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Hi, as an international student, the grading system and educational system operates differently from the American educational and grading system. For example, in American schools a subject like math …

Due to the Covid Pandemic I wasn't able to participate in many competitions and Olympiads during my 11th grade. But I want to do so now.

I want to know about International Olympiads and Competitions t …

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I am currently a senior and I plan on going into nursing.I was just wondering if anyone knew where to do free courses online that can get me certified for my prerequisites that's through a colle …

Hi!! Should I apply early? As an international student I cannot afford college, but some universities offer financial aid. I wanna know too if I don't get any scholarship or grant, do I have to go to …

I'm doing early graduation because I have enough credits, and I was wondering how early should I apply to a college? I got accepted into Lake Sumter, but I have to apply for UCF, and I needed help fig …

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I have a 3.5 gpa with a 1090 sat score with 6/7 strong extra curriculars 5 ap classes and 250 community service hours and I’m goin …

I am afraid that is a very common essay topic that might make colleges bored. Should I still write about it? Also any extra advise on what to add to the essay to make it stand out more?

I am trying to write the UMICH Why Us? Essay and am having a hard time figuring out some UMICH-specific qualities that match with who I am. How do I find this out? Planning to double major in Financia …

Here's the situation:

Over the last month, I've been working on my Common App essay, and I've written about board games and how playing games with my family has helped me bond with them and taught me b …

Basically my school is trimester based instead of semester based, freshman year I had like a 3.86 GPA average(unweighted) and sophmore 1st tri I did good but then I did HORRIBLE the next tri, I got a …

My teacher did not have an email so I created one for him yesterday. It's a Gmail account. I was trying to apply to a pre-application program and had to submit a LOR. There, it was written-

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i'm a junior and i wanted to start diving and do it competitively. i wouldn't mine getting like a small scholarship for it but how does that work?

Can you submit a letter of recommendation before you apply to colleges?

Just found my award (school level) for creating an article in wikipedia (not translated existing but created my own) that is related to my intended major (astronomy/astrophysics). Should I mention it …

I’m an international student applying in the upcoming cycle and I got an email from Fordham saying that they waived my application fees of $70. Obviously, that’s great, but I was just wondering if thi …

Hello! I’m considering going to VT to major in chemistry and was also interested in perusing theater as a hobby/ elective in college. Does anyone happen to know about the theater program at Tech and h …

I'm a junior in high school who loves history and biology...( I scored a 5 on my AP World History Exam last year). Are there any competitions I could take place in that maybe specialize in these speci …

Because of my hectic schedule, I was unable to fit physics into my schedule, and I know it is not only required in a lot of schools to have 4 years of science (especially if you are going into medical …

Does having perfect attendance such as never being absent or tardy have any impact on college admissions consideration?

I’m a junior who wants to apply to tops schools my senior year my top choice is UPenn rn my school offers de and ap classes 12 Ap no more than 8 I was planning to take 4 Aps but nobody sign up for the …