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Dual Credit and AP

My apologies if this is a silly question or should be obvious.

When I graduate high school, I will have taken 25 dual credit classes and will receive an Associate Degree in Engineering. I know AP and H …

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College Program(s)

After completing a bachelor's degree 4-year program, I was thinking about going back to college for another 2-4 years for an associate/bachelor's degree so I could focus on extracurricular activities. …

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My 2 cents for the Class of 2028 based on these 3 hypercompetive admissions cycles

My 2 cents for the Class of 2028 based on these 3 hyper-competitive admissions cycles

All of you 9th-11th graders have watched 3 uber-competitive admissions cycles so here are my takeaways for the next …

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How do you know what to do with your life?

Exactly what it says.

I have changed my mind like 100 million times over the past couple of years and have no clear direction for what I want to do.

I was wondering how you do you truly know what you …

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What test can a USA student take that is equivalent to the Stúdentspróf?

Hello! I'm curious to hear from any students in Iceland, or anyone who knows info about the stúdentspróf, the Icelandic matriculation exam.

I'm interested in studying full time in Iceland for an under …

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Ask me anything about applying to architecture school

Hi,

I’m posting this because I want to answer your questions about applying to architecture schools.

I’ve finished undergraduate (Bartlett UCL) and postgraduate (University of Cambridge) architecture sc …

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I got a Bronze in National Economics Olympiad. Is that a Tier 2 or Tier 1 extracurricular?

I got a Bronze in National Economics Olympiad. Is that a Tier 2 or Tier 1 extracurricular?

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VANDERBILT's implied acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 is 5.61% a historical low !!!

VANDERBILT's implied acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 is 5.61% a historical low !!!

Today Vandy announced a 4.2% RD acceptance rate based on 41501 applicants and 1763 admissions. If you add the ED …

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a year ago
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COLBY College is the new Dartmouth. For the Class of 2027 the acceptance rate was 6.42% !!!

During this cycle more and more high-achieving students applied to Top Liberal arts colleges like Colby pushing the applications from 16891 to 17800 and lowering the admit rate from 7.45% to 6.42%. If …

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PRE IVY DAY, BROWN pre-announces a 5.09% acceptance rate vs. 5.03% last year !!!!

PRE IVY DAY, BROWN pre-announces a 5.09% acceptance rate vs. 5.03% last year !!!!

On a conf. call or internal memo, the Brown Dean Logan Powell announced that he would add 1730 RD admissions to the alr …

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Important Update: Expert Answers are going away (for now!)

Dear CollegeVine Community Members,

We hope this message finds you well on your college admissions journey. We appreciate the time and effort you’ve invested in our community forum, making it a support …

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Tips for last minute ECs for someone intending to become a business major?

Currently I am the Business Management Lead for club at my school and am an ICDC qualifier for DECA. With the club, I work and manage with different local organizations and high school teams to facili …

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UVA announced it's Class of 2027 acceptance rate of 16.21% vs 18.68% last year

The bottom line is that prestigious state universities are harder to get into than ever.

Unofficial 2022-2023 #UVA Admission Statistics (from their website)

Here are some unofficial numbers about this …

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a year ago
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MIT released it's Class of 2027 Acceptance Rates at 6:28 PM (Tau Time) 4.68%

For the first time since the pandemic started, MIT's overall acceptance rate went up not down.

This is purely a function of getting about 20% fewer applications due to mandatory standardized testing re …

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a year ago
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USC today announced it's acceptance rate for the Class of 2027 at 9.75%

Ahead of schedule, USC press relations tweeted today that it will accept 7900 applicants for the Class of 2027 out of 81000 applications. "The University wrote in decision letters sent to applicants …

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What improvements would you like to see to CollegeVine's extracurricular ranking pyramid?

Hi everyone! I'm an Expert moderator for CollegeVine, and I've seen and answered many questions about our extracurricular ranking pyramid. I was wondering if anyone has any feedback about how we could …

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Correlation problem between college rankings and acceptance rates

This is important for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to make their college lists.

Pre-pandemic, the college landscape was already changing say from 2010-2020. More and more people were applying to top co …

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a year ago
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Cults and Colleges

What a CRAZY HULU documentary about Sarah Lawrence. Anyone else hear about what is going on at Mason Gross / Rutgers? Hauntingly similar! Anytime anyone mentions it to me, it is "hush hush" and whis …

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For those of you who are attending college right now, how are you affording to pay for college?

For those of you are currently attending college, how are you affording to pay for college?, do you have any advice for people who are currently applying for colleges?, if you have scholarships how di …

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a year ago
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Any Bowdoin EDII Applicants??

Hey y'all, I felt the urge to reach out to other Bowdoin EDII applicants after the decisions date got moved up to this Friday. How are you guys feeling??

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