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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 …

Basically, can submitting stuff like a writing portfolio, awards, and even the language section in the common app can tip an admissions decisions? Can doing every essay the school throws at you do muc …

Hi, I'm a freshman and I'm leaning towards civil engineering. Are there any good colleges that aren't Ivy's that guarantee me success in the field that isn't on collegevine? They added more colleges i …

I've been on and off studying for the SAT for the past couple of months, I've only taken the PSAT once (this year) and I got a 1200. I took a few practice tests on Khan, my best score being a 1330, I …

I am in 10th grade public high school, i have a career GPA of 2.9777 and a unweighted GPA of 2.5777.

I'm a junior in high school, and want to study Bioinformatics/Computational Biology in college. I want to take AP Psychology, but I don't have the space in my schedule to do it. I heard that colleges …

I never took economics in my school since there was no option to take that subject if I studied science. I could take that if I switched to humanities. But I have statistics in my course; I was wonder …

hi,i am a eight grader,about to be a freshman.We are doing course selections and my mom doesnt want me to do dance in school (because they do poms and are basically cheerleaders and idk why she doesnt …

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I am a junior and for the past year, I have been practicing for the SAT but not that seriously. I kept telling myself I would try an ACT practice test but I brushed it off since the SAT is so enco …

For most of my application, I stress about how I have improved as a student throughout my high school years. I have a feeling that I will be waitlisted by a couple of colleges. I want to prove to them …

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This year was quite difficult for me. I had to drop honors math because it had a significant negative impact on my mental health, so I am taking 1 honors class and 2 ap classes this year. How …

Hey! I'm a freshman in high school at the moment. I'm planning on going into medicine and I want my extra curiculars etc to really show that im interested in it. What extracurriculars/clubs/volunteeri …

I am high school student taking classes at a local university. Should I email my college transcript to the university? I was wondering when/how to email the uni. transcripts? I've heard that most coll …

Quick Question: Do you think a few (not related to major) awards/extracurriculars will hurt your application? I am currently an aspiring Economics major, and was wondering if a few short story publica …

I really want to boost my extracurriculars, I want to major in psychology on a pre-med track and I'd really like to show my interests through my application/ECs. Are there any specific programs that I …

2 part question:

Due to circumstances I have all graduation requirements at the end of Junior year. But in 2 courses (An AP Micro and PreCalc) I got a C. I can retake the course next year and assuming …

I'm a freshman in high school, and I took the following classes (this first semester):

- ap macro: b-

- ap world: B

- alg 2 honors: a

- freshman writing ( a school requirement): a-

- french honors: a-

I am …

My kid is a Junior at a high school which gives high school diploma + an associates degree. He has taken college classes, good GPA, SAT score.

For undergraduate, how valuable is an Ivy or a Great priva …

I'm a soon-to-be senior in high school and I'm trying to come up with extracurriculars related to physics / astrophysics / astronomy but in India the opportunities available are very limited. What are …

In the extracurricular ranks it goes from A-J I believe, but CV only categorizes in their articles from Tier 1-4. Which letters would make up Tier A?

I’m an international student interested in attending U.S. colleges. Which independent scholarships are meant for/ open to international students? By independent, I’m referring to those which can be us …