Career questions tagged university-applications
Are these sufficient enough classes for my career interests?
How is everyone? Hello, Y'all I have a question. I am an aspiring doctor who is a freshman in high school. My current High School course plan includes these classes I have a choice in taking (not English): 10th Grade (Algebra 2 A, Chemistry A, Government+Economics H, Marketing A, IB Physics A). Junior year consists of these (IB Pre-Calculus A, IB History of the Americas H, IB/AP Biology Year 1, IB Business Management, AP Chemistry H, and Health Care Technologies 1 A). Lastly, my Senior year consists of (IB/AP Calculus A, IB 20th Century Topics, IB/AP Biology Year 2, IB/AP Advanced Physics 2 H, and Human Body Systems A) Are these solid enough classes if I do well to get into my dream schools? The University of Michigan and the University of Florida? I plan on taking all the available exams to attempt college credit. Thank you to everyone who helps and responds!
Midland
How do I know which college/university is the right one for me ?
I am a junior and I am in the process of getting my college list done, but I am at a dead end where I don't know which one I specifically want to attend. All the schools are great with programs I'm interested but I'm just not sure how to decide. Any advice?
Hudsonville
Are Harvard Pre Program's actually worth it ?
Hello, I was looking to apply to the Harvard Undergraduate Ventures-TECH Summer Program and was just wondering how much it is worth when admissions officers look at it. Since it's quite expensive it'd be great to know if I should apply and could it make the turning decision for my college application. Thank You
TokyoHow should I approach applying for University Would a big name school look better when applying to a Law Program after University/ Collage ??
10th Grade Looking to become a Corporate lawyer
Elk River
Financial analysts, what subjects did you choose in school and did they benefit you in you university studying and your career?
Financial analysis Subjects in school Thank you
CardiffDo Canadian Universities take into consideration the SAT?
If I take my SAT do Canadian universities use it as a big factor of admission or do they not care as much? What are other big factors that Canadian universities take into consideration for admission?
Mexico City
What are Ivy Leagues looking for in terms of grades/essays?
I am a 11th grader, currently 16 years old. I am interested in architecture and hope to go to Cornell. I recently opened an architecture club and I have around a 3.8 GPA. I have only taken 1 Honors and 1 AP class. For my senior year, I am planning on taking 2 college classes and 2 APs. What can I do to improve my profile? Should I focus on my leadership / community roles or more on my grades??
Milpitas
For the Bank of America student leaders program is anyone able to review my application, especially my essays?
I am a junior who is planning to apply to the Bank of America student leaders program and have some pretty good stats when it comes to community, leadership, and impact. However, I would really love the opportunity if anyone who has worked with creating unique essays for such prestigious programs. Please feel free to reach out!
FresnoDoes anyone have tips to get into the Bank of America student leaders program? ?
I am currently a junior and am planning to apply for the Bank of America student leaders program and was wondering if their tips in writing your essays about your extra-curriculars. Could anyone possibly read over my application? Has anyone been ever accepted? Would greatly appreciate the help.
Fresno
Free Response Questions ideas??
When writing FRQs what are the best things to write about?
San Francisco
What can a junior do to stand out for collage applications?
Anything is oki!
DenverWhat are some good colleges for architecute?
So far, I've complied a list on SchooLinks of about 28 potential colleges to apply to. Still, I don't know which would be best to look at or if I should add any more, although I know that I have plenty already. I'm open to all colleges, including those outside of the US. I know that if I get accepted in the future, I'll go to either MIT or Cornell, but I know that it's unlikely that I'll get accepted to either of them, seeing their acceptance scores. Below is my list so far (based on acceptance rates and my scores): LIKELY: -University of Arkansas -West Chester University of Pennsylvania -Syracuse University -The University of Tennessee-Knoxville -Cambridge College TARGET: -Texas A & M University-College Station -UT Austin -Baylor University -University of Southern California -Louisiana Tech University -Pratt Institute -California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo -University of Notre Dame -Virginia Tech REACH: -University of Pennsylvania -Carnegie Mellon University -UCLA -University of Rochester -Lehigh University -Bucknell University -Emory University -Tufts University -UChicago -Tulane University -Rice University -Columbia University in the City of New York -MIT I know that there are a lot, but I'm going to go in and consider them more in-depth at a later date.
