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I have about 5-26% chances for the reach schools, what's a good percentage to aim for in terms of admission chances for reach schools?

I will graduate from high school in 2022. The only way you can get into my school's honors college is by invitation, and I got an invitation to join. I already plan on attending the school so I might …

While everything in my profile aligns with both colleges’ requirements except for my sat score (1280) I am hearing of mixed reviews about going test-optional. I’m applying EDII for Vassar and am wonde …

I am a first-year undergrad here, so it’s not viable that I post anything advice-seeking in these Q&A forums, but I do wish to find another community like CollegeVine oriented to applying to grad scho …

I understand that students who attend top schools typically have spotless transcripts. Up until this point, my grades were almost perfect (primarily -As to high As. During my Junior Fall, my high scho …

I am a junior and I am planning to take a total of 4 dual enrollment classes at my local community college (2 in junior and 2 in senior year). Will this look good on college applications or will I sti …

Hello,

I live in a big community with nearly 100 families, and I have worked to keep my community clean and safe. Can this be considered as an extra circular activity?

If yes, how can I add this to pres …

Hi, I'm a senior living in Thailand.

I submitted my Yale application in November (EA) and got the results today. I got deferred. Although I have applied to Yale as early action, it's not really my fir …

Hi, I'm a 15 year old girl from Nigeria and I'm currently in SS2 (Grade 11).

I need suggestions on what honor classes I can take to improve my chances of getting into one of the Ivy League schools.

Extracurriculars are a core part of my common app for Harvard and some other Ivy League schools that I'm hoping to get into but so far I've only found 4 extracurriculars that I'm involved in and I nee …

Im gonna apply to apply to public colleges with 70% acc rate or more. I have 3.6 unweighted and 1200 SAT

I'm currently a junior attending one of the bottom schools in my state. We have a very little amount of AP and honors classes available. By the time that I graduate (even with taking half day next yea …

I'm having some difficulty understanding what to submit for the Princeton paper requirement. The website states that "1-2 pages is sufficient". I don't know if that means I'm not supposed to submit an …

I'm A+ Certified, which is a competitive technical certification for fixing phones, computers and being an electronics technician. How would this affect my admissions, and should I include it?

I applied ED and got in (woohoo) but now I have the problem of withdrawing my apps from the two other schools I applied to. When I googled it the only thing I found was how to withdraw from courses on …

Yesterday I submitted my applications for 2 of the schools I'm applying to. I made sure to check it before turning it in and I was feeling good about what I had. However, it just occurred to me that t …

I applied for fin aid but submitted one of documents under the wrong name so it's still showing as "awaiting" on my checklist... I'd asked my parents and they told me to do nothing, and with decisions …

When I was interviewing for a college, I told them I wanted to major in X and Y. Since then, I've changed my mind, and I now want to major in X and Z. What should I put in my application so they won't …

For example, if I won the stock market game in my state, would I say “1st place in the statewide stock market game” or “Ranked 1/300 teams in the stock market game” to show how many teams there were. …

Hi, I'm a teenage girl in SS2. I hope to study at Harvard university someday and at the moment my chances of getting in are pretty low (4% to be precise... Lol). So I'm trying to find some AP\IB class …