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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

We’re pleased to announce that the Community Forum is now officially open once again.

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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

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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

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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Careers Similar to OBGYN

I'm a junior in high school and was wondering if there are any careers similar to OBGYN that would not have me in school for so long. I'm concerned for the amount of years that I'd have to be in schoo …

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What mindset will you recommend going into if you are trying to apply for scholarships at this time?.

I am a sophmore at Evans High School and currently looking and trying to receive scholarships.

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How impressive is being a manager of the high school swim team?

For next year, I was given the opportunity to be the swim team manager who attends meets and helps with a lot of the small tasks for the team. Is this something that is just as good as doing that spor …

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Scholarships

Thanks

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4 years ago
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Accpetance Chances

How can I increase my chances of getting into a university after I have submitted my application.

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4 years ago
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How to check UPenn Wharton LBW status

Hi everyone!

So I applied to Wharton's LBW summer program and decision results come out in seven days. Does anyone else who applied or previously applied know where and how I will access my decision?

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Has anyone's chancing results been reordered questionably?

My chancing results look like this. I find that many schools are not intuitively where they should be. Maybe someone has had similar results and can explain what the changes are to the revised algorit …

 
My CV admissions chance has not been affected
46%
 
My CV admissions are now all higher
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My CV admissions are now all lower
10%
 
My CV admissions are now jumbled up like yours.
30%
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Is it too late/worth it to let schools know about important developments in my senior year?

I'm super stoked to try and get into schools such as Brown and Harvard, and I want to make sure I have everything I need to do so. However, I don't want to ruin my chances by giving admissions' office …

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4 years ago
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How can I earn a athletic scholarship before im a senior ??? ( 7th Grader )

Sports is everything to me. And it would mean alot to me and my family if I could detain a scholarship to play College football. Anyone have tips to help me improve from A's and B's to straight A's ? …

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Is it too late/worth it to let schools know about important developments in my senior year?

I'm super stoked to try and get into schools such as Brown and Harvard, and I want to make sure I have everything I need to do so. However, I don't want to ruin my chances by giving admissions' office …

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Which major is best?

I am a 9th grader and I am interested in working in the medical field (mainly cancer research or vaccine research). I was thinking of majoring in biochemistry or neuroscience for pre-med. I was wonder …

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4 years ago
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Establishing a startup at higschool

Anybody who is interested in establishing a startup at highschool, please DM me ?

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What are the Transcripts/Report Cards/Academic report to be Submitted to the Universities?

I'm an Indian Student, my school takes 4 tests every academic year with 2 tests being internal for 50 marks and 2 tests being Semester-wise/Terminal for 100 marks (Including the Mid-term and Finals). …

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What are the Best Universities I can apply for with my scores?

With a 3.58 GPA, 1520 SAT score, 4 AP classes in Physics with Good Scores in all of them, Good TOEFL score, notable ECs, and Rigorous ICSE Indian Syllabus what are some of the best Universities I can …

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Summer Programs for Freshmen and Sophomores

Does anyone know any colleges that have a wide variety of college summer programs for high school freshmen and sophomores? I'm extremely interested in doing some summer programs this summer, but conti …

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Vanderbilt with full ride or CWRU/PPSP bs/md program ?

Daughter ultimate goall is to be a physician. Applied to several bs/md programs and also to some UG. So far already accepted into Vandy full ride plus stipend and CWRU BS/MD with half tuition scholars …

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bad test scores but good gpa (4.1 higher)

I was just curious, would a college deny a student if they have really bad test scores on ACT and SAT, despite having really good grades, ap test scores, and a good gpa??

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What should I do after being deferred from my top choice

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