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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

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What can I do to make my stats good enough for ivy league?

Hello, I am a junior in high school at the moment who is getting ready to start deciding on colleges to apply for next year. I am thinking about going into politics, or some form of government major. …

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Is having a low-ish GPA okay for UCLA?

Hi there,

So I've always dreamed about getting in to UCLA, but I've heard that they place GPA as a top priority.

I have a 4.5 weighted which is pretty good, but I have a 3.7 unweighted, which is below …

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How to get a perfect SAT\ACT score for ivy league

Tell me more about resources and materials

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How Does Being A Transient Student Work?

I am currently a sophomore at my high school and I want to take some pretty hard classes senior year that my school doesn't offer, these being AP Physics C Mechanics and AP Physics C Electricity and M …

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What is the purpose of CommonApp?

I've heard a few things about it, but I don't really understand how it is helpful for college applications. Is it like some sort of CollegeVine or a completely different thing or how does it work? Tha …

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will my bad freshman GPA affect college

I'm currently a sophomore and last year I got a 4.3/5 GPA. My school does a 5 point GPA system. I was not mentally there and this year and for the rest of my school years I plan on getting a 5.0 GPA. …

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8th grade grades on transcript?

In 8th grade I took 3 classes that were assigned high school credit, they went on my transcript and were as follows:

Earth Science B+

Algebra I B+

Spanish 1 A

And this 8th grade year affected my GPA by .0 …

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Common App awards

I currently have 4 of 5 awards. Trying to maximize the application, and I heard the honors section can be a great place to put in an honors society instead of taking up a space in the 10 activities. T …

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IU Kelley Direct Admit

On the website, the school gives the unweighted cumulative GPA requirement of a 3.8, but what is the weighted GPA requirement for Direct Admit to Kelley?

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Should I or should I not retake my A-Levels?

Hey, so AL results came out and I performed much poorer than I'd hoped. My results are as follows:

(Do Note: Astar is the highest attainable grade, then A, then B, then C, then D, then E, and U(ungrade …

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Are Business classes considered a Social Studies / Social Science

I am currently adding recommenders to my colleges and they have been asking me to categorize what subject they teach. One of recommenders includes my IB business / Marketing teacher, would this be und …

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Extracurriculars/passion project for future pre-med students?

I’m a rising 10th grader attending a magnet science/technology program at a large-ish public school (4,000 students). My freshman year I was completely out of it and didn’t do any extracurriculars wha …

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Can I get into most colleges with sat score of 920?

I have some questions about if you can get into a college with a 920 SAT score. I took it in March and got a 920, I checked and it was a below average score. I have already going to have a another SAT …

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Should I take AP human Geo or AP psychology

I'm going into my senior year and I want to get into a Top 20 college. I want to become a divorce attorney, and these are the AP classes I've taken so far: AP World, AP Seminar, AP US History, AP Lang …

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How do I recover and then delete my old account?

I was trying ot login my personal google account on my school computer. There were some issues with my original account, you see, I changed my google password account, and because of that, I can't acc …

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Can I write my college essay about my religious conversion?

Hi everyone, I heard a mix of things when it comes to this option. For context, I am a Latino, and we come from a predominantly Christian/Catholic backgrounds. Despite this, I identified as agnostic b …

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Best Schools for Music Education

Hi, I am a current high school senior that wants to major in music education. I have looked into schools such as Florida State University, College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati …

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How can I help my debate team?

Hi! I just started my senior year of high school and I am very excited for debate this year. For the last couple of years, my school's debate team has been pretty small, but somewhat competitive. This …

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Best schools for business that don’t require test scores?

I am planning to major in the business world and I took the SAT back in april of this year and I didn’t do as well as I wanted is there any schools that have a good business program but are flexible a …

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Transferring from community college to University

Hi everyone! So i've been thinking a lot about this and it's new to me. I always thought I would go to a straight 4 yr college that not expensive and I didnt want to be in dorms. I am considering comm …

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