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(I am not a US citizen)fields of interest would be life sciences and medicine

Hello! So I wanna go towards more of a stem major like comp sci. But not sure yet! Although I believe that Ap seminar would be more beneficial towards a stem major, I’m not that interested in it. For …

Which one should I take if I plan to choose computer science or health care as a career path?

They’re both in 11th grade only so…

I am in tenth grade tight now, (only one AP so far as my school didn’t …

I am a current sophomore and I need help with picking my classes. Will taking calc AB next year instead of going straight to BC hurt me for college admissions? I was planning on taking AB next year an …

This is kind of a repost, but I need an answer to one of the biggest questions: Am I doing enough to get into the Ivy League? I plan to take around 14 AP classes by the end of high school, 6ish honors …

Hi! I’m a sophomore right now. As I said, in my other questions in college fine, I said that my high school had only one or two students they got into top universities like one ivy league and I’m not …

Hi!

I wanted some advice on my junior year schedule…..these are the classes I am planning to take - Dual enrolment English and U.S. History, AP PreCalculus, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, Anatomy and Physi …

I am a junior and have trouble deciding what interests me most. My dream school is Smith and I don't know if I should go into a STEM major or humanities or what I want to do. I have many interests all …

Hello! I am currently a freshman taking these classes

Foundation of AI

Accel Geometry gifted

AP Human

9th grade gifted language arts

Biology gifted

Health

Spanish 1

Gifted is the same as the honor level. Als …

Hey all! I need some help with formulating my ECs. I know that people stress quality over quantity so I want to cut down on some of my current ECs. I plan on applying to T20s for med or business. Let …

Hi there! I'm currently a high school freshman, and I've been making a list of extracurriculars I plan to do next year and in the future. My dream job is to be a costume designer/fashion or art histor …

I am currently in Junior year of highschool and have a semester left. I am trying to get into top CS schools, but I am not sure how I will fair considering the steep competition.

I transferred from my …

I have good grades, the equivalent of A's but not good enough to skip a grade. I was just wondering what classes I should take, or what extracurricular activities would be good for college. Because my …

Hi. Currently I'm a sophomore, and I'm perusing to study biology at UVA. UVA is literally my dream school, but I dont even know if I can get in. I need some advice on how I can increase my changes of …

Hello, I'm considering applying to the Lumiere research program but was wondering if anyone knows if this will boost my chance of admission to colleges. Do colleges think highly of this program?

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Hi! I’m a junior and I need to know if my grades are competitive enough for Ivies, Rice, UT Austin, Northeastern, Stanford, and MIT. I already have some alright extracurriculars. I co-started a nonpro …

Hi, I am a high school sophomore currently and I was wondering if schools care about your high school rank.

My high school is not that great and I really don’t like it here because it’s not that diffi …

I am currently trying to skip to IM2 because I have a low GPA but I have big aspirations. I hope to go to Harvard one day, but for that I have to work hard... and skip a math year, and am currently a …