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I finally had the opportunity to take the SAT last October 3 and achieved a 1490. However, MIT's 25th percentile is 1500. Should I report my 1490 or should I apply test optional?

In terms of context, …

I am applying Early Decision to a school that has an optional essay prompt that is similar to the main Common App essay prompt I want to submit to other schools. Can I submit the Early Decision appli …

I was wondering why my chances of admission to certain schools is so high. I have a 3.8 GPA with 1330 SAT, with more or less an average list of extracurricular activities for the schools I'm looking …

Hi, I am a senior and I was wondering if anyone could answer the question above? I plan on taking the SAT that my school is offering this month. I think that I might get my scores after the early acti …

Carnegie Mellon's cybersecurity competition 2018 (PicoCTF), the largest cybersecurity competition in history

competed in teams of four against other STEM-oriented students.

got top 50 among 12,000+ team …

How do I add more schools to compare list, and /or delete schools

Is Early Decision Binding?

My school uses Naviance to send transcripts and letters of recommendation. Students are required to connect their Naviance to the Common app in order to send information to Common app schools. I tried …

Hi! So, I've heard it said, even when I went to a small seminar about applying to U of Michigan, that college admissions officers would rather see B's in harder classes than A's in easy classes. I jus …

How hard is it to get into COMP SCI University of houston?

What is the Average GPA that international students need to get into harvard

I don't know who @DebaterMAX is but he's answered so many questions and helped so many people so this isn't really a question but rather thanking him for what he's done for us.

(This doesn't infract com …

Hello, I'm a freshman and have been in school for 8 weeks now. So far my grades have stayed in the A-A+ range and I've been working on a web application that aims to help student with Distance Learnin …

If I apply to a school for early decision will they accept the November 7th sat or will it be too late?

My WGPA is only 3.4 and I was hoping for a 1500 SAT to get into TCU. I only got a 1440 and will retake in November, should I still EA with this SAT?

I know it may seem like a silly question, but in all honesty, I'm published a book or two on Wattpad, and am considering making a Webtoons with a friend. The only reason I'm really doing it, is to add …

I am currently a senior working on my college applications. Last summer, I took a few courses from my local community college; I enrolled directly in the college and the courses were not affiliated wi …

Hi, I am an international student from Costa Rica

In my high school we receive 17 subjects our first 2 years of high school, and the last 2, we receive 19( because we change general sciences to chemist …

I was recruited to play softball, but as a division 3 school, there are not athletics scholarships offered and my admission into the school cannot be guaranteed. I wonder how much this matters.

How do I update SAT scores? I made an error entering them. ALso, I would like to ree the change an increase in SAT scores will make