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From what I've read, if I do 3/2 engineering at a liberal arts college I will graduate after 5 years with a liberal arts degree and an engineering degree from the college's partner school. If that lib …

I wanna participate in a couple of renown writing workshops, but would colleges actually even care about them?

I noticed that many colleges' acceptance rates significantly decreased for the class of 2025. For example, Harvard's acceptance rate went from 4.6% to 3.43%, and MIT's acceptance rate went from 6.7% t …

I got waitlisted at Purdue and it is my dream school. Should I send in a letter of continued interest even though the school hasn't indicated that we are required to send one. Thanks for taking out yo …

If you use the peer essay review feature on CollegeVine, how do you usually rate the reviews of your essays? I try to rate every review as 5/5, as long as they gave some helpful advice and looks like …

I'm currently a Junior in high school, class of 2022. My first language was Thai and English is my second. I wonder if I need like 2 years of Foreign Language even though English is already my second …

So I’m a current junior and in love with anything science, engineering, and space. And one path I could choose after high school is going into the Space Force (a new branch in the military). What are …

i got 60 to 70 % merit in green olympiad which level g tier activity is this

I'm going to be a junior next year and am aiming for T20s. Initially, my plan was to take at least 3 AP classes next year-- calc AB, chem, and APUSH. Currently I am in French 4 (been doing it since 7t …

Hi! I am a current junior in high school interested in going in the pharmacy field. I was wondering if I want to major in biology for undergrad what ec's and online programs/internships should I parti …

I do not want to have an essay that has been read a million times before, what are some that you commonly see/hear other writing.

Hello, I’m currently a junior approaching my senior year and am therefore very worried about college admissions.I have been to 3 high schools so far- a K-12 badly funded private religious school in fr …

I have a GPA of a 2.9 unweighted, I don’t know what career I want to go into, according to many tests and people I talk to both medical and law seem to be the top. I am terrible at the sciences needed …

Hi! Does anyone know which sports have the most pull in college admissions? For example, does tennis have more pull than say, track and field or swimming? What about lacrosse, or volleyball?

I’m currently a highschool student and this summer I want to do a research project and hopefully find a college professor to be my mentor, and help me along the way. How do I ask them? How can I convi …

I am in 10th grade and i am looking to get a head start on college application processes what could i get a head start on and what should i include in the process?

Should i start my essay now or should …

I applied to the QuestBridge College Prep Scholars Program with a "strong" (as said by my teacher) application, but one of my recommenders (specifically the academic recc) never submitted a recommenda …

As a STEM bound student I had a convert station with my physics teacher about the upcoming unit and for lack of a better term I’ll be helping her write the test. As I feel I have a dearth of STEM ECs …

I’ve always thought it mattered for business or law majors.

I ended up with a 34 on my ACT on the first try, and I'm pretty happy with it. The only issue is that I'm planning on going into chemical engineering. I got a 36 in science, but only a 29 in math. I h …