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I would like to know if I could do college courses or even apply.

The school I study in currently doesn't have a counselor and the principal is not very approachable for me. Can I add a teacher as my counselor to add my transcripts and a LOR? or can my Counselor in …

Hey, a scholarship that I'm applying for accepts students who got accepted in business administration. The scholarship listed the universities that students must get accepted from in order to be accep …

My student wants to do pharmacy in usa or be an environmentalist

Which profile building activities she should take up

Please suggest in details with kind of Intership, extra courses etc that she shou …

I did the first 2 years of High School in HS No. 1 and the last 2 years at another HS, say HS No. 2. Can I still ask for a LOR from my sophomore teacher at HS 1? Will that be seen as a strong LOR as a …

This is a public service announcement. I have been telling CV members to use the Free Peer Essay Review over the past month and I just realized it may be a thing of the past.

I see only 2 options now. …

Seniors, it would be helpful to the CollegeVine community to know what your mix of reaches, targets, and safeties are. Thank you

So, in addition to the qualifications present in your academic materials, how has your academic, extracurricular, community service, or work experience shaped and prepared you to succeed in OHIO’s Col …

Recently I just moved to Chicago and transferred schools and have now started my junior year. After transferring my school set aside my GPA from my freshmen and sophomore year. I was told that the GPA …

This year, I am currently taking four 4 AP classes, (Lang, Bio, World, Stats) and 2 honors classes (Pre-calc , Physics). The doubling up on science and math is normal at my school. Originally I was go …

For the benefit of all College Vine members, it would be helpful to know on average how many schools Seniors will be applying to this cycle.

I have a question about foreign language for college admissions. I am not asking for the bare minimum requirements, what is recommended for higher-tier schools. Currently, I am in my junior year (I ma …

I am an international student, currently in my senior year. I plan to apply to Amherst for Early Decision (ED). However the requirements are quite unclear on different websites. How is the general pro …

I'm planning on taking physics, forensic science, biology and chem. I have a 3.9 GPA and I'm class of 2024. I'm also planning on taking college Marketing Concepts and Spanish 3 & 4 and 8 APs (Calc AB+ …

So I recently asked several of my teachers for rec letters and got my first response back today. I over shot (asked a total of 5 teachers) when I probably needed only 2-3. I just wanted to play it saf …

Today I officially completed my first college application, however, the option to apply to that university's honors college is still available to me. I've been debating with myself whether or not I sh …

I am having a hard time finding things to do to expand my extracurriculars. I also need volunteer hours, which is also something hard to find during covid. I live in a town with about 20-30 thousand p …

A little about me: I'm a 12 grader international student.

What activities could possibly strengthen my application that are possible to be done online? (Any advice would be helpful!)

Activities I've don …

I'm a junior who's looking to go to a school like MICA or VCU. I'm in NAHS (National Art Honor Society) and I'm thinking of joining the Junior Student Council. What extracurriculars would be good for …

Hello! I'm currently a 10th grader, and UC Berkeley had always been my dream school since 1st grade! I've been working on getting closer to my dream. I haven't taken the SAT text yet nor the PSAT tes …