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Should I take online college courses?

I'm from Brazil, and here there is almost no school that offers APs here. I've seen those online college courses that some elite schools offer, but I'm not sure if I will be able to buy the certificat …

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Will not having APs damage my application?

I'm a junior from a Brazilian public school.

There is no APs at my school, nor any other school I know of. But my school is a little bit different from most of Brazilian schools, because when I graduat …

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Do extracurriculars that I do as a senior count?

Due to COVID-19, I wasn't able to fully take opportunities of the in school extracurriculars only available for juniors and seniors, will it damage my application in any way if I only do them on my se …

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What counts as honors or awards?

What kind of things can/should I put in the honors/awards section on the common app? If I win a NYT or any other newspaper/magazine writing contest, will it count as an award?

I'm a junior from Brazil …

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Is doing a self made project a good extracurricular

i planning to major in finance and economic at ivy league school would starting a project be a good extracurricular

the project i want to do it automated trading/investing

how much time do i spend on it

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Is it ok to include all the writing contests I have been involved in?

I'm going to be a future journalist/ English major and as such, have participated in a number of activities because of it. One of those being a bunch of writing contests. Should I only include the mos …

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What should I do?

Michigan State University still hasn't received my Mid Year Report. It shows that they requested it on my application portal, but they still haven't received it. My High School counselor sent my Mid Y …

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Do I need to sit the SAT or ACT to get into NYU?

To apply to go to NYU do I need to have ACT or SAT scores as someone who is international?

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My key target college deferred my daughter's admission? What are the various ways to exhibit interest?

My daughter received her deferral notice for her key target institution.

This is her number 1 choice, what does she need to demonstrate her interest

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which extracurricular activities are better?

hey guys, I'm an international student in my last year of high school and until now I don't have any stand-out extracurriculars, but I have some ideas. So please, tell me which ones do you think are b …

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I’m a student in the 11th grade in the Middle East. Planning on studying a year in Egypt and then transferring to the US

I’m an 11th grader in the Middle East. I can’t go to the US directly after school due to family reasons. I plan on studying Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics in an Egyptian University (I’m Eg …

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What are the colleges should I apply for my masters?

I have a gre score of 317 and Toefl score of 89 . In my under graduation i secured 2.8 Gpa in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with a history of 12 backlogs .what are the colleges should I apply …

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Does working at my dad's business count as a tier F?

Over the summer and sometimes the weeks during the school year, I help my dad manage his business. I sometimes give out paychecks when he's not around or just manage the business as a whole when he's …

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Thank You CollegeVine!

I want to take this time to thank all the staffs and people that made this website for all students to use. After I registered in CollegeVine about almost a year ago, I am now doing better in SAT and …

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Humanities spike

I'm into the humanities, especially cultures, writing, and politics/debate. There are noticeably less opportunities and ways to create a spike in this area. What are some ways I can craft a spike in t …

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Does anyone have any ideas on what kind of blog I should start (health-related and would make my college app stand out)?

Hi!, So someone on Collegevine gave me this great idea to start health related blog on health/medicine that's informational, non-profit, and so on but my current problem is that there are a lot of blo …

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Are double majors really worth it? If not, how about dual enrollment/degree?

I originally thought that you would get two degrees for double majors since each major is technically a degree by itself if they were to be taken separately. However, after some recent research, I fou …

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any program with scholarship for international students?

hi guys, i'm an international student and i was wondering if do you know any program i can apply to and get a scholarship? i know there are Harvard, Stanford, Yale, etc programs but I'm looking for so …

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Dealing with emotions

The process of waiting for college decisions is tough, I am curious to know how do you guys deal with the uncertainty and nervousness!

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College Vine school list

Hi, Can I download college vine school list I made in excel?

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