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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 …

It would be for a school that instructs you to be creative when writing the supplements (Tufts), but the poem is still of amateur quality. It has a nice rhyme scheme, but I know that this is considere …

Hi everyone! Recently on my dashboard, I saw that an essay I sent for review was rated in the top 16% for the reviewer. What exactly does this mean? I don't see a feature to rate essays when I'm revie …

Sometimes you need 20 karma and sometimes you need 10 to submit an essay. Right now its 20 karma and I keep refreshing to see if it will change. Today is only my second day on collegevine so does anyo …

Hi, I am applying as an international student. My SAT score is 1380 and I am not sure whether or not I should submit this. I am applying to schools like Notre Dame, Williams, Rice, and Uchicago. Pleas …

i check college vine and they recommended to intern at the USTD i live in md would it look good on an applicant applying for a finance major. also on the chances what would it go under.

this is the job …

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I am applying as an international student. My school obviously does not offer AP courses, but I have attended one online in my free time. I got 5 on the exam. But from an outside perspective it loo …

Whenever I search Canadian universities in the Admisison Chances/Difficulty section, none of them appear but all other colleges do.

I was going to apply to UTA and UTD, but last minute decided not to. I had already connected with them before applying and I now want to remove them from my connections- how can I do this?

Hi! On Common App, Brown has a section where you can upload your resume and ends with "some applicants maintain an online presence that showcases their background, talents, or creativity. If you maint …

Columbia University asked "Have you completed research with a faculty member or mentor in an academic discipline such as science, engineering or other academic interests (e.g., humanities, social scie …

Do I have a better chance with 25th percentile test scores or no scores at all? Does being a homeschooler affect this since they may not rust my grades much? Will scores as a whole be lower this year? …

Hey I'm new to Collegevine. For the college essay reviews, we get 10 extra karma if we get a 5-star rating. So how soon do we know if the person rated it five stars?

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I wrote an eleven page paper for English class last year. It is an essay about a topic I am very passionate about, but it exceeds the recommended length. I was wondering if I can submit a coupl …

I am applying to Avery prestigious and selective award and it asks me and I quote “Which extracurricular commitment is most important to you and why?”.

The award is for community involvement and I’d e …

Should I include it in my why Cornell essay? Or what if I don't get into the Milstein program? Will Cornell reject me because I only show interest in that specific program? Any advice on what you guys …

I was on the collegeessayguy website and it is a website that helps you with college essays. For the Why Cornell essay, they gave an example of student who wrote their why Cornell essay in the form of …

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I just finished my personal statement and I wanted to write something that is different from what you see and know about me so I wrote about my love for music. In my statement I included a …

So as a member of a club/org I was elected to a position on the student board. I’m filling out an application for a competitive award and it asks about my significant accomplishments so I’d like to li …

What are the categories in the common app to put Ecs, awards, and other courses. I know that there is an Ec section and an awards section, but are there any more places to list your accomplishments? T …

If I write about taking a certain course, joining an activity, or pursuing a certain major etc., am I obliged to actually fulfill those things? Though I'm interested now and writing about them in my s …