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Frequently asked questions 13

• Volunteer opportunities for high school students
• List of summer research opportunities and internships
• Comprehensive list of high school summer programs
• College admissions statistics
• Standardized test requirements

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STEM programs 13

• Pre-medicine and science summer programs for 14 year olds
• Mathematics and physics summer camps for a junior in high school
• General science and computer science summer programs
• Genetics summer programs for an 11th grader
• Computer science summer programs and hackathons in the Bay Area, CA for a 9th grader with little experience

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Internships + Research opportunities 7

• My 11th grade student has some experience in computer programming and would like to find a summer internship with a a startup in the Bay Area. Can you help?
• My student is looking for 2017 summer internships with the following criteria...
• List of summer research opportunities and internships
• Horizons Summer Program - can you tell me about it?
• Can you provide some insights on the research program run by Pioneer Academics?

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Business/Startup programs 2

• Business summer programs for an 11th grader
• My student was accepted into the summer program Leangap. Should he accept the offer?

Humanities/Social Science programs 2

• Summer programs in humanities, international affairs, law and communications
• Summer programs in the following areas: Leadership, Woman's Studies, United Nations, Humanities, Community work,

Creative Arts programs 2

• Tisch vs Steinhardt dance programs at NYU
• Summer programs in Fashion and Marketing based in New York

American 3

• American (class of 2019), 1
• American (class of 2018), 1
• American (class of 2018), 2

Amherst College 1

• Amherst (class of 2018), 1

Arizona State University 10

• Arizona State (class of 2020), 1
• Arizona State (class of 2020), 2
• Arizona State (class of 2020), 3
• Arizona State (class of 2020), 4
• Arizona State (class of 2020), 5

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Babson 1

• Babson (class of 2020), 1

Baylor University 3

• Baylor (class of 2019), 1
• Baylor (class of 2018), 1
• Baylor (class of 2018), 2

Boston College 2

• Boston College (class of 2018), 1
• Boston College (prior to 2018), 1

Boston University 10

• Boston U (class of 2021), 1
• Boston U (class of 2020), 1
• Boston U (class of 2020), 2
• Boston U (class of 2020), 3
• Boston U (class of 2020), 4

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Bowdoin 2

• Bowdoin (class of 2021), 1
• Bowdoin (class of 2021), 2

Brown University 2

• Brown (prior to 2018), 1
• Brown PLME, (prior to 2018)

California State University 1

• CSU (class of 2019), 1

Californian Northern State 2

• California Northstate (class of 2020), 1
• California Northstate MD (prior to 2018), 1

CalTech 3

• CalTech (class of 2021), 1
• CalTech (class of 2020), 1
• CalTech (class of 2018), 1

Carnegie Mellon 18

• Carnegie Mellon (class of 2020), 1
• Carnegie Mellon (class of 2020), 2
• Carnegie Mellon (class of 2020), 3
• Carnegie Mellon (class of 2020), 4
• Carnegie Mellon (class of 2019), 1

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Case Western 1

• Case Western (class of 2019), 1

Chapman 4

• Chapman (class of 2021), 1
• Chapman (class of 2020), 1
• Chapman (class of 2019), 1
• Chapman (class of 2018), 1

Claremont McKenna 1

• Claremont McKenna (prior to 2018), 1

Columbia 6

• Columbia (class of 2020), 1
• Columbia (class of 2018), 1
• Columbia (prior to 2018), 1
• Columbia (prior to 2018), 2
• Columbia (prior to 2018), 3

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Common App essays 76

• Common App (class of 2021), 1
• Common App (class of 2021), 2
• Common App (class of 2021), 3
• Common App (class of 2021), 4
• Common App (class of 2021), 5

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Cornell 5

• Cornell (class of 2020), 1
• Cornell (prior to 2018), 1
• Cornell (prior to 2018), 2
• Cornell (prior to 2018), 3
• Cornell (prior to 2018), 4

