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I want to take the Toefl test and send the scores officially. However, due to the covid 19 situation, the seats are limited and the exam gets cancelled every time. Now the only available test is on N …

My daughter school doesn’t offer AP classes. It’s an international school in the US with a strong IB program. Also, she can only take 3 High Level classes and as she is a pre med candidate, she is ta …

I was born in the US, but currently live in Peru. I'm studying the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, I'm on high school and I want to pursue a career in the medical field. I was searching for …

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I am in the process for applying to Ivy League Universities, also Amherst College, Boston University, Stanford and MIT. I believe that I am a very strong candidate when it comes to essays, refer …

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I noticed that are no Canadian schools on College Vine to help with admissions and applications and whatnot maybe someone here can help me??

I am hoping to apply to several top Canadian schools (Mc …

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What exactly are colleges looking for in essays?... The approach of writing essays here in Nigeria is quite different from USA

I am an Indian student and I am trying to fill out college applications for US Colleges. My dream college is BYU, Provo. My GPA is 4.0 and I took up some mock SATs and my score is around 1500, which i …

I am not able to submit questions to the live stream events

Hello, I'm filling out the classes on my applications (Common App, UC, and Coalition) right now, but when it comes to listing my PE classes I'm not sure if I should list them or not. I took dance for …

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I'm a Colombian student, and here extracurricular activities are not important for admissions, so then opportunities for doing them are fewer for high schoolers.

At the time i have some ext …

As long as I am registered, can I watch the recordings of the livestreams if I am unable to make the time. How long will they be posted?

I’m watching the live-streams on my account, but I haven’t been getting any attendance emails after the stream, and I registered for the classes too. I’m doing it for National Honor Society, and to as …

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Is it appropriate to reach out to my selected major's dean at the schools I apply to and is it a means of showing demonstrated interest at the school?

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If I have an interest in a program e.g. sustainability, which I did not select as one of my academic interests on common app but have participated in it as an extracurricular, can I write abo …

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I'm a junior from India. I have certain extracurricular that don't exactly have an official route. For example, my mother runs a tailoring and embroidery institute and I know almost 11 styles of tr …

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I'm a student from India who's using CollegeVine to look at my admission chances for various colleges, and one thing that keeps pulling down my chances are AP/IB/Honor programs.

There are no AP/IB/ …

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Will not having awards or honors affect my admission chances at selective schools?

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I have read several books in the 2019/2020 session. For schools that ask to list them, am I expected to list all if they are over 30? Also, do schools have a specific preference and order?

So I took the SAT 2 times:

In October 2019 I scored 680 EBRW and 800 Math, but had a 15 on the essay

In August 2020 I took it without the essay and scored 730 EBRW and 790 Math.

This means that my supers …

I’ve seen all the webinars about the activity order is what is most important to you. But wouldn’t it look strange to put down let’s say your sport all the way at the bottom if that is what you spend …