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I have spent 12 years attending a foreign language school here in the US on top of regular school.

I did not take a foreign language in high school, I instead went to a foreign language school.

I have a …

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I'm currently working on my Yale application and have come to the "Why Yale?" essay. From my reading, I've often seen that I should talk about specific attributes of the school I am applying to.

Cur …

For the common app essay do I need a title even I already selected a prompt that common already gave us? I just need to copy and paste the essay from my docs to common app right? Do I need to include …

So I'm applying to Cornell and they accept three letters of rec(one from a counselor and two from a teacher). Cornell strongly suggests that applicants don't send an additional letter unless it really …

I tutor middle school students in my school district as part of a club. The club is called "Link". So I was wondering if I should list this name of the club as the organization name, even though it is …

I can't afford the fees in Columbia. I will be happy if there is anyone who knows how to get a financial aid. Thanks for attention!!!

I took 4 AP tests this past May (2020), and due to my scores (3,3,4,5), I earned the "AP Scholar with Honor Award." Is this award hard to get, or is it equivalent to a "participation" award? Should I …

I scored a 1500 on my SAT (1600 is perfect, put me in 99th%), but only scored 16/24 on the essay: Is that a poor essay score? Will it affect my acceptance chances at all?

I am applying for University of Houston and it says that the essay is optional. Should I bother writing it or would it significantly boost my chances?

I was just looking at the Calculator and wanted to know what the probability would me to get into ivies as they're stated as hard targets for me.

Can you guys tell me your results from using Collegevine's admission calculator? Did you get accepted to your reaches? Hard targets? Targets? Safeties? Please inform me. This obviously applies to last …

Is it necessary to contact the counselor and correct the mistake or email the new essay copy. Or is it better to ignore the mistake since the word is not a big deal.

I am a senior looking to go out of state, and I'm wondering if I should limit my search to private colleges because I know financial aid will cover it.

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I'm just a little stuck on what to say, I described what I did in the other box but I'm not sure what my position would be.

So my SAT score is 50-100 points below some of the schools that I'm applying to middle 50% score range. My guifance counselor said I should submit my score for scholarship consideration, but I don't w …

If I had a national competition that I was invited to canceled due to the pandemic, should I mention that in the designated section and if I should, should I just explain what happened or treat it as …

Hi there,

If I have to upload a document via google drive on my commonapp, what access would commonapp have to my documents. Because, google drive said commonapp would have access to all my docs, I'm …

How are the extracurricular activities ranked. Please explain and interpret the tier ranking system you have on the chancing profile.

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Hey, could someone help and maybe give some basic points to answer this question with. I don't want a basic haha i love your school because of the football team. I want it so they know I know alot abo …