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Public school

Grade 11

In Africa

Swaziland

Hey there,

Can I add courses I take on coursera as part of my activities?

Also, if I participated in an extracurricular while in high school and graduated is it worth mentioning?

What does one do if the essay topic is cliche? Like, it's something the admission committee would have seen before but it's also meaningful to you?

Hi, my UW GPA is 3.96/4.0 whereas my weighted is 4.21. Because of COVID i was not able to get the weight of 3 out of 4 of my AP classes that I took during junior yr, since my school did pass/fail grad …

I live in a very remote place of India and we don't have much opportunities here. Our school doesn't even have a cousellor and provide zero extracurricular activities to do. I really don't do anything …

What is the difference between a weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale and an unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale?

I follow the Cambridge International Examinations curriculum, and am currently doing 3 AS Levels and 3 A Levels and have 7 IGCSEs. I have a few questions about how the transcript should look:

1. These …

Any great AP Chemistry resources? Feel free to drop links!

I am trying to complete the chancing tool and it asks for the number of AP classes and HR classes. Do I count by semester or by full year? For example, I took 3 classes per year in AP.

Do I count as 3 …

Hi I am currently a rising senior and I have a really low weighted GPA (3.6) and I was just wondering whether colleges count the first semester grades of senior year into cumulative GPA calculations a …

UMich has a Culture and Diversity Prompt that asks you to describe a community that you are part of. I talked about a community called Swadhyay, which is a spiritual community that tries to revive anc …

I want to attend Duke for a lot of reasons. I love their academics, athletics, and school spirit. However, I want to major in filmmaking, theatre, and pre-law. Duke has all of those majors. I know Duk …

Growing up without financial means has had a profound effect on me and my family. Is it okay to write about that in the "overcoming challenges" prompt?

Hey guys! Rising junior here, and I'm considering applying to more selective schools. So, to sum it up, one of the essay topics that I am heavily considering writing goes something like:

Talk about gr …

HI! I got my college essay reviewed on Collegevine. I was really happy about the positive feedback and criticisms. However (according to the reviewer) my essay belongs in the "bottom 41%" of essays ap …

Hi, I am currently a rising senior and I am planning my courses out for the school year. I plan to go into Chemical Engineering in college as my major so which course will look better to colleges: A b …

I have a few ideas about what to write for my essays. One of my ideas was to write about a embarrassing moment during my competition that changed my perspective on something non-academic related but t …

feel free to give advice <3

This year is the beginning of my senior year and I plan to begin college at the beginning of the next school year, when should I start applying to colleges? Is there a timeline I should follow?

I'm going into 9th grade and I don't know if I'm able to change a certain course I'm really confused so I really need someone to answer my question as briefly as possible. Please and Thank You.

My stor …