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Can I use high school awards as extracurriculars?
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by @giselle.p
awards
highschool
extracurriculars
1 vote
1 answer
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 correlatin...
What organizations can give volunteering hours that schools will accept?
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by @HermioneG
hours
volunteering
2 votes
0 answers
Hello,
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 cert...
How do I improve my coursework?
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by @irenejerving
coursework
applications
0 votes
2 answers
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 ch...
Can someone rate this profile? : I am trying to get into UPenn's M&T Program
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by @acemehlifeeverday
M&T
chance
UPenn
transcript
applications
-8 votes
0 answers
Current Junior, less than a year is left until ED Applications, the goal is to get into the super exclusive M&T program at UPenn where less then 60 seniors get in per year, it is a mix of Business ...
Will a virtual internship (because of COVID-19) look worse to colleges than an in-person internship?
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by @d234
research
extracurriculars
2 votes
2 answers
Summer research internship.
Summer Camps
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by @Elfiaya
summer-program
extracurriculars
0 votes
1 answer
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 rig...
What are some good extra-curriculars besides school clubs?
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by @treebranch101
high-school
clubs
extracurriculars
0 votes
1 answer
9th grade, interested in math/finance/business majors and schools
What to do about summer school?
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by @DebaterMAX
summerschool
GPA
0 votes
2 answers
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.
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What will replace the SAT Subject Tests?
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by @rayne.rose
foreign-language
test
SAT-subject-test
applications
0 votes
2 answers
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?
How to build a spike in the social sciences?
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by @twohid
sociology
classof2022
IvyLeague
political-science
extracurriculars
1 vote
2 answers
I am a junior thinking of aiming high for the Ivy Leagues or simple prestigious colleges that are known for their social sciences. I have quite a lot of extracurriculars, but I am definitely missin...
How can I increase my GPA?
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by @Diana-Baki
GPA
0 votes
3 answers
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 gra...
Which competition should I attend?
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by @ananya
scienceolympiad
debate
extracurriculars
0 votes
2 answers
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 ...
Word count
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by @DebaterMAX
wordcount
essays
0 votes
3 answers
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...
Any thoughts on how the latest changes from CollegeBoard will affect the admissions process to state and elite school?
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by @stemcurious
college
0 votes
2 answers
I am a 9th grader
Is doing volunteer summer research with professor good as a high schooler?
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by @lina1
research
3 votes
2 answers
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...
Do colleges value summer programs such as the Congress of Future Medical Leaders or NSLC?
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by @Amelia17
summer-program
junior
0 votes
1 answer
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 doe...
Will Class of 2022 also be test-optional due to COVID-19?
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by @oxemm25
SAT
1 vote
3 answers
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 ta...
Moving to a different country in the middle of the school year
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by @sumomaya
onlineschool
GPA
admissions
junior
extracurriculars
1 vote
3 answers
With covid being a thing I was already missing out on a lot of things that I was planning to do. Then my entire family moved to a different country and I am now doing online school. I was doing IB ...
Just thought you should all know, not a question
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by @dlzz
essay
SAT-subject-test
SAT
5 votes
1 answer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/sat-ending-essay-subject-tests/2021/01/19/ac82cdd8-574a-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
According to this article by WAPO, CB will suspend the SA...
Do colleges care if you repeat a year of high school?
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by @rayne.rose
classes
applications
0 votes
1 answer
Title. basically. I want to repeat my Junior year in an effort to improve my GPA more. Is this ok?
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