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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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10 months ago
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Chancing Changes Due to Affirmative Action Ruling

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 …

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a year ago
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Which course to take junior year: Physics Honors or DE Spanish 5?

I'm planning on going into pre-med and applying to really competitive schools, so I want to take as many science courses and APs as possible.

Originally, I had been planning on taking AP Chemistry as …

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a year ago
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At what point should one not apply ED to a school?

I'm a junior in high school at the moment and I'm trying to figure out what schools I'm considering applying to as ED. Although its a well-known fact that the ED rounds of selective schools have highe …

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a year ago
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AI programs

Anyone familiar with Inspirit AI or Mehta? Thinking about these two programs for the summer. Any feedback would be helpful.

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a year ago
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How can i convert my gpa-5 into gpa-4 scale??

My grade-gpa 5/5

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a year ago
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Narrowing down college list

So I have some safety and Target schools finalized. I have on reach the school finalized on my list. I listed some possibilities for reach school but I am having a hard time narrowing it down. How sho …

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a year ago
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A- in AP Computer science principles oh boy

What's up gang sophomore here. To make a long story short, my teacher is giving me an A- because when I tried to turn in a project the website was DOWN so I had to submit it late, but I am not getting …

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a year ago
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Neumont college of computer science

I saw this college was not listed on collegevine's schools list, so I wanted to know if anyone knew anything about this college. Seemed quite interesting, since I'm interested in cs, but I couldn't fi …

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a year ago
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Should I send a letter to my dream school?

I am currently a junior in high school and researching many colleges. One school in particular has caught my eye for some time. Should I send a letter explaining how it is my dream school and how I wo …

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a year ago
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plants

I'm making an herbarium as an EC.

It's a collection of dried, described and documented plants.

How many should I collected for this to be considered Tier 1 or Tier 2?

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a year ago
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College admissions with GED

So, I think that it would be most appropriate to start with the situation that I have been trying to figure out.

I have technically never been in high school. I was supposed to be part of class of 202 …

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a year ago
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Here's the latest Class of 2027 Acceptance Rates for T100 collleges

Some are my guesses for now but I'll update this every couple of days until the list is as complete as possible. The key takeaway is that there is still a huge amount of downward pressure on acceptanc …

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a year ago
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Choosing majors, financial security or passion?

I'm having a dilemma.

I am someone who loves space and the universe, I also do a lot to learn about it, so naturally, I gravitate towards two majors: Aerospace Engineering and Planetary Sciences (I wa …

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a year ago
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UC Scouts Transcripts

Hi, I took a course from UC Scout last summer but didn't do well in it. If I don't report my transcripts to my school is that okay to do so? And will colleges ever find out about that course that I to …

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a year ago
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Is the pre college summer program at Syracuse considered prestigious?

I got in and am doing some courses for computer science. I just want to know if it would make me stand out to an ivy league.

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a year ago
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What should I write for my college essay and what extracurriculars would help me stand out more?

I am a Junior in high school and I'm just not sure how to even begin my college essay. I want it to be something that stands out and I'm just unsure how to come up with an idea that isn't bland or bor …

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a year ago
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Is regular decision viable if you want colleges to see your 12th grade second-semester classes?

Hi, I'm currently a junior in high school right now and I'm hoping to apply to UNC-Chapel Hill. Throughout high school, I've taken almost all honors courses and have a 4.45 weighted GPA (4.0 unweighte …

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a year ago
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Should I take Psych before taking AP Psych?

I have been trying to plan what classes to take my junior year and I really want to take AP Psych but I'm not sure if I should take regular psych first? I am aware that by taking psych first it will g …

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a year ago
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How do l start my personal essay?

So I'm in the last quarter of my Junior year, and I want to start my personal essay but I don't know how. Can you guys give me ideas?

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a year ago
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IVY LEAGUE Admissions for the Class of 2027 continue to drop to historical lows.

Every cycle I take an educated guess at what the Ivy League acceptance rates will be. Based on the ED and REA rates my 2023 IVY DAY Spring edition predicts the following rates.

Cornell - 7.00% versus 7 …

 
I think your estimates are high
2%
 
I thnk your estimates are low
16%
 
I think you are correct in your estimates
64%
 
I'm not applying to Ivys so I don't care how difficult they are
16%
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a year ago
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Hello, so basically I sent an email about financial aid few weeks ago to Geo@umn.edu and i didn’t receive any answers.

i have already submitted my application, I still have a few missing pieces but yeah. Could you please help me to reach unm’s Geo, I really want them to read my email.

Thank you.

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