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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 …

I've seen so many people use/talk about common app and I have no idea what it does. Can someone please explain what it is and why it's important? (Also I will be a Freshman in high school next school …

Please only vote if you read the whole post! I'm planning on studying mechanical engineering in college and have narrowed down my school decision to the University of Michigan or Purdue University. Th …

What types of community service do people do? I want to do some volunteering also but have no idea what to do.

I'm currently in my senior year, should I ask my prospective recommenders after graduating from high school the recommendation letters or in my senior year of high school? I fear to ask them early bec …

I got my bronze award in girl scouts, but I never got the silver or gold awards. is it still worth mentioning in my common app?

Okay, I've been having trouble deciding what I want to study. Here's some context:

The subjects I've enjoyed the most are biology, marketing, Spanish, and English. I have a pretty strong interest in so …

I want to major in Political Science, and my school offered only AP government to sophomores this year. I wanted to take AP government, but my guidance counselor said it wasn’t necessary since I alrea …

do colleges prefer one over the other? is doing the IB program worth it?

I listed that I would take AP Calculus AB over an online program when applying. It was not listed on my school mid-year transcript which I had to submit for decisions. I will have to submit the scores …

I'm an overseas student, currently studying High School my senior year in Mexico, planning to take a gap year after finishing high school to search seriously for scholarships, prepare to take the stan …

I want to do some volunteering in my town but have no idea what types to do. I know that the library near me allows for volunteers to work there and that's about it. I also know that a lot of things d …

How can I get free college merchandise? I want to get t-shirts for the colleges I want to attend. BTW this does follow Community guidelines so don't report me.

I don't know exactly what major to major in in college so maybe you could help me decide I can't decide I want to either do I love music and want to do something with it but I can not decide between m …

This would be helpful to me as I am deciding when would be a good time to start the studying process. :)

howdy! i'm a current high school freshman who wants to go into politics when i'm older and i plan on applying to some pretty prestigious/selective universities. i asked this question a little while ag …

I am a junior in High School and I want to get more experience in the medical field, so I am looking for volunteering or working opportunities that will get me more hands on experience. I have already …

You know, don't take AP Chem if you want to have life

I've learn that Cal State system require world language, but it also mention that I can prove my proficiency in my language that I was born with which is Thai. I just want to know how do I do that? Wh …

I am only a few units short of entering university as a junior. I have all my gen eds, but didn't know what school I'd get into so I only guessed at major prep. If I take these community college class …

I know I still have time to think about it, but I’ve been wondering this for awhile: I’ve been deciding between doing something in law/criminal justice or forensic science. If I decide to do forensic …