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I am an Indian student .I am facing problems in completing the profile .I want help in how to complete the profile and also in how to study abroad.

I would assume some Majors are more difficult to get into at some schools.

I applied REA to Stanford. I have a Common App waiver, so I should have a waiver for the CSS profile, too. But my guidance counselor keeps having difficulty getting me a fee code that works. And each …

Im an international student and I wanna know is it necessary for me to learn a foreign language (not English) like Spanish or any other to get admission in US universities like stanford and Harvard. I …

I'm really anxious about my essay that I've submitted for peer essay review. I'm afraid if someone plagiarized my essay. Is there any policy about that?

I want to conduct research sometime after Covid-19, I've made an app for elementary students and it's been useful for students who use it. I'd like to strengthen my problem statement I made for the ap …

I recently clicked on someone's essay to provide feedback only to realize that it was the same essay I had previously read the day before, only they had changed a few parts so I didn't recognize the i …

How many Activities can I put on Common App?

I’m registered for the SAT on the 5th, and I am no longer able to go. I changed all the schools I applied to test-optional, but I was told that I’d get a 0 if I just didn’t show up. Would it even matt …

College Vine's current calculations are based on the assumption of average letters of recommendation (for that school) and average essays. Is there a way to gauge the scope of benefit from a good essa …

Hey so I'm a sophomore in high school and I want to start learning how to make my college admissions essay the best it can be so I want to know what most admissions offices look at, what you guys thin …

I want to write an essay about the religious trauma I went through since I grew up in the church and how I escaped the internalized fear modern Christianity planted in me

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I am a junior in high school. My family recently moved to different city. Before we moved I used to go to one of the top competitive high schools in the nation. But now I go to a zone school. How w …

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I am a junior in high school. Recently my family moved to different city so I had to switch schools. I started the new school in my junior year. Before I moved I used to go to one of the top compet …

So I'm trying to find a pdf/website that shows nearly all the major universities (ie ones listed on collegevine) that offer Supply Chain Management as a minor. Id also like for the website to be filte …

Hi! I was wondering if it’s necessary to take both the SAT and ACT for college applications?

Hi! I am a junior this year and I am trying to understand the college app process. Can I apply to two different schools for ED 1 and ED2? Would it be “illegal” to do that?

Note: specifically, I am cons …

So I am Chinese but I speak Cantonese. The Chinese taught in school is mandarin but I am not sure if colleges will down upon me for taking Chinese in school for being technically Chinese myself. Will …

I am involved in FFA-2 yrs, Hatchet club-1 yr, Basketball- since second grade, Track-3 years- 2 years in middle school, JV2 Volleyball-1 yr, Junior firefighting-1 yr,

Middle school:

Model UN

Basketball

Tr …

I am a senior who transferred from a traditional public school to a cyber charter school due to COVID. Will I need to get my old school to send a school report to the colleges I applied to or will the …