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I am in 10th grade right now and am only taking one honors class (Honors 10th Lit). I am planning on taking 5 AP classes by the time I graduate. I am also planning on taking 3 Honors classes by the ti …

I am really anxious because I am not really sure about the application process and I don't want to be too late or too early for applying to colleges. Can someone give me a brief timeline of when you s …

As one of the most active posters on here, many of you know I tell it straight without mincing words.

Last year I decided to get my course rigour up so I took 2 outlier.org classes. They were inexpensi …

hi yall.

I registered for sat with essay but I dont wanna take the essay part and I DONT WANT A REFUND.

can I just leave after the math section is fully over?

will the score on the essay section be 0 ?

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Hello! I've always wanted to do some sort of research, even in high school, and since I'm looking at tier 2-type elite universities like UNC, I know it can help give me an edge in the field I want to …

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I really can't decide if I want to go on a fashion marketing track along with public relations or an Art History track with public relations. I do love both art and fashion, I just don't know which …

My dream school it test blind meaning they don't consider test scores. But, they say if you have them send them in. How does the chancing tool calculate this? Also just in general anyone know anything …

What are some things I could do to higher my acceptations rate into an Ivy League school.

Hey I am very new to this and I really want to go for a collage I am looking for a better future everyone in my family doesn't know anything about colleges and they want me to be in the malitary and l …

I am extremely interested in helping abused children and mental health patients whose families did not stand by them. This is not even about getting admitted to a college, but mainly about something I …

By the idea of passion projects and how high school students could create an impact is something that I am really interested in. I’ve been thinking about starting a website about topics I love relatin …

Can someone direct me to some agency that is accepted 15 year olds to canvass and phonebank and participate in some sort of atual government with government officials?

Intended Major: Political Science

I am going to take a few dual enrollment courses at my high school through the CIS program at the UMN- Twin Cities. This college has a huge research background and it's good for pre-med, which is what …

if i sent one, would they reply? if they did, would it be a useful or generic reply? how should i structure it? whats should i say in the email? what are good words to use in the email and words to av …

I want to get into pre-med and I have a couple of universities in mind. The problem is the requirements because my school doesn't offer AP classes and taking SAT/ACT is not common here. I'm afraid of …

And getting scholarships depending on how good your GPA is

I have a good academic list: 4.0 overall GPA unweighted, AP classes, Dual Enrollment credits, top 3 in my class, etc but my problem is that I lack in the creative area. I barely have enough volunteer …

I know all about the "holistic admissions" but please tell me straight if I am at a disadvantage. My school does not offer a plethora of opportunities. There is no way for me to compete nationally or …

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I'm a brazilian student and I'm a musician. I really wanted to go to Yale or UChicago, and one of the ECs that take most of my time is music. I'm 16 now and I play the piano since I was 8 and t …

I just joined and i am not sure what kind of topic i should write my essay about?