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SRAR advice

Hi!

I have been going to the same school since first grade, so for the SRAR, when asked for all the courses and grades, are the grades from 1st to 13th grade required, or just 10th through 13th?

Thanks

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Will dropping to an A- in 2 classes in senior year affect my chances at a competitive school?

Hi I’m a senior in high school and as the first semester is coming to an end I’ve found that I’m ending with 2 A-‘s. The two classes are AP Econ and AP Lit. The main reason for these grades are not be …

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I'm concerned about the impact failing a course will have on my college chances as a senior.

I'm a senior in high school with a pretty strong GPA, really Strong Extracurriculars, and what I think to be an overall good application, but I'm about to fail AP Calculus AB on my retake as a senior. …

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I need a little help with this topic, since my counselors are rather unhelpful.

I am the first sibling of three to begin the college admissions process, and I recently took the December 4th SAT for my first attempt. I exceeded my expectations, and after taking the test I saw that …

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Political Journals for High School Students

I want to conduct some political research hopefully in the field of healthcare policy since it combines my interests in healthcare/medicine and public policy. However, I want to make sure that there a …

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Am I a good candidate for competitive colleges despite my initial and uncontrollable impediments?

Saying that I had a head-start to high school is rather fallacious, in my opinion.

I was placed into child protective state custody near the end of the summer of 8th grade year, and just in time for th …

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4 years ago
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Extracurriculars for Math?

My goal career is a Biostatistician. I live in The Caribbean but I want to go to University in the US. Due to Covid my school hasn’t opened up clubs. I’m in 9th grade(14yrs old).

Any online clubs or S …

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4 years ago
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Is WAEC/NECO compulsory?

Hi, my name is Evangel Anga and I am a rising junior seeking to study in the US; preferably stanford University. I I recently started studying/schooling using the ACE curriculum and I wanted to find o …

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Acceptance rate

As we all know that the acceptance rate shown by the school is bit different from what it actually is , like for example :- the recruit athletes have the acceptance rate lot more higher than the stand …

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I want advice to strengthen my chances of getting into my top universities!

Hello! I am a current junior (in FL) in a new high school that was just established for the 2021-2022 school year. I am interested in applying to universities like University of Florida, Florida State …

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4 years ago
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Which extracurricular tier would an internship with Fermilab be on the collegevine site?

I was just wondering if I did a paid internship program with Fermilab, but I don't know how prestigious that would rank in terms of extracurriculars in the employment section of Collegevine. I have he …

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4 years ago
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Application

Collegevine is a great source of information .I really appreciate the incentive . So, thank you so much the collegevine team . But I want to ask is there any feature which let you apply to any school …

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4 years ago
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What is CSS Profile?

I feel like it's the same thing as FAFSA but answers on google were not really clear.

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4 years ago
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Scholarships

This might be a dumb question, but is it guaranteed that you will get a scholarship if you have a good SAT score (ex.1410) ACT score (ex.30) and GPA (ex.3.8)? And if you can get scholarships from this …

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4 years ago
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Do colleges look at SAT scores as a whole?

I plan to major in an English related field. My overall SAT score was decent but I did a lot better on the English portion than the math. I am planning on retaking my SATs to bring up my math score. I …

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4 years ago
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Enquiry about recommendation letters

When uploading a recommendation letter to common app. Are the recommenders supposed to make recommendations specific to the potential university or what? Can I send the same recommendation letter to a …

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How do i improve my chances?

I am a junior right now, I have two pass/fails for algebra ( I cheated and came clean so that's how we settled it), but I took a college math class and am taking an advanced one now this semester. als …

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how can I get a 5 on my AP exams?

I was wondering how I should study for my AP exams, and even though they are a few months off I want to be well prepared and be able to get a 5 on both my AP exams.

The two AP classes I am taking are …

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What classes do I need to take to be a competitive applicant? What is a good SAT or ACT score?

I go to a small school where advanced classes are offered according to grade level. So for juniors, we can only take Physics and AP Lit. Seniors can take Advanced Chem and AP Lang. I am taking both Ph …

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Extended Georgetown Deadline?

I just saw an email from Georgetown University saying in light of COVID, they will gladly accept submission of the Georgetown Supplement through 11:59 ET on Friday, January 14th. Their typical rd dead …

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