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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 am looking for some ways to make my resume stand out more and I am trying to find virtual ways to do so, whether it be extracurricular activities or volunteering. Any suggestions?

My school partners with 2 local universities to offer CC courses. AP courses are also offered as well as the utilization of an Honors designation. A course may have any combination of these designat …

I had a family emergency pop up and couldn't attend the 4 pm, June 18th Live Profile Review live stream. I noticed I could watch other past live streams, but not the profile review. Is this the same f …

I will be joining the business club in the fall, but until then I was looking for opportunities to improve my resume over the summer.

I am just applying to state schools, not ivys and my ACT score is a 28. I have not gotten a chance to take the SAT yet but I know it will be a lot lower based on my PSAT scores. My GPA is around a 4.3 …

I started with Algebra 2 Honors, then to Geometry Honors, then Precalc Honors, then AP Calc AB

A2H Grade: B-

Planning to get at least an A- in the rest

I have a weighted GPA of 4.125 and an unweighted GPA of 3.68. Is that considered good? I have taken 5 AP classes so far and I am not sure how colleges will look at that because my grades are not the b …

4.05 GPA, 33 act superscored, I am in a volunteering club, Students Against Destructive Decisions club, Debate club, and am on the varsity Baseball team. I also have been playing instruments consisten …

I have always leaned towards the science field, but now, right before my senior year I decided I want to do business as my major. What can I do to be looked at by prestigious colleges? My stats are no …

With an abundance of schools going test optional for the class 2021, including Ivy schools, how will they determine who gets the scholarships? I have a 4.6 GPA and if I choose not to submit my test sc …

I have taken mostly dual enrollment, ap classes, and honor classes since freshman year. I am now a junior going into my senior year.

Hey, I'm a rising senior and I have a question regarding transcript/gpa. My cumulative gpa right now is a 3.78, and the schools that I am considering to applying to are schools like University of Geor …

I want to use the essay review tools/submit my essay for review on the stream tonight, but someone brought up potential plagiarism—should I be worried/not submit my essays to these platforms? I come f …

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I have some doubts. If I do the last year of high school in the USA, and Improve my grades will I be able to get good scholarship at the university. What's the biggest scholarship I can have?

Hello I'm going to be a rising junior this fall and I'm very worried about my transcript and courses. At the beginning of the school year, I wasn't aware about the opportunities offered at my school. …

What would be some good extracurriculars for a tenth grader who is condsidering majoring in classics in college? Are there any besides reading classics or learning latin and greek? Are there any that …

I logged into my account just now to find that many of my % chances of admission have changed drastically--this is true on my phone and laptop, and I double checked to ensure that I didn't change my c …

Which universities are SAT test-optional and are fairly easy to get in.

Hi, I’m a junior going into my senior year of highschool. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, a lot of the volunteering opportunities I wanted to take up at hospitals has vanished. My ability to get a j …

I am a high school Junior and am currently working on the West Point application process. Before I go too far into the lengthy process I am curious wether I will be legally bound to attend the Univer …