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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

I’m a 9th grader and I was wondering How can I find something to develop a spike in? My brother said I could be good at running, but I’m not sure if I’d like it. But I feel like if I don’t do it I’ll …

Since the Common App only offers so many activity slots, I have ran out of space. I have room for one more activity and I need to decide between Beta Club and playing guitar as a hobby. I would choose …

So I have written two different Common App Essays.

One is about how a project I did in middle school led to further research, which ultimately shaped my character as a person. The essay is about how t …

Since the Common App only offers so many activity slots, I have ran out of space. I have room for one more activity and I need to decide between Beta Club and playing guitar as a hobby. I would choose …

I provided my GPA on my chancing profile out of a 5.0 scale but I feel like the information is off when I am looking through college statistics. should I have entered it out of a 4.0 scale?

On an IB scale is a 4 a C+ or a B- and is a 5 a B+

Hi, I'm an international student.

My weighted GPA on a scale of 4.0 is 3.27. My average grade is B+.

I was very motivated with the colleges I wanted to apply to, like (UNC-Chapel Hill, Penn, Harvard, G …

I am a rising junior in high school and I go to boarding school which means for me it is a lot harder for me to do anything outside since my school is pretty far from the town and also far from my hom …

Throughout high-school, I've always been on the honor roll with a 3.5 GPA. Does my grades really affect my college application? Is there any way that I can improve my extracurricular to help me get in …

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 …

So recently I looked at the College Vine data information that it is now including the test-optional option and because of this all of my acceptance chances went up by a lot. Before my chances of gett …

Hi! I only took the test once during junior year. I scored a 1470. My top choice universities are UChicago, Northwestern, Harvard, Cornell, Stanford. Do you think that it would work in my favor, put m …

I am the first one apply to abroad universities in my whole district am I in disadvantage.

Will not reporting the exam or getting a 2 on the exam look worse?

3 schools I am applying to, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, and Cornell University, all give me the option through Common App to upload my resume. I have a resume I have been updatin …

I'm signed up to take the SAT in October and my previous score was 1300. I'm positive my score will improve to atleast 1350 but I'm wondering if its worth it to submit say a 1400 score to a university …

I followed the advice in the answers to my last question. I emailed my consular and they said they could help me. I asked my consular but it's been 2 weeks and I still haven't heard back from the teac …

Most of the schools I'm applying to require teacher recommendations, but some also give you the option to submit one from someone else as well. My counselor suggested coaches but I don't play any spor …

I've always been told to start applying for scholarships early in my senior year, but now that I'm here I can't seem figure out who to find reliable scholarships that aren't just websites trying to in …

My SAT test center is closed, and I’m really worried about being on the disadvantage side when applying to colleges. My grades are good, but I didn’t take the many AP classes, only 5 AP classes and on …