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2 years ago
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Will my counselors mistake hurt me?

Ok ok, so I applied EA to my dream school, and all of my materials were submitted except for one thing MY TRANSCRIPT. My school uses Naviance which one of my recommenders was successfully able to use …

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2 years ago
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Can some explain why college adimmsion people are concidering me as an International student, but I am actually a H4 ?

Hi, Everyone

I applied to my colleges like William and Mary and James Madison University. I don't know why they consider me as an international student, but I am a H4 student. Please help me on how to …

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2 years ago
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CollegeVine Test Scores Chance Calculation

I have applied to top schools like UMich and UPenn. I had scored a 1380 on my first attempt at the SAT and so I decided to go test optional for both of these schools. However, for some reason, when I …

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2 years ago
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Thinking about taking college courses in the summer

I’m a bit worried about my course rigor. I took an AP class sophomore year, and I’m in 2 APs, an IB HL and an IB SL for my junior year. This means I have four advanced classes where six is the max. I …

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2 years ago
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Don't know what to do for freshman year

Hi, I'm Ele, and I'm in 9th grade. I'm aiming for UCLA. I need some help with college apps, because I don't know if what I'm doing is right.

These are my stats right now:

1. One AP class (Chinese)

2. I'm …

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2 years ago
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Average Number of Schools Applied to

How many schools have you applied to, are you applying to, or do you plan on applying to in the future?

 
1-5
26%
 
6-10
26%
 
11-15
32%
 
15+
14%
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2 years ago
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Sending SAT scores

Hi all, quick question.

I need to send official scores to 7< schools that I have applied/am applying to. I took the SAT twice, and scored slightly worse the second time. Should I send both scores, or o …

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2 years ago
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How would I list getting a scholarship awarded to attend a summit on my activities sheet?

Would this be considered a scholarship, and/or an activity/extracurricular? How would I enter this on the common app, and how would it be categorized for CollegeVine chancing purposes?

It was a schola …

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2 years ago
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Downward Trend

My grades dipped a lot junior year. I went from a 4.0 student to around a 3.6 for junior year (5 Bs). I have around a high 3.8 gpa cumulative and was one of the only students to max out course rigor i …

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2 years ago
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How does taking a pass or fail class affect my chances of getting into my top schools?

I am currently a Junior with 5 honors courses and 3 current AP classes. My weighted GPA this year is 4.54 but I am struggling with the workload. I take a virtual highschool course that runs half of th …

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2 years ago
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Chance of Getting into Virginia Tech?

Hi, so I'm a senior planning to apply for Early Action in Virginia Tech Computer Science, but I'm really worrying about if I'll be able to get into.

My spec:

1 AP(AP Calculus BC, B+) in junior year, 3AP …

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2 years ago
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4 years of math requirement to college admission

My daughter is a Junior n HS and deciding on next year courses.

She is not planning to take any math course in her senior year as she is taking AP Calculus BC this year and already took AP Calculus AB …

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2 years ago
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*Pretend This Never Existed*

Please No, I wanted to delete this but was not able to figure out how to.

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2 years ago
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Standard or College Prep?

I'm filling in self-report sections for college admissions. I have taken many honors and some AP classes. But since my school is very small some subjects don't offer honors. For example, visual art, s …

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2 years ago
Admissions Advice
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Standard or College Prep?

I'm filling in self-report sections for college admissions. I have taken many honors and some AP classes. But since my school is very small some subjects don't offer honors. For example, visual art, s …

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2 years ago
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If I want to do Marketing should I apply for business adminstration or communications at USC

I would like to do marketing in the future however I heard that both marshall and anneberg have marketing courses. For someone who would like to pursue marketing in the future, which is better marshal …

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2 years ago
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How can I view the Ivy Assistant?

Hello! I was just using the beta essay reviewer (Ivy) when I received a notice that I had reached the conversation limit. I refreshed my tab and could no longer find the conversation or the Ivy button …

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2 years ago
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Common App Sibling Information Question

Hello! I had a question. Some colleges in Common Ask ask specific questions for family, such as if your siblings are applying to the same College. I was wondering, if I filled out this information sta …

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2 years ago
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advice for honors essay?

i am applying to emerson college and i think i have a pretty good chance of getting in. i want to major in maybe media arts production with a focus in television writing/producing. i want to write for …

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2 years ago
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Colleges like Rice - high academic rigor/quality AND no living on campus requirement

Rice is obviously a fantastic college with great academics, which is always good for me. I'm interested in neuroscience. Another I think unique thing about Rice is that even though it's private and to …

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