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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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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

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What mindset will you recommend going into if you are trying to apply for scholarships at this time?.

I am a sophmore at Evans High School and currently looking and trying to receive scholarships.

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How impressive is being a manager of the high school swim team?

For next year, I was given the opportunity to be the swim team manager who attends meets and helps with a lot of the small tasks for the team. Is this something that is just as good as doing that spor …

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Scholarships

Thanks

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Accpetance Chances

How can I increase my chances of getting into a university after I have submitted my application.

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How to check UPenn Wharton LBW status

Hi everyone!

So I applied to Wharton's LBW summer program and decision results come out in seven days. Does anyone else who applied or previously applied know where and how I will access my decision?

T …

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Has anyone's chancing results been reordered questionably?

My chancing results look like this. I find that many schools are not intuitively where they should be. Maybe someone has had similar results and can explain what the changes are to the revised algorit …

 
My CV admissions chance has not been affected
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My CV admissions are now all higher
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My CV admissions are now all lower
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My CV admissions are now jumbled up like yours.
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Is it too late/worth it to let schools know about important developments in my senior year?

I'm super stoked to try and get into schools such as Brown and Harvard, and I want to make sure I have everything I need to do so. However, I don't want to ruin my chances by giving admissions' office …

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How can I earn a athletic scholarship before im a senior ??? ( 7th Grader )

Sports is everything to me. And it would mean alot to me and my family if I could detain a scholarship to play College football. Anyone have tips to help me improve from A's and B's to straight A's ? …

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Is it too late/worth it to let schools know about important developments in my senior year?

I'm super stoked to try and get into schools such as Brown and Harvard, and I want to make sure I have everything I need to do so. However, I don't want to ruin my chances by giving admissions' office …

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Which major is best?

I am a 9th grader and I am interested in working in the medical field (mainly cancer research or vaccine research). I was thinking of majoring in biochemistry or neuroscience for pre-med. I was wonder …

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Establishing a startup at higschool

Anybody who is interested in establishing a startup at highschool, please DM me ?

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What are the Transcripts/Report Cards/Academic report to be Submitted to the Universities?

I'm an Indian Student, my school takes 4 tests every academic year with 2 tests being internal for 50 marks and 2 tests being Semester-wise/Terminal for 100 marks (Including the Mid-term and Finals). …

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What are the Best Universities I can apply for with my scores?

With a 3.58 GPA, 1520 SAT score, 4 AP classes in Physics with Good Scores in all of them, Good TOEFL score, notable ECs, and Rigorous ICSE Indian Syllabus what are some of the best Universities I can …

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Summer Programs for Freshmen and Sophomores

Does anyone know any colleges that have a wide variety of college summer programs for high school freshmen and sophomores? I'm extremely interested in doing some summer programs this summer, but conti …

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Vanderbilt with full ride or CWRU/PPSP bs/md program ?

Daughter ultimate goall is to be a physician. Applied to several bs/md programs and also to some UG. So far already accepted into Vandy full ride plus stipend and CWRU BS/MD with half tuition scholars …

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bad test scores but good gpa (4.1 higher)

I was just curious, would a college deny a student if they have really bad test scores on ACT and SAT, despite having really good grades, ap test scores, and a good gpa??

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What should I do after being deferred from my top choice

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improve chances of admission

hi, i am a junior and am looking to go to film school or an arts based school and would like to know how to improve my chances of admission. i currently am building my portfolio and plan on taking ap …

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