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I am currently a junior in high school and I am interested in majoring in a science in college (pre-med track). I absolutely love chemistry (I am in AP Chem right now) and find it super interesting …

What are you guys scoring on October's psat? What qualifies as a good psat score? What scholarship opportunities (other than national merit) come from a good score?

When are admissions essay topics typically released for the upcoming class? I'll graduate in 2023 and want to get started on my application as soon as possible

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I am currently a junior in high school and I am interested in majoring in a science in college (pre-med track). I absolutely love chemistry (I am in AP Chem right now) and find it super interesting …

Throughout high school, I've done fairly well, managed all A's except a B per semester, and have made sure to take AP and honors classes. I've managed to secure a 3.8 as of my sophomore year which, al …

hey, i've taken the NOV SAT and paid the 15 dollars for the QAS when i registered so how can i access that, im not really sure how and where to find it... The QAS is the question and answer sheet that …

I'm currently a sophomore and scheduling for my junior year. I've already picked out what I'm going to do after high school. The courses that are required at my school say that they will not be accept …

Freshman year 1st semester started out with B+/A- average then slowly climbed to A-/A average 2nd semester. Sophomore year, first semester was A average and second semester was A/A+ average. Now in ju …

Hi, everyone! I am a jr. from north texas looking to pursue a doctorate in law. I was wondering what kind of extracurriculars everyone else is in, and/or suggest being in.

In the CollegeVine chancing app, for the extracurricular section, in the topic Writing” in Tier 1c, it refers to “second tier publications”. What publications does it refer to? I write for a news webs …

I was made one of three captains of my school's mock trial team at the beginning of the year. I was so excited because mock has always been my favorite extracurricular and I have been very devoted to …

I’m planning on applying to some Ivies but I’ve read a lot of forums (not on collegevine) and heard stories from people who went to them and regretted it because of things like them just being another …

This year, I’m taking Latin 4, AP statistics, AP US history, AP Language, AP Physics 1, Personal finance (required), and Crafts (random elective that I thought I would need for a brain break). For my …

I’m currently a junior and I plan to major in Economics in college. Should I take linear algebra or multivariable calculus in senior year? I can only take one of them and not both at the same time. Th …

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Right now I am currently a junior in high school and I’ve noticed my grades are starting to drop from straight A’s to now B and B’s. I don’t understand why this is happening because my st …

So I want to go to UC Berkeley. On my profile it says that my coursework is strong. I need improvements on my Extracurriculars. I want to go to a business/finance career. I do a sport, I am fostering …

I have my SAT in December but I am no where near my target score of 1450+. In my mock tests, I score an average of 1350. Is there a way I can bump up my average by 100 points in 15 days? Or should I s …

Hello! This year I'm taking the SAT. I was wondering if there is a difference between Erica Meltzer's: "The Critical Reader, Fourth Edition: The Complete Guide to SAT Reading" and the third edition. …

I took the SAT last year in the spring even though most people wait until junior year, just to see what it was like. I scored 1010. Some of the schools I will be applying to include Stanford, Berkley, …

Hello all! I have a question.

I started High school in 2019 and mid-year covid happened, which led me to not have a very good gpa. A lot of factors led to me not having a good gpa freshman year, new s …