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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 …

Hi, I'm currently a sophomore but I've been thinking a lot about college lately. My dream is to go to UMich for a pre-med major (I'm thinking psychology). However, my elective choices do not really sh …

I want to be a special agent for the FBI which degree would be to the best benefit

I heard that some colleges (mostly UCs) only look at your sophomore and junior year GPA/courses? Is this true for all most colleges or just the UCs? I want to get into the UMN-Twin Cities, but I don't …

I will have taken 16 AP classes by the time I graduate. The thing is, I took a few on-level courses over the summer to help with some prerequisites. This brings my weighted gpa down to a 4.3 -4.4 even …

Hello, I am looking into master's programs at the moment and have shown time and time again that I mainly excel in B.A. programs but am also quite ready to test myself with Masters-level courses ( ak …

I am trying to decide between the following schools for a Bachelor's degree in Business/Management/Commerce: UC Irvine and Toronto's Rotman School. Any advice? How do they compare?

Extracurriculars? Essays? Academics? Test scores?

hi, I'll be taking SAT test in May! but I registered for the essay test also. now I want to cancel it but the college board said now the seats of the "without essay" test are full. can I cancel the es …

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.