North Little Rock
Is there any professional work position involving both architecture and marine biology?
Is there any professional work position involving both architecture and marine biology? How can I get better opportunities for going to a university abroad? What are the best universities for studying architecture?
La CeibaApplication?
What can i start doing now to make my application more attractive if i want to study medicine as an international student?
La Ceiba
Application proccess?
What can I do to make my application more attractive?
La Ceiba
What should I consider when looking for a suitable College/University for me?
I am currently thinking about video editing/production (specifically ones where I can stay anonymous to the public like virtual YouTubers), music production (including Vocaloid music), computer programming (specifically video games or character rigging), and business management/development.
San Francisco
How much time did you spend on your college applications?
How much is best to spend time on your collage applications and how much it takes to finish one application, and after completing it once, will it be easier and faster to make other applications for different colleges?
San Francisco
What are good colleges I should start looking into if I want to an labor and delivery nurse or a NICU nurse?
I haven't decided which one I want to pursue yet. I'm getting my EKG certification this year as a junior and I wanted to start looking into colleges soon anyways.
ArlingtonCould you make comments and suggestions on my college essay please ?
Hello! I am a high school student from Macau. I will be studying aboard in the US in the fall of 2025 as an international student, and it is quite a challenge for a non-native writer and speaker to write a US college essay. Could you make some comments and suggestions on my college essay please? I know the word limit for the Common App essay is 650, and my essay exceed that, and I will shorten that later, but please let me know what do you think about this essay in general. Thank you very much🙏!! =================Start-of-the-essay================= In March 2023, I watched the re-screening of “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and fell in love with its multiverse setting. One scene, in particular, deeply resonates with me. The scene portrays how a single decision can drastically change the course of one’s life. In this scene, the main character, Evelyn, finds that if she hadn't eloped with Waymond, her future husband, she would have become a famous martial arts actress. Instead, in reality, she ends up running a struggling laundromat. One of my pivotal decisions happened five years ago. It was the summer of 2019, just after I graduated from primary school. It was about a passion that had been with me since childhood. Since I was a kid, I knew I really enjoyed building and inventing things. I spent most of my childhood playing with the tools and parts in my father's construction workshop. Once, because I didn't want to water the plants on the balcony individually, I built an automatic sprayer for plants by cutting a PVC pipe and drilling holes at intervals to water six plants all at once. During primary school, I joined the school’s handmade workshop to continue pursuing my love of creating and inventing. However, I realized I wanted more than just following the instructions of a robot kit manual; I want to create, not just assemble. Therefore, during the summer after I graduated from primary school, I started experimenting and engaging with Arduino, a microcontroller. My first Arduino project was an LCD timer with a buzzer and a force sensor on the seat that reminds me to stand up if I’ve been sitting too long. While working on this project, I experienced a deep and fulfilling enthusiasm that was entirely new to me, and I knew I had truly fallen in love with this feeling. Afterward, I decided to take it a step further. I planned to add a Bluetooth feature and create a mobile app to remind me to stand up through notifications. After some research, I designed the UI for my mobile app using MIT App Inventor. However, I faced a bottleneck while struggling to establish Bluetooth communication between the Arduino UNO and my mobile app. (I had no idea why the Arduino received a number when the mobile app sent a character). Despite my best efforts—spending days debugging, googling, and trying to solve the issue—I couldn't figure it out. My 12-year-old self realized that he could either continue debugging on his own, devoting more time and effort to solving the problem, or seize the opportunity to reach out to the high school teachers and upperclassmen, ask for help, and hopefully make connections with them. I had a lot of concerns. I feared being rejected or not taken seriously. It was such a struggle to take that first step in an unfamiliar environment. After much internal struggle, I gathered my courage and took my Arduino kit (which I bought from Taobao) with me, as the evening settled in, I found myself standing at the entrance of the high school workshop, in front of a sturdy metal door with a small side window. I took a glance through the small side window and saw some senior students working on their projects, some chatting in groups. Doubt filled my mind, I paced back and forth with trembling hands and felt even more like an outsider (though I was, literally). Then, at that moment, I knew that this was a chance I couldn't afford to miss. I gripped my Arduino kit even tighter, and pushed the door open. That evening marks the start of a six-year journey that ignites my passion for electromechanical engineering, physics, math, and science overall. It was then that I met two mentors for engineering: Mr. Lei and Mr. Wong. Mr. Lei guided me through countless engineering challenges. He taught me the fundamentals of programming (namely Processing, Python and C++), mechanical design (Fusion 360 CAD design), and Arduino development. Through the projects he guided me on, he showed me that true innovation requires research, planning, execution, analysis, and, more importantly, the ability to embrace failure. The courage I had to enter that door on that day changed the course of my life, and I recognized it as a power—the power of “jumping out of my comfort zone.” Since then, I have kept the courage from that day as a memento, and it has quietly guided me through the decisive moments in life, whether it was building a website portfolio from scratch, asking for an interview at a PC repair company even though I didn’t know how to fix a computer, deciding to study abroad or delivering a presentation in an essay competition. I remind myself of the power of stepping out of my comfort zone every time I need to make a challenging decision in life, trusting that my future self will appreciate the decision, even if it doesn’t turn out perfectly. Just like the story of Evelyn; in the end, even though she knows that eloping with Waymond means doing laundry and taxes every day, she still finds beauty in that life. =================End-of-the-essay=================
MacauDo I need a "spike" in my interests for college applications?
