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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 am a sophomore in high school and I am planning out what schools I would want to go to and I don't know which ones because I am in a special education program in high school and in small classes. …

So, I applied to some high ranking colleges (MIT, Stanford, Princeton) and I am waiting to get an interview. I am actually starting to get a bit concerned, as I have not been contacted about an interv …

Which STEM summer programs will help for a college application (mostly Mech Engg) as I'll be a sophomore high school in Summer 2021?

I am applying for a very selective award that asks for "Please briefly list your most important extracurricular commitments and provide details of any leadership positions you have held." How should I …

I just had my Chapman interview. I categorize Chapman as a reach school, so I knew that I needed to ace my interview. After the interview, I felt very confident about it. I answered all the questions …

I recently tried out for soccer and the coach talked to me after tryouts and said I have two options: I can be a captain on jv or a player on varsity. I’m kinda stuck between which one I should choose …

I am asking this to make sure I do not make the wrong mistake. I was going to put a part of my story on there, but I was not sure if stories were allowed. Please let me know if it is alright to do tha …

So I submitted an essay on Thursday evening and it was projected to be done in 5-9 hours. I have since not received it (as of Saturday morning) despite reporting delays twice. Is this common?

I was reviewing the PDF of my common app after I submitted, and for one school it reports my ACT scores when I meant to apply without them, and for another school where I was above the average score a …

I am a current junior and I want to ask , if admission officers will consider the above said information. Most people advice to take private tests but even the nearest test center is approximately 600 …

I applied ED to Bowdoin and was deferred, but it's still my top choice college. I sent a letter of continued interest and I asked my guidance counselor to set up a phone call about why I was deferred …

So I'm writing an essay and one of the sentences ends with "... affect me and my community". I've gotten 2 reviewers saying keep it as is, 1 saying to change it to my community and I, and another sayi …

A family member of mine is friends with a man who is a language department head at Dartmouth (a language which I have never taken because it isn't offered at my school). I met him once over Zoom for l …

Hi! I have an interview with Northwestern in a few days. I've never had a college interview before, so I'm not really sure what to expect. How should I prepare? What questions should I expect, especia …

Hi, I am currently a high school sophomore and I am trying to figure out my extracurriculars for the rest of high school. My dream schools are many in NYC, like NYU, Columbia, and Barnard, and other c …

I'm currently a junior and I'm not sure if I should take the SAT on March 13th or May 8th. I have not yet taken the PSAT because my school canceled the PSAT due to the tropical storm and other impacts …

Hello, I am a sophomore in high school. I am not worried about my GPA, nor my SAT scores, but I am wondering what I can do for my extracurriculars? I am trying to become a Premed. I started a podcast …

I am a junior living in Georgia, however, I plan to go to a UC for college. As I was viewing the requirements I noticed the A-G requirements which notes which courses are required in order for admissi …

I am in 11th grade and I would like to major in film and media/graphic design. I have a lot of ECs that relate to this passion such as participating in summer as well as school year application needed …

Grade 9 to 12 extracurricular