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I'm a international student and I only started my college abroad project this year, my extracurricular and grades are not the best, but I am significantly improving, if I reach "perfection" in these t …

Hi there,

If a college asks you to write about how their location would impact you, what are you supposed to write about? What is the sort of response they expect to see?

When is EA deadline?

12th grade pass

12th grade pass

12th pass in MSB board at India

As an international student, some Universities require that I send a translated version of my high school transcripts. Any recommendations of online certified translators would be very helpful!

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I'm a 10th grader, who just took the SAT on September 26 and is currently awaiting score. I go to a secondary school in Ghana, although I am American, and take Ghanaian-based curriculum. I also tak …

Hi,

this is a really simple question, but I just want to make sure that I'm on the right track.

Should I write about my ACT and SAT subject tests cancellation due to COVID-19 on the additional informati …

I’m a junior and for the first two years of high school, I went to a small under-resourced school in rural town. My school didn’t have many opportunities to win awards other than Principal’s List (A’s …

Where does Collegevines school ranking come from? I tried to compare it to US News but the ranks weren't matching up.

I am senior in highschool, and I am writing my common app personal essay. For my essay topic I was wondering if it was too cliche to write about football and how the injuries I sustained from led me t …

One of my schools requires an essay about a piece of literature that inspired you. For me, a particular poem came to mind. However, my common app essay is about how I discovered poetry (and the poem I …

My teacher mentioned a volunteer project in the rec-letter that is not on my common app activities list.

I am a member of my school's varsity badminton team. However, due to the pandemic, I haven't had a chance to play this year. How will this impact my application?

Hi! I came to America as a study abroad student, but I want to pursue a more advanced goal since my school only offers until AP art and I want to learn more about art in other cultures.

So you think t …

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So I have given 8 IGCSE exams. Some of my colleges require me to fill out the Courses and Grade section on common app.

The problem is that the IGCSE results were on the following scale: A, A, B, C, …

Well this website is obviously for American students and there are fields that I couldn't fill properly for the difference of evaluation in American and Turkey like (GPA, Grades, extracurricular activ …

My school does not provide any AP courses. However, they do have a program in which we can take classes at our local community college and in our senior year- at a university. I'm still taking a rigor …

My teachers have asked me to provide them with an outline for a letter of recommendation which they will then modify as per their thoughts. Is there some good LOR repository I could refer to for writi …