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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

We’re pleased to announce that the Community Forum is now officially open once again.

We appreciate the patience, curiosity, and enthusiasm you’ve shown. Your continued interest and support meant so …

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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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My Chronic Illness Affected My Midyear Grades, what do I do?

Hi, I am a senior applying to college and throughout my high school career until my most recent quarter, I’ve had a 3.98 UW gpa. In September, I was diagnosed with a chronic health condition, and ende …

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Business Psych major at UCSD or Psych Major at CSUs?

Hello!

I really want a job in the I-O field when I graduate college. Currently, I am doing my undergraduate degree in Psychology. I'm a second year in community college and I am transferring out in the …

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GPA Help

So my GPA as a junior is currently a 2.469, do you have any advice on how it can be better before the end of senior year?

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4 days ago
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What Does an ISO-45001-Lead-Auditor Do? Roles, Skills, and Career Scope

I’ve been preparing for the ISO-45001-Lead-Auditor certification, and while studying, I realized just how critical this role is in occupational health and safety. Essentially, an ISO-45001 Lead Audito …

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Freshman GPA, How Important Is It?

Howdie! Currently a freshman and we have just recently started the second semester. As of the first semester I had a GPA of 3.7 unweighted and 4.1 weighted. Just wondering, but do colleges specificall …

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عايز اكمل دراسه برا مصر واستقر يعنى لان عجبنى الاعلان ده وقد اي كويس

انا فى تانيه جامعه تربيه كيمياء

طالعه فى سنه اولى ب GpA3.9

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How cooked am I (pls help)

Sophomore here. I have a 3.91 total unweighted gpa, 3.87 academic unweighted gpa. We have to choose next year's courses.

I want to be a biology major or similar at a good UC or possibly Ivy Leagues. I …

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7 days ago
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Political Science Service?

Aloha from Hawai'i! I've been thinking a lot about community service opportunities, and I was curious about how I could connect it to my intended major, Political Science. Do y'all have any good ideas …

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Do I stand a chance of acceptance at SAIC?

Hi all - I received great feedback from SAIC at NPD and was told that my portfolio met their admissions requirements. With this encouragement, I applied EA but received a letter stating they need my m …

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should I disclose addiction on common app?

current junior, but ive started wondering/worrying about this

my freshman year i suffered from pretty intense addiction which led to various mental problems such as depression, thus impacting my academ …

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Can an IEP (Individualized Education Program) student take AP/honors classes without their IEP not being meant

I am an IEP student and thinking about taking AP Gov and politics and/or honors chemistry in 10th grade, but I'm worried about if I take these classes my IEP wont be meant by the school or the departm …

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11 days ago
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How do I even write a college essay?

I have no idea how to write a college essay, is it a story or like a narration of a certain event? I really need some tips pleaseee!

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12 days ago
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EC's for an aspiring Mechanical Engineering student???

What Extra Curriculars should i add to my list if i want to go to a T20 college and am a sophomore currently???

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FIRST Robotics - 9,10

Awards: 2nd place Innovate Award at the World Champio …

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Texas A&M Mays transfer

I really want to transfer to Mays Business. I am currently a freshman at a community college, have a 4.0, in phi theta kappa, honors, and have three years of professional internship experience, and w …

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What is the most important for getting into MIT or Stanford?

Could you guys please answer my question. I'm a sophomore and I want to get into MIT or Stanford, what would be the next best thing to do for me? This is my activities so far . . .

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Early Decision

What is the difference between ED1 and ED2, and how do I decide which school I should ED to?

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14 days ago
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CSS profile

I am an international student applying to colleges this cycle. My CSS profile is already submitted , and I have used the correction feature. I accidentally clicked no for the 'Does your government hav …

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Is it possible?

I desperately want to go to law school in the future however I'm not sure I can get there with my stats. Im a senior in high school right now with a 3.43 UW GPA and hardly any extracurriculars. I got …

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Help me on my next moves please and anyoine opinion works

I am a junior with a 1230 sat score and a 3.48 weighted 4.0 and a weighted 5.0 I am at a 4.58 but we got a different goa scale cause courses are weighted at 6.0 and my ecs are I led a environment camp …

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Has anyone used online tools or services for research essays?

I find the hardest part isn’t just writing it’s gathering credible sources, organizing ideas clearly, and making sure the argument flows logically. With tight deadlines, it can get really stressful.

I’ …

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