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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 just received my final grades for Junior year and out of my 4 A-Level (British board) Subjects I got an A (highest grade possible) in Math, Economics and English. My Computer Science grade, however, …

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I heard that top ranked colleges prefer AP Lit over AP Psychology. I wanted get an advise.

Thanks.

Im reaching college application season and I am kind of freaking out because I feel that my application is subpar. I want to apply to the competitive universities but I'm scared my grades and ec's won …

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I hope this message finds you well. I wanted to reach out to you about an issue that I've been experiencing for the past two weeks. I'm having trouble accessing messages from colleges on your pl …

I have added in all the details pertaining to my profile here (minus a few optional boxes) yet it shows that its incomplete and my profile won't be shown to colleges. How do I fix this?

I’ve been reading up on Laguna college and design and from what I’ve seen, they don’t care about what hs classes you did good at besides any fine art related ones. Just need someone to back this up so …

I took consecutive Spanish classes until Spanish 4 from 8th grade to Junior year but I'm not planning on taking AP Spanish in my senior year. Does this still fit the requirement for Harvard and Prince …

I submitted an essay and my parent's email for payment. No email from collegevine for payment.

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When will Collegevine update to accommodate for the admissions of the 2023-2024 admissions cycle? All of the application submission dates seem to be from the 2022-2023 admissions cycle.

I took the ACT back in April of 2023, I got a score of 23 with my lowest scores being 18 in Math and 21 in English. I have already applied to a few colleges that have reached out to me and offered me …

I was wondering if you would be willing to take a look at my Common App Activties and tell me what you think at first impression. If you think I show leadership, commitment, and accomplishment, on the …

So the University of Michigan and the University of Washington both utilize the same essay prompt.

Everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by, among other things, shared g …

Hi, I'm an upcoming senior and here are some background information about me:

- low income

- low stat (3.1 UW, 3.7 W GPA)

- 2 ECs (Volunteering at a local place for 50+ hours, track/field from Junior to …

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I am a student from Kenya looking to apply to the U.S. (particularly Ivys) but finances are a huge consideration. What are the best schools that offer good financial aid in terms of scholarship …

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I am a rising senior with a 3.57 unweighted GPA. Lots of my peers took ALL on level courses since 8th grade & have higher unweighted GPAs than I do. I always thought it didn't matter because schools w …

I was wondering what were the essentials for applying to UCF, like SAT score, class percentage, GPA, recommendation letter, etc. I want to make sure I make it in, is there anything I can do to boost m …

One of my teachers today told me that I should probably switch out of AP Physics Mech C and do AP Bio because that would be better for premed. I’m planning on majoring in biomedical engineering in col …

For some brief backgrounds, I attended a local community college for one year after high school (2022), and I will be attending WPI this fall (2023). I applied to this institution because it has a str …