Skip to main content

Welcome to your community feed

See how others are talking about admissions and get your questions answered by supportive peers.
-5
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How do you calculate the chances?

Hello, I didn’t quite understand how your site works, can you give detailed explanation on how you calculate chances?

-5
7
2
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

I'm currently doing A-levels. Confused about my chances

While creating my chancing profile here on collegevine, I came across the AP/IB classes section. However, I'm an international student doing A-levels. How would I put in data into those boxes to get a …

2
3
0
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Can you/How do you get a virtual interview with a college?

I am planning on applying to, as well as 3 other safety schools, Cal Poly SLO. I have heard of people being interviewed at colleges in the past before/along with their application. I was wondering if …

0
3
2
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Do colleges consider your senior AP classes when judging course rigor?

I am a junior and want to apply to Duke Early Decision in the 2021 fall. I was only able to take 1 AP course this year and that means I would have taken 4 in all before senior year. However, I want to …

2
1
3
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How should I deal with a deferal?

I found out that I was deferred from my dream school yesterday. I don't think it was a pity deferral because the school doesn't really do those. I am given the option to submit another why this school …

3
5
1
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Can I mention University B's name in an supplemental essay that I am writing for University A?

If I am writing a supplemental essay and the content of my essay revolves around a program that I have taken at some other university, is it okay to mention that other college name and the program nam …

1
7
6
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How to see what people rate your review

I know you can see what rating other people give you on your editing that you do on their essays, but how can you see the commentary they left on your review?

6
5
0
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

how do i get recommendation letters?

I'm in a high school where most of my teachers don't know English. I was planning to get a rec letter from two of my teachers who both can't speak English. how do I get my recommendation letters? Do I …

0
3
0
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

q. what item would you bring to college that represent you or your community?

i am a senior in high school. this is the question I've received for my application. i tried, but i have no idea how to answer it can you help me? [the word limit is 30]

0
1
0
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Are there any summer programs that are good for students interested in education studies?

looking for high school summer programs/classes/activities that relate to education(policy, teaching, curriculum, really anything related to edcuation works, etc.). Thanks!!

0
1
2
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Should I submit a music recording to my application to a STEM major?

I am a high school senior applying to tufts, and want to show that I am more than just a STEM student and that I love music. I wanted to add a supplemental recording of a piece I am working on, but I' …

2
1
1
🎉 First post
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How can I improve my extracurriculars and what can I list in them?

I belong to an ICSE board curriculum where we don't often get more chances of extracurriculars but I've been participating in a lot of them, I would love to know how and in which tier should I list th …

1
1
0
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Should I ask the university if I can submit their optional essay after I submit my application?

I applied to Penn State, not knowing they had an optional essay questions, but I already submitted my application. I recently found out from a friend that they do. I’m not sure if it would be smart to …

0
5
0
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

What are the best Meteorology/Atmospheric Science schools?

I've been looking around for a definite, credible ranking of schools in the United States/Midwest and their meteorology programs, anyone have any idea where I could find something like that? It's usua …

0
3
2
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How do AP Exams and Dual Credit/Enrollment classes transfer to the universities I apply to?

I am a sophomore in high school in the San Antonio, Texas area. For the sake of this question, let's say I apply to and get accepted to the University of Texas at San Antonio. When I use their credit …

2
2
3
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

What exactly happens when you demonstrate interest (network) through CollegeVine?

The button just says connect, but what actually gets sent to them?

3
1
-6
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How to get into MIT without extracurricular experience?

I dont have much experience in extracurriculars so I want to know if it is possible to get into MIT without it

-6
5
3
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

SUGGESTION: Archiving useful and repetitive Q&A’s??🤔

Since there seems to be a lot of questions coming and going down through the list (some of which are important questions but repetitive of previous Q’s), should collegevine start to archive some impor …

3
3
-9
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

Can MIT accept students with really less extracurricular experience? If yes then How?

About the activities- I’m from India where students rarely do any extracurricular activity except for the ones their school provides. I even came to know about all this in 12th standard when I was giv …

-9
3
0
5 years ago
Admissions Advice
Question

How impactful it is to make a community club

My daughter is a Junior. She is working with a international children's organization since grade 9.

she was supposed to have school club this year, everything was ready. but due to covid, no teachers a …

0
1
Displaying questions 9261-9280 of 11802 total

My communities

Admissions Advice

Join more communities to personalize your feed

Explore
 

Join the conversation

Ask a question
Start a discussion
See how your peers are thinking about college admissions.
Reply to a post
Help other students and share your experiences.

Community Guidelines

To keep this community safe and supportive:

  1. Be kind and respectful!
  2. Keep posts relevant to college admissions and high school.
  3. Don’t ask “chance-me” questions. Use CollegeVine’s chancing instead!