Dartmouth 3

• Dartmouth (prior to 2018), 1
• Dartmouth (prior to 2018), 2
• Dartmouth (prior to 2018), 3

Dickinson 1

• Dickinson (class of 2020), 1

Drexel 5

• Drexel (class of 2021), 1
• Drexel (class of 2021), 2
• Drexel (class of 2020), 1
• Drexel (class of 2020), 2
• Drexel (class of 2020), 3

Duke 8

• Duke (class of 2018), 1
• Duke (class of 2018), 2
• Duke (prior to 2018), 1
• Duke (prior to 2018), 2
• Duke (prior to 2018), 3

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Emory 4

• Emory (class of 2020), 1
• Emory (class of 2020), 2
• Emory (prior to 2018), 1
• Emory (prior to 2018), 2

Endicott 1

• Endicott (class of 2021), 1

Fordham 2

• Fordham (class of 2020), 1
• Fordham (class of 2019), 1

George Washington University 1

• George Washington (class of 2020), 1

Georgetown 2

• Georgetown (class of 2021), 1
• Georgetown (class of 2020), 1

Georgia Tech 8

• Georgia Tech (class of 2021), 1
• Georgia Tech (class of 2020), 1
• Georgia Tech (class of 2020), 2
• Georgia Tech (class of 2019), 1
• Georgia Tech (class of 2019), 2

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Grinnell 1

• Grinnell (class of 2018), 1

Harvard 7

• Harvard (class of 2020), 1
• Harvard (prior to 2018), 1
• Harvard (prior to 2018), 2
• Harvard (prior to 2018), 3
• Harvard (prior to 2018), 4

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Harvey Mudd 3

• Harvey Mudd (class of 2020), 1
• Harvey Mudd (prior to 2018), 1
• Harvey Mudd (prior to 2018), 2

Indiana University, Bloomington 2

• Indiana University (class of 2020), 1
• Indiana University (class of 2019), 1

Johns Hopkins 11

• Johns Hopkins (class of 2021), 1
• Johns Hopkins (class of 2020), 1
• Johns Hopkins (class of 2020), 2
• Johns Hopkins (class of 2019), 1
• Johns Hopkins (class of 2019), 2

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Kansas 1

• Kansas (class of 2021), 1

Loyola Marymount University 2

• Loyola (class of 2021), 1
• Loyola (class of 2018), 1

Massachusetts 1

• Massachusetts (class of 2021), 1

Michigan State 4

• Michigan (class of 2021), 1
• Michigan (class of 2021), 2
• Michigan (class of 2021), 3
• Michigan (class of 2020), 1

Mississippi State University 1

• Mississippi State (class of 2020), 1

MIT 3

• MIT (class of 2018), 1
• MIT (class of 2018), 2
• MIT (class of 2018), 3

Nebraska 1

• Nebraska (class of 2021), 1

New York University 11

• NYU (class of 2020), 1
• NYU (class of 2020), 2
• NYU (class of 2020), 3
• NYU (class of 2020), 4
• NYU (class of 2020), 5

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Northeastern University 3

• Northeastern (class of 2020), 1
• Northeastern (class of 2020), 2
• Northeastern (class of 2019), 1

Northwestern 4

• Northwestern (class of 2018), 1
• Northwestern (prior to 2018), 1
• Northwestern (prior to 2018), 2
• Northwestern (prior to 2018), 3

Notre Dame 9

• Notre Dame (class of 2018), 1
• Notre Dame (class of 2018), 2
• Notre Dame (prior to 2018), 1
• Notre Dame (prior to 2018), 2
• Notre Dame (prior to 2018), 3

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Occidental 1

• Occidental (class of 2018), 1

Ohio State 4

• Ohio State (class of 2020), 1
• Ohio State (class of 2019), 1
• Ohio State (class of 2019), 2
• Ohio State (class of 2019), 3

