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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 …

I'm a freshman and I am currently involved with activism as 5 of my extracurricular activities. For privacy reasons, I won't explicitly state which organizations I work with, but I am a state lead in …

I recently scored very highly on the SAT (1570). However I scored low on the essay with a 15/24. Will my score be marred by the essay or will colleges ignore it in favor of AP english grades and the a …

Is it accurate to input National Merit Scholar under extracurriculars (honor society) in the Chancing formula?

I'm in 10th grade and I was wondering if it would affect anything if I'm volunteering at a zoo and enroll in zoology,like if it would BOOST my chances in getting into a college. I know that it sounds …

Okay so I am a Junior at Northeast High school, I am #1 in my class, and I have a 4.0 GPA. Yes that's good but my extracurricular activities seem mediocre for my rank. I am adopting a street to clean, …

I'm from India. I have recently graduated from 9th grade, and I have started my 10th grade. I would like to know when I should start preparing for my SATs. My father advised me to start preparing afte …

I am a homeschooler and got accepted to Boston College, UNC-Chapel Hill, and four others, I am now on the waitlist of UVA and Georgetown. I am a bit worried about the dates: according to these schools …

Cardozo high is ranked 3,640 in nation and farther away from me. Forest hills high is closer and ranked about 2,000 in the nation. If I stay in Cardozo, I will be able to take more honors classes and …

I will not be applying early as MIT and Harvard are my top choices. Also, I am an International student. Should I write it in my Why Columbia essay and tell it to my interviewer?

My high school doesn't allow any student to take APs until they reach junior or senior year, I had to be one of the exceptions in which I skipped chemistry and took AP Biology in sophomore year. To lo …

The CV calculator clearly dings the odds of admission in a big way for the limited number of AP classes.

In the real world, don't colleges adjust for kids who take the hardest possible course load b …

i want to do an internship at the hospital my dad works at and if i did what tier would it go under?

In the webpage, it says that "15% of Brown's students come from abroad", but it seems like only americans are accepted in Brown. I mean, I hope I'm wrong-Brown is my dream school, but it doesn't mean …

I am a freshman taking a junior level Algebra math course in school.

my grades are based by the lebanese grading system. According to scholaro, i have a 3.7 gpa

Took the PSAT, got a NMS index of 218 (well above what the expected cutoff for the US is, but likely a few points too low for my home state cutoff for the official scholarship.

I just want to see what I can do so I can plan out my high school schedule.

Hi I just wanted to know if any of you guys have suggestions of which colleges have a good musical theater program.

I am currently a freshman in high school and I want to get into top tier schools. Unfortunately my stats are moderately low primarily my extracurriculars and PSAT score. How can I get my stats higher? …

I am a freshman and I just want to see if there is programs for me that will fit my interest