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Just wondering

What field will you be going into?

 
Medical⚕️
33%
 
Engineering ⚙️📝
19%
 
Law📄🚨
15%
 
Other
31%
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Essay / common app tutoring

Hi,

Does anyone know if Collegevine provides paid service on private essay / common app tutoring? If so, please advise how to contact Collegevine's counselor for their paid service. As I navigate the …

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Extracurricurals for Cornell

Hello guys! I am an international student thinking about studying in USA. I want suggestions about extracurricural activities . My dream school is Cornell , so i want to know what kind of extracurricu …

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GPA Calculation

Being an International Prospective applicant, I wish to know how do the universities calculate the GPA for grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 ? Is it simply calculating the mean value of the individual GPAs in t …

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Standardised Testing Policy @UPenn

For Fall 2022, does UPenn plan to retain the test-optional status ?

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Are Dual Enrollment Classes and mostly honor classes impressive to UNC schools?

I am currently finishing 11th grade with 10 plus honor classes and by senior year I will have 8 completed dual enrollment classes. I have scored all A's in my dual enrollments and mostly A's and some …

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Extracurriculars

Hi! So, I'm currently a junior in high school, and as a freshman and sophomore, I played lacrosse and field hockey. I no longer play any sports-but can I still count those as activities?

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should I self study for AP Comparitive Politics??

I'm a rising sophomore and because of the way class credits work at my high school, I can only take one AP class sophomore year, but I want to have 10 total by the time I finish high school and I can …

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Is the iStart Vally summer internship program recommended/recognized?

Hi, I am a High School Sophomore that got into the iStart Valley Entrepreneurship internship program. But, I wanted to see if a) it is a prestigious program, fir college applications and such b) it's …

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Application Confusion!

Hey, I'm an international student, so do excuse me for my silly question.

If I need to go to college in Fall 2022, then my applications will open this year in August. My deadlines will run from the No …

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Are college admissions rigged?

Hello everyone, I am a sophomore heading into junior year. I have had soooo many recent discussions with friends and family about college. First off, I know these seniors who are friends of mine that …

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What is it like to start a club?

Hello everyone. I am currently a sophomore, headed into junior year. Ever since the pandemic struck and having to adjust to distance learning, I have had a lot of time on my hands and didn't utilize i …

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Is 1490 an enough score?

Hello, I'm now a rising senior and I have already taken the SAT 3 times. When I Superscore, I get a score of 1490 with 800 math and 690 reading+writing. I am a First-Gen student so I am not very good …

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How to find a tech internship?

I want to find a tech related internship but I’m not sure where to start. I don’t really have a lot of experience with coding or anything hardware related, which probably is a problem. Any suggestions …

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Do I still have time?

I want to make it in to college but I am a junior going to be a senior I feel like it’s to late to try to go to a&m.

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The college I'm interested in doesn't seem to offer any scholarships

Hi. I hope you're having a great day.

So I am interested in applying to Houghton college in New York but they don't seem to offer scholarships and i would really love to apply for a scholarship. Do yo …

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UC Chancing system

Hello, since UC does not look at 9th grade, could someone tell me what the middle 50 percentile GPA range is? Or is the GPA range listed in Collegevine the actual range when 9th grade is disregard?

Tha …

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How are IB MYP courses weighted by colleges?

In an IB school, I took IB MYP classes in freshman and junior year. In junior and senior year, I take IB DP courses (which are weighted like AP courses). I have not seen a sure answer on how IB MYP cl …

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Do sophomore year matters

I went from all Aand B to C and D

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Is this considered a spike?

Hi. I am planning on applying to National Young Arts program in the writing category and some other poetry competitions. If I were to be one of the winners of the National Young Arts program, is that …

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