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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'm working on my essays and though I am looking at essay samples, I still feel a little lost. Any good books on writing essays?

Hi! I was wondering what "connecting" to a college on CollegeVine actually does. I understand it demonstrates your interest to your selected colleges, but do admissions officers actually interact with …

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I'm a junior and over the summer I'm hoping to land some position or another with a professor but to do that I need to find professors I'm interested in. The problem is I don't really know w …

My GPA is 3.7

A lot of the stats on my profile are things I plan on doing (extracurriculars and classes I'm going to do/take, target scores on tests, etc.) and I was wondering if this disqualifies me from the new s …

hii so i really want to be a doctor,so I was planning on taking clinical rotation...but then my friend told me it was bad since its a 4.0 class and will drop my gpa.She told me to take PACE instead wh …

I have a question about science course options in high school. Our school has sooo many science options, which I a, really happy about as I want to become a vet. But, I don't know if I should take phy …

Curious. I like to ask this question to current students at the schools I'm interested in (if i can figure out how to reach out to them). It's helpful to get an honest opinion!

I want to know something, I was part of my school graduating class of 2020 but due to the covid19 epidemic, I graduated 2021. Which year should reflect on my document.

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I got F9 in four(4) subject including Math and English, and C in two subject History and Geography.

Hey Guys! I'm planning on pursuing a career in Animal Science (Veterinarian) and I'm not sure what classes I should take for my sophmore, junior, and senior year. I'm currently a freshman. My school o …

Hey! I am a sophomore in high school looking at a lot of really competitive schools for college (upenn, columbia, harvard are my reach schools) and i'm really struggling in the extracurricular section …

Over the corona virus pandemic, due to being stuck at home, I have been giving weekly English language lessons to my grandma and her underprivileged neighborhood kids in in India through zoom (since t …

Edit: I haven't taken any AP's before. Only pre eng 10

Hello! You guys might've noticed my last post, in which I came to the conclusion that I'm not even able to not take US Hist or Gov. So instead, I …

I am going to be a junior next year, and I am registering for courses.

So far, I have 3 APs and 1 Honor that I want to take in junior year.

Below are the courses that I am planning to take:

English 11

AP …

How does an Eagle Scout REALLY factor in. Even in filling out this profile, it was hard to find a place for it in Extracurricular activities. Thank you

Do you know of any high school internships for someone interested in foreign affairs?

Campus diversity is really important in my college search. How are Penn's resources like the LGBT Center and Cultural center?

Hello! I have only recently started using the website and was shocked when the calculator claimed I had a 66-78% chance of getting into UCLA when the university has a 15% acceptance rate. I know that …

Hi i'm a student at a high school, i'm in 11th grade i have almost completed my second semester of high school. I am very concerned with my grades even though i have good grades i want better you know …