I would say most commonly Yale, but also more generally all the Ivies (except Columbia - you should know why) and Stanford. I'd say Columbia, UChicago, Corne...

I would echo the other responses and also add that you should only apply to as many schools as you think you can put your absolute 100% into each application...

I myself personally have a friend at Brown who chose Brown over MIT - he only applied early to these 2 schools, and got into both and chose Brown. In his spe...

Adding onto the previous comment, I will say that if going from a 96% to a 98% is going to take up a significant amount of time that you believe you could've...

Adding onto Srihari's comment, I will say that if attending a pre-college program at an elite college will put any financial strain on you and/or your family...

There are 2 ways:

1. The first is that you can log into your college board account and check if the scores have all been delivered by clicking on "Check Score...

Not entirely.

I will say that they are closer to college level courses (in terms of course content and complexity) than ordinary classes however what happen...

Yes, of course you can. The official stance is that it does not impact your admissions decision and I am inclined to agree with that from personal experience...

It depends on if the school is need-blind or need-aware.

Most schools in the US are need-blind for US Citizens and Permanent Residents, this means that if y...

I think you can look at "How did you spend your summers while in High School?" which I answered earlier. In addition to that, I will say that showing some fo...

I'd say class rank is quite important because colleges love to evaluate applications "in context" and class rank gives them a lot of context. For example, sa...

I'd say that the first and most important thing about interviews is that, almost always, the interviews are non-evaluative. This means that while your interv...

I can confidently say that there is no specific formula for getting into an Ivy League school. Amongst my friends at Brown, I have those who only scored a 13...

I'm a freshman at Brown University from India. One of the main extracurricular activities I pursued consistently throughout high school was being part of a T...

I think the most important thing is to be extremely authentic. College AO's are really good at knowing when you're being overly pretentious and trying to mak...