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Backstory: My mom died just before I started high school which led to me suffering from depression, and absolutely no motivation for school work. This resulted in me only getting average grades.

I have …

Hi! Was recently waitlisted by Boston College after a deferral a few months prior. As far as I know, procedures for deferred/waitlisted students in relevance to LOCIs, EC updates, etc. have remained t …

My son has following offers for electrical engineering and keeping in mind job placement after competing engineering quality of education what should be the top choice: UIUC,Urbana. Case western …

I most probably want to be a scientist who works in a lab and do researches mostly about drugs, vaccines, and the microorganisms. However, when I look at majors, I find so many overlapping ones and I …

I checked the Ivy league schools and all of them cost money so I was wondering if there are any colleges out there that provide free programs for high school juniors?

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For example, computer science at Purdue is more competitive than some of their other programs, and it would be very useful if the chancing reflected this. I know that this would be difficult to implem …

I'm a current junior!

hey! so i dont really know what to do over the summer but have some plans but still waiting on decisions:

- planning to take on 2 research internships? (one paid, one unpaid)

- I'm also looking into no …

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I am currently residing in Singapore and am doing my A-levels. I wish to apply to undergraduate computer science course but am not able to locate the subject and grade requirements for my particul …

Hi. I applied to the Weitzman School of Design at Upenn for the fall of 2021. I looked over my essay today just to look over what I wrote. Then I realized I made two writing errors on one of my essays …

What is a college's yield rate?

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Well, if I apply to MIT during early application, am I allowed to apply in Harvard restrictive early action same time? As MIT is non-binding, can I apply to other private unis of USA at the same time …

Some of you know that I have been vocal that this admission cycle is brutal and caught many applicants off guard. Why? Because very few people thought that a.) applications numbers would skyrocket b.) …

Hi, if you have any additional stats can you add them in your comments below. Thank you for your help, this will be very useful for other CV members in the community.

Amherst 8% vs 11.7% (2025 vs 2024 …

I applied to a scholarship and submitted my application 2 minutes before it was due. I got a message shortly after that saying, "HI, Unfortunately the deadline for Stage 2 closed at 9pm EST. Best, (Sc …

I scored 435/500 in my 10th cbse boards..now iam going to attempt boards of my inter 1st year

Hey everyone! I recently got my March 13th SAT score back (1460), but since CollegeVine isn't really that into depth about ROSS. I was just wondering if I should retake the SAT because the incoming cl …

I am sophomore, and when I calculated my chances the main area I need to improve is on my extracurriculars. My intended major is computer science, at ivy league schools like Stanford. I love to draw, …