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Is my essay topic cliche ?

I'm an international student applying from Bangladesh this year. Recently the country went through a political upheaval where a 15 year dictatorship was uprooted by a student led rebellion. I was at t …

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So I got accepted into a college through....collegevine?

I got a 22,000 renewable scholarship from Arcadia. I was just wondering these things:

1) how did they find me? Did they choose me based on the information on my Collegevine profile?

2) I didn't apply fo …

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College major

Hi, I am a rising senior and intend to apply as a business major for college. However, my math grades don’t look pretty great. Except for 9th grade both 10th and 11th are in Bs. My college counselor a …

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School recomendations

Hi!

I'm a senior in high school looking for public university or community college recommendations. I plan to major in psychology and get a bachelors degree. I have a 3.9 GPA and a 20 ACT score. I res …

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CollegeVine's new AI recruiters

I'm a little skeptical as to how the AI algorithm works. I've lately received a few AI recruiters on this site and they say things like "your ECs and academics are really good" or something along thos …

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a year ago
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should I submit my SAT scores to schools if I got a bad score?

Last year I got an 1120 on my SAT, which isn't bad but it isn't great either. I'm applying to a handful of colleges where my SAT is below average of those accepted (around or above a 1300). I'm going …

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a year ago
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CollegeVine Chancing?

THIS IS NOT A "CHANCE-ME" POST MODS PLEASE DON'T FLAG ME

I recently logged onto CollegeVine after a month or so of not using it and I noticed my chances at top schools increased greatly without me chan …

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Would dropping AP Art history in order to have 5 classes instead of 6 as a senior badly affect my admissions chances?

I already have my arts credit, I do not need the class to graduate and I am not majoring in art. All my courses are Honors or AP, I am not taking easy classes as a senior. The two reasons I am droppin …

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Should I quit orchestra to take AP Chem?

I'm going to be a sophomore in high school, and my schedule just came up; it turns out that orchestra conflicts with my AP Chem class. So, this year, I have to take on or the other. I am the Concertma …

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How to go to college in California as an American living abroad?

Hey! So I want to go to a California state school, however from what I have seen online, since I am not physically living in California, but in Europe, I would not be able to have residency tuition pr …

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Research and Competitions advice

I am a rising sophomore. In the summer of 2023, I moved from India to the US. I plan to major in Mechanical Engineering. The College admissions are way different than I expected but, I got some unders …

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Is it possible to raise my unweighted gpa before early admissions?

If I currently have a 3.6 unweighted GPA, is it realistic to raise it to a 3.9 before early admissions? I'm really stressed because I'm not used to being less than an A-B student, but I completely flu …

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a year ago
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Programs like YYGS?

I'm trying to strengthen my ECs by joining high school enrichment programs. Is there any program like YYGS that similarly offers full financial aid for international students?

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What can I do to make my stats good enough for ivy league?

Hello, I am a junior in high school at the moment who is getting ready to start deciding on colleges to apply for next year. I am thinking about going into politics, or some form of government major. …

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Is having a low-ish GPA okay for UCLA?

Hi there,

So I've always dreamed about getting in to UCLA, but I've heard that they place GPA as a top priority.

I have a 4.5 weighted which is pretty good, but I have a 3.7 unweighted, which is below …

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How to get a perfect SAT\ACT score for ivy league

Tell me more about resources and materials

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a year ago
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How Does Being A Transient Student Work?

I am currently a sophomore at my high school and I want to take some pretty hard classes senior year that my school doesn't offer, these being AP Physics C Mechanics and AP Physics C Electricity and M …

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What is the purpose of CommonApp?

I've heard a few things about it, but I don't really understand how it is helpful for college applications. Is it like some sort of CollegeVine or a completely different thing or how does it work? Tha …

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will my bad freshman GPA affect college

I'm currently a sophomore and last year I got a 4.3/5 GPA. My school does a 5 point GPA system. I was not mentally there and this year and for the rest of my school years I plan on getting a 5.0 GPA. …

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8th grade grades on transcript?

In 8th grade I took 3 classes that were assigned high school credit, they went on my transcript and were as follows:

Earth Science B+

Algebra I B+

Spanish 1 A

And this 8th grade year affected my GPA by .0 …

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