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I'm a little skeptical as to how the AI algorithm works. I've lately received a few AI recruiters on this site and they say things like "your ECs and academics are really good" or something along thos …

Last year I got an 1120 on my SAT, which isn't bad but it isn't great either. I'm applying to a handful of colleges where my SAT is below average of those accepted (around or above a 1300). I'm going …

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I recently logged onto CollegeVine after a month or so of not using it and I noticed my chances at top schools increased greatly without me chan …

I already have my arts credit, I do not need the class to graduate and I am not majoring in art. All my courses are Honors or AP, I am not taking easy classes as a senior. The two reasons I am droppin …

I'm going to be a sophomore in high school, and my schedule just came up; it turns out that orchestra conflicts with my AP Chem class. So, this year, I have to take on or the other. I am the Concertma …

Hey! So I want to go to a California state school, however from what I have seen online, since I am not physically living in California, but in Europe, I would not be able to have residency tuition pr …

I am a rising sophomore. In the summer of 2023, I moved from India to the US. I plan to major in Mechanical Engineering. The College admissions are way different than I expected but, I got some unders …

If I currently have a 3.6 unweighted GPA, is it realistic to raise it to a 3.9 before early admissions? I'm really stressed because I'm not used to being less than an A-B student, but I completely flu …

I'm trying to strengthen my ECs by joining high school enrichment programs. Is there any program like YYGS that similarly offers full financial aid for international students?

Hello, I am a junior in high school at the moment who is getting ready to start deciding on colleges to apply for next year. I am thinking about going into politics, or some form of government major. …

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So I've always dreamed about getting in to UCLA, but I've heard that they place GPA as a top priority.

I have a 4.5 weighted which is pretty good, but I have a 3.7 unweighted, which is below …

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I am currently a sophomore at my high school and I want to take some pretty hard classes senior year that my school doesn't offer, these being AP Physics C Mechanics and AP Physics C Electricity and M …

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I'm currently a sophomore and last year I got a 4.3/5 GPA. My school does a 5 point GPA system. I was not mentally there and this year and for the rest of my school years I plan on getting a 5.0 GPA. …

In 8th grade I took 3 classes that were assigned high school credit, they went on my transcript and were as follows:

Earth Science B+

Algebra I B+

Spanish 1 A

And this 8th grade year affected my GPA by .0 …

I currently have 4 of 5 awards. Trying to maximize the application, and I heard the honors section can be a great place to put in an honors society instead of taking up a space in the 10 activities. T …

On the website, the school gives the unweighted cumulative GPA requirement of a 3.8, but what is the weighted GPA requirement for Direct Admit to Kelley?

Hey, so AL results came out and I performed much poorer than I'd hoped. My results are as follows:

(Do Note: Astar is the highest attainable grade, then A, then B, then C, then D, then E, and U(ungrade …

I am currently adding recommenders to my colleges and they have been asking me to categorize what subject they teach. One of recommenders includes my IB business / Marketing teacher, would this be und …