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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

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

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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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Multiple schools

I have studied in multiple schools. 2 years (Fresh and Soph) in Canada and the Junior Year in US. How does the college calculate the cGPA. Do they account only for the Junior year or they will calcula …

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Rate My Sophomore Classes (thank you!)

I want to go to a mid or large sized preferably private college with a 5-25% acceptance rate, would I be on track?

AP Lang

AP World

Advanced Algebra 2/ AP Pre Calc (2 years of math in 1 year)

Chem Honors

S …

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AP classes

So I am going into my senior year and so far I have taken 7 AP classes including the ones that I am going to take my senior year. I am really stuck on whether I should take 2 this year which is what I …

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3 years ago
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Will my lack of extra curriculars negatively impact my chances?

I'll start by saying I don't plan on applying to highly competitive schools, and I have a 4.1 GPA.

My grades are nearly perfect and I got a 25 on my ACT the first time, but I plan on retaking it somet …

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Question on prompts

I applying this fall and Im really stuck. I want to go for a neuroscience/biomed engineering major. The prompts are something that I cannot just connect my interest with my major. In my essays, I want …

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Is there any chance I could get into a top UC?

I am going to be a junior in fall and am concerned about whether I will get into a prestigious college in California. My GPA is low because of personal issues (3.4, max 3.55 by the end of junior year) …

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Rate Schedule, sophomore. Thanks

Chem

Bio

Symph Band

Ap World

Algebra II

Ap Lang

Phys ED

can only do one sem of band, schedule conflict,

I do S&D as well as Jazz Band, I sucked at Algebra I but I'm overall proficient in math.

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I’m a Bahamian student that attend a school that doesn’t offer AP or honors class will I be penalized for this

I’m in grade 11,I have a 3.7 gpa and I am in the top level class that my school does offer we are place in streams based on ability and the we receive on the national exam bjc

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Extracirrculars

I am a intended law student, looking for strong extra circular ideas?

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Rate the schedule! (Sophomore)

We get one class change per year (unless academic misplacement, but we get one where we don't need a reason). Let me know what you think of my schedule, and if i should challenge myself more!

Block 1 - …

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I’m an international student from Nigeria

I just graduated High school how can i apply to MIT

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Do I have a chance of getting into Yale or NYU?

Hello, I'm a freshman, but I've already begun looking at colleges. My dream college for a long time has been Yale, but recently I've been looking into other schools such as NYU and Texas A&M Universit …

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where do I put book publishing

Hello! I am planning on publishing a book later this Fall and I was wondering whether I add it to the honors section or the extracurriculars section. Thank you!

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Will a few bad grades ruin my chances? How do I explain them?

During my freshman year, I was online for a quarter due to covid, and also moved to a new school without knowing anybody. I was extremely depressed for the first time ever so I didnt know how to cope. …

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I want to get into ucsc, but I will be graduating with statistics instead of precalc are my chances decreased?

I have a unweighted 3.99

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How to mention age and gap year in a college application?

I graduated high school in 2023 at the age 16. Because I graduated so young, I'm applying to college fall 2023 and taking a gap year during the 23-24 school year. During my gap year, I'm going to be a …

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Can I get into Morgan wit a 1.9 gpa

High I have a 1.9 gpa not because I’m dumb but things happen I will take accountability but for my grades looking like that, I really believe if I can get into Morgan they wouldn’t be be disappointed …

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Question on application

I want to do a biomed engineering major. But my personal statement, I wrote on my personal journey of rediscovering my cultural identity through music and founded a non-profit to help others do the sa …

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Should I be applying to top schools like Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Caltech, and MIT?

I am an Indian living in the Philippines. I have a GPA of 4.0 and SAT score of 1580. I took 10 AP exams (Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, Physics 1, Physics 2, …

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Thoughts on the affirmative ruling.

This affirmative ruling is just discouraging. I spent 3 months to gather and write up my personal statement - which had three excellent rating from super reviewers on the peer review section. It was a …

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