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Okay, so I know that collegevine claims to be able to correct for available AP and Honors courses at your school in the chancing profile, but I am confused about something. When entering all of the co …

I am a senior applying to colleges this year and I was wondering if school counselors submit first semester grades to colleges for early action. Do some schools request counselor to submit them? Our f …

Hello, so the vast majority of the students here only apply to local colleges or no college at all. I live in a rural area where most of us are low income, including myself, so schools with less than …

I'm a freshman, my passions include math and computer science. I've designed a web application that aims to make homework and studying more fun, effective, and healthy during distance learning for ele …

Can I apply Early Decision to Cornell and REA to Yale together ?

I have IELTS 6.5, and 15 hour volunteering. And I can't pass the SAT. I did not have time to register for the test and the next test at the end of March.

Does SAT's math's score cover up my mathematics score in general for engineering program, if I haven't taken the math exam in my 12th grade (but I have math's score from 11th grade)?

I am aplying in 2021 and I am an international student with 3 medals in physics national olympiad. I have started my channel about art and I hope i will gain100K subscribers. I have also done a resear …

Hi everyone I am a sophomore in high school and I am wondering if it's possible to raise my unweighted to at least a 4.0 is it possible?

Why is the chancing profile on CollegeVine only used for US student and not for an International student?

İs it possible to get in MİT as an international student with winning 3 national science olympiads in physics but without any international ones? What should I add to my application? How to improve it …

Do universities see my application and compare them to other people from my school or do they just compare applications based on major? I have this question because many people from my school are appl …

Hi there,

I'm applying to a selective LAC. I feel a why school essay should have an academic reason. However, the school in question has no special or 'unique' academic offering or courses. What I mean …

How generous is the University of Michigan towards international? I am a Bangladeshi Indian. I was ranked first through grade 9-12, created a website that has 90K/month web traffic now, my answers abo …

So I have taken 7 honors and AP classes, which is all my school had to offer. My SAT score is 1420, which for the schools I'm applying to isn't that great, but it is VERY good compared to what student …

If I traveled overseas and went to an international united nations model (NHSMUN) should I mention it individually in some part of my common app? If so, where would I put it? In my activities section, …

I am a senior in a US high school planning to study either in a 2 or 4-year school. (Still not sure)

If you know or see any popular scholarships for Muslim students please share it with me here.

currently age 13 (female)

Will graduate in either 2022 or 2023 at age 15 or 16.

Will want to live on campus.

Has had multiple successful grade accelerations in a public school. Currently 3 years accele …

I am taking the November SAT and would like where to aim.

I got really good grades freshmen and sophomore year (mostly A's with one or two B's.) Junior year was really tough for me. I took many rigorous AP classes and I had a lot of extracurricular activitie …