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Hi! I am a freshman who is thinking about options to go to college, and my parents mentioned graduating HS early. I am not like a straight A student, But I take 1 AP right now. Anyway, I wanted to kno …

I am a sophomore in high school who is interested in science. I really want to participate in a research internship sometime before college (summer before senior year, maybe?). I really want to get th …

So I'm a sophomore in high school in a really small town in a rural area. There are not many options for AP/Honors classes or different extracurriculars like there are in bigger cities. I am taking a …

I'm a junior in high school aiming to attend a top 10 university and I'm trying to figure out whether I should take on the extra time commitment of doing varsity track.

For context: I should have arou …

I believe that collegevine had some kind of stats where you can see the average GPA or the percentiles for each college, but I don't know where to find it. I would really appreciate it if someone know …

I was waitlisted at UC Berkeley and accepted at UCLA. I'm thinking about applying to be on the Berkeley waitlist to still have the option and because it's my top choice. However, I'm not sure that I w …

I am currently in 10th grade, and will like to know the academic requirements of becoming a Neuro Sonographer. I am currently taking classes like AP Psychology and Anatomy and Physiology. But as I go …

I attended an international school(Concordia International School Shanghai to be exact) for my first two years in high school, but since I have spent two years in America I will apply as a domestic st …

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I'm in the secretariat of a MUN. We have several committees, more than 200 people participate as delegates (people from all over my country), and around 50 people participate as Chair.

I'm also g …

I currently have around a 3.1-3.2 Cumulative GPA, I am also in 2AP Classes and honors math. My ACT score was also a 21. Next year I should be completing 2 CTE Pathways as well as a few more AP and Con …

First generation students are defined as having neither of their parents having a bachelors degree and/or never went to college. Neither of my parents went to college, although my mother got a diploma …

Hi. I'm a senior this year who just heard back from all of her colleges. I got into some good ones and am thankful for that. But I got rejected from the Roski school at USC. I wasn't considering writi …

If you’ve been waitlisted, you may be wondering what that means, what your chances are, and what you should do next. Here’s our guide to getting off the waitlist!

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Looking for specific requirements and acceptance rate for Pepperdine University if you're not a young student or coming in with an MA into the Psychology dept.

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I am currently a junior and an international student. I was wondering if my age will affect my chances at a school in the US. I am planning to study Engineering and will be graduating in the year 2 …

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Hi all. I am a junior attending a competitive high school on Long Island. I have a 3.975 UW GPA and a 1510 SAT. Currently, my extracurricular include Jazz Band, National Honor Society, a position as p …

my high school is a STEM charter school which is tops in the state and one of the top in the US however, it does not call its courses "AP", due to the regulation and cost that entails. I started hono …

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I have been using CV for a bit, and first of all, I am SO thankful for this website! It has almost all the resources I need to prepare for the college admissions process next year, and props to …

I suck at standardized testing because I struggle to focus on the question, as a result, I don't want to take the SAT or ACT. I'm a junior and I'm taking two AP exams, I have two virtual jobs, I am th …