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I am currently in 9th grade planning to launch a Robotics club in my school before my junior year at last. I have known that beginners can learn C and C++. I have also researched about the Arduino boa …

I live in the Chicagoland area, and I'm a HS junior. I'm projected to have taken a total of 6 AP classes out of 22 offered (HuG, World, Chem, Calc BC, Macro, Physics 1), 10 Honors classes, and 3 commu …

At my school, AP Computer Science A has a prerequisite class. I'm a Junior planning my classes for next year and am wondering if it would be worthwhile to take that prerequisite class my senior year, …

I am in 10th grade and want to do something worthwhile during the summer and was looking to see if there are any internships. I am fine with paid or non - paid and any field is good with me too.

In the future, I hope to be a lawyer. I would like to be able to go to a prestigious college that will lead me to the path of success, but I'm not sure how to spike when my high school doesn't have a …

I'm having a problem with choosing to go to a program school in my area over my public school. Going to my public school has more benefits and is easier because of what my major in college is leaning …

I am an Ethiopian-American student in my freshmen year of high school. In my household, we speak Amharic, and this language is actually the first language I’ve learned.

However, I’ve heard and read a l …

My name is Keirah and I'd want to introduce myself. I am a sophomore in high school and enrolled in VoTech, a health science program. My goal is to work as a traveling anesthesiologist. Anyway, in my …

Hey guys! I am so thankful to all of you for your help. I posted the previous question yesterday and received the answer soon after. Thank you again. I just wanted to know how sure should I be about t …

I'm currently an 8th grader, and while I was getting a general idea of what courses I would enroll in high schools, I realized that in some subjects, only one or two years were required, and in the ca …

Yesterday the CA Supreme Court issued a "STAY" on the UC Berkeley lawsuit to hold total enrollment at 2020 levels (42347). This implies that UCB must reduce freshman enrollment by 2500 from current le …

I’ve volunteered at the library (20 hours), at an oncology clinic (37), and at my church (30-40 hours over about 3 years).

I know all of these are okay but I’m pretty sure colleges want to see that I w …

I am planning to apply for Columbia university early decision later this year and was wondering what I could do to spruce up my resume. I have over 400 hours of community service at a hospital and hos …

I am an Indian and my school does not offer any AP courses. Also there is no test center in my city. Currently I am in standard 10th. I am a top achiever of my school and want to pursue my university …

Hi! My current CV chances at UVA are 54% and I am also a legacy.

My science path is like this: Honors bio -> honors chemistry -> ib bio hl1 -> ib bio hl2

I am applying for an economics major, and I cann …

Hi! I told my sister about collgevine and she wants to make an account, I know there is a way I can invite her and receive some Karma, do you know where the link is for that? I know I have seen it bef …

which grade level do colleges typically look at? 10th, 11th, or 12th grade?

for example which year is the one that you should take more seriously?

i only chose a few aps my junior year but a lot of extr …

My junior year I plan to take AP chem, honors pre calc, honors spanish 3, ap lang, honors theology (which is a requirement at my school), and AP Psychology (with one study hall). I am debating to take …

I would like it to be paid but it's fine if it's not.

I am currently a 9th grader. Recently, I transferred from a small private school with very few clubs to a large public school. Since I transferred almost midway through the school year, most clubs an …