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📣 Community Forum Reopening Announcement 📣

We’re pleased to announce that the Community Forum is now officially open once again.

We appreciate the patience, curiosity, and enthusiasm you’ve shown. Your continued interest and support meant so …

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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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Question about prestigious employment and what to do?

hello i have a question on how do i find these prestigious internship at places like google i am interested in finance and i saw this video on YouTube and she did financial planning for google and won …

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• 6 years ago
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Can I put being a student rep. for my school district's Covid-19 review plans in my Awards/Honors section?

I work for my student newspaper and got involved in Covid-19 policies with school systems this summer, so I reached out to my school district officials about getting involved and possibly helping. My …

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Question about gt classes

What does Gt go under honors ib college or ap?

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• 6 years ago
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Are the transcripts need to be signed or/and stamped before sending to Common App ?

I don't know if my transcripts have to be printed, signed or stamped, and then scaned to the PDF file, or they just can be sent normally without signature via counselor's email ? (because I'm interna …

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• 6 years ago
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how have you changed in the last 3 years?

Hi! I am senior in high school and this is one of the short answer question I have received. Can someone help me to write this? I have no idea how to tackle this question with this short word limit :3 …

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• 6 years ago
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Should I submit SAT score to Columbia?

Hi! I wanted advice on whether I should submit my SAT score of 1420 to Columbia University. I know it's not that high, but on the adjusted CollegeVine score range I miss the threshold by 10 points. Fo …

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• 6 years ago
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Do I have to resubmit my essay to receive another review?

I would like to be able to choose how many reviewers I get for each draft. How can I do that?

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• 6 years ago
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I applied to one school only and got accepted. Should I apply to more?

I applied to Illinois Institute of Technology early action and got in. I was originally going to apply to University of Portland and Hofstra University just for fun (cause I got the opportunity to app …

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• 6 years ago
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It seems the number of Dual Enrollment classes doesn't affect my college chances. Is this an error?

I have taken 5 Dual Enrollment classes because my High School doesn't offer AP classes. When I look at my school list, it says that my academic profile does not meet the threshold due to the average p …

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• 6 years ago
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Essay question

Hello, I am applying to mainly biomedical engineering majors for my undergraduate degree. In my essay, I am wondering if I should include any technical things I learned about BME and the commitments I …

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• 6 years ago
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How Many Volunteer Hours Should I Have?

I'm currently a Junior and I turned 16 after everything shut down, so I didn't get a chance to start volunteering at any of the places I was considering volunteering at. Now everything is still shut d …

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• 6 years ago
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Penn State: SAT or no? 1170

High School Senior

Good evening,

I just received my SAT score today of 1170. This was my second SAT test. On my initial attempt I received a 1150.

I understand this isn't particularly good (though I do b …

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• 6 years ago
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I need some help

i also go an internship and i for my senator what would that be under and what tier

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• 6 years ago
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i got and internship at the US department of treasury its unpaid but it being at the federal level would it make it good

what would it also be under and what tier

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QPA to GPA and weighted when in a tough selective public school

Thank you for the opportunity. If a student goes to a school like Union County Magnet High School, NJ and the QPA is an average of 90 which includes AP. Essentially the QPA does come out as out of 4.0 …

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I NEED SOME HELP

i got and internship at the US department of treasury its unpaid but it being at the federal level would it make it good

what would it also be under and what tier

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i need help

what is sga on and what tier

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• 6 years ago
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Which sport is better for college and do i have an advantage

hello i am 6"6 and i play lacrrose and basket ball (varsity) which so collges prefer and do i have an advantage getting in by mentioning it or not

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Regarding essay review spam

Hello!

I am asking this question regarding the essay review section of the site as I am not sure where else to go regarding this.

I revised this paper earlier today: https://imgur.com/a/iag1TBu

However, …

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