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I'm a senior applying for several colleges right now and I realized that for one of the colleges I'm applying to, I submitted the application on time but I needed one more teacher recommendation lette …

Are my stats and EC good enough for a prestigious college?

I’m a junior in high school right now and I want to go to Duke, or a school to that level. Duke is very very competitive so if anyone can give …

I am currently a senior and I have finished applying to all of my schools. Unfortunately, some of my schools are requesting a mid year report and my grades are the lowest they have been my high school …

My major would be undecided.

Hi,

I got a letter from ETS stating that my SAT scores have been cancelled due to an "unfair advantage" that I apparently got. I was just making one of my previous answers a bit darker, that too subcon …

I plan to major in musical theatre, and my local theatre group (that I’ve been involved with since they were founded in 2012) is looking for a director for this year’s production. Obviously I couldn’t …

I need help to find an I internship or an intensive I can apply for this summer. It also needs to be financially feasible for the typical middle class family.

My interests include:

writing- stories and …

I'm currently a sophomore in high school and trying to put together my schedule for my junior year. I want to take 5 AP classes next year (we're allowed six every year): AP Language & Composition, AP …

Hi! I'm a junior planning on going to college for entrepreneurship. Business highly motivates me, since freshman year I have taken a semester introductory business course, a full-year Marketing Manage …

Dartmouth College yesterday announced that it received $40 million and will apply that to extending its Financial Aid to international students on a Need Blind basis while meeting 100% of the demonstr …

Based off of the chancing here on CollegeVine, it estimates that both Duke and Columbia should be hard target schools for me if I send in my 1380 on my SAT. However, I'm hesitant to send it in because …

I am in 10th grade right now and I don't have anything to put in the awards category of the common app so I was wondering if there are any awards/competitions I could enter if I want to go into law or …

If I had two B's during my first semester as a freshman and all A's taking ap and honors courses my next three years, but I had skipped 8th grade during a pandemic how are my chances of getting into a …

I’m a high school junior trying to figure out my schedule for next year. I’m currently enrolled in AP Calc BC and have an A for both quarters. Would it be better for me to take multivariable calculus …

I am considering applying for Running Start for my Junior and Senior years of high school. If you didn't know, it's a program where you spend two years of high school taking community college classes …

I’m struggling to find school that I want to apply too. I’ve already looked in my area.but I don’t even know where to start looking in other states.

In my last question, I asked what I could do to boost my chances of getting into colleges. My parents won't let me take any more Honors or AP classes after my freshman year. I've only had one so far a …

Hiiii, I'm currently filling out a transcript request from my school, so I can send it to colleges. My school gives me the option of requesting official or unofficial transcripts.

Which should I reques …

It's odd that this website assumes you're already in high school. I was just curious, initially, about it.

and is applying to Dornsife competetive