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UPenn and Philadelphia

What is the relationship between UPenn and the city?

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How does the spike play out in the application?

Do the essays have to be about the spike, too or is it more a theme the AOs just get?

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How To Calculate Our Weighted And Unweighted GPA ?

How We Can Calculate Our Unweighted And Weighted GPA. As I Find Different Site To Calculate GPA. But The Result Is Little Bit Different From Each Other. Kindly Friends As I Find This Website To Be Ver …

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Honors on chancing profile

Hey!

I know that achievements are an important part of the application process, and there's a different section in Common App to put them (we get to put 5 achievements + 10 ECs).

Where do I put my ach …

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patent pending

How is patent application pending rated in the extra curricular activities?

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Questbridge Prep Scholars, how confident are you in your application?

TL;DR: Decision thread for the 2021 Questbridge Prep Scholars applications!

I want to meet up with some other juniors who applied to the program and just chat! A reminder that decisions come out in lat …

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where can i publish my research paper?

hey! I wonder if there are any places where high schoolers can publish their paper? thanks for answering!

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How do I boost my transfer application?

Recently after I got rejected from cornell, I got a letter encouraging me to transfer with some requirements. I'm applying to dyson which has the lowest acceptance rate but I'm not sure for transfers. …

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Livestreams with Engineering Students? STEM oriented livestreams?

I apologize in advance as I am not sure if this is the right category to start this discussion or if I formatted this incorrectly.

I was wondering if CollegeVine could reach out to more STEM/Engineerin …

 
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Moving states after college applications, tuition questions.

The UC school system does not provide financial aid for out-of-state students due to State of California laws.

I am currently in 11th grade studying in Michigan. My parents want to move to another stat …

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I just want to know how could I find easy jobs. I’m new for this country and I’m high school student.

I just want to know how could I find easy jobs for new comer in this country and It’s for high school student.

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Mandatory Vaccines for Colleges this Fall

Very recently, Rutgers University (NJ) and Cornell University (NY) [per USA Today] have mandated the vaccine for upcoming fall admissions. After these dominoes fell, Brown University (RI) and Northeas …

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How do I know which Cal State University is the best at nursing program?

I'm a junior in La Canada High School, CA. My GPA is at 3.23 and I did not take SAT or ACT this year. I'm planning on taking it my senior year so it would give me some more options. I do some research …

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what do i do if my school doesn't have AP classes?

In my country AP classes don't exist so I can't take any. We only have regular classes that are still pretty hard, but I wanna go to college in the USA, and not taking AP classes affects my weight GPA …

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How to add common app essay to the colleges I am not applying through common application?

As I can apply to 20 colleges via common app, but I have to apply other safety and reach schools also. So, if I apply to those schools directly from website, how am I gonna submit my common app essay …

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How to Navigate College?

Just got into my dream college! But as a first generation student, what are some things that are important in college, and what should I prepare as an upcoming freshman?

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How hard is Ivy League course work?

I'm thinking of applying to ivy league schools like Yale University and Columbia University, but I don't feel like my school prepared me enough, should I apply anyway? I am going into the pre-med trac …

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I feel anxious over my journey to college. How can I gain assurance and stay focused.

I am a freshman in HS who is taking one AP. But I didn't do so well in them (Semester 1: C Semester 2:B), while some of my other friends did super good job and gonna take Higher level courses in soph …

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What's your favorite CollegeVine feature?

We're adding polls to the community and wanted to try one out in this discussion post! Submit your vote! You can leave a reply explaining why you like the feature you voted for OR let us know what you …

 
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Help with comparing colleges

I got into Duke, Olin, Vanderbilt for engineering. I plan on going into graduate school. Does anyone know if there are any advantages to any one over the others or anything about grade deflation?

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