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Hi! My counselor hasn’t submitted their letter of recommendation yet for my Columbia app, and it is due in less than 3 days. I have tried contacting them, but it has been quite impossible since we are …

Hello everyone,

I am an international student and I am facing an issue. I am studying overseas in a management school but would like to apply to an American university. Because I am not sure I want to …

I’m currently a sophomore in high school and I have very solid academics (4.0 unweighted, 4.9 weighted) and I am currently looking for research opportunities, internships, and other extracurriculars i …

Technically, both my parents are from India. But, my dad is from a specific nomadic community that descends from Georgia, Iran, Pakistan, and India. My mom is from the same community (a different sta …

Hello! I am currently in the college application process, and have a total of 9 activities listed on my common app. In the last two weeks, I was a part of a team that presented a sexual assault report …

As a current HS freshman, I am planning to graduate at the end of my sophomore year. By taking eight online HS classes in the summer, and three extra online HS classes, I would graduate two years earl …

Hi, last summer, I took some college courses at an American university. There were four courses that I took. In two of these classes, I got an A. However, for the rest I got a B and a C. When I apply …

Hi, last summer, I took some college courses at an American university. There were four courses that I took. In two of these classes, I got an A. However, for the rest I got a B and a C. When I apply …

Hi! I'm currently a high school freshman, my dream is to go to UCLA and study film. The program there is extremely competitive (I believe they only admit about 15 new college freshmen each year), howe …

Hello! I am currently doing an ai program over the winter break, and one of the important thing this program says it will give is “Certification for 30 Research Credit Hours”, but honestly, I don’t ex …

I live in UAE, it is a well developed country but my school doesn't provide enough opportunities and clubs. Will the admission officers look the fact that my school was bad and I did whatever i could …

I'm looking to apply in either business or computer science (the former would make the most sense) to state schools, one or two art schools, and a few Ivies next year. Here's what I have so far---let …

Intl 10th grader

I really want to do biotech or psychology in a T20 school (dream is Stanford since like 7th grade) I know my stats aren't good...

demographics : Turkish-Russian, underfunded magnet pub …

I'm looking to transfer into other universities after transferring here this year. The main reason for this is because of the cost of attendance, and my family is strongly against me getting loans, an …

Hello, I'm a junior in high school, and last summer, I got a request from an organization asking if they could publish my artwork (it won the gold prize in the US and second place internationally in 2 …

I am a junior and currently have a 4.0 UW GPA but I don’t think it will stay that way by the end of the semester. My grade in AP Calc is a low B. The problem is not that I don’t understand. In fact, I …

princeton asks you to pick a song that represents the soundtrack of your life at this moment, from my understanding they want a response on the unique side. i chose drunk walk home by mitski, specific …

4.0 unweighted gpa

4.167 weighted gpa

1470/1520 PSAT/NMQST (98th percentile in country)... planning on taking SAT in April

Coursework this year: Two AP classes, one IB HL class (college level), one IB SL …

NABTEB

I have 2 Bs in my senior year mid year report. How will affect my my chances to Ivies. I have at all A's until now.

Ap Calc BC and AP Chem.

I am applying or Psychology or Neuroscience Major