Oxford College 1

• Oxford College (class of 2018), 1

Penn State 6

• Penn State (class of 2020), 1
• Penn State (class of 2020), 2
• Penn State (class of 2019), 1
• Penn State (class of 2019), 2
• Penn State (class of 2019), 3

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Pepperdine 2

• Pepperdine (prior to 2018), 1
• Pepperdine (prior to 2018), 2

Princeton 5

• Princeton (prior to 2018), 1
• Princeton (prior to 2018), 2
• Princeton (prior to 2018), 3
• Princeton (prior to 2018), 4
• Princeton (prior to 2018), 5

Purdue 41

• Purdue (class of 2021), 1
• Purdue, (class of 2021), 2
• Purdue (class of 2021), 3
• Purdue (class of 2020), 1
• Purdue (class of 2020), 2

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2

• RPI (class of 2020), 1
• RPI (class of 2018), 1

Rice 17

• Rice (class of 2020), 1
• Rice (class of 2020), 2
• Rice (class of 2020), 3
• Rice (class of 2018), 1
• Rice (prior 2018), 1

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Rochester Institute of Technology 1

• RIT (class of 2021), 1

Rutgers 5

• Rutgers (class of 2021), 1
• Rutgers (class of 2021), 2
• Rutgers (class of 2021), 3
• Rutgers (prior to 2018), 1
• Rutgers (prior to 2018), 2

San Jose State 4

• San Jose (class of 2021), 1
• San Jose (class of 2021), 2
• San Jose (class of 2020), 1
• San Jose (class of 2019), 1

Santa Clara University 19

• Santa Clara (class of 2021), 1
• Santa Clara (class of 2021), 2
• Santa Clara (class of 2021), 3
• Santa Clara (class of 2021), 4
• Santa Clara (class of 2020), 1

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Scripps 1

• Scripps (class of 2019), 1

Southern Methodist University 1

• Southern Methodist (class of 2018), 1

Stanford 56

• Stanford (class of 2018), 1
• Stanford (class of 2018), 2
• Stanford (prior to 2018), 1
• Stanford (prior to 2018), 2
• Stanford (prior to 2018), 3

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Syracuse 3

• Syracuse (class of 2020), 1
• Syracuse (class of 2019), 1
• Syracuse (class of 2019), 2

Texas A&M 4

• Texas AM (class of 2021), 1
• Texas AM (class of 2019), 1
• Texas AM (class of 2019), 2
• Texas AM (class of 2018), 1

Tufts 7

• Tufts (class of 2021), 1
• Tufts (class of 2019), 1
• Tufts (prior to 2018), 1
• Tufts (prior to 2018), 2
• Tufts (prior to 2018), 3

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Union College 1

• Union College (class of 2018), 1

University of Arizona 3

• University of Arizona (class of 2020), 1
• University of Arizona (class of 2020), 2
• University of Arizona (class of 2019), 1

University of Colorado Boulder 10

• UC Boulder (class of 2020), 1
• UC Boulder (class of 2020), 2
• UC Boulder (class of 2020), 3
• UC Boulder (class of 2019), 1
• UC Boulder (class of 2019), 2

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University of California 113

• (Class of 2021), San Diego, Davis, Santa Barbara, Riverside
• (Class of 2021), Davis, Irvine, San Diego, Santa Barb, Santa Cruz, Riverside, Merced
• (Class of 2021), Santa Clara, Riverside, San Diego
• (Class of 2021), San Diego, Santa Cruz, Riverside, Merced, Davis
• (Class of 2021), Berkeley, Santa Cruz

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University of Chicago 12

• Chicago (class of 2021), 1
• Chicago (class of 2021), 2
• Chicago (class of 2021), 3
• Chicago (class of 2019), 1
• Chicago (class of 2018), 1

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University of Georgia 0

University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign 18

• UIUC (class of 2021), 1
• UIUC (class of 2021), 2
• UIUC (class of 2021), 3
• UIUC (class of 2021), 4
• UIUC (class of 2021), 5

