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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 …

I just took my CollegeVine "Calculate Your Chances". My GPA is "excellent", my coursework is "strong", but my extracurricular section could "use some improvement", excluding my lack of recommendations …

how are liberal arts majors at Duke? (like sociology, religious studies, and other humanities)

I was trying to fill up the SAT registration form and it asked about my coursework. I am from India and we don't have the same coursework as it is written in the form. For eg- Geometry has been taught …

Currently I'm studying in last year of my highschool. I'll give final exams in 2022. I'm learning maths, physics, chemistry, English, and punjabi at school. I'm not interested in opting higher studies …

How can I write about research/passion projects in my personal statement? I have been a research intern in a medical lab and I have done a personal project (passion project) that relates health, socio …

I really love the live review essay videos on CollegeVine. How do I submit my personal statement for the chance to be reviewed live?

Thank you so much!

What tier/category would the National Security Language Initiative for Youth be on CollegeVine? Here is a description from the program's website:

"The U.S. Department of State’s National Security Lang …

I took the SAT in March as a baseline test and did really well on the Math section but not so great on reading, I’m taking it again in August. If anyone have any tips and tricks for the test, as well …

Hi! I am a rising senior in high school and I am looking at many of the top colleges. I am planning on majoring in finance and hopefully landing a job that is finance-related. I would like to know wha …

A few colleges' are revealing their supplemental essay prompts for the class of 2022 and I would really appreciate if someone should maybe provide some tips and how to do about answering these questio …

Hi! MIT is my dream school but something that really worries me is how hard the classes (especially science and math) will be. I have heard of many geniuses who are struggling to pass classes at MIT, …

I’m going to be apply ED to Villanova and have not been able to get a specific stat of whether or not the chances dramatically increase. Also if you do not need financial aid are you more likely to ge …

Is this an overused topic that will not make me stand out?

I want to know my chances of getting into Villanova. I will be apply early decision I have a weighted gpa of 4.0+ and 5 solid EC. I have a rigorous schedule as well.

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I am taking Honors English and Advanced Algebra 2. Are they worth the same to colleges.

I'm a rising senior. I want apply to college before the fall, so maybe get all my schools done by september. I've watched videos, read articles, done so much research on schools, essays, fafsa, etc. I …

I'm debating whether I should join my school's robotics team. I'm really interested in learning more about electrical engineering, but the thing is I'm also joining track & cross country which I enjoy …

Hello everyone! I'm back with part 2 of BS/MD program information as promised. For those of you are seeing these posts for the first time, if you want, feel free to refer to my first post on this topi …

I know some colleges consider demonstrated interests, but how do they know that this student has demonstrated interest in their college? Do they know if you emailed questions, attended virtual info se …