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Do I need to have any SAT subject tests? I want to major in psychology and im not sure if i need a subject test. I am taking sat and acts. Im also applying to florida schools. im an incoming senior by …

Hey! can anyone help me think of a topic? Im having a hard time deciding on my topic. I recently moved schools my junior year. I thought about maybe doing about how i didn't make the cheer team and ho …

I am Indian with a curriculum of CBSE board. I don't have honor or AP classes at my school. . I have been studying modern physics with advanced problems and high level calculas and detailed organic c …

Hi, I am trying to decide what essay topic is best for me. So far, I have drafted an essay about my relationship with mental illness and how music helped me. I also have drafts for an essay about my n …

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I am a rising senior and I received my AP Scores. I am planning to major in Pre-Med but I got a:

AP Chem: 3

AP Macro: 5

AP Stat: 5

AP Lit: 5

Should I send in my 3 on AP Chem to elite colleges? I am also …

Hi, I have a quick question.

I am a rising junior in at a public magnet HS. Most of the magnet courses have been reviewed by a committee of educators, including university personnel, and deemed to b …

I'm a rising senior and am doing course selection. I am looking at top colleges like BC & BU.

So far I have taken 3 AP classes (Euro, Lang, Env. Science) and all honors classes. My intended major is p …

Should you take a challenging course load Senior Year, and why or why not?

I am presently in India ..in a area where where there is less chances of presuming my dream hobbies and extracurricular..but even then through some of my relatives ..I started learning programming on …

What if we didn't do an extracurricular for all 4 years of high school? Will it affect me?

To prove my potential, should I redo high school courses or just apply to top colleges as freshman if I had illness first time?

I had illness most of my high school. How can I make up for it and still get into elite colleges as freshman?

I was just informed that my school doesn't keep track of community service hours. How do I keep track? I've done a few since middle school, does that count?

I have a 94% average in a canadian grading system. It's a grading system out of 100 and you can't go higher no matter what courses you take. How will I convert that to american GPA. All my courses are …

In my country, I went to a technical college-and not university- for a diploma and not a degree. I read that as long as you have not done university you can apply as freshman. Can I still apply as f …

Should I redo adult high school in my country if I did not do well the first time due to illness? If yes, should I do all four years of high school?

And, what average do you need in adult high school …

Hello! I am an incoming senior at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. I have a GPA of 3.4 in my junior year and I'm getting worried as I may not receive a full scholarship at NYU, if I …

Hi. I am a rising senior who is looking to dual major either in psychology and classics or psychology and biology (potentially with a German minor) on a pre-med track. Because of the large amount of c …

Hi! I am from Mexico, and I am extremely interested in research, community outreach, medicine, chemistry, and entrepreneurship. I was wondering if any of you had similar interests and/or any suggestio …

Hello, I am a rising senior and I am wondering if I should take the SAT since it has now become optional for many schools. I was supposed to take the SAT in March and then again in the summer, but due …