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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 …

So I’ve been wondering about pre-med courses and medical school for a while, and it’s still a bit hard to understand given that a lot of sources are conflicted. Is there any condensed, basic summary o …

What is the hardest thing about majoring in psychology?

It seems less than most schools

Hi I'm a grade 9 students in a Canadian private school, with grade average of 96%.

I created a Scratch Account and Youtube channel making games and animations. On Scratch I'm the 7th most followed in C …

Incoming senior fall 2021

Doing college classes this summer that relate to the major I want to pursue (poli sci)

If I double major will I have two minors?

My school does not offer AP classes and I’ve heard that those are a must for getting into high ranked colleges.

What should I do?

Is it too late since I’m already a Junior?

My school does offer dual e …

I want to be an international human rights lawyer

Looking through my admission advice, I noticed that one area I should improve is extracurriculars. I intend to major in something biology related and I am already planning on or seeking a way to do a …

I am looking to go into Forensic psychology and I want some extracurriculars to go along with it. I am not sure of what I could do...

In order to apply to a college, do you have to indicate which major you will study at the school? Or do you decide which major you will apply to after you are admitted to the college/university? Thank …

High school grades

This is something I've noticed while researching schools... hardly any top tier schools offer zoology. Is there a reason for this? Only the state schools do.

It took me a while to figure out what i wanted to do when i grew up.But now that I have , i'm not sure where to start ??

what programs/activities/Classes/Community service should i apply to or complet …

- characteristics required to have chance joining American college

- which state is most adequate to study engineering and electronics tools ?

- advices to reach any college in USA

- advantages for fore …

Hi. I have been accepted to CWRU, UVA, U of Rochester, College of William and Mary and GWU. I plan to pursue the pre med track. All colleges are great so I am finding it difficult to choose the right …

I'm currently a junior in high school, I realize the school year is about to end but is there any possible way to raise my unweighted GPA? I'm taking 4 APs right now and I intend on getting straight A …

I have a very low F in a comp sci class and my teacher explicitly stated that it would be impossible for me to get a C. He said that he would bump me up to a D- if I showed effort and turned in all my …

I have a vague idea of how much Brown values extracurriculars vs. GPA vs. SAT/ACT vs. exam scores from the chancing profile, but no real assessment from an admissions officer/Brown-enrolled student at …

Hi, so I'm going to be a junior in just a few of months. I started up with 50 schools in my list and I narrowed them down to 34 schools. I want to narrow them down until they're 8-12 schools. Any tips …