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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 have only taken 1 AP (AP Lang and scored a 5) going into my senior year. A lot of my friends have taken up to 5 already. I want my application to be as competitive as theirs, but I don’t know if tha …

This fall i am going to be a sophomore, and i want to start doing extracurriculars i was wondering if anyone could help me with which extracurriculars would benefit me when applying to colleges in the …

i failed my ap test. Will colleges care that I don't report it? The subject (econ) has nothing to do with my major (art history). Will colleges like NYU care if they can see that I took the class but …

Hi! I am thinking of applying in early action in universities like - Cornell (Early decision), University of Texas, University of Illinois Urbana champs, and maybe a UC. I wanted to ask I have an exce …

My CV chancing engine says I have a 25% chance at Stanford and I was wondering whether applying REA could improve my chances.

My school requires two leadership positions to be a member of NHS, and I only hold one (Co-president of the Academic Decathlon Team)... So I am wondering whether not having NHS on my activities would …

I’m a rising senior and due to COVID it looks like I can’t take the ACT until September, but I want to apply early so I get the first shot at the majors I want. Is it possible to apply now and send th …

I am a sophomore in high school and I am interested in the medical field. I have just decided that I want to go this direction so I do not really feel prepared on what to accomplish these next three y …

After thinking a lot and learning my school will allow me to apply to more than I've already chosen, I would like to apply to Upenn Early Decision. I originally wasn't going to consider it because I a …

Before COVID-19 hit, I was studying for the ACT for about a year. I had reached my goal during mock tests constantly (33) and was prepared to take the ACT. However, since all three of my ACT's have be …

Hi, I finished up my Junior year of High school and I am very interested in a Biochemistry major with a Pre-Med track. However math and science are not my best subjects, I have taken four math classes …

My Daughter is applying for BSMD but when I am selecting admission journey at a glance it does not give me option to select BSMD. May be there is something I am missing or it does not have that option …

I'm always looking to apply to good STEM internships or summer programs for high school students, but most of them cost over $3,000 and I don't have the money to pay for something like that. Does anyo …

Which one do you think is better on the premed track and why?

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I'm going to be shadowing a surgeon for the first time. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

So I checked my chances for Pomona (9% acceptance rate) and it shows up as a 76-84% chance. Should I trust such a result? Is the data on the chancing calculator skewed by a particular anomaly for that …

I'm currently in 12th grade and I'm preparing for SAT and other components of application process for applying to top 50 Universities in usa . In my country there are very few school and Colleges that …

Hi I am a rising senior this year and to tell the truth. I am quite lost as far as my application goes. My unweighted gpa is around a 3.5 so far while my weighted is barely around a 4.0 I have taken 1 …

Im a junior. I dont have any extra curriculars. Is it too late now? What should I do?

Hi, I am applying for a STEM program in which we must write some essays, and one of them is particularly about a time that I collaborated in a group. I am planning to write about my internship last su …