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I’m a junior and for the first two years of high school, I went to a small under-resourced school in rural town. My school didn’t have many opportunities to win awards other than Principal’s List (A’s …

Where does Collegevines school ranking come from? I tried to compare it to US News but the ranks weren't matching up.

I am senior in highschool, and I am writing my common app personal essay. For my essay topic I was wondering if it was too cliche to write about football and how the injuries I sustained from led me t …

One of my schools requires an essay about a piece of literature that inspired you. For me, a particular poem came to mind. However, my common app essay is about how I discovered poetry (and the poem I …

My teacher mentioned a volunteer project in the rec-letter that is not on my common app activities list.

I am a member of my school's varsity badminton team. However, due to the pandemic, I haven't had a chance to play this year. How will this impact my application?

Hi! I came to America as a study abroad student, but I want to pursue a more advanced goal since my school only offers until AP art and I want to learn more about art in other cultures.

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So I have given 8 IGCSE exams. Some of my colleges require me to fill out the Courses and Grade section on common app.

The problem is that the IGCSE results were on the following scale: A, A, B, C, …

Well this website is obviously for American students and there are fields that I couldn't fill properly for the difference of evaluation in American and Turkey like (GPA, Grades, extracurricular activ …

My school does not provide any AP courses. However, they do have a program in which we can take classes at our local community college and in our senior year- at a university. I'm still taking a rigor …

My teachers have asked me to provide them with an outline for a letter of recommendation which they will then modify as per their thoughts. Is there some good LOR repository I could refer to for writi …

So I have a Cambridge ICE Certificate (International certificate of education). It can be obtained in a similar manner to AP International Diploma. They need you to do subjects from different groups a …

I am an Indian student studying under the CBSE pattern of education. We don't have any specified 'course levels'. What am I supposed to fill in the adjacent section that demands the same? Do I simply …

How do I delete this account? I wanted to use it earlier but I haven't been doing so lately and want to delete it. However, I don't see any way of doing so, can someone please help me out?

Is it better for students to declare the are of study they want to go into or just mark undecided? Which option is the better path for students who don't know what they want to study but do know they …

What is the difference between ed, ea, and rea? which one is binding?

I am a senior in high school. I was filling out the "Activities" section on the common app and thought of this while filling out the application. For example: if someone did something on their own/ wi …

Hi! I am a senior at a large public high school. For my Commonapp essay, I would like to do an unconventional structure. That being said, I was going to attempt to write my essay with a big headline a …

My Johns Hopkins chances are 33-45% according to CollegeVine. How would that change if I applied early decision. (Not a chance-me because I can't find this information from the chancing calculator). W …

Hi, I´m from Brazil. It's possible for me to get financial-aid? If so, where and how can I apply for it?