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Starting Essays

I want to start my essays in the summer, much like many of us, but I also want to try and finish most of my essays during the summer. My school usually starts around August 20th-25th but it seems like …

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How do I get into MIT's RSI?

I am curious as to how I may be able to attend the summer RSI program.

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What to expect as a student from a low income school that has never had anyone go to the Ivy League?

My school is located in a low income area and the majority of students are on free or reduced lunch. There are around 500-600 students to a counselor. My school has never had anyone go to the Ivy Leag …

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Some ec's for environmental science/studies?

I'm currently a junior and think of majoring in environmental science or studies. I was originally planned to do a course over the summer, but this has been canceled because of covid-19. What are some …

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Tips for Getting into Boston University?

My school of choice is Boston University. I'm in the IB diploma program and my gpa's a 4.3 weighted and 3.2 unweighted

My EC's are moderately strong as I hold leadership positions in almost all of them …

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How do I go about getting a fall internship/research opportunities as a senior?

Hi! I feel as though I am pretty well-rounded, but the thing that will really help me improve my college apps is having some research/internship. I already have done some college courses, but I do not …

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How does it look transferring out of magnet student and returning to your town's public high school?

For freshman and half of sophomore year I attended the Academy for Allied Health Sciences, which was the health care specific magnet school for my county. (Magnet school is basically a public school o …

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If I want to be a dentist that graduates from Emory University, what type of community services should I do?

I am not sure what I should do in 9th grade because I really want to go to medical school. Whenever I think about community services, I'm not so sure which type of community service I should do, and e …

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What should I my EC as?

So I have gone through my profile and updated my ECs and cant for my life figure out how to list my activity. (Rising Junior)

I am an office assistant at my synagogue religious school (Pre-K to 6th) an …

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How to go about getting a "real" job?

So I am looking for a job (rising junior) and want to get a job at a nearby place like a grocery store, taco bell, home depot(cashier) as I want to make some extra side money. I'm thinking of getting …

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Developing a College Application

Hi! I need some help based on how to strengthen my college application. I am looking to major in some form in engineering, here is a little about me.

school: stem based high school - engineering pathwa …

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How do I make an art portfolio?

Hi! I'm trying to create an art portfolio for my application. One of the requirements is an arts resume and I'm just not sure how exactly to make one or what to put on there! Also, I'm not sure how to …

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What are some of the questions on the MYMIT application?

I would like to know what will be asked on the MIT application. Please let me know! Thanks.

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Common App questions

Most of my main extra-curricular activities are in 12 grade (senior year). So, is that going to reflect negatively on my application?

Also, can I mention more than one organization in the Activities se …

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ACT help

What are some good prep sites for the math and science portions? I took the official paper test and had: 24 Math, 24 Science, 36 Reading, 29 Grammar. I would like to try for an overall 30+ on my actua …

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Is it too late to start thinking of the Ivy League?

I am currently a sophomore in high school and I have done well academically from freshman year up to right now. My concern although, has to do with extracurriculars. I have had a limited amount of top …

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What to do???

Hello ,

I am a student.

I have learned a lot in programming only but not worked on any projects apart from winning a app development competition. My class ten percentage was 96.4%,in 9th and 11th I got …

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Admission to University of Southern California

I am an Indian student (12th just started, batch 2021) currently preparing for JEE, an entrance examination for an Indian engineering college. I have recently started to acquaint myself with admission …

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Making Ivy Leagues a target instead of a long reach

On this website, I put in a bunch of stuff and made GPA a 4.0, ACT 35, and 1 tier A and 9 tier F and G activities, yet it still says that the Ivy Leagues are a long reach, no matter what I do. Does an …

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Should I mention my team?

So I am a member of a constant top 20 school in NSDA rankings. It’s a team of just about 80 people and I have no leadership position on it. But in congress (my primary event) I was to compete at state …

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