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As I work on my Columbia University supplemental essays I'm unsure where to include the spoken word that I love.

"List the titles of the books, essays, poetry, short stories or plays you read o …

After submitting a RD application, is it too late to change it to ED2? Also, does ED2 have the same benefit as ED1?

I am in 10th grade, and I am wondering if peer editing essays will count as community service. I contacted my counselor and she said the organization has to be non-profit and a supervisor has to fill …

So there is this question which I need to write an essay about:

At MIT, we bring people together to better the lives of others. MIT students work to improve their communities in different ways, from ta …

I competed in a math competition run through a university (not my typical math league), and my team of 3 people got a top 10% distinction. On the contest results website my name is listed for this, so …

hello i have a question on how do i find these prestigious internship at places like google i am interested in finance and i saw this video on YouTube and she did financial planning for google and won …

I work for my student newspaper and got involved in Covid-19 policies with school systems this summer, so I reached out to my school district officials about getting involved and possibly helping. My …

What does Gt go under honors ib college or ap?

I don't know if my transcripts have to be printed, signed or stamped, and then scaned to the PDF file, or they just can be sent normally without signature via counselor's email ? (because I'm interna …

Hi! I am senior in high school and this is one of the short answer question I have received. Can someone help me to write this? I have no idea how to tackle this question with this short word limit :3 …

Hi! I wanted advice on whether I should submit my SAT score of 1420 to Columbia University. I know it's not that high, but on the adjusted CollegeVine score range I miss the threshold by 10 points. Fo …

I would like to be able to choose how many reviewers I get for each draft. How can I do that?

I applied to Illinois Institute of Technology early action and got in. I was originally going to apply to University of Portland and Hofstra University just for fun (cause I got the opportunity to app …

I have taken 5 Dual Enrollment classes because my High School doesn't offer AP classes. When I look at my school list, it says that my academic profile does not meet the threshold due to the average p …

Hello, I am applying to mainly biomedical engineering majors for my undergraduate degree. In my essay, I am wondering if I should include any technical things I learned about BME and the commitments I …

I'm currently a Junior and I turned 16 after everything shut down, so I didn't get a chance to start volunteering at any of the places I was considering volunteering at. Now everything is still shut d …

High School Senior

Good evening,

I just received my SAT score today of 1170. This was my second SAT test. On my initial attempt I received a 1150.

I understand this isn't particularly good (though I do b …

i also go an internship and i for my senator what would that be under and what tier

what would it also be under and what tier

Thank you for the opportunity. If a student goes to a school like Union County Magnet High School, NJ and the QPA is an average of 90 which includes AP. Essentially the QPA does come out as out of 4.0 …