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I am currently a junior in high school and I have only taken one honors class my whole high school year so far. I haven’t taken any Ap or Ib classes. My weighted gpa is a 3.5 so far and I want it to g …

Hello,

Hope you are well. I just got deferred from a college, and I want to write a Letter of Continued Interest. Should I send this letter via email to the admission office of this college, or through …

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i'm apart of the youth voices program for itgetsbetter, a nationwide lgbt organization.

https://itgetsbetter.org/ (our website)

us as an organization strive to uplift and empower lgbt youth, and jus …

I'm a high school senior, applying as a chem major to T20s.

From 9th-11th grade, I had all As, aside from one B in a dual enrollment math course (Differential Equations)

In my first semester this year, …

All the schools that I'm applying for don't require recommendation letters. I was thinking of asking some teachers but I haven't made any close enough relationships. If I don't submit any letters will …

Out of Career GPA and Unweighted gpa which one is more important for college and which should be placed in the GPA section of CollegeVine?

If you have about a 15-20% acceptance chance at schools you are interested in (as the chancing engine predicts), then you are mathematically supposed to/predicted to get into at least one interested s …

Hi 👋🏿, I'm a junior in high school at Nigeria and I just recently found out that AP courses increase my chances of getting into an ivy League school and so I decided to take a few.

My school doesn't te …

When is ivy day 2022?

I am an international freshman undergraduate applicant from Nepal. I have a 1390 SAT and a 4.0 Weighted GPA. I applied to Olemiss, Whitworth, and Uni of Alabama and didn't get the funding I wanted. I …

I am applying to CUNY schools through the CUNY application, and when it comes to uploading your essay, there is nothing there on the application site to indicate which prompt you chose to do. So, shou …

MIT: Describe the world you come from; for example, your family, clubs, school, community, city, or town. How has that world shaped your dreams and aspirations? (200-250 words)

Tufts: How have the envi …

I’m applying to three different universities and for different programs for 2022 admissions.

I am midway in submitting my common app application. I am not able to afford a paid counsellor

can anyone please help with it.

Hello,

I was wondering if one can apply their application now and send their SAT scores before the deadlines.

[Regular decision- January(deadline) and Sending SAT scores in March]

Which college has the lowest acceptance rate?

I'm a homeschooled international student in sophomore year, based in LS.

Are my stats and EC good enough for a prestigious college?

I’m a junior in high school right now and I want to go to Duke, or a school to that level. Duke is very very competitive so if anyone can give …

I’m a junior in high school right now and I want to go to Duke, or something to that level. Duke is very very competitive so if anyone can give me advice or info based on my stats that would be much a …

I wanted to know which of them is more highly regarded and will have major impact in my college application. Please note that TASS this year is not the same as other years because TASP have been cance …