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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 can read tarot, and I couldn’t decide whether I should use it for my supplemental essays to show the admission officers a new aspect of me. Can you help me? Thank you!!!

hi everyone! I am a rising junior and although I know I have a fair amount of time before I have to choose a major and school, I want to plan ahead and started looking a few months ago. before I conti …

Hi! I am currently filling out the activities section of the common app. I have participated in theatre for all four years of HS, but during my junior year became the president of the program. I am li …

In addition, the calculator says my gpa, courseworks and extracurricular are excellent for UCI, but why is my chance only 32-40%? In contrast, when I tried with Cal state it said my chance was 92%

I will be a freshman in high school and most people tell me it is too early to prepare for college. But that is not stopping me from going to my dream college. I want tips on how to get into Harvard.

I want to become a lawyer and I am not sure if I should double major or a major/minor in college. I'm almost certain that I will major in political science but I heard that there aren't many job prosp …

I'm a rising senior and thinking about trying to start a virtual tutoring service for students in my district. Do you have any ideas about how I should go about this and how useful this would be on my …

I'm 18 years old and I'm a Sri Lankan. Am I too late to get ready for ivy league? and how are my chances of getting in?

With many blogs and websites claiming that students looking to apply and eventually attend fairly competitive colleges need a spike in a certain subject, does that mean that students like myself, who …

Since I live in LA, and most of the testing centers are closed, will not submit my test score make it harder/hurt my chances of a top college accepting me?

Also, If I just started volunteering at a YMC …

Should I include family responsibilities like taking care of younger siblings and helping cook as an extracurricular on my commonapp?

I want to know how much each prospected college would cost me, but I don't know how comfortable I would be giving all of my parents bank and salary info. Has someone here used it already? If you have, …

I'm trying to decide between the act or sat. Do colleges prefer one or the other?

Should I apply to safeties or not if I think I have a really good chance of getting into top tier schools. The chancing profile here gives me 60%+ chance of getting into top schools.

My friend is starting a non-profit and she is making me choose between the director of web development or as the co-founder of the non-profit. I really enjoy doing both but should I make everything in …

Will taking a lot senior year be able to make up for the other years?

1) Is having 3.0 GPA bad ? Will it reduce my chances of getting into college even if my SAT score is good?

2) Due to the pandemic, there is not many options available fro extracurricular activities. …

How do I study for SAT I and II ? Both are just a month a part.Im writing next year March.

Any tips please let me know.

Does shadowing even count as an extracurricular? If so what kind? I’m a sophomore seeking info.

Hi! I am a senior and I want to study economics.

When I research good universities for a bachelor's in economics, the Ivys and other widely known universities always pop up. My question is, what other …