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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

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

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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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Why and how is UT Austin more unpredictable than ivy league colleges?

A senior that I know got into most of the UC schools as an out of state student, but was rejected by UT Austin as an in state student, and I'm pretty sure she had a stellar application, but others I'v …

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3 years ago
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Chapter clubs

Which clubs are prestigious to start ? Are there any prestigious chapter clubs that I can start at my school ?

Seems like creating DECA would require a curriculum change at my school

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3 years ago
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If my school doesn't do Honors or AP classes can I still get into an Ivy League?

I'm a freshman in a tiny high school and my school doesn't offer any Honors or AP class programs, the only thing they do offer is the opportunity to take college classes online from 9th to 12th grade. …

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3 years ago
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Is going to a Technical school wreck your chances into getting into an top 20 college ?

Hi, I am a Sophomore that goes to a technical school that wants to go to a top 20 college for its marine biology program; I am very involved in my school. I take all honors classes and am the vice pr …

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3 years ago
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Why and how is UT Austin more unpredictable than ivy league colleges?

A senior that I know got into most of the UC schools as an out of state student, but was rejected by UT Austin as an in state student, and I'm pretty sure she had a stellar application, but others I'v …

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IM2 Course taken at UCScout On Demand in 8th grade

I am 8th grade now and doing IM1 at school. I am also enrolled in IM2 at UCScout On Demand so I can start IM3 in 9th grade. My question is when UCScout sends the transcript to my high school, does t …

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3 years ago
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Drama or sports?

I was heavily involved in both drama (I performed at a major regional theater) and rowing (mainly as a coxswain) during middle school, but I moved right before 9th grade and had to quit both as my sch …

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3 years ago
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Has anyone gone to an arts high school and had a hard time getting into college?

i want to be a fashion designer. there is a public art high school near me that i want to switch to for my senior year. however my parents are concerned that a diploma from an art high school instead …

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3 years ago
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Is my UCLA offer going to be rescinded?

I failed my first semester of Spanish during my freshman year. I then retook that course my first semester of sophomore year and I got an A. When I was filling out the grades section of the UC applica …

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3 years ago
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Which path is better: community college and transfer to a UC or start off at a UC and potentially have to withdraw?

Hi,

I am afraid that my son may be burnt out with his grades dropping some as a junior/senior. I am sure it has cost him opportunities as a result he is opting for UC that he is not thrilled about. One …

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3 years ago
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Can't decide major

I'm an average student and I am not good at Math and Chemistry. I'm interested in these majors but Im not sure which one to take.

1.Biomedical engeneering

2.Biotechnology

3.Environmental science

4.Com …

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internships/extracurriculars for sophomore hoping to become fashion designer?

I am almost done with my 10th grade year and I feel as though I don't have enough extracurriculars under my belt at the moment. I TA an after-school sewing class for middle schoolers, have my own smal …

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Extracurriculars for a 10th grader interested in the biomedical field.

I am in 10th grade at an online school for the semester. I am struggling with extracurriculars due to the lack of clubs and opportunities for an online school. I am hoping to become an oncology or fam …

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3 years ago
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CC before medical school

Hi, so I am a junior and will be attending CC due to financial considerations before transferring to a large 4 year university and then going to medical school. I plan to major in health sciences with …

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3 years ago
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AICE Diploma

hi,

I'm a junior and on track to getting my cambridge AICE diploma. However, I think I just completely failed one of my A level papers. I don't think I can do well overall on that subject, but I'm pret …

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3 years ago
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how can a Nigerian like myself get a basketball scholarship to play in your school

11th grade

nigeria

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3 years ago
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Direct Admissions

Hey everyone i looked on my profile and it said that my profile is an all-star profile and i'm fit for direct admission i clicked yes and now it says that my application is active which i'm very happy …

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3 years ago
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How do you know what to do with your life?

Exactly what it says.

I have changed my mind like 100 million times over the past couple of years and have no clear direction for what I want to do.

I was wondering how you do you truly know what you …

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How do you know what you want to do with your life?

Exactly what it says.

I have changed my mind like 100 million times over the past couple of years and have no clear direction for what I want to do.

I was wondering how you do you truly know what you …

 
Money
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Passion
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How many extracurriculars do you need? Is it more quality over quantity or is it the opposite?

Hello all,

I’m just finishing up my sophomore year in high school and still so confused over the aspect of extracurriculars in an application.

My freshman and the beginning of my sophomore years were …

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