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simple question as the summery.

from Georgia, is our chance to get into Barkley/UCLA is same ac calculated in Collegevine?

TIA

So, I have been informed by my counselor that I have the opportunity to graduate early. I am a high school junior currently. I have a 3.9 GPA in high school and have gotten a 30 on the ACT already. I …

So I’ve been working at my family’s restaurant for almost ten years, since I was like 8. I worked there because my parents couldn’t find anyone to hire mainly because we were in a small rural town. I …

I want to apply to this program that I've heard a lot about, it seems to be a great program. It is a free college program that provides mentorship during the college application process. However, it d …

I am currently a Junior in High School and starting the college search process... I'm not quite sure what category to choose. I am interested in the physical therapy and kinesiology field...

Had this question at the back of my mind for a long time.

If I post a Personal Essay on CollegeVine, what is the security that it will not be stolen and used for personal use?

My son has written his common app essay on this prompt "Describe a topic, idea, or concept you find so engaging it makes you lose all track of time. Why does it captivate you? What or who do you turn …

I had specified my ED2 college a few months ago on my CommonApp, and my counselor considered it final then and there and signed the Counselor ED Agreement to that college. Now when I have decided that …

Through the network tab, we can connect with different admission officers. When I try to connect it asks for zip code and high school but I'm an international student.

I began taking math classes at 15 at our local University (super lucky). I have always been a strong math student. I have completed Calc 2,3, Linear Algebra, and Diff EQ. I will take 2 more semesters …

I am doing year 13 in a British curriculum school.

Retuning college student

I tried looking into their website but it became very confusing really fast. In some places it said they offer merit-based scholarship and in other places it said they offer need-baes financial aid... …

My high school doesn't do the Grade Point Average(GPA) system. I'm writing the Cambridge AS levels and since GPA is an important part of the application process, what alternate do I have? We aren't of …

Hi! So in my school, it's focused heavily on AICE courses provided by the University of Cambridge. These aren't as popular nationwide as AP courses are, but I've taken enough of the AICE courses to ge …

Returning college student

I got into UGA early action but did not get into honors. The average honors SAT is 1505 from last year, my SAT is 1490. When applying for honors regular decision, should I include my SAT score? UGA is …

I have taken 2 ap classes and about 11-12 honors classes since 9th grade

How many activities can I put on CommonApp?

So I’m a member of a discord server that has over 2k members. I was recently able to apply and get a pseudo-moderator role on the server. I’m not a moderator or an admin but I do end up having “author …