 on the PSAT score. I have a 3.91 GPA and I've taken multiple AP/ College Credit classes and I plan on taking more. I also have a lot of extracurriculars a …