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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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3 years ago
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PSAT?

I'm a 10th grader (graduation year 2023 as I'm planning on graduating a year early), and I was wondering if taking the PSAT is a valuable thing to take? I didn't take it in 8th because I transferred …

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3 years ago
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With 6 1st tier ECs, would it make any impact to my admission rate?

I currently have mid-1400 SAT and 3.8 GPA.

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3 years ago
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I have a question about my gpa?

I'm a sophomore in high school who just finished his freshman year but is confused and what my GPA exactly is? On my school transcript, it says I have an 89.5%, The problem is I wanted in GPA form lik …

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3 years ago
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How much of an impact do LORs and essays have on my application?

The chance calculator says I have a 1-11% chance of getting into Stanford (my dream college 🥺) based on my academics and extracurriculars . How much of an increase can I expect with the LORs and essay …

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3 years ago
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How to find a Tier 1 Extracurricular in 4 Months

While calculating my chances, I realized that almost all my activities are tier 2 ones, with a few tier 3. I think I strongly need a tier 1 activity but don't know how to get there. And yes, I'm runni …

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3 years ago
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I'm an international student with a 0-100 academic system. How do I convert it to a GPA?

Though some universities don't ask for this conversion, I just wanna see how I stack up against the others competing for a place at my dream colleges. Thank you!

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3 years ago
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Charity on College Application BS/MD

If I were to make a charity for the country I’m from to help them build better roads and have better access to medical supplies etc would that be good on my college application for a bs md program?

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3 years ago
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How do I figure out a 'spike' for my Stanford application?

I've heard from a lot of people that Stanford is looking for people who are extremely good at one or two things, rather than those who are average in multiple things. So how do I pick that one thing i …

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3 years ago
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Which is all the Essays Required to any College?

What I want to mean is, I know that each College have your especific Essay to make but, which Essay is required to every single college except the supplemental Essays and the Common Application Essays …

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3 years ago
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Is Horizon Research Academy reliable?

Hey! I have applied for a research programme at Horizon Academic And I have an interview today. Is it reliable? Would it be a great addition to my application? How much importance would it hold on my …

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3 years ago
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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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3 years ago
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Is my UMICH essay topic too cliche?

I am stuck on UMICH's first essay prompt about being a part of a community. I couldn't think of any until I thought of my own Indian American roots and conflicts. But upon further searching, it seems …

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3 years ago
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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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3 years ago
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I have studied in two schools so should I put 3 recommendation letters from each school in application?

or just put 3 recommendations combined?

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3 years ago
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When should I start applying?

I'll be starting my senior year soon and I'm graduating June 2022 so I was wondering when would be the best time to apply to receive feedback in time to prepare for fall 2022?

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3 years ago
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Can I boost my GPA from 3.3 to a 3.9 in two years?

I messed up pretty bad my first two years of high school. About 3 years ago, I moved and things started to go south for me educationally. I started vaping and skipping classes and because of that my o …

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3 years ago
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Will applying to a school that is less known/popular for my major increase my chances for getting into that school?

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I am majoring in Biology and I’m doing college searching. I know for example a school like Stony Brook has a lot of its students in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, but what if I applied to a sc …

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3 years ago
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Universities or colleges in the southwestern area with good engineering programs?

I am a freshman in my school's engineering program. I am trying to consider my options for schools within and outside of my state.

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3 years ago
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Improve your course rigor when AP and IB or Dual Enrollement classes are not available!

Some of you have posted questions about this and myself and others have answered them but I'm posting this today to reach a wider audience. One of the alternatives to taking APs, IBs, or Dual Enrollme …

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3 years ago
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What scores should I list on common app?

I want to go into Business.

AP World History 4

AP US History 2

AP Microeconomics 2

AP Macroeconomics 3

I feel like I should just list APWH and Macro but want to ask for advice.

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