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Title basically. Context is I am finishing choosing my classes for senior year and wanted to take AP bio. However I have done biology olympiad since sophomore year and also self studied and got a 5 on the ap my junior year. My school only offers AP bio to seniors. I wanted to take it because I’m really passionate about biology and wanted the opportunity to learn it in school. I’m scared AOs will see this as less rigorous since I already know the curriculum. Is it weird to email admissions offices about this? Would they answer me and tell me if this lowers my odds of acceptance?

Is the traditional documentary hypothesis the most widely held, or is there a different version of it or hypothesis that is gaining more traction? Do any scholars believe it was written by a single author or Moses?

Hi, I'm a junior looking to apply to selective (Top 20) colleges. I started and run a nonprofit organization. I created it because it's a cause I'm genuinely passionate about, and we have made pretty solid impact (~200 students). I've recently seen a lot of posts on this subreddit saying that running a nonprofit organization can actually be a net negative on your application, that it looks disingenuous, etc. It would be a shame to omit this project because I've put a lot of time into it, but I also wouldn't want to include something that weakens my application. Is there any way in which this would be a significant net positive on my application? Because I was initially planning on listing it pretty high, but now I'm not as sure. Any advice would be appreciated.

I'm a junior and I got rejected from every big name summer program I applied to, but I just secured a research position through cold emailing and was accepted to an internship at a local company. If anyone here is worried about summer programs take this as hope that everything really does work out! Try not to fixate on the all-or-nothing big name programs and look for opportunities in your area :)

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I'm a current junior and I founded a nonprofit organization in my sophomore year. I host online educational programs for a kind of niche subject I want to pursue in college. I've had about 200 students total. Recently, I heard that starting a nonprofit looks bad on college applications and it is much better to have joined an already existing organization. It's too late for me to do that at this point, so am I cooked? The one thing that maybe saves me is that there aren't any organizations that specifically have programs for the exact subject I focus on, but there are a few organizations that do sort of similar things. I've put a lot of time into this organization so I would want to include it. Would including it make me look worse? I had also been hoping to list it as my number 2 extracurricular, should I not do that?

For some more context I am aiming for T10s.

Does anyone know which ~T75 schools have the most generous merit scholarships? I'm fine with liberal arts colleges and historically women's colleges as well! My family unfortunately does not qualify for need-based aid so we are looking for strong schools that give merit. For context, I have high stats/ecs/awards and would be competitive for T20s, so I'm looking into these merit scholarship schools as targets.