Admissions Advice

As someone who is more of an introvert than an extrovert, what are some tips to help boost extracurriculars and how does this play into college admissions. I know people always say "go outside your co …

Although the reasons nurses need to write research papers can vary, they all have one thing in common: writing helps students learn valuable skills that will help them in their nursing practice. Nurse …

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I am currently a senior in high school. My GPA is 3.0, while it used to be 3.9. I would have only needed one more point to get a 4.0. Unfortunately, I failed my American Literature class in …

Most Ivy League colleges are self-selecting especially if you are an ALDC, recruited athlete, legacy, development candidate, or child of faculty. For hooked applicants like Black, LatinA, Indigenous, …

Hi! I'm a Sophomore in Florida (currently doing school online) looking for potential extracurricular ideas. For some background, during my freshman year I was an intern for my counties' public library …

Tenured and untouchable math prof. Michael Thaddeus did make a valid point that some of the data Columbia submitted didn't align with the 2 areas of the ranking worth 11% which is 1.) Percent full-tim …

My first day of class at Columbia University freshman starts Tuesday and I'm going to try my best to get good grades and a high GPA. Answering questions on CV has been my unofficial community service …

These are the most current transfer rates I pulled off of CDS' for T40 schools.

I'm providing these to give seniors some context to not getting into their dream colleges and settling in at a target or …

FOR FALL 2022, UC Berkeley Applicants can now select an ALTERNATIVE MAJOR and this is good news.

Previously if you picked a highly competitive major like EE or CS, you had a much lower chance to get ac …

NOTE that CalTech is now Restrictive Early Action just like Stanford, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.

No longer will you be able to "stack" CalTech alongside UChicago, MIT, and UMich if you are applying …

I am currently a junior and I noticed the common app only has ten spots for extracurriculares. Im involved in more than that and was wondering how I should chose the best ones to put on my application …

I hope this helps some of you make informed decisions on which UC to apply if you are applying to UC schools.

Overall, about 43.8% of admits come from some marginalized group. 37.3% LatinA, 5.8% Black …

So I just learned that what used to be AP/IB phycology is now just IB phycology, I was gonna take the course for AP credit but I guess I can’t now, any tips or advice? Kinda bad but I guess it is what …

I am looking for advice on my college list.

1. Demographics: Asian, Public School

2. Stats: Unweighted GPA (3.97) | Weighted (4.71)

SAT: 1560

3. Courses: 20 AP/IB courses

4. Awards: National Merit Comm …

If you answered yes, then I'm going to remind you to look into applying to Questbridge by September 27th to be considered for the QB College Match Program.

Each year there are about 35,000 American hi …

TOP Admissions Trends for 2023 (Class of 2027)

These are some thoughts for 9th-11th graders to think about the upcoming admissions cycle. Since it's a discussion, feel free to add your comments or add …

I’ve seen on here, Reddit, and other platforms that there are higher acceptance rates for transfers into a college rather than getting in as a 1st year applicant.

Would it make sense to go to a state s …

I'm thinking about going into psychiatry/psychology, and I'd like to write about some of my background, reasons, and the trials I've faced; however, I have doubts about doing this. I feel like my exp …

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I just wanted to express my immense gratitude to CollegeVine and to everyone on here! My school doesn't really focus on college advice, or how to get in, and the resources on here are incred …

What are some good topics to write about in college essays? For me, it seems like I'm trying to sound different when, in reality, I'm exactly the same as everyone else. I have a very competitive tran …