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I am looking for ways to get my application to stand out. Phase one invitational and is a submission of a short essay, resume, and two references. Phase two is invitational to go to campus for intervi …

I don’t understand why I am being invited to apply to universities honor programs or to apply to study abroad that I have applied to - when I don’t even if I know if I’m accepted yet to their univers …

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Hi, I'm currently a 12th-grade Senior High School student from India, and I have been thinking of taking a gap year before applying.

My Grades are great (96% Overall) and My ECs are also good (Self-Fun …

Hi! I'm a freshman in high school and (as you may know) I am nearing the end of my first semester. I wanted to take the PSAT to see what I need to study, but my school only lets Juniors take the PSAT. …

I want to transfer to top 20 schools like Columbia or Uchicago after my sophomore year. The ecs I have right now are related to volunteering/advocacy because that's what I want my spike to be. Should …

My grades aren't to bad its average b- and b and I have added colleges college vine says I can get into but none of them have accepted my connection request and I haven't gotten any connection reque …

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I’m wondering why I have been admitted to 2 regular decision colleges already (6 acceptances in total so far) ? I thought that I wouldn’t or not supposed to hear from those schools until at least t …

I'm currently a sophomore at a CTE school. Right now, I'm taking Regents Chemistry, English 10, AP World History, 2 periods of CTE class (IT fundamentals), Spanish 2, Gym, and Algebra 2.

I plan to eith …

So I'm a freshman applicant, and I'm applying for UC's. Do you think it would be okay if I applied for a psychology major even though I'm currently taking psychology right now?

Online filters generally don't have what I'm looking for. Any US college that fits ALL of these points?

1. Any student can live off campus.

2. Open curriculum or does not have gen ed.

3. Flexible class s …

I am currently waiting on my REA decision and I cannot help but go completely crazy over it. Are there any ways to tell if you got in before they release their decisions?

If there isn't, please leave …

Unweighted GPA: 2.70 / 4.0

Coursework: 6 Honors, 8 AP

Test Scores

SAT: 1520

Math: 780

Reading: 740

ACT: 32

Math: 32

Reading: 32

Science: 33

English: 31

PSAT: 1410

Extracurricular Activities

Social Media Manager

Bu …

I'm 14 years old and I've collecting dolls since 12, it's truly my passion. When I eventually apply to college, I do want to put down doll collecting as an extracurricular but I'm not sure if colleges …

Live in New England want to stay on the east coast

Debating Majors between Political Science and International Relations

3.7 GPA

I'm vice president of model un

I will have taken 4 Germans classes at th …

Im worried that my GPA (3.5UW, 4.2W) might be too low to be competitive at top universities

And my SAT (1340) is fine, but lower than what's expected at some of the more competitive schools Im applying …

I am an international student. I have participated in several high profile research: Research on menstrual hygiene conducted by WaterAid, research on the properties of primordial black holes (which wo …

I go to a relatively new school. It's small (250~ students) and is mastery learning based. Which basically means we get graded on "real-world" skills along with our course/course work. Where I'm from, …

I took my SAT and ACT in October and got my scores back, for my SAT I ended up getting a 1320 with a 700 in math and 620 in reading, for my ACT I got a 25 composite, a 23 for math, 24 for science and …

Desired Major: Computer Science

Graduation year: 2025

Current High School year: Junior

GPA: unweighted 3.2, weighted 4.4

Classes: (besides gym/health)

note. I want to major in computer science, but it didn …