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I am applying as an international student. My school obviously does not offer AP courses, but I have attended one online in my free time. I got 5 on the exam. But from an outside perspective it loo …

Whenever I search Canadian universities in the Admisison Chances/Difficulty section, none of them appear but all other colleges do.

I was going to apply to UTA and UTD, but last minute decided not to. I had already connected with them before applying and I now want to remove them from my connections- how can I do this?

Hi! On Common App, Brown has a section where you can upload your resume and ends with "some applicants maintain an online presence that showcases their background, talents, or creativity. If you maint …

Columbia University asked "Have you completed research with a faculty member or mentor in an academic discipline such as science, engineering or other academic interests (e.g., humanities, social scie …

Do I have a better chance with 25th percentile test scores or no scores at all? Does being a homeschooler affect this since they may not rust my grades much? Will scores as a whole be lower this year? …

Hey I'm new to Collegevine. For the college essay reviews, we get 10 extra karma if we get a 5-star rating. So how soon do we know if the person rated it five stars?

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I wrote an eleven page paper for English class last year. It is an essay about a topic I am very passionate about, but it exceeds the recommended length. I was wondering if I can submit a coupl …

I am applying to Avery prestigious and selective award and it asks me and I quote “Which extracurricular commitment is most important to you and why?”.

The award is for community involvement and I’d e …

Should I include it in my why Cornell essay? Or what if I don't get into the Milstein program? Will Cornell reject me because I only show interest in that specific program? Any advice on what you guys …

I was on the collegeessayguy website and it is a website that helps you with college essays. For the Why Cornell essay, they gave an example of student who wrote their why Cornell essay in the form of …

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I just finished my personal statement and I wanted to write something that is different from what you see and know about me so I wrote about my love for music. In my statement I included a …

So as a member of a club/org I was elected to a position on the student board. I’m filling out an application for a competitive award and it asks about my significant accomplishments so I’d like to li …

What are the categories in the common app to put Ecs, awards, and other courses. I know that there is an Ec section and an awards section, but are there any more places to list your accomplishments? T …

If I write about taking a certain course, joining an activity, or pursuing a certain major etc., am I obliged to actually fulfill those things? Though I'm interested now and writing about them in my s …

If I took a summer program in a certain school (for example, JHU), but decided that I want to apply ED to a different school (for example, Columbia University), will high achievements in this program …

My kids will go to college in Fall 2022. I had one time of bonus about $50,000 in year 2018 and 2019. and the income come back to normal salary in 2020. My question is how those bonus will affect m …

I'm a sophomore who's interested in both business (entrepreneur/finance/econ) and math. However, I'm not sure which one will be better for my future. My dream is to start my own company in trading/inv …

Hi! I just had a question about deferrals and how they show up on CollegeVine.

I got deferred from two very selective schools (<10% acceptance rate to be specific), including one I was sure I'd be rej …

I was curious to know if the standard "short and concise introduction/conclusion, three body paragraphs" formatting of lit essays is expected in the common app essay? I've gotten mixed reviews on my e …