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University of Maryland 3

• UMD (class of 2020), 1
• UMD (class of 2018), 1
• UMD (prior to 2018), 1

University of Michigan 26

• Michigan (class of 2021), 1
• Michigan (class of 2021), 2
• Michigan (class of 2020), 1
• Michigan (class of 2020), 2
• Michigan (class of 2018), 1

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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 6

• Minnesota (class of 2020), 1
• Minnesota (class of 2020), 2
• Minnesota (class of 2019), 1
• Minnesota (class of 2019), 2
• Minnesota (class of 2018), 1

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University of Oregon 2

• Oregon (class of 2020), 1
• Oregon (class of 2019), 1

University of Pennsylvania 9

• Penn (class of 2020), 1
• Penn (class of 2018), 1
• Penn (prior to 2018), 2
• Penn (prior to 2018), 3
• Penn (prior to 2018), 4

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University of Pittsburgh 10

• Pittsburgh (class of 2020), 1
• Pittsburgh (class of 2020), 2
• Pittsburgh (class of 2019), 1
• Pittsburgh (class of 2018), 1
• Pittsburgh (prior to 2018), 1

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University of Rochester 2

• Rochester (class of 2020), 1
• Rochester (class of 2019), 1

University of San Diego 1

• San Diego (class of 2020), 1

University of San Francisco 4

• San Francisco (class of 2020), 1
• San Francisco (class of 2020), 2
• San Francisco (class of 2020), 3
• San Francisco (class of 2020), 4

University of Southern California 21

• USC (class of 2020), 1
• USC (class of 2020), 2
• USC (class of 2020), 3
• USC (class of 2020), 4
• USC (class of 2018), 1

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University of Tampa 1

• Tampa (class of 2018), 1

University of Texas at Austin 11

• UT Austin (class of 2021), 1
• UT Austin (class of 2021), 2
• UT Austin (class of 2021), 3
• UT Austin (class of 2019), 1
• UT Austin (prior to 2018), 1

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University of Virginia 3

• Virgina (class of 2019), 1
• Virginia (class of 2019), 2
• Virginia (class of 2018), 1

University of Washington 16

• Washington (class of 2021), 1
• Washington (class of 2021), 2
• Washington (class of 2021), 3
• Washington (class of 2021), 4
• Washington (class of 2020), 1

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University of Wisconsin, Madison 4

• UW Madison (class of 2019), 1
• UW Madison (class of 2019), 2
• UW Madison (class of 2019), 3
• UW Madison (class of 2019), 4

Ursinus 2

• Ursinus (class of 2021), 1
• Ursinus (class of 2021), 2

Vanderbilt 4

• Vanderbilt (class of 2018), 1
• Vanderbilt (class of 2018), 2
• Vanderbilt (prior to 2018), 1
• Vanderbilt (prior to 2018), 2

Villanova 1

• Villanova (class of 2019), 1

Wake Forest 1

• Wake Forest (class of 2020), 1

Washington University, St. Louis 6

• WUSTL (class of 2021), 1
• WUSTL (class of 2021), 2
• WUSTL (class of 2021), 3
• WUSTL (class of 2021), 4
• WUSTL (class of 2021), 5

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Wellesley 1

• Wellesley (class of 2021), 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 2

• WPI (class of 2020), 1
• WPI (class of 2019), 1

Yale 13

• Yale (class of 2020), 1
• Yale (class of 2018), 1
• Yale (prior to 2018), 1
• Yale (prior to 2018), 2
• Yale (prior to 2018), 3

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Submitting scores to colleges 4

• What scores should I submit to colleges - all SAT I and SAT subject scores or should I be selective?
• Which colleges require SAT subject tests?
• Can you submit test scores to the school before submitting the applications?
• One of my students has already taken the SAT but hasn't sent the scores to the University of California campuses yet. According to the UC website, freshman applicants for Fall 2017 must arrange to have official score reports sent by...

