Admissions Advice

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For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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 …

As a high school graduate in 2026 what should I do to have better chances to get good grades?

Also I need high school advice

I’ve been reading up on some EC articles, and I’ve discovered that most of my extracurriculars are more well rounded. Does that heavily impact admission? I am planning on majoring in film production. …

My school doesn’t offer honors classes because they said that all the classes are taught on a rigorous level. This means that some college applicants who did the SAME amount of work as me will have a …

Today BU's school newspaper published this article about lowering the admit pool in order to avoid over crowding and lack of housing/dining hall support which has been a problem at BU for 2 semesters. …

I've been reading posts of HS students scrambling to apply to pay-to-play college summer programs. Some of these are short like a week or two. Some are six to eight weeks. The shorter ones do not not …

I'm a junior graduating in May 2023 which means my admission cycle is fall 2023 right? But my application cycle is fall 2022?

Hey guys, I'm a little confused about how financial aid works. On the "financial aid" section of one of the colleges I applied to, I received a loan. Is that it? No grant or anything? Are they gonna g …

I am going to be taking college classes in the coming fall during high school and will receive an AA degree by graduation. I was wondering which universities will accept dual credit courses. I current …

I got in!! And I am going. I wish I knew the percentage acceptance rate and precise selectivity of the program besides the mere "selective" used to describe it on its website. How would I rank it as a …

Hello, is AP classes important and crucial for admission chances?

I am currently a junior and starting my search for colleges. I've been doing some research and it says (for my top school Yale) the unweighted GPA is a 3.95 and a weighted of a 4.14. I used a few calc …

I have frequent doctor's appointments, which usually makes me miss my afternoon classes in school. Do colleges look at this?

Hi everyone,

First question, does anyone have experience with the accuracy of the CollegeVine admissions calculator ("chancing")? These percentages feel a little bit optimistic.

My daughter is American …

I'm really interested in attending more competitive schools. Not the Ivy Leagues or Stanford, more like Boston College and the University of Washington. However, I'm concerned about some of my grades …

Hello! Has anyone else noticed a decrease in their chances according to the chancing simulator? I did not change anything, but I just noticed my chances have gone down for almost every college on my l …

hi i just got my ACT results back and i got a 29, i got a perfect score on reading and a 24 on math i think. should i take it again? it’s my first time taking the test and i’m a high school junior, i …

Hi, I'm a high school freshman, and I'm really just trying to get through high school while keeping a good social life and still keeping my 4.0. I'm planning on taking 3 APs next year, and while all o …

9th Grade

I'm going on a college tour tomorrow and would like to speak to an applied physics program director. There's a problem: I have no idea what to ask. I've scoured the entire internet for info about the …

I am a senior, and because of a rough patch in my junior year, my gpa is at a weighted 3.4. I am taking a ACT next tuesday and I've already taken two ACT's. I've studied for one of them and got a lowe …