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I’m a ninth grader that just finished my first semester of HS. I have a gpa of 3.7 (I had a 3.5 gpa because of classes that I took in MS that I didn’t understand the gravity of) but I plan to get it u …

Hello, I am a freshman hoping to attend my dream school, Cornell.

Since middle school, I've been in top classes and got straight A's throughout the three years. With high confidence, I thought it would …

I am an American citizen living in India, I am going into my senior year, and these are my ECs:

1. Learned Indian Classical Dance for 10 years and have recieved several certificates including one for d …

I know a couple of programming languages such as Python and Java and say I am intermediate at both. I am new to the field of data science and everything that comes with it (AI and ML) and am looking t …

Hi, Im a sophomore in high school, and I'm looking into the biology/biomedical/pre-med side for college.

Recently I got an opportunity to work as a dental hygienist at my mom's workplace, could this b …

My mom attended Cornell as an undergraduate, and since I'm now applying to college, I just want to know my chances of getting in. I have about a 3.91 GPA(9th: 3.76, 10th: 3.95, 11th:4.0), 1460 SAT, (1 …

My GPA is 2.0 but my SAT exam is 1500 points. I want to study architecture at the University of Manchester. Do you think my SAT score will compensate for my GPA? Also, what should I do to get accepted …

I don't like to read, but I get an A/B in English. Which should I take next year as a Junior to make me a competitive candidate when applying to colleges? Ap Lang/Lit or College Eng-(I'd get colleg …

I've gotten straight A's all my life up until senior year, which is when I decided to challenge myself with 4 APs. I received a B in two of them along with a B in an honors class in the first quarter …

I have a lot of plans for the future, like graduating early. And since I want to graduate early, I wanna take summer classes to get more credits and be in the more advanced classes. Just wondering, is …

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In my awards section on my common application, I accidentally stated I won 6th place at the National History Day contest (state), when I actually won 5th place. Is this something that I should …

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Lately I've been told by a lot of people to take the ACT (for context I'm a sophomore in high school). I have no idea what this really means. Like I know what the ACT is and I know from google wh …

Hello! I am just a freshman and I was looking for my future classes, and I found about dual enrollment, I know they can give you power to skip like 2 years of university and college, but I thought tha …

I'm taking algebra 2 my senior year (class of 2024), and some of the colleges I'm applying to require precal-- will I even be considered? Are my chances destroyed?

I've explored taking CLEP exams to g …

For context, I am entering my second semester of junior year in high school. I currently have a 2.8 (w) gpa, and was wondering if it is possible to raise my gpa to at least a 3.0? I have one honors cl …

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My class rank has dropped a couple times. I was 3rd after freshmen year (out of about 750-800 students), but now I'm in my second semester of junior year and my rank has fallen to 6th. While I'm …

So my freshman year i took all CP courses and ended up with a 4.0 GPA (unweighted). Now, during my sophmore year I'm taking 4 honors (world language, pre-calc, chemistry, and english) and my GPA is a …

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This year I'm taking advanced pre-cal, but my school didn't offer the new AP Precalculus course and I didn't know about it, so I didn't register for the AP exam. Is it okay that I'm not taking the …

I am currently a junior in high school, and am taking these courses:

Honors Spanish III

AP Psych

AP Chem

Concert Band

AP Stats

AP Lang

Honors French V

Last year, I failed my second semester of Pre-Calc and on …

I'm graduating a year early from high school (currently in my sophomore year). From everything I've seen, colleges generally don't care much if someone graduates a year early, unless they think that t …