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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 …

I tried looking into their website but it became very confusing really fast. In some places it said they offer merit-based scholarship and in other places it said they offer need-baes financial aid... …

My high school doesn't do the Grade Point Average(GPA) system. I'm writing the Cambridge AS levels and since GPA is an important part of the application process, what alternate do I have? We aren't of …

Hi! So in my school, it's focused heavily on AICE courses provided by the University of Cambridge. These aren't as popular nationwide as AP courses are, but I've taken enough of the AICE courses to ge …

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I got into UGA early action but did not get into honors. The average honors SAT is 1505 from last year, my SAT is 1490. When applying for honors regular decision, should I include my SAT score? UGA is …

I have taken 2 ap classes and about 11-12 honors classes since 9th grade

How many activities can I put on CommonApp?

So I’m a member of a discord server that has over 2k members. I was recently able to apply and get a pseudo-moderator role on the server. I’m not a moderator or an admin but I do end up having “author …

I'm wondering how College Vine determines the acceptance rates displayed for different schools? How does acceptance rate affect chancing? Thanks!

I am a junior and high school and looking for colleges that provide college classes to high school students. I plan on taking college courses next year while still in high school.

I'm currently a Junior, are there any scholarship opportunities for Juniors or should you mainly wait for Senior year and then look?

Hi all. I am finishing up my junior year of high school, and I am very interested in UNC chapel hill. Problem is, it’s a competitive school, especially for out of state students. The other issue, is m …

What are things I should consider as an international student when choosing which colleges to apply for?

I'm worried mainly because my GPA can be considered low (3.2) when compared to Americans' GPA.

I've earned 2 first place state-wide awards for Beta Club in History competitions Sophomore and Junior year, and I was ranked in the top 10 for nationals this past year. As well as that, I was on a te …

I am high school senior. I am applying for Fall 2021

For example each para in the common app essay starts with a year "2010", "2015". Is this allowed?

I have the karma required for peer-reviewing my essay here on college vine. But the fact that I am most skeptical about is what if my essay reviewer is also applying to the same school or has a friend …

I graduated high school in 2009 and I had put college on the back burner after my mom suffered a terrible car accident. I will be applying to Schreiner University in Kerrville Texas next Fall but this …

I am a Canadian with US Citizenship, and I am planning to apply for some top schools in the USA as there is a possibility that my whole family will be going there. I currently have a 93/100 average, s …

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Has anyone applied/been accepted into the University of Chicago Neubauer family Adelante Summer Scholars program? If so, how was the application process for you. And if you got accepted, do you mind t …