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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 …

My GPA is a 2.69 right now, but my high school counselor found spaces in my schedule to allow me to retake some of the classes I didn't do so well in, but for the grades to be replaced I have to compl …

Hi! I'm going to apply to some US universities and I want to know if they know in some countries the exams are more difficult and that my grades are good here ( 8,6/10 in sophmore year) but when I con …

I am starting high school next month, and I have a hobby of writing songs. Will I be able to include this as an extracurricular activity in the future, and do colleges favor it?

I am in my senior year, and plan on applying to Princeton. I recently found out about the graded paper requirement and have looked everywhere for tips. However, nobody talks about writing the actual p …

From 9th grade all the way till the 3rd marking period (or quarter) of 11th grade, my grades have been very consistent. They've been in the As and just a very few Bs. But with online schooling during …

I'm a rising high school senior. I have previously volunteered and worked in a Sunday School throughout high school and will continue to work. I have also volunteered in an after school program on Fri …

I've always wanted to become a doctor and know for sure that I want to pursue medicine. I want to apply to bs-md programs, however, I dont really have any medical or health related activities. I was p …

I am a rising senior that attends an "elite" private school in NYC. I have appx. a 3.6/3.7 GPA (my school does not do GPA's or class rank), I have been on varsity track, for all three seasons, for all …

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Hi! I plan on applying to Chapman University as a Public Relations and Advertising Major. The general application process is already long on its own, but the creative supplement application for my int …

My freshman year was not a very good one and it really brought my grades down. If you don't count it I would have a high 3.95+ GPA but due to it, it went down to a low 3.8. How will I tell top college …

So I am currently a rising senior and I was supposed to hold several leadership positions for activities starting the new school year. If my activities will be canceled due to the pandemic, will I sti …

I've worked for two different non-profits so far and would like to include them in my profile to see if they raise my chances of getting accepted into colleges. But I can't find the right category for …

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I am a rising senior applying so far with an unweighted gpa of a 3.5 and a weighted of a 4.0 and taking several AP/IB/CC courses. I have one bad semester of junior year that has pl …

I currently have a 3.3 on a 4.0 scale and I will be taking the ACT and SAT before the end of 2020. I want to raise it by applying to early decision in January 2021. Will the chances of me being accept …

My gpa range is between a 3.0-3.20. I’m a rising senior and I’m starting to worry about not getting accepted into schools that I’d like to apply to because it’s low. Any advice on what I should do to …

I'm a rising senior, and I'm still in the process of deciding whether standardized testing is a good idea for me. I haven't been satisfied with my scores on both the ACT and SAT, but I'm showing small …

senior student who attends a school not offering AP exams

I have taken one AP course each year of high Schoo. I know other students take 3 or 4. Just because I've only taken one per year, will that lessen my chances of being accepted if it came down between …

I have made a switch in recent weeks to decide to do engineering instead of physics as my college major. I was wondering whether I should apply undeclared or whether I should declare as electrical rig …