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I just applied ED and am very nervous waiting for results. I have "strong" grades and SAT scores according to College Vine for this school, but am worried that it still won't be enough. My chanceing i …

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Miriam Torres.

How can I contribute to the campus in a very well spoken person I also love to communicate with at her people hard worker teacher also I love to build a book club theat …

This might be a stupid question but I wanted to ask because I'm hoping someone can give me some tips or tricks or advice that worked for them. So I'm applying to 10 schools total and already applied t …

Hello! I'm thinking about applying to a rigorous program in my state. However, I'm having trouble answering this question, any advice on what to mainly talk about or associate with?

I am currently a senior in high school. I moved to the states two years ago from Puerto Rico. My freshman year at my old school was quite bad. I had teachers who were indifferent to my success, I didn …

My counselor has told me that he includes it in the secondary school report, but has also told me to include it on my end. Should it be in the activities section, the honors section, or somewhere else …

I'm bisexual and am obviously closeted to my homophobic parents. As I'm planning on writing an essay on my struggle with my sexuality, I obviously need to check off under the personal information that …

If I had a national competition that I was invited to canceled due to the pandemic, should I mention that in the designated section and if I should, should I just explain what happened or treat it as …

I have great extracurriculars, a good essay, good recommendations. I took 3 ap classes and 6 honors classes. As well as i will have taken 10 community college classes by the time i graduate. What are …

This would answer the prompt, "Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like y …

I am a senior currently I would like to write about a project I did in middle school. It was one of those projects projects where you have to do all the work yourself and in doing so I discovered thin …

I am a leader in an association of 38 members in a mobile game I play. I was wondering if it would be a bad idea to talk about this as an example of my leadership? As the president I also run a discor …

So, I'm gay and very much in the closet, but I'm marking it on my CSU and UC apps, as well as talking about it in my common app essay. The CSU and UC application asks for permission for your parents t …

Hi there,

If my high school doesn't offer extracurricular opportunities e.g. no sports program, should I mention it in an essay or additional info? Do you think admission officers would view my it in a …

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Hi there,

If a college asks you to write about how their location would impact you, what are you supposed to write about? What is the sort of response they expect to see?

Hey everyone! I'm a white female senior from an upper-middle class area in Michigan. While I'm applying to a bunch of schools, my top ones are UC Berkeley, UCLA, and U of M. A lot of my on-paper stats …

I am an Indian student and I am trying to fill out college applications for US Colleges. My dream college is BYU, Provo. My GPA is 4.0 and I took up some mock SATs and my score is around 1500, which i …

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If I have an interest in a program e.g. sustainability, which I did not select as one of my academic interests on common app but have participated in it as an extracurricular, can I write abo …