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I am looking to expand my college list with some backups. The most important criteria is good financial aid for international students, because I can't pay for college in the US. My ideal …

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I am currently writing my PIQs, and 3/4 essays have something to do with my major: comp-sci. I have been thinking to write my final PIQ about another topic I am interested in rather than my ma …

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I’m Matt -- I work on data science projects here at CollegeVine and have been around in the past talking about some of the methodology behind our chancing model.

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Does my extracurriculars have to relate to my intended major? Do they have to relate to each other? My extracurriculars range from different subjects and I'm wondering if that will effect my college c …

Can the Chick-Fil-A Leadership Academy count as a honor because I just got accepted today? And this next question is about honors in general. Can I still put down a honor that I got accepted into if I …

1. I am taking the ACT in 21/10 and found that I have some lack in my knowledge so I started studying from this book and solving in crackab.com and varsity tutors.com as they have some good explanatio …

Last month a sent my AP scores to every college I'm applying to. I had no idea that we didn't have to. What will happen? They didn't say not to send them and some of the schools were listed as test fl …

Hi! This is more of a college-vine-specific question than an actual college application question. If this is the wrong place to post this, let me know and I'll redirect :)

I posted two essays for peer …

Applying ED to Johns Hopkins and got a lot on my mind.

A regional admissions counselor recently visited my HS and explained their "holistic admissions" considers all aspects of an application, and one …

I'm a sophomore and my unweighted GPA is 3.81. I'm in the process of joining the UIL Science club at my school and I'm part of stage crew for the play at my school. Next, March I'm volunteering to hel …

Would including a learning difference in my additional information section help my application?

I'm a student with a 4.42 GPA and a 1530 SAT score. I received a late diagnosis of dyslexia in my junior …

I'm an international student and have a different school-year than US students. My school doesn't prefer sending out midterm results and only prints predicted scores on the official transcript. Would …

I'm a senior in high school. I will complete and submit my FAFSA form in a couple days. But I was wondering when I should send my FAFSA forms to the schools I'm applying to? Before I submit the applic …

Hey guys, so I'm not really sure if this is the right community to post in, but are there any Hartwick students on here that could tell me about the student experience there? I'm a high school junior, …

I am a senior and have already submitted my college apps. (I submitted them before the quarter ended, so I have 'in progress' for my senior grades instead of an actual grade). I have a C in my AP chem …

I'm applying ED to Williams with a 4.1 GPA and a 1420 SAT superscored. I moved from a poor school system to a good one between 10th and 11th grade (my old school didn't let students take APs until jun …

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I submitted my College match application this week. I do dual enrollment al my local community college. On the application, I said I was taking 3 AP courses (Lit, Geo, Env Sci) and that next semester …

Can I get scholarship or financial aid? (with my current profile) I will be appling in JAN 2023

GPA- 3.8 ,SAT-1120 (expected 1350+ in 2nd attempt), senior year, (Indian)international student,

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I've noticed that for some colleges applying test options lowered my chances of acceptance. Does anyone know why this is? what are the disadvantages of using test-optional?