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Scheduling for Junior Year

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Just to give some background, next Friday, my school is going to start scheduling for our junior year. Most Juniors in my school take 3 AP classes, Gov, Bio, and Lang. I definitely want to take Go …

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Effects of summer college courses in admission

I am African. So we didn't take AP or honour courses in our school and I had a GPA of 3.76(and a valedictorian). Due to the pandemic, I wasn't able to take SAT but I offered some college courses(relat …

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Will colleges accept my subject tests

With subjects being cancelled it will change things but, I've already taken mine so will colleges accept them or not?

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How do I pick a prompt that will allow me to stand out when I have nothing interesting to talk about in my life?

I am a senior

I am applying through the My Coalition app. I have no idea how to write my personal statement to show admissions that I am more than my application. I have many ideas on each prompt and …

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What organizations can give volunteering hours that schools will accept?

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I'm running an organization and I plan on registering it for non-profit status. I was wondering if I will be able to offer volunteering hours to participants once I do so. Is there a certain req …

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Can I use high school awards as extracurriculars?

Hello! I'm a Junior currently attending a Catholic Jesuit high school. At the end of each school year during graduation, one student from each grade level is selected to receive an award correlating t …

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How do I improve my coursework?

In my chancing profile on CollegeVine, I have 14 IB courses, 2 honors courses, and 1 college course. I have more classes that I've taken but they aren't accelerated so I can't put them in. Is my chanc …

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Summer Camps

I am a 11th grader in Turkey, and I want to join summer camps in some of the Ivy League Universities. But there are requirements for them (SAT,ACT or TOEFL, IELTS) and I can't enter those exams right …

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What are some good extra-curriculars besides school clubs?

9th grade, interested in math/finance/business majors and schools

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What to do about summer school?

So I am someone who is more or less dead set on going into civil engineering. My GPA is lower than what I want for elite schools such as Rice and elite LACs so I plan on taking a summer course.

My on …

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What will replace the SAT Subject Tests?

My school doesn't offer many foreign languages (with only Spanish offered) and I was planning to take the SAT Subject Tests in German and Latin. But now I can't do that. What can replace these?

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Is doing volunteer summer research with professor good as a high schooler?

I'm a current sophomore and I cold emailed a couple of professors near my local community college and one responded back with a potential research opportunity. However, it's an unpaid position. Was wo …

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How can I increase my GPA?

I would ask my counselor this but he never answers my questions, so here I am. I have a 3.95 GPA (according to Collegevine) and I'm wondering if a 4.0 is possible or at least 3.99 by the time I gradua …

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Word count

I am applying for an award that ask for an up to 500 word personal statement. Unfortunately I didn't realize I needed to do it until today and the deadline is next week. Is it acceptable to write a 20 …

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Do colleges value summer programs such as the Congress of Future Medical Leaders or NSLC?

For context, I am a high school junior who was recently invited to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders and the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC). Are programs like this legit and does a …

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Which competition should I attend?

I'm a freshman in high school, and I have two really important competitions on the same day. One is the science olympiad regional competition. If I don't attend it, I will be dropped from the team thi …

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Will Class of 2022 also be test-optional due to COVID-19?

I am currently a junior in high school and have never even taken the SAT. I will be applying to colleges at the end of this year when I am a senior and worry that I won't have the opportunity to take …

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