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Hi, everybody! Do colleges answer when I click on messege and write a message to them beacause I have sent a message to a college and I didn't get answer. I don't have advisor. Do people need an advis …

My son is in 9th grade and I have a few questions. He is pretty good at lacrosse and cross country track. Does that help getting into college?

My son is a pretty smart kid. In 9th grade he is taking …

I am a texas resident and I am in the top 7-8% of my class and have a 3.98/4.0 GPA. I have a 1500 SAT and decent extracurriculars. As ut is becoming more and more competitive I feel like I really don' …

Hello, I am a current freshman and have until March 1st to finalize my sophomore schedule. I'm thinking of taking AP Stats, Physics 1, Calc AB, and World. Later on, I initially thought I would take AP …

I'm in 10th grade and I took the PSAT a while ago. I've been trying not to think about it, but I keep feeling self conscious about it. I got a 990 (440 in Math and 550 in English), is this anything to …

What exactly are colleges looking for in college admission essays? What about when they are optional vs. when they are required?

Demographic: Indian male, currently a junior

GPA: 4.0 UW 4.5 W (the electives were all non-honors)

school doesn't do class rank, but I'm in the top 99.63% of my class of 750 students

8 APs in total (8 AP …

Hi! I moved from Africa to Canada about a three months ago and I'm currently in grade 11. I cant take IB classes because I would have had to apply in grade 10 (and this is the only challenging program …

-I am a junior planning to major in economics, business, or political science.

-I have a 4.0 GPA(unweighted), 107.64 GPA(weighted with 1.2x AP multiplier and a 1.1x honors multiplier) and a 1530 SAT + …

I am looking for some tips/tools to see what course(s) I should take as I'm getting closer to college and have no clue what my future holds.

I am going into my first year of high school this fall. I am right now in advanced math so I'm learning Algebra 2. I want to go into Hi-Gap next year but I'm not sure I should. I get mostly 3's and 4' …

I’m currently a Sophomore in HS hoping to major in medicine/dentistry.

I’m currently enrolled in my school’s Dental program (by selective acceptance) which are taught by two decently connected teachers …

Hello, I have seen that Harvard doesn't necessarily require 4 years of a foreign language, it's just highly recommended. I would really rather focus my time on other things that align with my major (p …

My counselor keeps saying I wont get in and dude it's really crushing me so so much and I need some advice truly here's my transcript . . .

I have a 3.70 GPA, strong test scores (SAT: 1600, ACT: 36) …

Hi! Im a currently a sophomore and I have to pick wha APS I want to take for junior year. My school limits us to only taking 3 aps per year. Currently I am taking APWH.

These are the APs I would like …

I am an international student who has applied to some top places for the Fall 2024 session. I didn't do an ED1 and got rejected from Wellesley from ED2. My high school rank is 5th out of 120 students …

Hi, Im a sophomore but finalizing my junior year schedule. I have golf practice 5 days a week, I'm in 3 clubs, and a decent social life. However college acceptance is an absolute priority. Im thinking …

Gpa= 4.43

SAT= 1600

community service hours= 200

My school did not have anything I was super interested in. I wanted to know if these things can make up for it.

A few days ago I met with my counselor for finalize my senior year classes and I signed up for easier classes and more classes that I'm actually interested because it's my last year. She said that she …

So today I was searching for things that could give me a better chance to get into a good college when I found out about the idea of taking college courses to earn college credit (this may seem pretty …