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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 got a $84,000 scholarship to St. Mary's University in San Antonio in the summer from 8th grade to 9th grade. Do I consider this to be an 8th grade accomplishment or a 9th grade accomplishment? I am …

I'm a rising senior with a 3.94 uw/ 4.18 w gpa and a 34 ACT. I'm planning on majoring in international relations, and my top schools are very competitive (Wellesley, Barnard, Georgetown, etc.) This su …

Since the California State Universities are test blind, don't require essays, and don't have an activities list, how can I stand out with just my grades and courses? How can I be a better candidate?

So I did the IB MYP from 6th grade to 10th grade meaning that in my transcript 9th and 10th classes say “IB MYP” (Junior and senior year im doing the IB DP) how do colleges look at those MYP classes? …

Hey everyone! I am a senior trying to apply to as many scholarships as possible- does anyone have tips on essays, websites, etc.? I will take any help I can get!

Im trying to apply and look at different scholarships but don't understand the first generation thing.

Hey! I’m a rising sophomore and I’m planning to take the USNCO exam (US National Chemistry Olympiad) in March 2023. I’ve reached out the coordinators and will reach out to my chemistry teacher before …

So I’m from Georgia and I really need a spot at an internship office. I want to do accounting/finance so anybody got any ideas of places I can do it at? Thx in advance!!

I am considering applying to Columbia's college edge program for this upcoming academic year. It would be an opportunity to study at Columbia for about 2 months. However, I'm wondering if tis just a w …

I recently submitted an essay for a college summer reading essay competition. Typically after I finish writing an essay, I run it through Grammarly. I did the same with this essay, however, after I su …

So, I am in the U.S. and when I plan to apply for college am I considered first-gen if my parents studied in college but in India? This is mainly for the UC schools that I am asking for. When I search …

I am unsure of which clubs to join and don't have any ideas on what extracurriculars relate to my major and interests. Could someone give me any ideas on things I could do? My major is probably going …

My school I attended 9-11 didn’t offer any honors classes but was top 10 in the state of Tennessee. On Collegevine, should I consider my classes I took “honors” because they are described as rigorous …

I am a rising junior and as someone who has a big interest in writing, books, comics, drawing, etc., what would be the best extracurriculars for me to join and invest in? I'm starting a comic book clu …

In my recent research about ranking American Boarding Schools, I came upon a International Boarding Consortium of 18 UWC Schools that offer the IB Diploma. The are called the United World College Scho …

I'm currently a rising sophomore, but I decided to get an early start at looking for colleges. Most of the schools that I've liked are in the reach category for me. What should I do to help increase m …

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So I recently took the ACT on June 11th and just got my writing score back. I have a couple of questions about it as it certainly isn’t a very talked-about aspect of the standardized test world.

I …

I'm a rising senior, so I was just wondering if there are any things that I can do during summer to get into my "reach" schools, or just improve my resume in general.

Thank you!

Hello i plan to major in finance and mathematics or finance and comp sci. My dream school is Wharton and i plan to ED but looking at my profile i am starting to question it. Do you think i should be a …

Hi, everybody. I'm a Turkish international rising senior. While I was studying SAT, I got 1550+ from all of practice tests. But for test day. I had to go 350+ mil because there is no place at my home …