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Hello. I recently had an additional leadership activity at my school that is related to Duke Basketball. I planned on discussing this activity in my interview, but since I submitted my Duke applicatio …

Hi! I’m a current junior with not the best gpa for the schools I really want to go to. My dream school is Notre Dame and I’m worried I’ll get a flat out rejection and not even waitlist or acceptance. …

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I want to apply to colleges like Duke University or Brown, but I come from a family of four kids and three of us will be applying to college at the same time. Are there any scholarships that can get m …

Hi! I am in search of volunteer opportunities for a 15 year old that loves animals and working hands on with them. Does anyone have any recommendations or places around the Dallas, Texas area I can do …

Hello, I'm wondering if I should do the SAT to broaden the amount of colleges I have because nowadays even a transfer student needs an SAT. As with experience, I struggle a lot in higher level math, t …

I (senior) have a few achievements and other extracurricular updates I want to communicate to colleges that haven't released decisions yet (UF, FSU, UGA). This ISN'T a letter of continued interest, so …

Hi! I want to major in Marine Bio but my school doesn't offer a course, besides for community service with involvement in some aspect of marine bio, what else can I do?

Multiple tier 1 extracurriculars.

I received a letter for it, and an email but the fee is $90. I also heard its not recognized by colleges but others are telling me it is. Should I join?

Even though I have good marks, my EC profile is very low. My parents never supported me to do ECs and always wanted me to excel academically because in my country they only consider A/L z-score for un …

Hello, so I started applying for courses for junior year and my core classes are going to mostly be consisted of dual credit. If say I'm applying to Harvard or an Ivy League will there be less of a ch …

I am currently a sophmore in high school and I might want to do business. I do not really know too much about it, but I am interested in marketing. Are there any extracurriculars that look impressive …

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It has come to my attention that you have sent me emails about connecting with you through college vine, however I am very confused about why because of my chances of getting i …

I'm in community college and was planning on transferring to Berkeley and then going to grad school for College Counseling. My counselor is pressuring me to change my major from media studies to psych …

I'm planning to go to college in the fall and I've managed to narrow down to three colleges, but two of the schools I'm looking at are quite expensive (Dominican of California and UMD). The deadline f …

Multiple tier 1 extracurriculars.

I recently submitted my RD application to the University of Michigan. The portal lists something called an Expression of Continued Interest form. I was a bit confused about this ECI being open for RD …

GPA: UW 3.8, W 4.34. (My one C counted as 2 Cs through a professional curriculum, same class)

ACT: 34

Coursework: 7 APs, 8 Honors, 2 College Courses

Extracurriculars: Highly ranked chess player nationall …

As a 1st year Columbia University student I wanted to share that selecting a college on mutual fit is more important than how News Orgs. rank schools, how your friends and family value it on prestige, …