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Grades and scores
Colleges
Getting in
- How to get into collegeWhat 661 colleges say they weigh, from their own Common Data Sets, and a year-by-year plan.
- How many volunteer hours for college?Colleges don’t set a number. What they say about service, and where hour rules do exist.
- Volunteer opportunities for teensWhere high schoolers can volunteer and the age each kind of place takes.
- Volunteering in Atlanta19 places around Atlanta that take high school volunteers, with their age rules.
Applying
- College application deadlinesEvery Common App college’s 2026–27 early decision, early action and regular decision deadline in one searchable list, from Common App’s own requirements grid.
- Early decision vs. early actionEarly decision is binding and early action isn’t. What each round means, restrictive early action, ED II, when decisions come out, and how to choose.
- Early decision acceptance ratesEarly decision acceptance rates next to overall rates for every college that reports them in its Common Data Set, from Penn and Columbia to Tulane and Northeastern.
- Colleges with no application feeEvery Common App college that charges no application fee for 2026–27, plus how the Common App fee waiver works and who qualifies.
- The CSS ProfileWhat the CSS Profile is, how it differs from the FAFSA, how long it takes, fee waivers, and every college that uses it for 2027–28.
- The FAFSA, 2027–28The 2027–28 FAFSA opened September 23, 2026. The federal deadline, every state’s deadline, what you need, how long it takes and what to do first.
- Letters of recommendationHow many recommendation letters colleges want, which teachers to ask, when, a message you can send, and how to add recommenders on the Common App.
- AP exam registrationThe AP exam ordering deadline is November 13, 2026. How to register for AP exams through your school, what it costs ($99), the late fee, and the May 2027 exam dates.
- The Ivy League schoolsThe eight Ivy League schools, their acceptance rates and deadlines, and the colleges people often think are Ivy League but aren’t (Stanford, Duke, MIT, Purdue).
Essays
- College essay graderA score out of 100 and three fixes for your personal statement. Free, no sign-up.
- College essay reviewLine-by-line feedback on your Common App essay or a school’s supplement.
- Supplemental essay promptsEach college’s own essay questions for 2026–27, word for word, with word limits.
- How to write a college essayWhat a college essay is, what admissions readers look for, and ten steps from brainstorm to final draft, from a Georgia Tech student who coaches high schoolers through it.
- The Common App prompts, explainedAll seven 2026–2027 Common App essay prompts, word for word, with what each one is really asking, who it fits, the trap to avoid, and how to choose.
- How to start a college essayFive ways to open a college essay that make the reader keep going, the openers admissions readers are tired of, and how to test your first line.
- College essay examplesWhere to read real college essays that worked, published by the colleges themselves, and how to learn from them without copying.
- Free college essay reviewSix free ways to get your college essay reviewed, from your English teacher to a free AI review, plus what to ask each reader and a message you can send today.
Programs, internships and scholarships
- All opportunities181 programs, internships, competitions and scholarships, each with an honest take.
- Summer programsSelective programs, research, pre-college courses and state programs for summer 2027. Each one has its cost, who can apply, when it usually closes, and our honest take on how much it helps a college application.
- Internships and researchLab research, hospital programs and government internships that take high school students. Each one lists who can apply, where it runs, when it usually closes and whether it pays.
- CompetitionsMath, science, computing, writing, business and the arts. Each competition lists who can enter, what it costs, when registration closes and how much a good result means to an admissions reader.
- ScholarshipsNational awards worth applying for, plus Georgia’s state money. Each one lists who qualifies, when it usually closes and whether it is worth the hours.
- For Georgia studentsGHP, Dual Enrollment, HOPE, Zell Miller and more.
Guides
- HOPE and Zell Miller requirementsWhat Georgia’s two merit scholarships require and how the HOPE GPA is counted.
- What is dual enrollment?How college classes in high school work, what they cost, and dual enrollment vs. AP.
- Dual Enrollment in GeorgiaWho qualifies by grade, the 30-hour cap, the withdrawal rule and how to apply.
- Jobs for teensWhat you can legally do at 14, 15, 16 and 17, and how work counts for college.
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