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I love helping others and also change the world for good. I wanna be able to feel like by sharing my love and motivations people feel the same connection.

I type projects for people, help create forms and other official documents. I also print and edit. I also work as a freelance transcriptionist. What name will I give this in my extracurricular? Should …

I am currently learning Japanese on Duolingo app. How do I inculcate that into my application? Should I add it?

im close to most of my teachers, but im not sure if only a certain few are "dependable". im really just asking for advice on which teacher would be able to know me personally throughout their class.

I scored a 1430 on my SAT (760ERW, 670M) should I submit that to NYU for business? Everywhere I look has different numbers for their mean ranging from 1420-1500 so i’m not sure which is accurate.

I have been wanting to write my own research paper for a while related to social justice because I am very passionate about it, but I don't know where to start. Do I have to have an internship in orde …

I have looked online but I would like some clarification.

I’ve looked for answers online and asked so many questions but I am still unsure

i am a junior in my first year of ib, i’m an american citizen but i live in spain and have for the last 3 years, i have relatively good grades mainly As and A-s but my extracurriculars aren’t the best …

Hi! I'm an international student. Schools in my country have been closed for 18 months, and our final exams indefinitely postponed. The situation does not look like it will get better any time soon. B …

Hey!! So I have 3 academic teachers im looking at for rec letters rn. Im a junior, so i still have time to build up relationships, but i want to know where to focus my efforts most. Ive got plenty of …

I usually participate in the short distance races in my school. My school does not have an official track team, instead we host we we call 'inter-house sports' competitions every two years. Here stude …

Im wanting to major in linguistics and, if it is available, double major with anthropology. (I might end up minoring in one and majoring in the other depending on the school) I was wondering if I woul …

I'm currently participating in several clubs and sports, which I'll list below. I'm already pretty overwhelmed with these, but CollegeVine says that I should improve my extracurriculars to get into so …

Any excellent undergraduate business administration colleges???

So CV gave me a 26% chance at Trinity College but put it as a hard target school, and put Yale as 2% but a reach school for me. I don't get it. Isn't hard target meant to be where I can't get in easil …

Hi, I have to decide a college/colleges for ED/EA. I'm an international student with an SAT score of 1480.I'll be needing aid as well since I can't afford college and I'm a first generation student. I …

I am applying to Duke, Yale, and Harvard test-optional. My state has no SAT centers and our sister state where we usually write them is on lockdown. Any thoughts and advice?

Hi everyone,

I currently attend the University of Miami but I'm starting to realize that it wasn't the best fit for me here. I primarily picked this school mostly since covid limited my travel during t …

Here's my EC list:

Section leader in competitive marching band

Math team

Scholastic bowl, captained some meets (our school has rotating team captains)

4H club, held various offices including president, v …