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Heyo! I am someone who has been interested in making it into prestigious universities as a biomedical engineering major. My grades during my freshman year of high school were pretty good, but after so …

I have 2 Instagram theme pages (I just repost content) based on anime that have garnered over 140k+ followers and an anime YT channel, where I just created compilations of anime clips, with 8k subscri …

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Do I need to include planned classes on the "Current or Most Recent Year Courses" section of the common app? I'm curious because there is an option to mark …

Hi! I am filling out the Current or Most Recent Year Courses section on the common app, and I had a quick question.

Do I include college courses I am taking this semester? I am doing four classes at my …

Should I apply EA to University of Tennessee with a weighted GPA of 3.62 and ACT of 27, my 1st marking period grades of Senior year are good so chances are my GPA will go up by mid Nov. Should I the …

I just realized I had selected my weighted GPA grading scale incorrectly on common app (4.0 instead of 5.0) in all my Early submissions. My GPA entered is correct and that it is weighted.

And all colle …

I'm a junior in HS with a 4.0/4.0 GPA and some pretty good extracurriculars (leadership experience + two world championship appearances, also trying to get some medical experience in). I got a 1520 on …

Hey!! I'm currently a sophomore hoping to pursue CS. I want to familiarize myself with it more and get experience that'd look great to colleges!! Any programs that anybody knows about or activities I …

From what I've read, colleges prefer to admit twins together or reject them together because they usually have the same course rigor, GPA, stats, extracurriculars, etc. I have also heard that if one t …

I have submitted my common app and the CSS profile to my intended university. However, I accidentally selected No, when asked if I'd like to apply for need-based financial aid. Is there any way to c …

UIUC does accept commonapp collegevine says that it doesn't but it does. You can't report bugs or errors on Collegevine so I'm just going to report it here

Did you feel left out? Were you able to make friends and feel like a part of the community? How easy was it to integrate into classes and make friends? Did you feel safe & comfortable?

I am applying to a test-optional school and the chancing advice is to not include SAT scores for admission. Will this impact potential scholarships and financial aid package that the school may offer …

Hello,

Sorry if I didn't make this post correctly - not fully accustomed to the website yet.

I've taken P.E for two years - freshman and sophomore, would I include those grades on my application? I've …

Hey, does anyone know if colleges accept self-reported scores through common app or if I have to pay the $12 per school to send them through collegeboard? Thanks!

My essay is about my passion in videography so something related to cameras or film would be good. I'm having a hard time coming up with something.

I know that colleges value an upward trend in grades getting better throughout your years, but how would having a high GPA freshman year, low sophomore year, and high junior and senior year effect adm …

I'm answering a supplemental that asks about an experience in which I exchanged beliefs/had my beliefs challenged. I naturally want to start the essay with dialogue, but I've already done that with an …

For my college application I don't see a place to write down all of my extracurriculars, but there is an "activities" section--formatted similarly to the essay prompts. Do I write this like a narrativ …

Collegevine places equal odds for ED1 and ED1 for U Chicago. This contradicts many online anecdotes. How statistically robust is this prediction.

Also, odds are some for RD and EA at UChicago. Same iss …