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Hey guys. So i have a quick question.

I managed to keep high grades fresh-soph year and got 1 B my junior year. But, this year (senior year) I'm taking like 3 AP classes and an honors math class. Even …

I have had a 4.0 GPA (unweighted) up to this point in high school and am currently a senior. I'm planning on majoring in chemical engineering and decided to take differential equations from my local c …

I am currently taking my 4th year of Spanish as an 11th grader this year at my school. My school requires 3 years of a language, but I decided to take an extra year just in case it looks good for coll …

Im a junior and with how my credits are looking I could graduate by the end of first semester senior year do I have to wait for my peers or can I go to collage.

just wondering because everything i see is for juniors and seniors lol

just wondering because everything i see is for juniors and seniors lol

I'll have taken around 16 AP courses by the end of senior year, and let's just say 10-12 of them count for a credit. Would I be able to get an associate degree? What degree could I earn? How would thi …

Ok ok, so I applied EA to my dream school, and all of my materials were submitted except for one thing MY TRANSCRIPT. My school uses Naviance which one of my recommenders was successfully able to use …

Hi, Everyone

I applied to my colleges like William and Mary and James Madison University. I don't know why they consider me as an international student, but I am a H4 student. Please help me on how to …

I have applied to top schools like UMich and UPenn. I had scored a 1380 on my first attempt at the SAT and so I decided to go test optional for both of these schools. However, for some reason, when I …

I’m a bit worried about my course rigor. I took an AP class sophomore year, and I’m in 2 APs, an IB HL and an IB SL for my junior year. This means I have four advanced classes where six is the max. I …

Hi, I'm Ele, and I'm in 9th grade. I'm aiming for UCLA. I need some help with college apps, because I don't know if what I'm doing is right.

These are my stats right now:

1. One AP class (Chinese)

2. I'm …

How many schools have you applied to, are you applying to, or do you plan on applying to in the future?

Hi all, quick question.

I need to send official scores to 7< schools that I have applied/am applying to. I took the SAT twice, and scored slightly worse the second time. Should I send both scores, or o …

Would this be considered a scholarship, and/or an activity/extracurricular? How would I enter this on the common app, and how would it be categorized for CollegeVine chancing purposes?

It was a schola …

My grades dipped a lot junior year. I went from a 4.0 student to around a 3.6 for junior year (5 Bs). I have around a high 3.8 gpa cumulative and was one of the only students to max out course rigor i …

I am currently a Junior with 5 honors courses and 3 current AP classes. My weighted GPA this year is 4.54 but I am struggling with the workload. I take a virtual highschool course that runs half of th …

Hi, so I'm a senior planning to apply for Early Action in Virginia Tech Computer Science, but I'm really worrying about if I'll be able to get into.

My spec:

1 AP(AP Calculus BC, B+) in junior year, 3AP …

My daughter is a Junior n HS and deciding on next year courses.

She is not planning to take any math course in her senior year as she is taking AP Calculus BC this year and already took AP Calculus AB …

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