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Hey I’m a current junior who got a C in Honors Geo first semester sophomore year. The next semester I improved it to a B but I know a lot of colleges see a C as a red flag. My dream school is ND and I …

For those of you are currently attending college, how are you affording to pay for college?, do you have any advice for people who are currently applying for colleges?, if you have scholarships how di …

I had a really rough year freshman year (COVID year) and it dropped my GPA down tremendously. Sophomore was a bit rough too but this year has been going fairly well. Is there still a chance I may be a …

Yes, this is not necessarily an admissions question, but I figure I might ask here as it is a fairly helpful community. I am at an impasse in my college application process. I cannot, for the life of …

Hello all!

I realized that I had a question about one of my "extracurriculars". By the end of my senior year, I will have been on my Principal's Advisory Committee for three years and the Superintenden …

Next year, which will be my junior year, I'm looking to take all academic courses, my course list will look something like this hopefully,

- Algebra 2 honors

- Geometry honors

- Chemistry honors

- AP …

I'M high school student at federal way public school, 12th grade and the best about going to school to learned everything from the teacher, making friend, know conversation of the learning, be friendl …

Harvard recommends a minimum of 4 years in a foreign language,

I am fluent in English and Tamil. Tamil is my mother tongue and I learned English in school from 3 years old. Does these count as a forei …

So, I'm kinda freaking out right now, because I realised (in my sophomore year) that my extracurriculars are weak. I've been doing dance in school for about 6 years, but I don't have any achievements …

I won't be attending college in the fall, as I am 16 compared to my peers who graduate with me at 18, and I find being around people who aren't my age unsettling. I want to change this by taking 2 gap …

My percentage increased from 80% in grade 9 to 93% in grade 10. It dropped from 93% in grade 10 to 83% in grade 11. In Grade 12, it rose up again to 93%. How will this fluctuation affect my admission …

My percentage increased from 80% in grade 9 to 93% in grade 10. It dropped from 93% in grade 10 to 83% in grade 11. In Grade 12, it rose up again to 93%. How will this fluctuation affect my admission …

I got a request to connect to a university here on Collegevine. I wanted to know if I should message the admission counselor first or let the admission counselor message first. And if I should send a …

Hello. How can I make my profile visible on collegevine for universities?

For those of you are currently attending college, how are you affording to pay for college?, do you have any advice for people who are currently applying for colleges?, if you have scholarships how di …

Hello, I am trying to determine what courses to take next year and I cannot decide what my elective should be.

My schedule for next year is as follows:

AP Lit

AP Gov

AP Psych

AP AB Calculus

Honors Environme …

Is four years of science in high school necessary to get into top schools? I have taken honors science for three years and would not be able to take an AP next year. My only options for honors science …

My brother is 15 and is very ambitious. He is in 9th grade, which is equivalent to college over here. He is very much interested I getting in an institute abroad.

Hi, I am a high school junior with low GPA ( expected to have 3.2 by the end of senior year) and high SAT and ACT scores (1570 and 35). Is there any scholarships I can get with my poor GPA and is ther …

if so how to increase the chance of getting one?