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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'm applying Early Decision, it's 3 days left until deadline.

I wrote an Additional Information with my personal challenge, translation problem (I'm an international student), and grading system …

I started a part-time job as a bartender during the summer of my senior year that I am still working and plan to continue doing until I go away to college next fall. I got this job out of financial ne …

I have taken Journalism class for 3/4 years of high school. We are ranked as the #2 student run high school newspaper in the country, so some pretty big stuff. It takes up one class period but also ti …

Just created a new IT club. Physical school started and thought to make CS more interactive.

SInce it is recently formed, how should i write the hours per week and weeks per year.

I plan to do one event …

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I am an international student, applying Early Action to 12 colleges. I have self-reported my High School grades in Common App, but do I have to submit my Official transcripts before 1st November or af …

I have an internship set up for next semester with Catholic Charities (non-profit organization that provides shelter, food, immigration, refugee, senior and other services), It will show that I have i …

i made a website to showcase some of my achievements that didn't fit on the commonapp. what could i call an "extracurricular activities" section? community involvement is too long, but i don't want to …

Hi. I'm a senior who is applying to a college by November 1st through CommonApp.

I have two international competitions; one writing and the other is speech. I already have an extracurricular list of 9 …

Hi. I'm a senior who has to submit her application by November 1st.

My school counselor isn't helping me, so I am here to get help.

I got 12 academic excellence award in high school which is given to …

Hi, I'm a senior applying to EA (November 1st) through CommonApp.

My school is online due to COVID-19, so we are not allowed to meet our counselor. We can only talk to them through emails, but she doe …

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I have a question about Calculus, specifically regarding the Wharton School at UPenn.

This year, I am taking AB calculus after getting a B in precalc. However, a majority of other ivy-leagu …

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I was wondering whether we can submit the CSS profile after the November 1 deadline? Because I am planning to ask colleges for CSS waiver through mail and they ask for an ID which we get after we s …

Hello friends!I am facing a problem.I haven't yet taken English proficiency test because of having some issues.But I have submitted my application for EA and I will submit my application by November 1 …

I was skimming through my college vine chancing just now, and I'm a bit confused. When I go to "my list" and view all of my schools in a list form, my odds of getting accepted are higher. However, whe …

Hi! I'm an international student from S.Korea.

I wonder 1 week tour can be a "live". There's "Number of years you have lived in the United States", should I choose 1 year or less, or 0?

And, in the appl …

Hi guys, I have a question about how scholarships work. What's the process of getting a scholarship? Do you just have to fill out the common application to your university and then they'll tell you wh …

Hi, hope you’re doing well.

So I am based in London, UK. Studying psychology bachelors degree as a 1st yr student. My career plan is to become a Neurosurgeon. I am currently 20 and will finish my bach …

Hello! I'm an international student from S.Korea.

I have an one year elder who applied US universities via Common App. Teachers who helped him to apply told me that my counselor should report GPA using …

I just graduated from high school.