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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'm a transfer student, and I have 7 activities I feel are pretty strong for my transfer application, all from after high school graduation. All these activities fit into a couple common themes that a …

I recently just finished an application for a college. However, when I went to submit it, the common app kept saying there is a problem with the initial processing of my application. Because of this, …

Hi this is kind of a very dumb question to ask however, I included a college course as planned on my UC app but ended up failing the course in my senior semester due to poor health. Will a university …

Is there anyone who is a current student at the College of Wooster?

Reflect on a book you have read or a film you have seen where you strongly related to a character. State and describe the character, their traits and significance, and how they personify you.

I am plan …

I worked in a family restaurant for ten years now. Because of this, I haven't done many notable extracurriculars. Should I write about this in my additional information slot? If so, should I write it …

I've only just started on my UChicago supplemental essay and am confused about what to write. Would it be better to pick one of the prompts offered or write about my own prompt? Furthermore, how shoul …

I was accepted into a highly competitive program that trained me how to become a private pilot. I am trying to add this to my chancing profile but I don't really know what category to put it in. Any s …

I was deferred from Bowdoin College, but I can't find anywhere how many people they typically defer/ what my chance of acceptance is as a deferred applicant. Does anyone have an idea?

Hi, I am from India and I am applying to USA colleges as an international student. I am unable to complete my basic profile as it seems to be only for American students. How do I create a profile by s …

My grades in school is pretty great. I have received 95%+ in my recent examinations. Please suggest some exceptional extra curricular activities to build up my resume.

I have my virtual Chapman fellow interview in 10 days. Is there anyone that has already been interviewed by Chapman care to share what the questions were? I want to prepare myself. Thank you!

Hello! I am currently a junior in high school and I have come to the scary realization that my extracurriculars are basic and boring. I am really interested in politics and government and possibly goi …

I'm currently a junior and getting a head start on researching universities to apply to in the fall of my senior year. I live in California and I really want to be able to attend these UC schools (my …

Hello! I am currently a junior in high school with average stats and extracurricular activities (I'm working on that). I am currently studying for the ACT in hopes of getting a 30+ and I am looking to …

I only took one Subject Test--Literature, and I only got a 690. My dream school is Northwestern. Should I submit my score or just leave it out of my application? I know the average for Northwestern is …

While applying to NYU I put that I got awarded as a winner of an essay contest accidently (I didn't end up winning the award) when I had meant to put another honors award there. What should I do to fi …

wall street prep certificate i will be taught financial statement modeling, dcf modeling etc. they have at wharton nyu berkley citi group jp morgan so many know brands and corporations. I'm interested …

Vassar's prompt:

Your Space is your opportunity to allow the Committee on Admission to learn something about you that you have not addressed in another section of the application. Your Space is entirel …

At my mom's house there are four of us, but at my Dad's there are six! What should I put on my application?