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What kind of things can/should I put in the honors/awards section on the common app? If I win a NYT or any other newspaper/magazine writing contest, will it count as an award?

I'm a junior from Brazil …

i planning to major in finance and economic at ivy league school would starting a project be a good extracurricular

the project i want to do it automated trading/investing

how much time do i spend on it

I'm going to be a future journalist/ English major and as such, have participated in a number of activities because of it. One of those being a bunch of writing contests. Should I only include the mos …

Michigan State University still hasn't received my Mid Year Report. It shows that they requested it on my application portal, but they still haven't received it. My High School counselor sent my Mid Y …

To apply to go to NYU do I need to have ACT or SAT scores as someone who is international?

My daughter received her deferral notice for her key target institution.

This is her number 1 choice, what does she need to demonstrate her interest

hey guys, I'm an international student in my last year of high school and until now I don't have any stand-out extracurriculars, but I have some ideas. So please, tell me which ones do you think are b …

I’m an 11th grader in the Middle East. I can’t go to the US directly after school due to family reasons. I plan on studying Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics in an Egyptian University (I’m Eg …

I have a gre score of 317 and Toefl score of 89 . In my under graduation i secured 2.8 Gpa in Electrical and Electronics Engineering with a history of 12 backlogs .what are the colleges should I apply …

Over the summer and sometimes the weeks during the school year, I help my dad manage his business. I sometimes give out paychecks when he's not around or just manage the business as a whole when he's …

I want to take this time to thank all the staffs and people that made this website for all students to use. After I registered in CollegeVine about almost a year ago, I am now doing better in SAT and …

I'm into the humanities, especially cultures, writing, and politics/debate. There are noticeably less opportunities and ways to create a spike in this area. What are some ways I can craft a spike in t …

Hi!, So someone on Collegevine gave me this great idea to start health related blog on health/medicine that's informational, non-profit, and so on but my current problem is that there are a lot of blo …

I originally thought that you would get two degrees for double majors since each major is technically a degree by itself if they were to be taken separately. However, after some recent research, I fou …

hi guys, i'm an international student and i was wondering if do you know any program i can apply to and get a scholarship? i know there are Harvard, Stanford, Yale, etc programs but I'm looking for so …

The process of waiting for college decisions is tough, I am curious to know how do you guys deal with the uncertainty and nervousness!

Hi, Can I download college vine school list I made in excel?

How’s the engineering program in uc? I heard there are some internship opportunities for students.

Hi!, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on the kind of extracurriculars (health-related) I could do to help strengthen my college resume?

Where can I find reliable information about how likely I am to get a job within certain fields? I know I want to work in criminal justice/ law enforcement and currently I am planning on studying crimi …