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I'm a senior in Vanguard Mozart Academy, I'm currently considering applying to University of Houston and I was planning on majoring in Special education and teaching.

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I'm planning on just not sending in my test score to any college I apply to. For me, UW Seattle applied math life sciences is my main goal. I'm a little concerned because I'm not sure if I'll be at …

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I am a rising sophomore and I currently hold leadership positions in 2 clubs and won a minor coding competition during my freshman year. Along with this, I scored a 5 on my AP CSP Test. Is this g …

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Based on the US News reviews I picked few schools to apply. Today FORBES released it's reviews/rankings.

To my surprise FORBES ranking the universities I picked so low. I don't have enoug …

Are colleges like ucla these days looking for students from all sorts of high schools or just the top good high schools meaning are they wanting diversity?

Hi I’m a junior in high school and I don’t have any good extracurricular activities or leadership positions and I’m terrified that I won’t get into college. My grades are good but extracurricular I ha …

Please allow me to explain why I am so worried because high school was a mess and completely horrible for me My freshman year of high school I went to three different high schools this is why it was d …

I am having a lot of issues with the essay portion of my application regarding essay topics. One idea I had was reflecting on a parents’ immigration experience and comparing it to my own way of growin …

I’m in 12th grade. My high school only offers 5 aps, two of which are AP and IB calculus. I took two ap courses throughout high school. My school mainly offers cambridge courses. I have taken 6 Cambri …

I am a 15 year old homeschool student graduating in February of 2024. Will being 15 affect my chances of getting into college?

Hi, I'm Yelena, and I just started high school this month. I have a question about internships with professors. I want to major in economics, and it is very difficult to find internships near my area, …

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I'm trying to get a better feel for what the chancing algorithm means in real life.

Let's say hypothetically I have ten schools that I am applying to. Then let's say that the CollegeVine chancing a …

I will be attending the Nov. Journalism Education Conference where I will be doing a workshop and competing in a writing competition. I was wondering if I could put this in the Common App section acti …

I am trying to weigh the options of early action vs regular admissions. Ideally I would like to wait for my first term grades to come out Nov1, but am wondering how much this would effect the decision …

I am not sure if this can be answered or not, but I'm hoping for any insight. Do Catholic affiliated colleges have higher acceptance rates for students that attend a Catholic high school? Is there any …

I got to a Votech school and we do not have AP classes. We do have honors classes and I take them. So when applying to colleges will they take into an account that the highest level classes my school …

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Hey guys, I am an international student and I am currently taking the IB. I'd like to know if it will be considered a '+' in my UC application if I take an AP exam, or next to the IB exam scores AP's …

I’m applying to NYU and I’m not sure if I should submit my 1340 SAT score. Will it lower my chances if I submit it?

My family doesn't have any pressure for me to get into any Ivy League schools and such, so I'm not aiming for that. But I am aiming to get into a generally great college/university and do so (hopefull …