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Hello, I’m entering high school next year. You may think I’m too young to be preparing for high school and life after it, but it’s my ambition to make my family proud. I’m going to a rigorous college …

Hey, I'm a high school junior in the DC area. I'm looking for internships related to government/politics during the summer or fall. I know it's hard to find a good one since I'm only in high school, b …

The summer camp I go to was recently cancelled due to COVID-19 and I was considering taking courses at my local community college. I wanted to see if the out of state schools I plan on applying to wou …

Hi, I am a junior in high school and I am unsure if I will be able to take the SAT another time to receive a better score(I hope that I can!). My grades are okay and I have a lot of extracurriculars. …

Hi! I'm a junior currently and am feeling quite a bit of stress about future college applications. My GPA dropped a lot this junior year to a 3.7 since I took 5 AP classes and have taken all honors an …

I'm a junior and I haven't taken a single honors or AP class, will this look bad on an application? I do plan on taking one or two AP classes next year, but am I already in a bad position with none on …

Hi, I am a junior and I am having a hard time looking for colleges. When I think I found a great one, I look at the requirements and think that I haven't met them. How can I really know if I am making …

Hey, so basically while taking the PSAT, SAT or even iSTEP I get super angry while taking them and I can't concentrate. Does anyone else get like this or have any advice?

hi, i'm a junior that goes to a pretty broke high school. i come from a poor background, and it's a dream of mine to go to an art school so i can build a career off of it. i live with my single mother …

Hi! So usc is literally my dream school, but my stats aren't as good as they should be. I'm a black 11th grade female in California so that raises my chances, but I still am worried because my chances …

how do all these admission %s apply when you are an athlete? if you are recruited, do you still have to do full application/essay etc.?

I'm currently in 10th grade with a 3.9 GPA but I have 16.5 credits and I will be going straight into 12th grade next year. I'm kind of scared that because I didn't have as much time to build my extrac …

My school will most likely not offer IB Computer Science next year, so I need a class to fill that spot. I am considering:

IB Physics II (SL exam most likely): I am currently in IB Physics I. This clas …

I am a junior in Boston area, with 3.89 gpa out of 4.0 scale, 4.4 out of 5.0 scale, will have taken 3 AP's by the end of this year, and 3 by the end of senior year (6 in total and all honors classes a …

Hello. I'm from Nairobi,Kenya.I was asking whether the chances of a college like MIT admitting from a country like mine are the same as they are for local or U.S students. Is there a local or Internat …

Okay, here's the deal. I'm a junior, I've sat down with my parents and used the net calculators, and it turns out that I can probably pay the tuition of any school I get into, besides maybe NYU. I rea …

I'm a junior in High school wondering if I should take the ACT.

I have already studied and prepared to take the SAT, but don't know if I feel confident about my (potential score). I heard that the ACT …

What grades shall I get?

What should I do get into that university?

Are after school program necessary in order to get college credit?

Should we just give the email of the university or what? Can someone please explain in detail as I'm an international student and don't have much idea about it. Thankyou.

I'm a senior in Ethiopia.

Ethio-parents' high school