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I'm a junior at high school and I'm planning on majoring in Economics. I am targeting the most competitive colleges (Ivy League, Stanford, UChicago, Amherst) and have a strong academic profile. Howeve …

Do you need to have an extensive digital footprint (YouTube channels, blogs, websites, etc..) in order to be selected into the best colleges?

I am in 12th (India) and haven’t taken the SAT yet. College board said that they will open registrations on 26th of May. However, it’s 27th (afternoon) and yet not able to register. In the ‘choose tes …

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I am considering writing an essay about my challenge of the notion you can't be gay and Christian through personal experiences. However, I am concerned that there may be a stigma against my applica …

So at all of the schools I’m looking at Public schools that have generally 7k+ undergrad enrollment and is top 200ish. I will have 18+ credit assuming I get mostly 4 and I believe I’m capable of getti …

I am going to be a sophomore next year and I am worried about my college application because I do not have extracurriculars (and I will continue to not have them) because my parents work full time and …

I am going to be a sophomore next year and I have always gotten A's in English, and this year I got an A in Honors English 1. I get good grades but I do not enjoy English as a subject. Should I take A …

I am a freshman student interested in either parks and recreation or sports management undergrad programs. I was wondering what would be good extracurriculars for either of these programs. I am not go …

I've struggled with math my entire life. I excel in English, though, so I'm not too worried about that portion. I'm a freshman and I am taking Algebra I, which I know isn't great, because I'll be comp …

I'm in 9th grade and I have a 4.4 GPA (3.6 unweighted) so far. I took all honors courses except for biology and math. If I am applying as an English major, do the sciences and math matter? I got A+'s …

Im interested in majoring in Political Science or Criminal Justice but most of my application consists of tutoring. Ive been tutoring since 4 years and I have a club where we tutor 10+ students (we ju …

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I'm interested in good Computer Science and engineering extracurriculars for MIT. Also, do you have any recommended summer programs at MIT to do research in Comp. Sci?

What are good schools to apply to if you have great grades and high test scores, but lackluster extracurricular?

I was doing research into good extracurriculars on the collegevine program guide and one line that particularly worried me was "Both parties [school and university] are naturally suspicious that you a …

Hi, I'm a rising junior! So I am deciding on whether I should self-publish on Amazon or this Chinese site (turned to the international market) where I can get a contract and can rank pretty high for t …

Does anybody know any good resources that will help me get better with writing? I've been told that I have a lot of grammar mistakes in my writing and it doesn't have varied sentence structure. I don' …

What makes a good personal statement?

I am really interested in majoring in Political Science or Criminal Justice. I live in a really small area so we don't have many opportunities to get involved in those fields. I was wondering if anybo …

I was watching this YouTube video of a girl that wanted to help other people get in UF like she did. As i was watching the video she said if you take dual enrollment classes and get your AA degree bef …

I am in ninth grade, I will graduate from school in 2023 from a private, Christian School in Chile. I do some extracurricular activities like babysitting, ballet since I was 4 (now I'm 13), piano and …