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Is a C+ in BiologyI Accelerated for second quarter of freshman year, is this catastrophic if I am aiming for ivy league?

Although I am still in the middle of my second quarter for Biology I Accelerated (which is weighed the same as AP) I have a single D bringing my grade down for this class. I was wondering how negative …

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What are some extracurriculars I should take as a 15-year-old sophomore in high school?

I plan to go on the pre-med track and my dream school is Johns Hopkins. What are some extracurriculars I should do that are medicine related?

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What should i enter in the coursework field in Collagevine's personal profile?

I'm a grade 12 student at an accredited high-school in Ethiopia. In Ethiopian most high schools, there aren't distinct honors or AP classes like in some other educational systems. Instead, they focus …

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Am I doing enough?

Hello, I am a current freshman who is hoping to get into Harvard. I am currently taking 3 honors classes, and I plan to take 14 AP classes and 7 honors classes by the end of high school, and take astr …

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I got connections with a few colleges, what now?

The colleges I connected with aren't the ones I'm applying to, and I don't really have specific questions. However, I am somewhat interested in one of them that I heard was very rigorous. How do I go …

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Where to improve (junior) (not chancing but you can) (idk abt essays rn)

1510 SAT, prob will retake (740 eng 770 math)

ACT pending score

1500 PSAT, prob nm finalist

4.0 unweighted, 4.45 weighted (4.0 scale, 4.5=honors, 5.0=ap)

6 aps total by the end of this year (calc ab+bc, c …

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Is Freshman year of High School too early to apply for scholarships?

I wondered if I should wait until I am a Junior or Senior before applying. It is very important to me that I get into a good college, but I don't know if it is too early.

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Will an F 1st semester of senior year ruin my chance for NYU?

Hi, I’m applying Early Decision 2 to a relatively less competitive NYU school. Unfortunately I ended the semester with an F in my AP 2D art class, and I’m really worried about how the midyear repo …

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Connections not responding.

Hi!

I have noticed that once a college connects with me, they never respond to any of the questions I have after the connection. Are others experiencing this or is it just me? I don't want to keep as …

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Showing interest in Engineering

I want to major in engineering, (I'm currently a sophomore), but I feel like all the extracurricular activities I'm involved in don't show that. Can I attend any summer or online programs to show my i …

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My question is for the adopted people because I´m adopted as well and I was wondering how the free college works?

With being adopted the state you were adopted in provides you free college. I heard that it only will work if you went to a public college. I am coming to the end of my high school career, so I was wo …

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How bad does it look to get a C in A levels math 1st term senior year?

I am in my senior year at a British school in Valencia Spain. I started at the school in my junior year. Prior to that I was at an American school in Taipei Taiwan for my freshman and sophomore year. …

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Are my Extra curriculars strong enough? How can I improve it?

These are my activities as listed on my Common App. Please recommend improvements, criticisms(constructive of course).

I'm a West Indian/Caribbean student who have good CSEC and average CAPE results.

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What do you do after getting into a college?

I recently received an acceptance letter from one of my top-choice schools. However, I'm still waiting to hear back from other schools that I've applied to. I'm feeling quite overwhelmed by all the in …

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International application and scholarships

I am concerned about my college list. My name is Mariana and I am a Brazilian senior

My unw. GPA is 3.75 and my SAT is 1460 (710 for reading and 750 for math). I listed 5 honors that are nati …

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Would Co-Foudning a big Roblox group count as a EC.

Hello, I’m a 9th grader and was wondering if I could put this on college application in the future. For reference, the group had around 400-500k members in its prime making around 50 mil robux(which I …

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Research on nuclear fusion for highschoolers

I'm very interested in nuclear fusion, so much so that I'm doing a school project on nuclear fusion (and into a senior project, hopefully). To make it into a senior project, I need to shadow a profess …

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Chemistry grades affecting ivy admission

I'm highly interested in chemistry but I have a C in summer chemistry and a D first quarter in AP Chemistry. Im improving though. Will it ruin my chances of getting into an lvy league when applying in …

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Restoring old collegevine account

Hi! I used to use collegevine on my school account, but at some point my school decided to not let students log into collegevine (and many other websites) with their school account. Since then, I have …

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How to show Science interest?

I want to go into biophysics/molecular biology but my school offers practically no science extraccuriculars at the high school level, and my family doesn't have the time or money to handle transportat …

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