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My stats: Female, Asian, Canadian student GPA: School doesn't use GPAS and no rankings, but all As except for a B SAT I: 2190 (retaking in October, hoping to get >2300) SAT II: Math 2- 800, Physics-...
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I am currently entering my senior year of high school and I need some help sorting out what colleges I should apply to My GPA and ACT scores aren't the highest. My GPA is quite low because of my...
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View ArticleQuestion about November SAT for ED
Hey Everyone, So according to the Penn website, it states that it accepts November testing for the ED round. However, people have told me that the adcoms look VERY unfavourably upon November testing,...
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I wanted to know if we can become a genetic engineer after doing a major in Biomedical Engineering?
View ArticleThe Official Fall 2014 UCLA Transfer Decisions Thread
Decisions are slated to be released next month in "late April." Although UCLA hasn't committed to an exact date as far as anyone here knows, they have historically released their decision date for...
View ArticleFall 2015 UCLA transfer students
Hey guys! I know it's early, but it's never too soon to be prepared! I see so many threads regarding Fall 2014 students who made mistakes because they were too late to finish IGETC, or major prereqs or...
View ArticleNorman, an Awesome College Town
Well since I'm basically the only one on this forum who considered/ goes to OU, I figured that I essentially have total domination of this thread. Also very bored right now as it's summer, and I don't...
View ArticleMy parents are mad that I'm taking so many AP courses?
This may be a little bit long winded, and I apologize, but I cannot tell you how much I appreciate any and all responses. I just feel really alone right now, and I'm not quite sure what to do. Anyway,...
View ArticleThings Professors Hate
This was posted in a different form on the emailing professors thread. It's good advice about being engaged with learning. and worth a read for all college students....
View ArticleIs it September yet?
Summer's great and all, but I'm just DYING for the school year to start. I made it through applications and the dreaded M10, and now that summer is here I can scarcely think of anything else but going...
View Articleucla move in!
Hey all! For ucla move in from september 25-27, is that considered "zero week" and is our meal plan applicable during that time, if not when does it start? Also when we move in do we stay there or go...
View ArticleWeird situation! Please help!
Hello everyone my name is Alessandro and I was wondering if you guys could give me any tips regarding college admissions. My situation isn't very common: I have a dual citizenship (my dad is Italian...
View ArticleChances at MIT, Stanford, Harvey Mudd, and other top STEM schools?
Objective: SAT I (breakdown): Not submitting ACT (breakdown): 33 C [36-36-29-32], 33 C [32-34-31-35] SAT II (place score in parentheses): Math II (800), Physics (800) Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9...
View ArticleDo you own Dr.Chung's SAT Math? Discussing Results
Hi, Posted this in the other general Standardized Testing thread, but I thought I would open this question to everyone here, too: If you prepped for the SAT I Math with Dr. Chung's text, what were your...
View ArticleAre you ready for some football?
This Monday Night game between The Browns and Washington is my idea of the perfect game for these two teams . . . total ineptitude on both sides. I want Washington to be bad because my team plays them...
View ArticleThe BS Class of 2015 Thread
So I know a few of us have juniors. With all the various joys and concerns that come with that particular year of high school *not the least of which is the start of the college search/apply process....
View ArticleChances at JHU, Duke, Georgetown, UMD, UVA
Profile: White/Asian Female, $50,000 family income, Maryland resident GPA: UW: 3.89, W: 4.6 SAT: 2170 Math: 680 Reading: 800 Writing: 690 SATII: planning to take Math and Bio APs: NSL (4), Calc AB (5),...
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