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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 …

Highschool sophomore preparing for college,hey Mr/Mrs I was born and raised in Africa and I've been brought up by my father all through my life the question of not having a mother at home has always a …

I'm a current sophomore, and I was wondering if it is good to take more than five APs next year? I don't do much community service or anything in particular outside, but I do stress a lot in school. I …

I'm currently 14 and would like to graduate my sophomore year. This is because I simply have always wanted to, and want to push myself. I would like to know if a college would accept me at 15 or 16? I …

Why do race/ethnicity demographics add/take-away from the chancing profile? I sort of understand that colleges want to add “diversity” to their campus, but how significant of a role does the cultural …

If I got semifinalist in the biology Olympiad, then is that a good achievement or should I only add this in my college apps if I was a finalist? Semifinalist is usually top 10% of test takers in the O …

I am an international student and at my school I am the first student ever to apply for an international college, so they don't know what to do as neither do I; therefore, we are struggling to get wha …

I am a junior and I am planning to conduct research in the upcoming summer. I was wondering if anyone could advise regarding what kind of research do prospective students put in their MIT Research Por …

I want to edit my ISFAA form to change how much my family can contribute for my college education. I have already submitted it to a college. Can I submit an edited version to a different college?

I am from Massachusetts, to elaborate more my test scores are good but my gpa is not fully up to par with Chapman’s average. College vine gave me about a 20-30% chance. But something that may set me a …

Hi, I'm currently a senior in high school. I have been answering surveys for a long time since I thought it would help those who conduct the surveys. Would this be considered an extracurricular activi …

Some schools I'm interested in will take the online CLT (Classic Learning Test). But we're only talking about three schools. Should I just apply without scores instead?

I took the ACT in 2019, and the SAT in 2020 - however, I did not score well on the SAT and don't want to include that score in my application. Is it possible to omit that score while self-reporting?

I am a current junior and I’ve been looking into the UC schools for a while and I think I want to go to one. I love the idea of going to school in California. I visited California a year ago and absol …

I entered all of my stats and it says my stats are "excellent" in the GPA, coursework, and extracurricular category (I haven't taken the SAT or ACT and the school is test-optional). However, it says i …

My coach said he will submit a recommendation letter by December 1st on the Common App. He hasn't started and is not picking up his phone or answering his emails, so it's looking pretty unlikely he w …

Hi! I've decided recently to drop my Honors Algebra 2 class in favor of the standard class. I am personally glad of the choice as it has relieved quite a bit of stress and had quite a negative impact …

I have been selected for a national Chemistry Olympiad in my country and I received an honorable mention for it. Should I mention it in the honors section? Or should I only mention medals I've won in …

I received 4 awards for music performance in a graded music performance in my state. On the Common App should I log just the hours I actually spent at the performance or do I also log the time I spent …

I'm an international student who doesn't have anyone in our family or nearby who has studied abroad. It is very hard to single-handedly gather information online and find specific answers to the ques …

ACT or SAT which one will be cheaper for an international student overall? If we consider the fees of sending the scores to different colleges, registration fees (if any) etc. How much would the both …