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Hi! With recent UF decisions coming out, many people that I know with fantastic stats got rejected, and many with less than amazing stats got accepted. As a junior wanting to apply, what do they value …

Hello! My dream school is Harvard and I'm trying to find some more strong ec's that stand out. I'm currently a strong debater, take Latin outside of school, have a spiritual practice, and am a writer …

How does being a recruited athlete to a college change my admissions chances?

Has anyone else noticed that the chancing engine recently seems to have been tweaked to have a much higher expectation for the number of AP and Honors classes required? I recently created a new profi …

How come when I change my race on the chancing engine it changes the % so much?

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I took French I in 7th grade, French II in 8th grade. I am currently a sophomore in French IV honors, and I have the option of either doing French V honors or AP French next year. But at my school, AP …

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I am currently in high school looking at schools and I am not so sure how to use CollegeVine to help analyze my chances into 7-year medicine programs such as BS/MD programs. I have seen and hear …

I'm working on my essays and though I am looking at essay samples, I still feel a little lost. Any good books on writing essays?

Hi! I was wondering what "connecting" to a college on CollegeVine actually does. I understand it demonstrates your interest to your selected colleges, but do admissions officers actually interact with …

My GPA is 3.7

A lot of the stats on my profile are things I plan on doing (extracurriculars and classes I'm going to do/take, target scores on tests, etc.) and I was wondering if this disqualifies me from the new s …

hii so i really want to be a doctor,so I was planning on taking clinical rotation...but then my friend told me it was bad since its a 4.0 class and will drop my gpa.She told me to take PACE instead wh …

I have a question about science course options in high school. Our school has sooo many science options, which I a, really happy about as I want to become a vet. But, I don't know if I should take phy …

Curious. I like to ask this question to current students at the schools I'm interested in (if i can figure out how to reach out to them). It's helpful to get an honest opinion!

I want to know something, I was part of my school graduating class of 2020 but due to the covid19 epidemic, I graduated 2021. Which year should reflect on my document.

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I got F9 in four(4) subject including Math and English, and C in two subject History and Geography.

Hey Guys! I'm planning on pursuing a career in Animal Science (Veterinarian) and I'm not sure what classes I should take for my sophmore, junior, and senior year. I'm currently a freshman. My school o …

Hey! I am a sophomore in high school looking at a lot of really competitive schools for college (upenn, columbia, harvard are my reach schools) and i'm really struggling in the extracurricular section …