Score choice and Superscore 4

• What is the difference between Superscore and Score Choice?
• Can you find out if my student's colleges of interest "super scores" and it is possible for him to report ACT scores without reporting the writing?
• Can you advise whether my student's colleges of interest super scores, uses score choice or requires all scores?
• Which colleges Superscore and which accept Score Choice?

Interpreting scores 5

• My student's unweighted GPA is 3.4. His ACT and SAT scores are: ACT - 34;SAT - 2080; SAT Math Level 2 - 800. Can you confirm that 34 is in the 99th percentile and 2080 is in the 96th? Should he should report both ACT and SAT?
• What is a competitive score for the new SAT?
• My ACT score recently came out, which is a composite score of 34 (35 English, 36 Math, 35 Reading, 31 Science). I'm wondering whether compared to my SAT score 2220 superscored (740 Math, 800 Writing, 680 Reading), I should send the...
• My SAT scores came in and I got a 1570 total, 800 in math and 770 in English. According to the website that is 99th percentile. I got a 17/24 on my essay...
• I scored the following on my subject SAT tests: Literature - 660, Math II - 710. Would it be beneficial to take them over again?

PSAT 3

• Does the PSAT have any weight on the college application? Does it have an advantage?
• What is the new PSAT scoring and what is the national merit cutoff?
• Does the PSAT test count (to qualify for scholarships) if a student is not 16 years old at the time of the test but currently a junior in high school?

SAT 2

• What is the difference between the practice SAT test and the real test?
• SAT scores and reporting them to colleges

Test dates 1

• What are the SAT and ACT test dates?

Difference between ACT and SAT 1

• What is the difference between the ACT and SAT? Do colleges prefer one over the other?

Business 6

• Can you provide a list of additional safety business schools for a student whose unweighted GPA is 3.1 and SAT and ACT scores are 2140 and 32.
• Can you provide a few more target and challenge schools for undergraduate studies in business? My student has a SAT score of 2190 – 670/730/790 (Math/Critical Reading/Writing) and a GPA of 4.4.
• Are there liberal arts colleges that offer a business major?
• My student wants to major in business, but she doesn't have a clear understanding about the areas of business. She is also interested in studying another major/minor in ...
• Can you provide information on Business Admin and Economic majors at the following universities?

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Science 7

• Please pull together a college list for an applicant interested in bioengineering and computer science and how the college ranks in these areas?
• Which colleges are good for undergraduate genetics programs?
• Please provide a list of the best engineering schools and their rankings.
• My student like to know more about the following colleges: specifically the biology/neuroscience programs offered, the class ratio of staff to students and the overall school rank and ranking for biology/neuroscience.
• Could you please list the top 15 engineering majors and a brief 2-3 sentence description of each major (e.g. what do they do/study, where do they work after college)?

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Computer science 7

• Which schools/universities offer a BSc in computer science focused on information systems, data science/data mining/ entrepreneur and business rather than engineering?
• My student would like to know more about the following schools' Computer Science programs. In addition, he would also like to know about their music programs and whether there is a combined CS+music program.
• Cal Poly has two majors - "Computer Science" and "Software Engineering". What is the difference between them? The course descriptions on the website is the same for both.
• I am interested in studying computer science and would love to attend either Princeton or Harvard. Which would you suggest I apply to early?
• College information for a major in computer science

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Medicine 2

• I am interested in 7 - or 8-year BS/MD or BA/MD programs like the Pre-Medicine to Doctor of Medicine Combined Program at California Northstate University. Can you provide a list of similar programs? What are my chances of being admitted?
• My student has a 3.4 GPA and 1440 SAT score and is interested in studying biology (as a premed student) at a college preferably in California.

General 1

• Is there any value in identifying anticipated minor(s) when applying to undergraduate programs?

Honors Programs 1

• Can you provide information on any honors programs in the colleges my student is applying to?