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Johns Hopkins University Class of 2026 Acceptance Rate stays relatively flat at 6.48%

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications 37150 vs 38513 (3.5% decrease)

First-year admits 2408 vs 2476 …

University Of Virginia Class of 2026 Acceptance Rates drops down to 18.68%

Class of 2026 versus Class of 2025

Number of Applications all cycles

50962 vs 48011 (increase of 6.15%)

Number of Admits all cyc …

Hello, my name is Dylan Nguyen, I'm currently a sophomore in high school, and my GPA is currently 3.2 what am I going to do to improve my GPA so I can increase my chances of getting accepted into top …

University of Notre Dame Class of 2026 Acceptance Rate is 12.87%

Class of 2025 vs Class of 2026

First-year applications 26504 vs 23642 (12% increase)

First-year admits 3412 vs 3562 (Actual Admit Number)

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Hi! I'm a sophomore in high school and I know I still have a lot of time until I have to choose what I want to major in for college, but I want to get a head start because there are two main majors I …

Hello there! I'm a high school sophomore interested in going into the sciences as a career (currently I'm thinking of neuroscience), and I was wondering if an unrelated elective would have an effect o …

Hi. My name is Fatima and I am currently a freshman in high school and I have a GPA of 2.7, and i was wondering if there was anything I could do myself to help raise it.

This might be one of my dream schools. I plan on visiting it during the summer, doesn't look so pretty but it is considered one of the best schools in the US for my intended major, entrepreneurship. I …

I'm currently a sophomore, and I'm looking at my chances of getting into schools, and I see that I have very low extracurricular activities. I'm doing Track as a JV athlete, volunteering, building web …

I am a current junior, graduating 2023. I have a 3.8 GPA and I am guessing I will get a pretty decent score on the SAT next thursday (I got 1240 on my PSATs). I am really interested in taking computer …

Hi,

My Name is Sara, I will be a 2025 High School Grad.

What do people recommend for things to do over the summer/during the school year leading up to college/college admissions to help your chances? I …

I need help picking a college.

Hi, my name is Julia and I'm a IB sophomore who really really really wants to go to NYU.

I plan to apply ED, but I'm not sure how much that increases my chances. My main interests are politics, perform …

so I have two career paths in mind: either become a teacher or be a fashion designer. The problem is that when I apply for colleges next year I don't know what to do. I would not be able to double maj …

Update: I’m creating a website where like every other week, I’ll have a highlighted POC youth that has done something really cool in STEAM. there’ll be a short article about them and I’ll add an origi …

SO FAR in this current cycle CalTech is the hardest college to get into. But over the next 3 weeks there are many top colleges announcing admissions data including the Ivys so this might get bumped do …

heyo! When choosing my electives (I'm a high school sophomore), I have an extra space that could be occupied by any AP class that doesn't require other AP requisites (basically the only one I can't ta …

AP classes I have taken/am taking/plan on taking as a senior:

Music Theory (5)

2D Art/Design

Physics 1

APUSH

Lang + Comp

French Language

Economics (it's 1 class after which I will likely take both the micro …

Hello! I just had a question about what I have heard about playing the violin. I primarily thought that it would be a great extracurricular, considering that I am at an advanced level within it, howev …

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I'm currently deciding if I should dedicate my time to studying for the SAT/ACT or my AP Exams. Is it true that AP scores are not an important part of your application? Are they self-reported …