Admissions Advice

I've been admitted into three honor societies (of different prestiges) and I want to include them in my app through the honors section. The organizations being the National Junior Honor Society, NSHSS …

My grades are as follows;

Class 9: 92.4%

Class 10: 98.4%

Class 11: 89.4%

Predicted Grade: 95%

SAT:

1st attempt: 1440

Extracurricular Activities:

1.Project Kisaan Bhalai:

Started a project to provide reliable w …

Hi all,

I'm planning to ED to UPenn this fall.

UPenn has asked for its supplementary essay: Write a short thank-you note to someone you have not yet thanked and would like to acknowledge. (We encourag …

Hello, I am extremely confused by the CommonApp website as a whole, but this is especially confusing! I know how to assign a teacher to one school for a letter, but I can not figure out how to add the …

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I was wondering if some of my household tasks are worth putting in my college application. My most time consuming/regular task would be cooking. For the past 3 summers I have been in charge of c …

I am currently a junior in high school, and I feel that I'm very late in turning my attention towards college admissions. Throughout the years, I have only focused on school grades, which I have been …

Hello! I was wondering, if my grades were not the best during the pandemic, (my freshman and sophomore year) do schools take that into consideration? Ever since getting back to in school learning, I h …

I have changed 4 schools in my 4 years of high school so do I need to send my transcripts through 4 different school principals or through my current school principal?

Hi! I am currently writing my common application, and I'm trying to avoid all of the "red flags" in a common app essay topic. Would that include writing about your intended field/major and how it affe …

The end of my junior year I got diagnosed with IBS and generalized anxiety disorder. This led to my grades dropping a bit and finishing with a B in English and biology which isn't bad but I have all A …

So I am graduating a year early from high school, so I do not really have any academic honors yet (like honor roll and other things you receive at graduation), however, with my current trend I have 10 …

For the common application fee waiver, do you need to submit documents to prove you need it or do you just check the box when it asks you?

For example, if someone took the ACT three times and got a 33, 34, and 34, but the superscore composite is 35, do they report the 35 as the highest composite? The questions that follow ask for the hi …

Essentially, being a part of NHS is an honor when you graduate from my school (more than simply an extracurricular). As I am filling out the "Honors" section of the common app I am questioning whether …

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Hey. I'm a Black student that went to a really good private high school in SF that graduated this year. I had a terrible experience there, I got literally …

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 …

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone from the class of 2024 has received an acceptance letter from a college using collegevine's application feature, and what schools you've received it from.

Thanks

For some colleges on the Common App, I cannot pick my major because the college doesn't have it on their list of intended majors. I want to take Pre-Med/Pre-Health (which I understand is a track, not …

I am filling out an apply Texas application form and there is a prompt that says this:

Extracurricular 2 Sophomore Year Position(s) Held

Do you know what I should write there?

Hey everyone,

I am an international who recently graduated and wants to enroll in an American university next year. I learned about the admission process and particularly about the importance of AP cla …