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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 …

So I took AP Research last year. For that class we spent the year writing a 4-5 thousand word academic research paper. I ended up getting my paper published in a scientific journal. Should I include t …

During quarentine I've been doing some courses that unfortunatly do not have certificates available, should I still credit them in my extracurriculars ?

I am a junior in high school and a prospective international college student and I've been having some trouble when noting my extracurriculars, I do not know how to explain them. I had a few test base …

I have earned an A.S. Degree from my local community college via dual enrollment. How should I input this into my extracurricular chancing profile (i.e. under what category and level/tier)?

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I am currently working on my application for Georgetown and in the section for listing extra-curriculars, there is an option to submit a resume. I have never made a resume for myself, but I kind of ne …

I just found out that my school offers 24 honors courses and 11 AP courses!! However, in the student handbook that they give us, it says they offer a "couple" of honors courses and 9 AP. I've only tak …

Hi! I'm working on project to create a risk free environment for teen writers (ages 13-19) allowing them to explore their own creativity and writing. However, we don't have many users on our site and …

I am a rising senior and am interested in studying foreign affairs and a language. I have been researching for some government involvement opportunities that are still taking place, but due to COVID-1 …

Hi, I know this question is asked a lot but I want to add my perspective. I am a rising senior. I have a 3.98 unweighted GPA and by the end of my senior year will have taken 4 honors courses and 5 AP …

Is it helpful to put Junior Scholar and Duke Tip on your resume

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I am unsure on how to define my extracurricular piano for the chancing section (what tier).

I have been playing since 2nd grade and have taken each year the available tests from the state music te …

Okay so I am enrolled in two community college classes for this summer and I read that both classes will be counted as APs. While calculating my GPA on this site, there is a huge difference in what my …

I’m a freshman and I want to get accepted into schools like Harvard , Yale, John Hopkins, etc. Schools that have great medical programs, but my extracurriculars suck. I’m going to be a sophomore this …

I’m a freshman and I want to get accepted into schools like Harvard , Yale, John Hopkins, etc. Schools that have great medical programs, but my extracurriculars suck. I’m going to be a sophomore this …

Since many colleges are now test optional for the next admissions cycle, I'm wondering if I should or shouldn't submit my SAT scores for applying to selective institutions (Wellesley, Middlebury, Amhe …

Hey I'm in As(grade11) just gave my A1 exams this year but the cambridge said that our As grades wont be considered so the A2 grades will be then our overall Alevels grades. I have satisfactory grades …

I am moving back to the USA and I've been homeschooled (I'm in the 9th grade), but I was not aware of any credits that were needed to go back into the public schooling system.

hi im a homeschooled student who lives in nj but school is florida based i want to go to public school. i am in ninth grade. how many credits do i need to be considered a sophmore in the state of nj. …

I've heard non-official practice tests for the SAT aren't the most realistic compared to CollegeBoard's practice tests. If I finish all 8 official tests, what material should I use?

What do you do if your an international student applying to a few ivy league schools and there are quite a lot of things hindering your acceptance into these schools? Life in my country students do no …