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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

We’re pleased to announce that the Community Forum is now officially open once again.

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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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How do you study/self-study for AP?

Hello everyone, I just finished my freshman year. This summer, I plan to begin studying AP European History and AP Macroeconomics. These are courses that are not offered at my school. Since this is th …

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- [ ] Do Ivy League/Elite colleges consider a 31 ACT score from a Black female applicant competitive?

I’m a rising senior from Mississippi.

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Should I Wait To Get Senior Grades Before Applying?

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I'm currently a Junior about to go into my senior year, my unweighted GPA is a bit lower than where I want it due to a class or two over my sophomore year. This was the main pandemic year where …

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4 years ago
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USNA Admissions Advice

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I'm going into my sophomore year and I'm starting to explore colleges with my preferred major in mind. I am looking to study Nuclear Engineering. The USNA is definitely my top choice but being an …

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4 years ago
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How will the new lack of SAT subject tests affect admissions?

Hello!

I'm getting a little confused looking at all kinds of advice columns for certain schools recommending (or in some cases requiring) SAT subject tests. However, in a somewhat recent move (2020 may …

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4 years ago
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How can I improve my extracurriculars?

Hi! I'm an incoming sophomore and am currently in great academic standing. I have a 4.0 GPA and am taking the most challenging classes my school offers. I need some advice on how to build my extracurr …

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4 years ago
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Will my years of homeschool affect college chances?

Due to the pandemic, I homeschooled from 7 to 9th grade. Now I'm going into 10th. I'm doing college tours and researching, But I'm worried that my history of homeschooling will make me undesirable to …

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4 years ago
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Can I just jump straight into the PhD program after completion of bachelor's when no master's degree is offered?

I have a question regarding the degrees offered at colleges. I am going to attend a community college for the next 2 years soon (I just graduated from high school), and I plan on majoring in psycholog …

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4 years ago
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Will my freshman grades(posted below) completely eliminate my chances of getting into Dartmouth?

Hey. I'm extremely worried about this.

My freshman year semester one I received straight A’s except for a C in an advanced math class. Then, I received two b’s and the rest A-. I have a 3.6UW and a 3. …

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EC's

Hi, I'm a junior rising senior with a 3.9GPA, and I have a wide variety of Ec's. I was told that I should only have Ec's related to what I want to major in. I want major in Pre-med. I do have Ec's rel …

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WAEC GPA calculations

Hello 🙂!

I'm a Nigerian, just discovered the scholaro gpa calculator. It's asking for the credits of each course(I'm using WASSCE), are they all equivalent?

By the way, when the the gpa is calculated, w …

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My freshman GPA is messing me up

I am currently a junior PSEO student and finished with a 4.0 GPA. My sophomore year was also a great year as well. I finished with a 4.0 gpa and a weighted 4.2 because I took two AP classes( biology a …

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Extracurriculars for biomed engineering?

I plan on majoring in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech or MIT and I want to know what extracurriculars (i.e. internships, clubs) might possibly be out there that I can do. I've tried looking for …

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what extracurriculars should I do if I want to apply for Georgia Tech?

I am currently in 11th grade right now, and I'm not sure what extracurriculars I should take and can apply with minimal or few fees for a major in something like Aerospace or Aeronautic engineering. I …

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Full potential not seen in High School due to untreated ADHD: will colleges take a chance on me?

I have a 3.5 weighted which jumped to a 3.9 weighted during the semester that I started ADHD treatment during (semester 2 junior year). I expect it to get better during my senior year. I also didn't h …

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UCSD Futures Program

Hi! I am currently a student living in Australia and I have just recieved a scholarship from the University of California, San Diego to attend their Pre-College IOS Programming course. How effective d …

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Advice on how to improve my college application

Hey guys,

I am going into my senior year of high school and go to pretty good high school in Illinois. My goal is to go to university of Michigan for a major in political science and minor in English. …

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Ap courses for ELL student?

Hi, I'm sophomore, and came to the U.S. almost three years ago. I got 5.7 on the WIDA test this year, so I can take the course I want next year, not the ELL course. So I chose AP Calculus bc for math …

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Will it be harder as an international student to get into university in America

So basically I live in South Africa and when I filled out the chance questionnaire it had a zip code and my zip code has four numbers and I am wondering if that you could affect my chances with gettin …

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