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looking for high school summer programs/classes/activities that relate to education(policy, teaching, curriculum, really anything related to edcuation works, etc.). Thanks!!

I am a high school senior applying to tufts, and want to show that I am more than just a STEM student and that I love music. I wanted to add a supplemental recording of a piece I am working on, but I' …

I belong to an ICSE board curriculum where we don't often get more chances of extracurriculars but I've been participating in a lot of them, I would love to know how and in which tier should I list th …

I applied to Penn State, not knowing they had an optional essay questions, but I already submitted my application. I recently found out from a friend that they do. I’m not sure if it would be smart to …

I've been looking around for a definite, credible ranking of schools in the United States/Midwest and their meteorology programs, anyone have any idea where I could find something like that? It's usua …

I am a sophomore in high school in the San Antonio, Texas area. For the sake of this question, let's say I apply to and get accepted to the University of Texas at San Antonio. When I use their credit …

The button just says connect, but what actually gets sent to them?

I dont have much experience in extracurriculars so I want to know if it is possible to get into MIT without it

Since there seems to be a lot of questions coming and going down through the list (some of which are important questions but repetitive of previous Q’s), should collegevine start to archive some impor …

About the activities- I’m from India where students rarely do any extracurricular activity except for the ones their school provides. I even came to know about all this in 12th standard when I was giv …

My daughter is a Junior. She is working with a international children's organization since grade 9.

she was supposed to have school club this year, everything was ready. but due to covid, no teachers a …

I have a question about AP Calculus. The current grade of the candidate in 11th grade is D+. The school is offering a pass/fail grade due to the difficult learning situation because of Covid. If this …

Do I need to submit this to support poor extracurricular experience?

About the activities- I’m from India where students rarely do any extracurricular activity except for the ones there school provides …

I have been admitted to my dream college, but I wasn't accepted into their physical therapy program. So right now I have a "Still Deciding" major. My admissions counselor said that I should look into …

Just curious if anybody has heard anything. I wonder if COVID has drastically changed numbers admissions-wise and if acceptance rates are going to be lower/higher this year.

I took a course at one of the community colleges in my state over the summer and I was wondering if Stanford would look at the grade that I earned in that class or exclude it from the GPA. Any help wo …

Theres lots of articles and blogs collegevine itself had posted about really good summer programs that colleges want to see on your application and being a STEM student I was eager to be a part of som …

I had a 2.8 gpa in highschool and now have a 3.8 gpa and 27 credit hours at Anne Arundel community college. What does that do for my admission chances?

For Alg 1, Alg 2, and Geometry, my school offers advanced and regular and for English 9 and 10, my school offers regular, advance, and academic honors. For biology and sophomore chemistry, they offer …

For UC Barkley and UCLA should we consider SAT subject test (now Junior)?

TIA