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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 not entirely sure about Honors Colleges. What are the pros and cons? Do I apply on the Common App or is an invitation offered after the application is accepted? Is the difference between Honors …

In light of the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, I have become bery interested in activism. I have very strict parents, so I haven’t been able to participate in any protests but I have made sure t …

So I'm pretty nervous about the class of 2024 deferring admissions. Will that mean there will be even LESS space for people applying this November and January to colleges?

My school offers 13 or so APs, but I can only take one for sophomore, three for junior, and three for senior year. (so total of 7). I want to take AP other than what school offers, and I want to talk …

So far, I haven't found the right topic for me. Nothing has helped.

I am a rising senior in a public high school. I am mainly a straight-A student with occasional Bs. I have participated in a lot of di …

So I am thinking about taking free online classes from a top-tier school/ivy league, (going to an art major, and a current sophomore), and does it really help into your resume? of course, I am going …

Hey I am an international student.

I am planning to attend yygs next summer ie during my senior year. I want to know what type of extracurricular activities I should have and is it compulsory to have a …

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I am Sana. I am from Pakistan. I am keen interested to get education. But I am financially very weak. I almost complete matriculation. Due to coronavirus I am promoted to class 11th. From my childhood …

Is there any way to accurately factor in the impact that applying Early Decision has on admission chances to a particular school? It's not a criteria on your chancing engine, but for some schools ED …

Rising senior - I know that it is a great/competitive program, but I don't know if I should put it on my apps since I didn't actually get to go and have the experience. Also, where should I put it on …

Just wondering so I can know if I need to do extra-curricular because so far I can't seem to find any.

Background: I am a 10th grader in a public high school beginning to take Dual Enrollment classes at my local Community College toward the end of earning an A.S. in Computer Science. I am pretty intere …

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I am applying this fall, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, both my test dates were canceled. Since one of the schools I'm applying to strongly recommends ACT, I had signed up for it. However, …

The college I want to apply to has an optional supplemental essay, but I have no idea what to write. Is the essay supposed to be about me or my passions, or struggles? Should I even write it if the ap …

Right now I am looking for scholarships on the internet and every time I think I hit jackpot, there is always some kind of clause e.g. I have to live in the US, I have to be 18years old, Scholarship i …

I have been looking at ways to prepare for the SAT and ACT (21 composite ACT, 1170 SAT) and have been seeing lists of what I should be reading (stuff like the New Yorker, the Classics, etc). Is this i …

I'm rising senior. I will apply to colleges this year so I wanted to know when I could start filling out the Common App info like ECs, Honours, and also check for Supplemental essays. I created my com …

Is there an email address or something? Or maybe a different section?

My SAT & ACT score isn't the highest, and my GPA isn't that high either. My SAT & ACT scores, as well as GPA is very mediocre, as a matter of fact, it's slightly above average. But I take IB level cou …