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i go to a school with a russian education system so it means there are no AP and honors classes or extracurricular activities except basketball and I'm not sure if we even use GPA. i mean i could take …

I'm a rising freshman and my school has no extracurricular activities well it only has basketball, but it's not really my thing, what should i do? if there are no other options i was thinking about jo …

I would love to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but don't know if I will be accepted. What can I do to improve or better my resume? I still have years until I have to apply but …

I am currently a freshman in Benjamin N. Cardozo high school, I currently have a 97.6 weighted average. My lowest grade is a 75 in gym and second lowest is a 85 in geometry. The rest of my grades are …

I'm trying to figure out what I can do to make college affordable. Currently, I've been accepted into a four year college that has the program Im interested in, but I'm thinking I need to go to commun …

I am a Freshman in a high school I want to transfer out of, I was late and absent to physical education multiple times causing my to get a 75. Will this affect my chances negatively to getting into a …

I am a freshman whose considering transferring by sophomore year, I’d like to stay in track all 4 years and hopefully win more medals

I played track and field as well as cross country in freshman and sophomore year and want to count those on my resume

I want to major in computer science, but was wondering if i could/should write my essay on basketball and my struggles with playing for a varsity team. I am now the captain of said team so it might lo …

Want to major in MSE but also have strong interests in politics and music... should i also list these interests, or is there something having to do with having a "spike" that could lower my chances of …

I am a 10th grader in an American high school and I want to graduate early and start to get my nursing degree at a small liberal arts school. I have a 4.0 gpa and am in multiple AP and honors classes. …

I’m in 11th grade and go to an fcps high school. I just got an account here and wanted to know the difference between a target and a reach school.

will have 13 College classes and 10 AP Classes by end of senior year... yet collegevine says thats below average at UCB.

Self studying APES (expect a 4)

11th grade

class rank: 2/447

gpa: 4.0 unweighted, 4.7 weighted

sat: 1570 (800 math)

ECs: Vice-president of latin club, president of finance club, treasurer for model UN, captain of varsity soccer team, 3 …

I am a 10th grader in International school in Korea. I don't have any extracurricular activities yet. If there are Koreans reading this (or Americans), can you recommend me some activities that I can …

I’m currently a freshman looking to transfer schools as a sophomore, the school I’m looking to transfer to is closer and better ranked however if I attend I will be taking less honors courses and pote …

I am a current sophomore with no plans for the summer. I looking for affordable and productive things to do, but I'm not sure how to start looking. I'm not too interested in STEM heavy subjects, I'm m …

I'm a sophomore and I'm worried my extracurriculars are too weak. Not sure what I want to do in college, probably something humanities/social science/political science related. I obviously have no ide …

I do like 1-hour of social service a week in school for like 30 weeks. Do you recommend that I put this on my app? (I'm aiming for T100)