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May 2022 Chancing Updates
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I’m Matt -- I do data science here at CollegeVine and have been around in the past talking about some of the methodology behind our chancing model (In addition to name dropping Carleton C …
Do colleges outside of the state of New York, look at the New York State Regents Examinations?
Will low regents grades affect my admissions decision, to a school outside of New York, like Stanford University for example?
Can you take APs over the summer and where can I find them?
I live in North Georgia
Summer interships?
I am a sophomore in Snyder Texas and I was wondering if I any one knew of some medical paid or unpaid program/internships I could apply for also I want a summer internship or program for something med …
How does Collegevine find their unweighted GPA statistics?
When i search up colleges GPA's or estimated unweighted GPA's, they seem to be way off than what's on here. For example, University of Washington Seattle has a GPA between 3.72-3.95 on the UW website, …
Are SAT Subject Tests required to apply to Harvard?
I'm planning on applying EA to Harvard for the Class of 2025. I am an international student (junior) living in Peru and am taking the IB (4 HL's, 3 SL's). I am in the process of taking the ACT and SAT …
Summer internship?
Hello! I am a sophomore (already 16) and am looking for medical/science research internships for the summer (paid or unpaid doesn't matter its the experience that counts) in northern virginia. Does an …
how do I check the major verses starting salaries? This option was showing for me earlier but isn't anymore
how do I check the major verses starting salaries? This option was showing for me earlier but isn't anymore.Want to know computer science starting salaries from different colleges
Do colleges take account in Phys Ed grades?
On my transcript, I have 80's for my phys ed/gym classes. I have an overall GPA of 97 and I wonder if some chances are ruined if college looks at my phys ed grades.
Should I take AP Seminar?
Hello! I am a rising junior and am planning to take APUSH, AP Lang, AP Physics C: Mechanics, AP AB or BC Calc (not really sure), AP Psychology, Junior Research at STEM school, and another class. I'm d …
How does college work, like how do i know what to take?
I am a sophomore in high school and i have dreams to become a pediatrician, or a pharmacist. I want to do running start next year however i don't know what classes i should take at the college to best …
How do my iGCSE and (UK) A-Level Exam Grades compare with IB/AP classes?
I'm a junior, currently studying at an international school. Due to the British curriculum, I have no such GPA, and I don't study AP/IB classes, so how do I know if my grades are even remotely suitabl …
Can I mention that I wrote and self-published a novel on my college application if I did this in middle school?
This is something that I believe to be at least somewhat impressive, but I don't know if I would include it because it did not happen in my high school career. This is just for future reference: I'm o …
''Requirements''
What are the requirements needed to apply to an us college from Morocco?
Can the Supplemental contain a similar yet expanded response of part of the Common Essay?
Can I use part of my response from the common Essay in the supplemental essay?
Is it okay to have less AP Classes if I am doing Community College Courses?
I am in an early college program where I am doing college classes on track to get AS degree. This means that instead of taking AP Gov at school, I took at the community college, and instead of AP Bio, …
What is this?
Hi, there's a coursework part when calculating our admission chances, i don't know what that means. I'd appreciate it if you'd explain it. (From Turkey)
What do i do if i don't have friends at any College am i always gonna have friends you think?
Hi My Name is [removed] and i am thinking about going to College but i don't know is College good for me you think and am i ever gonna have friends or whatever and i am still Discovering if i want to …
research or internships
Are there any internships available for juniors in Houston, TX? Or any doctors I can shadow/ professors I can help in the research lab?
Would colleges see me studying abroad for a year as a good thing?
Sophmore
I'm graduating a year early to go study abroad for an academic year. With this being said, would colleges see this as a positive or negative aspect considering I wasn't able to take more AP cl …
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