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Which of the Tier 2 and 3 colleges require that students take the SAT with essay for applying for admissions?

My son has fairly high SAT scores (1450, and waiting for a second set of scores from the August test), is taking a quite challenging course load at high school, but has decent but not outstanding grad …

The schools on my list are as follows (in order from favorite to least favorite): Duke, Brown, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Princeton, Harvard/Yale (still deciding between …

I scored 1300 (680 RW, 620 M) on my sophomore PSAT October 2018. I studied 10-20 questions per day with 4 practice tests from mid-April to late-August. In August 2019, I scored 1470 (750 Math, 720 RW) …

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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 …

So ACT scores came out today and I got a 36 (35 math and sci, 36 eng and reading, writing pending) but I have a 1510 SAT, meaning the ACT looks better obv but if I had say a 1560-70 SAT would it reall …

I have been studying for the sat for months now, but can't seem to score higher than a 1420. I am taking it one more time, but do not expect to see a large score increase. I have a list of colleges th …

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I recently retook the SAT and am awaiting my score. Until then, I am considering applying test-optional to several top schools (think …

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I recently retook the SAT and am awaiting my score. Until then, I am considering applying test-optional to several top schools (think Ivies) but using my April SAT score to schools that are not …

1. I am taking the ACT in 21/10 and found that I have some lack in my knowledge so I started studying from this book and solving in crackab.com and varsity tutors.com as they have some good explanatio …

Stats: 3.71/4 UW GPA, 6.6/7.0 W GPA (top 15% of class), 1470 SAT

Extracurriculars are solid. I can write a strong essay.

Intended major(s): economics and possibly music performance

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Rutgers New Brun …

Class of '27 What Part of your application makes you nervous and uncomfortable?

As we embark on yet another hyper-competitive admissions season, I'm sure other CV members want to know if they are the o …

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According to this article, MIT is reinstating test mandates meaning that people who were planning on not submitting their ACT/SAT scores are now at a disadvan …

So my writing isn’t the best, and when I signed up to take the ACT with my school, I was unaware that I was signing up for the ACT plus Writing. When I was taking the exam, I figured I could just subm …

The minimum act score for the school I'm aiming for is 22 in math and reading, and 19 in English. I'm unsure of getting 22 in the math subscore act I just took. If I score a lil under the 22 math scor …

I took the SAT several months ago and surprised both myself and my parents by scoring 1500. I have been homeschooled my whole life and am finally in my senior year of high school. However, since I s …

My school's transcript format includes all test scores. I took an SAT test with essay back in December 2019 and my score was not high enough for my target schools. I'm going to take the September 2020 …

1. I need help studying and I don't know how to start can you guys help me out in how should I study and focus more?

2. What should I write my common essay about I don't know any topics to start?

I applied to both Barnard College and Northeastern University. If you've been accepted to either of these schools, what do you think you did to make it in? Did you have a good essay? A ton of extracur …