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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 recently applied to one of my safety schools and was accepted. However, I accidentally clicked the "confirm acceptance" button while I was still unsure about attending since I haven't heard back fro …

Hi! I'm from Canada and I was waitlisted at UCLA applying as a freshman for Fall 2024 entry. These were my programs:

Economics (Pre), B.A.

College of Letters and Science

Political Science (Pre), B.A.

Col …

My son's high school offers AP English language and AP US History for Juniors only. Given that he has to take 3 other APs, he can only choose one from the two courses. Also, he has already taken AP Wo …

So my brother messed up ROYALLY he's in elementary school and he basically got suspended. He is in the 6th grade so still pretty young but I wanna know if that suspension will carry into high school a …

Hello, my name is Carlos and I study in American Military Academy (Puerto Rico). I’m currently in a situation where my father wants me to study in Puerto Rico so I can spend more time here. I do not m …

Hello!

I'm planning to major in CS or Data science with a minor in theatre arts and business, and yes i am planning for 2 minors with a major. I know these 3 combinations don't make sense with each oth …

Will colleges knowing I have autism affect my chances of getting into college?

Hello, I am currently a junior with an UWGPA of 3.5 and WGPA of 3.9. I realize they aren’t the best but my extracurriculars focus on robotics, our team has won state championships back to back and we …

(I don't know if this is the right place to put it, but...)

Background: My school operates on a trimester system, and most classes offer 1 credit towards graduation, earning .5 credits per each trimest …

Hello! I'm currently a freshman and I have plans to take some pretty advanced math and science classes in my high school career. However, I feel like I would not be able to balance all of these classe …

Hello! I have a question about maybe doing a college course next year: Physics 2 (or whatever is the equivalent of AP Physics 2) Now, I want to do this because I eventually want to participate in the …

Hello! I'm a junior in high school, and soon I'll be a senior. My dream schools are UGA and UCLA, but I'm worried that my stats aren't very competitive. I currently have a 3.40 weighted GPA, 6 honors …

Are the college rankings (and pre-med college rankings in particular) up-to-date? If not, could an expert please provide information about when these rankings were last updated? Also, are the 4 key pr …

I got accepted into both University of Washington (Seattle) and Penn State University Schreyers Honors College. I want to major in computer science and I am not sure which college would be a better pi …

I am from India , SAT and ACT exams are not easy to apply for . Also the cost is way beyond what I can afford . However , I will be giving some very important exams such as JEE , CET and other privat …

Hi all! Hope everyone reading this doing well. I had a question regarding SAT prep. I'm currently a junior in high school and I'm a late bloomer in terms of starting the SAT. I found a seven week Prin …

I'm a chemE major who just got into CMU, UCLA, and GaTech. I'm in-state for UCLA, which means it's a lot cheaper, but GaTech and CMU have better engineering programs. Cost is not a huge factor for me, …

how to study at stanford?

Hello! I am a junior and nervous about getting into college, especially my major of choice. I have a 3.6 GPA, taking 7 IB courses (3 HL & 4 SL) and 1 elective. I have a 1260 SAT and I am interested in …

I have been thinking about this all year.

Due to family circumstances, I have the option to do my sophomore year (and the rest of my high school career) in the same small-town school I’ve attended my …