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I am an international student and I planned to attend Amherst College. I am a student of IBDP, which has English as the primary language of instruction. Also, I got 1550 on SAT- 750 in R&W and 800 …

Hey guys! I am writing an essay to a figure I admire (scholar, scientist, advocate, policymaker, etc.) for a particular application. I want to write about Hank and John Green, specifically for their w …

If I sent my essay to one college, can I change something before sending to another college?

Ex: I sent my application to Barnard, but I found a mistake in my personal essay and I want to correct it s …

Hello. I am applying to many of the top business schools in the US. I currently have letters of recommendation written by three teachers: my computer science teacher, who has taught me all four years, …

Idk I want everything to be perf

Helloo, do you guys have a Scholarship for international students that can't afford with your taxes? A merit or need Scholarship? Something like that.

I have so much interest on your college but I'm a …

Hello! Ok so basically i have this internship which would be one of my extracurriculars right, but this job has a few different tasks that might be smarter to divide them into 3 since they are all pre …

Hello, I just submitted my application to Fordham, Northeastern, and Vassar College. After submitting I noticed there was a mistake in my essay.

In the last paragraph, I had one "I" as capitalized, an …

Hi, I'm a junior in HS and I want to go to either UW applied math or UC Berkeley's data science program. I'm not sure if I'm going enough and I seriously need some suggestions.

GPA (unweighted) 3.94 ( …

Hi! I see a lot of mentions of tier a, tier f, etc, but I can't seem to find the comprehensive list+explanation for this. All I can find is the old article that breaks it down into Tier 1,2,3, and 4. …

So I screwed up my sophmore year first semester… I took math over the summer to accelerate 8th and 9th grade, I audited my 8th because I got a C, but got an A and and B for my 9th grade summer. In 9th …

I've been using the College Vine chancing to create a more accurate college list since acceptance rates for international students are much lower than the usual. However, I also need to apply for fina …

Hey! I'm a current junior in high school.

Long story short, I struggle in math. Like, severely--it just has never in my entire life clicked for me. I have had tutoring, stayed after for math help, have …

hi, i'm a current junior in HS and am wondering how i can determine my "spike" for college admissions. i'd like to major in linguistics, poli sci, or maybe both! tagged below are some of the schools i …

This is a genuine Y/N question, I mean no disrespect. I feel like the answer should be yes, since Jews don't get a lot of representation and make up 2% of the US population, 0.2% of the world. However …

I know one of the biggest do not's in the college application process is getting political, however one of the schools I'm applying to is in DC and politics are huge there and the prompt seems to lead …

One college I'm applying to requires a supplemental essay that discusses the overcoming of obstacles. I took a writing elective last year where the teacher gave us daily prompts and the students would …

Should I send my SAT Score (1540 - 780 in Reading & Writing, 760 in Math) or my three AP Scores (5 in Biology, 5 in World History, and 5 in Computer Science Principles) to NYU?

PS. I am applying to Ste …

I applied to Georgetown under Early Action but was deferred, so I'm going to be reconsidered during the Regular Decision round. Under the CSS Profile, it asks me if I'm applying to Georgetown under EA …

I have a 4.2 weighted gpa and like a 3.7 unweighted I use the unweighted system so I really don’t know if a 4.2 is more impressive than a 3.7… especially for NYU so like wondering which one I should …