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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 applied to University of Alaska Anchorage and got accepted, so I wanted to add it to my college list, but I don't see it in the options. Is there a way to add a new college?

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I was just wondering if demographics play any role in college admission chances? I assume that colleges have quotas they want to fill in terms of geographic diversity, but I don't actually know. Fo …

Is there any way for me to include the independent research work I've done on my application if it was for the class AP Research. Would it count as an activity cause it was technically done for a clas …

Hi, I'm a senior who is really interested in applying to schools out of my home state, but I'm having trouble answering the short responses. I'm currently stuck on the short answer section for all my …

I'm really struggling with showing and not telling, so how you anyone suggest incorporating it into my essays? Using imagery is not my strong suit especially since what I write about are overall exper …

I'm applying to two universities through common app and both the majors are sort of different. one is communication and the other is in arts and design? what do I say on my personal essay to talk abou …

I am a Junior and about to be a Senior, I need assistance with my requirements for graduating high school and getting a diploma. I need to know how many credits I need to graduate and what I also need …

i am a sophmore so i have time to change what i planning to do

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I only have one AP score to report since my school does not offer humanities AP classes. My only consolation is that my other stats are high.

Does …

I am a junior in high school and a IB student. I have taken several IB and honors classes and I definitely feel happy with where my grades are currently at I have above a 3.9 unweighted and above a 4. …

I used my common app essay to talk about my academic interests and why I'm passionate about them, but now things are a little tricky for me. A few of the supplements I have to write ask me why I'm int …

Does anyone know where I can view case studies for students accepted to ivy league schools? Like what their stats, extracurriculars, LORs were? I found a few college blogs but was wondering if anyone …

So I am a freshman, and i have a question on a lot of the schools I am going to apply to say on my chancing that I have a strong profile and it says, "You have a strong admissions profile for this sch …

Hi! I'm planning on applying to UVA RD (School of Architecture) as an in-state student and I am still undecided on which rec letter to send to UVA. 1 is required from a core subjects teacher and I don …

NYU allows applicants to submit 3 AP scores. Last year, I took 4 AP exams but for some reason there is no option to select which scores you want to send to a specific college? Any idea on how I can su …

I am applying to Drexel University and a high school senior. I am doing A-Levels from Cambridge and came across this question as followed:

Will you complete the following courses prior to your high sch …

For the MIT application, there are 4 types of creative portfolios that an applicant can submit:

- Research

- Visual Arts

- Music

- Makers

I wanted to ask whether the maximum limit of submitting a portfolio …

Are there any Virginia colleges with strong language programs? Especially German? I would like to major in German or in Linguistics, but I don't have many good options right now.