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We’re pleased to announce that the Community Forum is now officially open once again.

We appreciate the patience, curiosity, and enthusiasm you’ve shown. Your continued interest and support meant so …

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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

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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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Collegevine profile showing incomplete

I have added in all the details pertaining to my profile here (minus a few optional boxes) yet it shows that its incomplete and my profile won't be shown to colleges. How do I fix this?

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Does LCAD only care about artistic ability?

I’ve been reading up on Laguna college and design and from what I’ve seen, they don’t care about what hs classes you did good at besides any fine art related ones. Just need someone to back this up so …

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• 3 years ago
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4 Year Foreign Language Requirement for Harvard/Princeton

I took consecutive Spanish classes until Spanish 4 from 8th grade to Junior year but I'm not planning on taking AP Spanish in my senior year. Does this still fit the requirement for Harvard and Prince …

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No email for expert review of essay

I submitted an essay and my parent's email for payment. No email from collegevine for payment.

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CollegeVine Update for 2023-2024

When will Collegevine update to accommodate for the admissions of the 2023-2024 admissions cycle? All of the application submission dates seem to be from the 2022-2023 admissions cycle.

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Should I apply for college now?

I took the ACT back in April of 2023, I got a score of 23 with my lowest scores being 18 in Math and 21 in English. I have already applied to a few colleges that have reached out to me and offered me …

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• 3 years ago
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My Activties Section

I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at my Common App Activties and tell me what you think at first impression. If you think I show leadership, commitment, and accomplishment, on the …

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Essay

So the University of Michigan and the University of Washington both utilize the same essay prompt.

Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by, among other things, shared g …

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• 3 years ago
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What are the Best schools for financial aid for international students?

Hello.

I am a student from Kenya looking to apply to the U.S. (particularly Ivys) but finances are a huge consideration. What are the best schools that offer good financial aid in terms of scholarship …

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GPAs

I am a rising senior with a 3.57 unweighted GPA. Lots of my peers took ALL on level courses since 8th grade & have higher unweighted GPAs than I do. I always thought it didn't matter because schools w …

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What are the requirements for getting into UCF? Is it difficult?

I was wondering what were the essentials for applying to UCF, like SAT score, class percentage, GPA, recommendation letter, etc. I want to make sure I make it in, is there anything I can do to boost m …

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Schedule Change

One of my teachers today told me that I should probably switch out of AP Physics Mech C and do AP Bio because that would be better for premed. I’m planning on majoring in biomedical engineering in col …

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Details to Include in Transfer Essay

For some brief backgrounds, I attended a local community college for one year after high school (2022), and I will be attending WPI this fall (2023). I applied to this institution because it has a str …

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Is it better for volunteer hours to align with interests/possible majors?

Hi! I’m a sophomore in high school and I have 50 volunteer hours so far, but they are for different things (nonprofit, humane society, and helping at a school). I’m not sure what I plan on studying in …

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Is is possible to use the collegevine calculator to estimate the odds of acceptance through Early Decision?

estimating odds of acceptance through early decision application

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UC application

In the section where you enter grades/courses in the UC application, I selected that my school reports grades from A-F. However, I got an A- in a class, but there is no option to choose any -/+ grades …

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APUSH , AP GOV

Hi Counselor

Is there an overlap between APUSH and AP Gov

Thanks,

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Admission to an in-state or public college as a permanent resident in the USA

Do I need to wait 1 year to be admitted to an in-state or public college after getting my Green Card?

I'm a transfer student in the USA. I completed my HSC(High School Examination) in 2021 from Banglad …

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