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I'm a junior, and had to take languages over the summers (in an on-level format) to make room in my schedule for health-science classes that I was interested in. Will this hurt my application to selec …

Hi! I am an international student, and i couldn't take AP's , firstly it was optional earlier cz we could either give SAT and SAT-2or AP. But now SAT-2 ain't happening anymore also the deadlines for A …

Should I write a research paper or internship to apply for a research university?

I got a rejection to all the university that I applied and had a 4.2 GPA have someone did an appeal and it worked my major is science

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I am currently a sophomore and my dream school is the University of Michigan. I hope to major in Psychology on a pre-med track. I was wondering what anyone who got into UMich did to get in, …

Hello,I am so excited to be member of College Vine.I live in ETHIOPIA,and I'm 12 grader.

I am a junior and I wanna be ready when the for the colleges there

Hi everyone! I am very interested in applying to MIT but I'm not sure if my extracurriculars are strong enough for me to be accepted. If I am recruited by the MIT tennis coach, is it okay for me to li …

For personal reasons, I've mostly spent my time working three part-time jobs and only a little in school. Since my job requires some leadership characteristics such as organization, communication, res …

Hey I'm a sophomore. I'm supposed to know what career I want to do, the guidance team at my school has already given us several options and surveys (Naviance, Virtual Job Shadow) to figure it out, but …

When colleges look at apps, do they want your term grades or your semester, what do they look at?

Hello, I am a highschool student from Romania (Europe) and I want to apply for college in Hawaii. What are the main admission requirements in general?

I want to apply to Columbia and Boston U.'s Summer Programs, but I am an international student and very unfamiliar with the process. So, a few questions:

1. I recently finished 9th grade, so no APs. I' …

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I'm a junior from Colombia. I am a part of many minorities which are: women, Latino (white-passing), and queer. I wanted to ask about IB courses, which are the only ones that my school of …

I am an international student, planning to apply to American Universities in Falll 2022. I am giving my second attempt of SAT in May. I am confident of getting atleast 1450 and preferably 1500+.

In co- …

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I've recently been waitlisted to a decent UC school, however, am unsure how to go about responding to prompt of 'Why this school' question and how to go about considering the school in the futur …

I have always been on top of my grades since I was young and I have straight A's as of now (Freshman Year). I am in one honors course (ELA). I am in six different curriculars : Class of 2024 (Public R …

Here are the colleges with the percentages from CollegeVine

University of Maryland, College Park | Maryland - Safety - (87% - 92%)

University of Michigan - Target - (65% - 77%)

Georgetown University - …

Doesn't have to be AP classes, or anything. Doesn't even have to be classes next year. Feel free to share the classes you're taking atm, or last year, or whatever. Let's just talk classes!

Have you updated your chancing algorithim? Colleges that were a analyzed as a target in december 2020 are now a hard target or reach school. Do you have information that suggests it is harder to get …