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I am applying to different schools for early action. I will finish my Common app application on time but I don't know if my school will be able to send my letter of recommendation and transcript on ti …

My parents were both working full time and my dad decided to stay home while we were in high school. How do I list this on the common application?

Hello!! I was wondering about that so I wanted to know if it actually matters or not.

While I have SAT scores that are good enough to send to more than half my schools, one school wants to know why I am not submitting my scores; I explained my hopes for my first score, how I needed amp …

It is my senior year and I really do not want to take Spanish online, but a lot of colleges reccommend it. How much of a disadvantage would I be at if I did not take the course? I am applying to Ivies …

So in the honors section of the commonapp, would I list national merit commended student as a national or state level award. I know that it has national in the name, but aren't I competing with studen …

I can't find my profile picture on the upper right corner or anywhere in CollegVine website. How can I update my profile in CollegeVine? I have 0 karma.

I recently read some "expert answers" that emphatically stated that students should submit SAT scores if they are within 60 pts (for SAT) and within 3 pts. (for ACT) because they feel test scores are …

I am a high school student. Will be going for my under grad in 2021. I had registered for my SAT 1 exam two times but it got cancelled. Now I have to concentrate on my Year 13 exam to get good score f …

Hi so I'm a US citizen who's lived abroad for almost 10 years now. My schooling has been in a different country, with a very different system from that of the US.

When I apply for college, will I be co …

I took an exchange to Italy for my senior year then came back to graduate. I feel as if this would look good on college applications. Is there a way to put this in my chncing??

I’m an international student planning to send applications for undergraduate in the States. In our national education set up, there is nothing such as ap or honors class. I attend a highly competitive …

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I'm an international student and I'm planning to take admission in the States. I noticed that my chances for my target universities are very low as shown by CollegeVine. It was mostly due to the fa …

Hello! I'm wondering how you keep track of how much time you spend on ECs. Since most of them are based at home (Almost all of my EC's at the moment are passion projects) and or are virtual I've been …

I am in grade 8 and the AP applications for grade 9 is opening up beginning of November. Im going to Holy Trinity, Oakville. How do I know if I am qualified for AP and what should I study to get accep …

My sophomore year, I was one of my school's two representatives for the HOBY leadership conference. One of the major advantages of attending is that HOBY is a certifying organization for the President …

Hi! I sent my code to my friend how does she redeem it?

I know that to get into top schools I have to show my intellect through wisdom from my experiences. Can you give an example of an insight/so what that shows wisdom?

My grades are ok (3.85 unweighted gpa) and my extracurriculars are great. Would including my SAT score help me at all? I'm applying ED.

I got rejected from all the schools I applied to last year, and I'm considering applying to some again. I think my application was a bit rushed and not succinct, partly because I ran the whole applica …