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Engineering comps/STEM during covid

Does anyone know of any stem competitions i can enter during covid, preferably science and/or engineering. I'm going to learn programming this summer and will do programming competitions next school y …

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What are the good BS MD prgrams

Do BS MD Programs participate in competitive College sports.

How does Northstate Medical college BSMD program compared to rest in the Nation.

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How do people find out what colleges seek in a person?

This comes with a follow up question which more specific... How do we know what colleges stress about when they look at your application. Is it GPA? ACT/SAT? Extra curriculars?

I am looking at more se …

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Does 12th grade calculate to cumulative GPA?

I am a rising senior high school student.

My 9th and 10th grade was bad (having one C+ in 9th grade and 2 B+ in 10th grade) since I was frequently sick that time. Because of this, although I took 5 ap …

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How can I proceed to improve my extracurricular and co curricular activities ?

I am not interested in sports . The extracurricular part of my application is lagging . I varied interests but I don't know how I can use them and do something effective. When talk comes to creativity …

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How much does the ACT and SAT really count?

Okay so now that I'm a senior this year, I'm kind of freaking out. I have almost a 3.9 unweighted GPA, but I did less than desirable on the ACT(24 whereas the average for my dream school is a 30). Wit …

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Should I take SAT Subject tests?

I've heard a lot about SAT subject tests and I'm unsure if I should take them. I'm a rising junior interested in law, political science, and liberal arts colleges, so would it benefit me to take those …

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Does the Seal of Biliteracy look good on college applications?

I want to get the Seal of Biliteracy in California in French. I don't think many other students in my high school are getting it, but I'm unsure. Does it look good on college applications?

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Full ride scholarships for international students

which universities offer the highest full-ride scholarships for international students?

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What's something that you struggle with during the summer, that is related to school?

What is something that you struggle with during the summer that is related to school?

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Please, is it possible to get full scholarship at mit

Please, is it possible to get full scholarship at MIT

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I need help collecting data, If you have the time can you please take the survey down below?

I am a freshman. I'm collecting data for a project about high school, the project aims to help high school be more productive. If you could take the time to answer the questions on the survey I would …

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What colleges don't look at freshman year grades?

Is it true that Princeton doesn't look at Freshman year grades? I know that UC schools and Stanford don't count freshman year grades, but are there any other schools that don't factor those into thei …

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Student Life / Campus Life

Hi! I've been researching universities, and like every other high school student, I take a look at top tier schools. Something that I think can be an assumption, and that I'm hoping you can help me fi …

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Which essays are being reused?

So I want to get a head start on my essays over summer but I do not know if schools such as Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Dartmouth reuse there supplemental essay prompts. I am aware common app does an …

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Can I write my common app essay about photography if I want to major in biology?

Hello! After weeks of trying to figure out what my topic would be about, I finally decided on something that changed my life and allowed me to experience it differently. This was photography and I rea …

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Should I risk my GPA after I raised it up to a 3.88??

Hello!! I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I will be a junior this fall. During my freshman year I had a 3.700 but by the beginning of sophomore year it lowered to a 3.64. However, now after …

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What are the ivy league(including Stanford and MIT) cutoffs for GPA?

For example: If a student suffered a mental health crisis in their freshman year of high school resulting in a low GPA (3.3 to 3.5) for that year, but had a 3.9-4.0 UW in sophomore and junior year, wo …

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Do the grades you make the first semester of senior year get counted by admissions when reviewing applications?

I will be a senior during the 2020-2021 school year and currently my GPA ranks me in the top 7% of my class which is just off of automatic admission to my goal school. If the grades I made during the …

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