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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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9 months ago
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Chancing Changes Due to Affirmative Action Ruling

Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

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a year ago
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Will graduating early impact my admission chance for the Ivy League?

Hey ya'll!

I am currently trying to decide on whether or not to try and graduate a year early, where I would move from graduating in the Class of 2025, to the Class of 2024, and I would apply to colleg …

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a year ago
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Translating report cards

Hi everyone, my name is Oscar, I am an international applicant to U.S. universities and I understand the whole process to a certain extent, however, I recently faced an issue because I have no idea ho …

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a year ago
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Are remote and unpaid internships legit?

I have seen so many opportunities for remote and unpaid internships for high school students. I would love an internship to book my college application and gain experience, but I feel like it is not t …

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a year ago
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Letters of Recommendation Advice

The best piece of advice I ever received was when you ask someone for a letter of recommendation, ask them whether they are willing to write you a good letter of recommendation. If they hesitate at al …

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a year ago
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AP or community college classes?

Next year I will be a senior in high school. I have the option of taking up to 4 AP classes, or 2 AP classes and 5 community college classes. Both are doable for me. The community college is The Colle …

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a year ago
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extracurricular advice

i started this project called prisit. we run online and it’s a youth organization where we hire designers and we get asked by social media accounts, non profits, etc. to design them projects such as b …

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a year ago
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How can I improve

Hi, I'm a high school Junior and I need help figuring out what I should do to get accepted into my choice college.

1. I don't have a job and I don't do many extracurricular activities besides NHS and …

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a year ago
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should i take on unpaid internships?

hello! i’m struggling to decide if i should take on internships to help boost my college application. i got offered an internship for social media marketing, and i’m planning on entering the business …

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a year ago
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How is the University of Oregon like?

I was wondering what University of Oregon is like especially as a freshman.

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a year ago
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AP Classes

I'm a sophomore right now and I live in a town where the high school doesn't have enough resources to teach AP or many Concurrent Enrollment classes. My state offers an online school where students ca …

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a year ago
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Correlation problem between college rankings and acceptance rates

This is important for 9th, 10th, and 11th graders to make their college lists.

Pre-pandemic, the college landscape was already changing say from 2010-2020. More and more people were applying to top co …

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a year ago
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Cults and Colleges

What a CRAZY HULU documentary about Sarah Lawrence. Anyone else hear about what is going on at Mason Gross / Rutgers? Hauntingly similar! Anytime anyone mentions it to me, it is "hush hush" and whis …

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a year ago
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Can colleges cancel my acceptance ?

I'm a Alevel student from India, and my school has submitted predicted grades to colleges. For e.g they have predicted A's and A's, and in reallity I only get A's and 1 B/C, will colleges cancel my ac …

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a year ago
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How is Washington & Jefferson College

How is Washington & Jefferson College Info Session

Is there Campus Hiring / Job fair in Washington & Jefferson College, which companies take part in Campus hiring for Business Administration students.

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a year ago
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Do you think it will be difficult to move things?

Do you think it will be difficult to move things?

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a year ago
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What is the meaning of "your safety school." Does that mean the other colleges i mentioned would probably not accept me

I don't understand why my profile is only compared to only one of the four schools I mentioned

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a year ago
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What would Usapho semifinalist be classified as on collegevine?

I just checked the f=ma solutions and I got like a 20 so I'm guaranteed to get into usapho semi.

Usapho semi is top 300-400, so it's pretty much the most exclusive of all the mainstream comps that off …

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a year ago
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I am going to take 21 dual enrollment courses by high school graduation. Is this a little too excessive?

So, I have already taken 11 dual enrollment courses, 1 AP, and six honors courses. By the end of this school year, two more honors courses can be added to that list. Next school year, my senior year, …

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a year ago
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I had a question about Collegevine's projected course work

When Collegevine asks for your projected course works for honors and AP classes, do you write down the number of semesters, you take of honors and AP classes, or do you say the number of classes you t …

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a year ago
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Is my application relatively ok to apply to mid-low prestige level schools?

Hi, I'm currently a sophomore and I'm starting to feel that my GPA and test scores will be a red flag when it comes to my college admissions.

For starters I can't get a high score on any standardized …

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