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Extracurricular activities and AP classses

I'm an international student hoping to study in America again.I've lived in America for about 9 years and moved back to my home country in 9th grade. The school I go to doesn't provide any honors or …

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Do These Extracurriculars Count? Verification required?

(Not a chancing question, just asking if they count as activities since none of them are listed on College Vine)

-Coding on Episode Interactive

-Hosting Virtual Events

-Being an Assistant for a household …

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Pretend you’re an admissions counselor. Please someone give me a brutally honest answer 😂

Up until the last few weeks of my junior year I had no idea what I wanted to do and I didn’t try in school so my grades aren’t so good but this next year (my senior year in high school) I plan on doin …

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How many Schools per difficulty?

Hello, I first wanted to congratulate everyone on getting through a pretty challenging year of school. Anyways, right now, My college list consists of 2 Safety, 1 Target, 3~4 Hard Target, and 1~2 Reac …

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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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