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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 …

I'm currently a sophomore in highschool and worried about my extracurriculars. I don't have any outstanding awards or leadership positions and am worried that I won't be able to get any now, especiall …

Props to all you hard-working seniors that "grinded" over Winter break to get your Common App submitted to your RD schools. Take a few days off and use generous amounts of self-care to help piece your …

Hello there! Future Music Education (Choral) major in the process of deciding between UF and UCF. I haven't received a decision for UF yet, but I have been accepted to UCF. In addition, I'm set to rec …

I am an international student applying to Williams. I have 4.0 Unweighted GPA and I have been in the top 5 in my class. My school doesn't offer AP courses.

My extracurriculars are bland with me just …

I am an international student applying to Berea . I would like to how hard it is for international students to get into Berea .

I am currently a sophomore taking Spanish IV Honors. Next year I plan to take Physics C AP, Calculus AB AP, Cybersecurity GT (GT is gifted and talented; it gives you a 1.0 GPA boost), World History AP …

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I am an international student and I planned to attend Amherst College. I am a student of IBDP, which has English as the primary language of instruction. Also, I got 1550 on SAT- 750 in R&W and 800 …

Hey guys! I am writing an essay to a figure I admire (scholar, scientist, advocate, policymaker, etc.) for a particular application. I want to write about Hank and John Green, specifically for their w …

If I sent my essay to one college, can I change something before sending to another college?

Ex: I sent my application to Barnard, but I found a mistake in my personal essay and I want to correct it s …

Hello. I am applying to many of the top business schools in the US. I currently have letters of recommendation written by three teachers: my computer science teacher, who has taught me all four years, …

Idk I want everything to be perf

Helloo, do you guys have a Scholarship for international students that can't afford with your taxes? A merit or need Scholarship? Something like that.

I have so much interest on your college but I'm a …

Hello! Ok so basically i have this internship which would be one of my extracurriculars right, but this job has a few different tasks that might be smarter to divide them into 3 since they are all pre …

Hello, I just submitted my application to Fordham, Northeastern, and Vassar College. After submitting I noticed there was a mistake in my essay.

In the last paragraph, I had one "I" as capitalized, an …

Hi, I'm a junior in HS and I want to go to either UW applied math or UC Berkeley's data science program. I'm not sure if I'm going enough and I seriously need some suggestions.

GPA (unweighted) 3.94 ( …

Hi! I see a lot of mentions of tier a, tier f, etc, but I can't seem to find the comprehensive list+explanation for this. All I can find is the old article that breaks it down into Tier 1,2,3, and 4. …

I've been using the College Vine chancing to create a more accurate college list since acceptance rates for international students are much lower than the usual. However, I also need to apply for fina …

So I screwed up my sophmore year first semester… I took math over the summer to accelerate 8th and 9th grade, I audited my 8th because I got a C, but got an A and and B for my 9th grade summer. In 9th …

Hey! I'm a current junior in high school.

Long story short, I struggle in math. Like, severely--it just has never in my entire life clicked for me. I have had tutoring, stayed after for math help, have …

hi, i'm a current junior in HS and am wondering how i can determine my "spike" for college admissions. i'd like to major in linguistics, poli sci, or maybe both! tagged below are some of the schools i …