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Do you think if I earn a 3.6-3.8 GPA by the end of junior year of the 4th card marking (if it would count knowing this will be my actual 2nd-semester grade without finals) should I try looking into ap …

I am a high school sophomore in quarantine. I have a cumulative uw gpa of 3.931 and am planning on doing the IB diploma the last two years of high school. I have not been able to do any extracurricula …

I’m a freshman in a public high school. I live in a pretty insignificant state and according to college vine the main issue with my admissions chances are my extra curriculars. I’ve won national level …

Looking for colleges with good programs in Zoology/animal bio

Am wondering about schools like CMU, Harvard, UC Berkeley

sorry lemme elaborate on my school's policy: core subjects (for me math, physics, English) are letter grade only. Electives like Spanish are cr …

So super quick and dirty my overall average gpa is 3.84 my weighted is 3.89 and with COVID 19 a thing I can choose to pass/fail individual classes. (Rising Junior)

I got 6 As 1 Bs but one of my As is A …

I have not been involved in many extracurriculars and want to improve that coming junior year. I have good stats and will be taking the ACT/SAT junior year. What are my chances if I put a lot of work …

I have a friend who graduated from high school back in 2016. She graduated with a 3.55 GPA and had acceptances from schools such as Hofstra and Xavier. She has not attended college due to depression a …

I need help with extra-curricular mostly because my school does not have interesting clubs or holds any competition. The kids from my school is not interested in this, heck, they don't care about scho …

Before my sophomore year I attended a British Education system school. When transferred to the US system school my grades were imported and the average completely distorted due to the bad credit recon …

I am already considering taking an edx course regardless but I was wondering if they could be used on a college application. If so, where on my application should I put it and does it help my resume/l …

Right now, I'm a freshman with a GPA of 4.33 mainly because I only take college classes or BC classes.

I'm starting to ask my teachers if they are willing to write letters of recommendation for me and I realized that if everything goes to plan, I might have 4 letters of recommendation. None of the scho …

I'm a sophomore who has done about 10 extracurriculars but none of them are really impressive. However, I would like to know.. what are some things you should've accomplished by now in sophomore year?

My parents tell me that kids my age already know what they want to do and how they are going to get there (my mom has her doctorate and my dad is an engineer) They just cant accept that Im still on th …

I'm a sophomore in a public high school, my school is pretty small since I live in a small community. I feel like there are many ways to contribute in my community but I'm a shy person and an introver …

I'm a sophomore and I'm looking for any vet experience that isn't too expensive. I have found a few things and am thinking about doing job shadowing, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. …

I go to a public school in New Jersey, my school is very strict for some reason when it comes to honors and AP classes. They make us test into the class. Last year as a freshman, I took the honors tes …

Hello! I am faced with a road block with selecting my courses. I am debating between AP CS and AP Music Theory. I am taking intro to cs and so I am prepared for AP CS should I choose to take it. I als …

I have been looking for internships and volunteering opportunities in Miami for a couple of months now but I can't seem to find one that is open to high school students. When I finally found one, it g …