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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 am a Junior in highschool and my average GPA is a 3.86. I’m taking AP’s, but I don’t have a lot of extracurriculars. I want to major in psychology. What schools would be best? I’ve had trouble findi …

Hi, I'm a senior in high school. I am applying to a lot of schools and I am looking for ways where I would be able to fund my tuition for college. I am currently considered an international student wh …

On an optional supplement to a fairly prestigious school, I accidentally submitted the wrong draft. The only difference is one or two typos that weren't corrected until the final draft. The submission …

My parents both went to Wright State University (Ohio), which has an acceptance rate of about 95%. What, if any, effect will being their child have on my application there? (I'm currently a HS freshma …

Does anyone know if there is a website that shows the average stats of the people who got accepted into colleges (grades, average ap class, # of years of language, ecs, tests scores)? Specifically the …

My child is a gap year student. He has applied this year for undergraduate in engineering. His 11 grade marks are low -64%. He has 94 5 marks in the other three years. Will this affect his application …

How do I start writing a college essay and what about?

I got deferred from BU ED1. Does anyone know the acceptance rate for deferred students at Boston University or a rough estimate? I also wrote a letter of continued interest and had a BU grad write me …

I’m legacy for UVA, how much would this increase my chances of getting in? Would I have to pay out-of-state tuition?

Hi! I just submitted my application to Brown (it's due tonight), but found out that I also have the opportunity to submit a 2-minute video. This is due in 3 days, but I'm not super worried about not h …

I'll be in senior year this year and I'll be applying to colleges in december 2021 or Jan 2022. But can I give AP exams in May 2022 after applying to colleges. And send the exam scores to colleges lat …

I am in 11th grade. Looking for pre med undergraduate options. Very few community svc options here. So how to make my application better

I see we can submit AP scores on the Commonapp and sometimes on their application portal, but how much do they matter because I never see them listed on common data sets

I’m a junior with an undecided major.

I have been on the varsity Cheerleading team every year that i have been at my school and i wasnt sure if thats impressive and helpful or not.

Hi, I am a current junior beginning my college search. I am interested in chemistry and want to find colleges with good chemistry programs to add to my college list. I don't really care about the acce …

Well, I am wondering if Avid will affect my chances at Ivys in a positive way or negative way. Here are the details, I am a sophomore from Minnesota from a fairly known Minnesotan high school, the onl …

Hello, I'm a current sophomore in high school.

I took geometry last year as a freshman and my grades were very bad. First semester, I ended with an 84 and 2nd semester, I ended with an 88.

Now, in sop …

I’m applying for MIT and am currently working on a guided independent research project through my research course. Could I submit my introduction for the research instead of an abstract since it’s und …

How does one go about finding mentors or professionals for research opportunities? Any tips? Current Sophomore.