I see a lot of advice that students should have a spike in their applications to demonstrate interests and clear focus/passion. If they want to go into computer science they should do mainly computer science related classes and extracurriculars. I want to go into biomedical engineering so I am in engineering club, doctors without borders, and science honor society. However, I am also interested in public speaking so I do mock trial, TV production, and speech and debate, but I don't plan on pursuing that as my major in college. Will this negatively affect my college applications? If it does, what should I do from here?
Miami
What universities are good for biology (or STEM) majors?
Hello, I am a 17-year-old rising senior in high school and am looking to apply to colleges. I have a few colleges on my list but am hoping to add some more. I wish to major in biology and take on a career in STEM so am searching for colleges with a strong STEM program.
New YorkIs my GPA considered good?
Hello! I'm finishing my second year of highschool and I'm not very happy with my GPA. (In my country, we have a GPA scale from 1-5.) Both this and last year my GPA was 4.41 (/5) and I don't know if that's acceptable for Italian universities. I'd like to study Biology (either Marine Bio or Genetics), I'm in my school's Model UN club and I'm going to start volunteering in an animal shelter soon, but I can't help but worry my GPA will be the reason I get rejected for a certain uni...
Belgrade
How do I become a competitive CS applicant in a short period of time??
I'm currently in my final year of A level and my final exams are this October, I have to start applying to Uni this may but I don't have many supercurriculars despite having so many extracurriculars.
Ondangwa
How do I get into Harvard?
Not anything generic, but just what activities are good
Phoenix
Do you think it is worth doing the IB program to get into a top 20 school?
I selected my classes for next year and chose to do the IB program. I am starting to regret that choice. I would rather do partial IB. Do you think It’ll look bad if I drop out of the IB program to do partial IB? My goal is to get into a top 20 school. Also my school is an IB school so they do not offer AP classes. I am currently in 10th grade.
SeattleHow important are extracurriculars for admissions in CS in Pakistan, and for Master's abroad, and how do I find extracurriculars with limited opportunities and freedom ?
I feel really overwhelmed by how to find notable extracurricular activities, especially since I am a girl living in Pakistan and have limited freedom as well as limited money. I don't know where to even start to find internships, extracurriculars etc and my college does not offer anything. I want to know how to build a solid application for undergrad in Pakistan, if extracurriculars are important for universities such as NUST and NED, and how to find opportunities in order to apply for Master's abroad.
Karachi
how do i get colleges interested in my application?
how do I apply for colleges? What do I need an application? what are four main parts of an application to look good? how do I get colleges to look at my applications?
Austonio
How do I get ready?
How do I build a good college application? What should I do being homeschooled?
JolietDoes anyone have any advice on applying to European universities as a U.S. high school student? How attainable is it, if at all?
I am a rising high school senior and I'd love to go to a university in England (specifically London) but from what I've seen I'm not feeling very confident in my chances. How can I improve these chances this late in the game?
Hasbrouck Heights
How do I apply for university ?
How do I apply for university ?
Houston