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Need Advice on MIT Application Plan: Am I on Track?

Hi everyone, I’m a junior in high school aiming for MIT, and I’ve been building a plan for my application. I’d appreciate any advice or feedback on how to improve my chances!

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How can I make my chances of getting into top schools better?

heyyy I'm a freshman with a 4.0. I only do one extracurricular, but since its competitive cheer it takes up much of my time. I really want to go to a top school like NYU. I'm just looking for advice o …

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bad extra-curriculars and subpar grades

hey all, i'm a senior with a 3.4 GPA and i'm not aiming for top school at all but I need to figure out how to maximize my collage admission potential because i honestly only have 5 solid extra-curricu …

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How are my chances of getting into SDSU with 3.65 GPA? (As a first-year student)

San Diego State is quite literally my dream school at the moment and I would the opportunity to attend. However, I do want to be a bit realistic and not get my hopes TOO high.

Just a few things to kee …

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To go test optional or to not go test optional

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I’m a senior with a 1440 SAT score. I retook the October SAT let’s just say it wasn’t the best test. My question is, should I go test optional or not?

I’m looking at colleges such as UMich, Middleb …

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Is Umiami a good choice for undergrad when looking to get accepted into medical school.

I am not sure what discipline of medical I want to go into but I know I want to. I am comparing with schools such as SDSU and CUBoulder.

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Grade scale for international students

Hi, I'm currently an international student and i plan to apply to the NYU. As long as i know, the GPA acceptance rate for NYU is between 3.50 - 3.74. However, at my school, the grading range system is …

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Should I write my college essay about reconnecting with Korean Family.

So my grandma is korean which makes me one quarter korean. Its not much but it is still important to my identity. When she came to the US she dropped all her korean traditions and stuff so I never l …

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Will being a year behind impact college acceptances?

For preschool, kindergarten, and first grade, I was homeschooled. When my parents decided I should attend public school, I was entered into the first grade, even though I was a year older than the oth …

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How would these grades affect me?

Hi! i'm scared with how my grades look . . . I'm not a senior, but I still want to know if I'm screwed, as I want to get into an Ivy League school (I don't know if this is chancing, but I'm sorry if i …

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Graduate on time for my age

Hi. I’d like to ask a genuine question, When I “finished” high school last year, I was awarded a Certificate of Completion not a high school diploma because I failed in multiple subjects mostly mathem …

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Can I talk about something that happened my senior year in my personal statement?

I recently went through the challenges of a job search, and it taught me a lot about resiliessence and being optimistic. I want to write about it but I don't know if it's too recent to be reflected on …

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Service Hours

Is there a place to add my service hours too? I am a current Junior and would like to have the most accurate idea of what schools I can shoot for and what not.

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How do I identify myself on common app?

So I'm Brazilian and so are my parents, and of course I put myself down as Hispanic. The thing is, I don't know if I should put myself down as black or not. My fathers parents are both of African desc …

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How to Add Cambridge AICE Exam Scores to Collegevine Profile

Hello! Current junior here. I attend a school with the option for students to participate in the Cambridge AICE Diploma program. I have a few AICE exam results I would like to add to my profile, but C …

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How to Add Cambridge AICE Exam Scores to Collegevine Profile

Hello! Current junior here. I attend a school with the option for students to participate in the Cambridge AICE Diploma program. I have a few AICE exam results I would like to add to my profile, but C …

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Is there anything I can do to increase my chances into getting into more selective universities?

I'm a junior and I want to get into difficult schools. Unfortunately, I didn't realize how important your freshman year was for your GPA and now I feel very behind. I have a 3.65 unweighted and a 3.85 …

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AP Stats and AP Calc AB Scheduling

So I want to major in Psychology (double major in smth else, but that's not relevant), and I know Stats is super important for that. So next year (11th/Junior) I can take either AP Calc AB, which is t …

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I have scored 1520 in SAT. I am considering to retake to increase my score

Math 800.

What if I score lower? Will it effect the admission process, or I can still be considered with my highest score?

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Partially through a college application with BYU Provo, thoughts?

There's about 6-8 essays total, I've done 4.

1 is about what you lose track of time doing, I wrote about how I'm creative with my hands with things such as welding and leatherwork.

2 is about a signif …

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