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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 working on a scholarship application and part of it asks me to list my "in school extracurricular activities" and "outside of school extracurricular activities" separately. Obviously, things like …

There is a lot of Scholarship contest going on and some of my classmates and I are surprised to see 10 lists of available scholarship contest for the scholarship money. I know it is for college, but I …

My school only does a weighted scale so I can't see my unweighted GPA. Should I put the weighted GPA that is on my transcript into the chancing engine? My school has a WEIGHTED scale that is out of 4, …

I want to major in chemical engineering and I really want to stand out in my elite college apps. I don’t really know of any super good extracurriculars for this major, though.

Can an international student who's not a US citizen choose "Your annual family income falls within the Income eligibility guidelines set by the USDA Food and Nutrition Service" in the common app if he …

I am a senior and already applied to the business school, but I realized that my ACT score is on the lower end of their score. My superscore is a 31 and the average ACT for the business school is 30-3 …

Hi, I'm wrapping up applications and am trying to find out what level award is seal of biliteracy on common app? Is it a high school award, regional, or state award?

What is your understanding and does it hurt Asians?

First and foremost, here is a piece of the email I received (just to provide some insightful information):

“This year all one-on-one interviews will be conducted virtually (Zoom, Skype, Facetime, etc. …

I was deferred from my top choice school, and am going to write a letter of continued interest. How would I go about this? What is the format? What should I include?

I'm a junior in Highschool and I want go to back into steps 1,2 and 3 to add other activities an update my PSAT scores and look at how I match with schools based on the new information.

I’m my high school we don’t have IB or AP courses, but we have GAC courses.

Hi,

As an international student, I do not know whether I am eligible for financial aid and/or scholarship in PennState.

Can anyone give me some reference? Thanks.

I am a Junior in highschool and my average GPA is a 3.86. I’m taking AP’s, but I don’t have a lot of extracurriculars. I want to major in psychology. What schools would be best? I’ve had trouble findi …

Hi, I'm a senior in high school. I am applying to a lot of schools and I am looking for ways where I would be able to fund my tuition for college. I am currently considered an international student wh …

On an optional supplement to a fairly prestigious school, I accidentally submitted the wrong draft. The only difference is one or two typos that weren't corrected until the final draft. The submission …

My parents both went to Wright State University (Ohio), which has an acceptance rate of about 95%. What, if any, effect will being their child have on my application there? (I'm currently a HS freshma …

Does anyone know if there is a website that shows the average stats of the people who got accepted into colleges (grades, average ap class, # of years of language, ecs, tests scores)? Specifically the …

My child is a gap year student. He has applied this year for undergraduate in engineering. His 11 grade marks are low -64%. He has 94 5 marks in the other three years. Will this affect his application …

How do I start writing a college essay and what about?