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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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Will get in trouble/ will it reflect badly on me if i self reported my scores wrong.

In common app, it did not save when I updated my ACT scores and it says a lower score composite score than I actually got, but says the right section scores with the correct dates, but it also says I …

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3 years ago
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Something’s I could Add to My Academic or Extracurricular Profile

Its been a while since I’ve done this but I am a sophomore now and need some advice for things I could add to my high school resume

Something’s I do

-Engineering President (VEX Robotics and Rocketry Co …

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Hi my school counselor can’t upload my transcript on the common black app. He says the page is not clickable. What can h

I’m an international student and my school doesn’t have much experience with this type of stuff

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3 years ago
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Common app activity seciton volunteering

When filling out the activities section of common app, is it possible to put everywhere I volunteered into one part? I have other activities to list, but I am stumped when it asks for my position/lead …

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3 years ago
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Explain a drop of grades

Hello,

when is it worth answering the optional question of explaining a low grade or a drop in grades? I was contemplating answering it because of one C I received in a vigorous class.

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3 years ago
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What do colleges look for in applicants?

Generally

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3 years ago
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What is the difference between the CSS profile and ISFAA?

Simple description

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3 years ago
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Stereotypical Essay Topic

I'm from Kenya which is pretty well-known for ecotourism and other environment-related things. I am very involved in environmentalism because of this, including volunteering in National Park cleanup p …

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Should I add my manga project to my activities?

I'm a sophomore in high school and don't have a lot of ties to my school. I'm a straight-A honors student who has volunteered at a wildlife rehabilitation center and I have some recognition for my ar …

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3 years ago
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Are the BA/MD programs colleges offer worth it?

I've made a similar post months prior; however, after having a better understanding of these programs, I have more questions. For starters, I'm not a good standardized test taker. I've never even reac …

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3 years ago
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applying to honors college OSU

Applying to honors college Oregon State University - is there any advantage to applying EA?

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3 years ago
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Can you change the recommender after submitting the application?

I already submitted an application and assigned one of my teachers from last year for a recommendation. She agreed, but I asked her about it again yesterday and she said she might not be able to finis …

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3 years ago
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Is earning a Black Belt an honor on common app?

On common app, where it says, "Do you wish to report any honors related to your academic achievements beginning with the ninth grade or international equivalent?" could I put earning a Black Belt? I w …

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Common App Essay Question

My common app essay is about my first-hand experience of witnessing poverty in India on a trip I took with my family three years ago (not a community service or mission trip; just a regular visit to s …

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How do you stop procrastination?

I, like many other students I know, am struggling a little bit right now with my mental health and meeting personal deadlines. My cumulative GPA is a 3.4 I'm just like really unmotivated, yet extremel …

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3 years ago
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A doubt about recommendation letters.

My teachers asked me how to submit recommendations letters on the common app, as they've finished writing it on google docs. So should they write in a paper and make it a pdf OR they copy the link of …

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3 years ago
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Would It matter to colleges, If you take a foreign language course, after not taking it for two years.

For example, you take spanish 3 junior year, after taking spanish 2 in 8th grade?

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3 years ago
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Grades and Admissions

Heyo! I am someone who has been interested in making it into prestigious universities as a biomedical engineering major. My grades during my freshman year of high school were pretty good, but after so …

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3 years ago
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Should I Put Anime On My Activities?

I have 2 Instagram theme pages (I just repost content) based on anime that have garnered over 140k+ followers and an anime YT channel, where I just created compilations of anime clips, with 8k subscri …

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