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What is the essay count for Texas A & M supplemental essays along with their engineering essays? Its not listed on their website.

Also is it better to use coalition app verus apply texas? Any recomend …

I always thought I wanted to major in computer science, but after doing a summer internship and looking at other people's experiences I've decided to apply as undecided. The only problem is that a lot …

I'm a rising senior and one of my main activities is tutoring kids at a local middle school. But due to covid I can't really do this right now. So my question is should I still list that I did this ac …

My school is offering calculus, AP calculus, and Integrated Math as options for math subjects to seniors. They are saying that they would recommend Integrated Math to students who will not be pursuing …

I am Senorita Dutt, grade 10.

At first, I put "prefer not to say" for race, then hit calculate for a bunch of colleges I was looking to get into. Let's call the target college I was most interested in, College of X. It said my cha …

I did the TOEFL last month and obtained a 108. 28 in reading and writing, 29 in listening, and 23 in speaking. I am from El Salvador and will very likely apply without SAT scores due to the ongoing pa …

Hi, in light of the ongoing pandemic, I was wondering if I could apply this year but enroll until next one in university.

my secondary school is a govt. school and grading type is the percentage(Indian curriculum).

My name is Bisrat Benyam I live in ethopia and i learn in South West Acadamey.I am a grade nine student I am brave I love to learn history subject .

I get this collage in web site I think It will be go …

As most if not all of us are going to be having virtual school, would taking courses on Udemy and getting certified add value to my college application? Will it count as an extracurricular?

I am in grade 10 . I am from Seth Anandram Jaipuria School , India. If the answer to the above question is yes, then which websites should they be?

I am grade nine student and I am second high school student. I am brave in my grade I love to learn a history.

Thank You.

I have this web application that’s targeted towards younger students and I want to ask the school district to promote it. But I don’t know if they’ll take me seriously since I’m in the 9th grade. I wa …

I'm just curious what the people on here think about COVID-19 affecting admissions for domestic and int'l students.

Many schools in many countries do not provide AP classes or honors. Will these affect the chances of getting in? How will the admissions committee get to know the difficulty level one is accustomed to …

I am a junior and I have very few extracurricular activities. I have gotten different answers as to their importance.

I know they're important, but I worked since the summer before sophomore year. I …

Hi, I have a bit of a dilemma.

So I am wondering whether it is more beneficial for me to apply REA at a school I have only a 20% chance at, or to apply Early Action to a mix of reach, target, safety.

I'm planning to attend NJIT next year so I would like to know how many essays I have to write. Thanks

Hi, I would love it if someone can say to me if the most important during the application process is the essay and extracurriculars?

I mean, I know GPA and SAT are important, also I want to know if now …