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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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9 months ago
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Chancing Changes Due to Affirmative Action Ruling

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 …

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2 years ago
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Need help finding summer programs

I need help to find an I internship or an intensive I can apply for this summer. It also needs to be financially feasible for the typical middle class family.

My interests include:

writing- stories and …

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2 years ago
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Is taking 5 AP classes junior year too much with extracurriculars and the SAT & ACT tests?

I'm currently a sophomore in high school and trying to put together my schedule for my junior year. I want to take 5 AP classes next year (we're allowed six every year): AP Language & Composition, AP …

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2 years ago
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Should I take AP Macroeconomics before/without Microeconomics?

Hi! I'm a junior planning on going to college for entrepreneurship. Business highly motivates me, since freshman year I have taken a semester introductory business course, a full-year Marketing Manage …

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2 years ago
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GOOD NEWS for INTL STUDENTS applying for Financial Aid.

Dartmouth College yesterday announced that it received $40 million and will apply that to extending its Financial Aid to international students on a Need Blind basis while meeting 100% of the demonstr …

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2 years ago
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Should I submit a 1380 SAT to Duke or Columbia?

Based off of the chancing here on CollegeVine, it estimates that both Duke and Columbia should be hard target schools for me if I send in my 1380 on my SAT. However, I'm hesitant to send it in because …

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2 years ago
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what are some awards and competitions I can try when planning on going into law or forensic science

I am in 10th grade right now and I don't have anything to put in the awards category of the common app so I was wondering if there are any awards/competitions I could enter if I want to go into law or …

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2 years ago
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Grades

If I had two B's during my first semester as a freshman and all A's taking ap and honors courses my next three years, but I had skipped 8th grade during a pandemic how are my chances of getting into a …

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2 years ago
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MV calc or linear algebra?

I’m a high school junior trying to figure out my schedule for next year. I’m currently enrolled in AP Calc BC and have an A for both quarters. Would it be better for me to take multivariable calculus …

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2 years ago
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Is it better to do Running Start or APs?

I am considering applying for Running Start for my Junior and Senior years of high school. If you didn't know, it's a program where you spend two years of high school taking community college classes …

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2 years ago
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How can I find schools to apply too?

I’m struggling to find school that I want to apply too. I’ve already looked in my area.but I don’t even know where to start looking in other states.

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2 years ago
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AP and Honor Classes

In my last question, I asked what I could do to boost my chances of getting into colleges. My parents won't let me take any more Honors or AP classes after my freshman year. I've only had one so far a …

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2 years ago
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Requesting/Sending Transcripts

Hiiii, I'm currently filling out a transcript request from my school, so I can send it to colleges. My school gives me the option of requesting official or unofficial transcripts.

Which should I reques …

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2 years ago
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I've been in college for two years already. What does it look like if I wanted to transfer? How would that work?

It's odd that this website assumes you're already in high school. I was just curious, initially, about it.

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2 years ago
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What is the difference between USC and USC Dornsife?

and is applying to Dornsife competetive

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2 years ago
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Should I extend my Common/Coalition App essay for the sake of extending it?

My Common App essay is 261 words, which might appear to be the bare minimum, but it's very concise and wrapped up nicely. I don't think there's anything significant to add, but will this hurt my chanc …

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2 years ago
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Extracurriculars?

I'm not very involved in school activities and I want to get more out there. I plan on going into mechanical or aerospace engineering. My school is having a club rush soon and I was thinking of starti …

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2 years ago
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Will my low A's translate to an A- for colleges?

Hello!

In some of my high school classes, I have a grade around a 93-95%. Even though this is shown as an A in my school (we don't do A- or A+), if I apply to a college that considers these A-'s for th …

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2 years ago
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What classes are best to take for a senior who wants to go into chemistry?

I am a rising senior and I have two spaces left on my schedule for next year, so I can’t take every class I want to. Which combination of classes would look best for someone who wants to apply to elit …

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2 years ago
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What extracurriculars can I do to improve my chances?

Hello! I’m a junior who was set on being a veterinarian for about 10 years. Recent circumstances changed my goal to a RNA(more likely) or an anesthesiologist, since I took chemistry and had been enamo …

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2 years ago
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About Specific financial report of HWS

Is there any other financial report except CSS allowed in Hobart and William Smith Colleges? Like Upenn has their own financial report form equivalent to ISFAA, does HWS has something like this?

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