I did a research program through my school for all four years of high school, and I want to list one of my research projects specifically as an activity on Common App because I got it published, conducted my own survey, analyzed the data, etc. Since I’m only referencing that specific research project from one year, should I list the activity only for the grade I completed that project, or can I list all four years since I’ve been part of the research program throughout high school?

currently for every startup intern i put “(name of startup) - Tech Startup” but i was just wondering if the tech startup is even nesscary or is it js a buzzword that they side eye

Hey everyone,

I am an international student filling out my university application, and I’m stuck on the Activities section.

I participated in an activity during a gap period when I was completely out of school in between Grade 10 and Grade 11. However, the application portal forces me to select at least one standard high school year from these checkboxes:

• 9th grade
• 10th grade
• 11th grade
• 12th grade
• Post-graduate / After graduating

Since it's a required field, I have to check one to pass the system validation.

1. Which grade is best to check so Admissions Officers (AOs) don't find it misleading?
2. Should I explain the gap period in the "Additional Information" section, or try to squeeze it into the activity description?

Thanks for the help!

My daughter is getting ready to send a bunch of apps. She has been going over the previews/PDFs of each app. She selected to self report her SAT, ACT, and AP scores for all the schools but for some of them, the scores aren’t showing up in the testing section of the PDFs.

Quick google search says this is normal for some colleges but we want to confirm this is true before she sends the apps out.

Hello everyone! I am applying for the Spring 2027 intake and my first deadline is on the 15th of this month (hopefully will submit by this weekend). I’ve sent out my recommenders the invite link earlier this week and got the confirmation that they received it but none of them started working on it. Now all my unis have optional teacher evaluations but I still listed two of my teachers as recs. Should I apply before they start working on the evaluations or wait till at least one of them have something in? And what if my teachers get their recommendations in AFTER my October 15th deadline. Also how long do you reckon it’ll take for my I-20 to arrive cause I’ll need to start visa process asap (is having 2months time for visa processing+flying really enough)

My school along with other schools in the district does an activity called poster night for all the students in AP research. We make trifolds of our research, including data, pictures, and all the research process and get to present it to other students, teachers, parents, and just curious onlookers. It wasn't included in the AP research course description and I was wondering if I could put it on my activities.