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Hey! I have a strong SAT score and a strong weighted GPA but my unweighted is quite lower since I am taking a mostly AP schedule. Is that going to be a large negative in the eyes of the admission officers?
This is a good point. Similar for me, my weighted GPA is much higher due to APs but my unweighted isn't the greatest.
Hi! Hope it's not too late to reply! From what I know, admission officers will get a school report that essentially compares you to the rest of the school. If most students at your school with many APs have higher GPAs, then it might not look the best. However, at the end of your application, if it asks for additional information or comments, you can add a little note about reasons why you may have struggled in that area. But all in all, I'd say that if you have a generally good academic profile, you'd be fine, and should focus on showcasing why the college would want to admit you as a person (most people applying to top colleges already have good grades, so you should make sure you stand out as a person who'll contribute greatly).
As then juniors are now rising seniors is there a new chat to join or will it just be renamed?
Great question @DebaterMAX! We haven't made a decision on what we're going to do quite yet. We like the idea of grade specific communities on paper but haven't quite come up with a way to make them work as well as we would like. Once we decide on how to proceed we'll let you know!
Maybe relabel the communities to Class of Insert grad year?
Yep, that is something we have considered! Here's something to think about: what would you post in a grade specific community that you WOULDN'T post in Admissions Advice or another one of our Communities? Or another way to think about it is: are there specific things you think a grade specific community could answer for you/do better than our current Communities?
What courses to take. And school stuff that indirectly impacts admission. And mental health related stuff and time management but I do fully understand the limited scope.
I'm a senior but I cannot seem to be able to join the senior group. My only option is to stay in the junior group.
I do a lot of extracurriculars but my GPA dropped this past year due to my attendance, besides my current AP classes what can I do to get it back up?
Just make sure to keep up with your current work and exams, I'll pray!
What are the best classes to take in high school to be on a path to becoming a Registered Nurse?
Hello
i'm a junior in high school. I have a 4.0 gpa, havent taken the SAT yet. I dont do any extracurriculars. I want to do well on my SAT which is soon. How do I prepare for SAT?
I mainly prepared using Khan Academy, which was able to give me personalized practice based on my past performances on standardized tests like the PSAT. I liked using Khan because it gave me a study schedule that I was motivated to follow, and also used actual questions from past SATs, so I knew I was getting quality practice. However, Khan Academy only really gives practice, and doesn't have many strategies to succeed on the SAT. To find more strategies, I signed up for hackingtheact.com and bought their SAT course, where I studied the strategies they gave. I also bought a few practice books from Princeton Review to get more practice tests and prepare myself better. Hope this helps! Good luck on your SAT!
Khan Academy was a life saverrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
I think the best way to study is first take an official practice test on Khan. Other tests, like Princeton, are good, but made based on observations and research. The Khan tests are "retired" SATs from past years. Take one and evaluate your results. Hone in on your weak areas and then study up. You can use Khan videos or other resources. Make a study plan with goals on Khan and stick to it. Take practice tests periodically to evaluate your improvements and other areas of weakness. ALWAYS learn from your mistakes and practice similar problems! Hope this helps. Anyone can ace it, you just have to choose to be diligent and fight it out!
i want welcome ail of my students and families, i am so
glad that are here and it going to a great year happy start of the and to of the school year i m exciited to see all your
faces again learn new things and of course have some
fun
Thank you for having this space for us. It is so needed and makes things easier.
Hey, I need some help. Im graduating a year early, and I want to add that to my account so that it can weigh in with everything else, and I don't know how.
Hi @I.B.King, I do not see a place in the profile to add that, but you can edit what year and semester you will begin college. It may categorize you as an older student (not a junior, perhaps a senior) but that seems like the only way to add that in. Hope this helps!
Hi thank your for the reply but it's no longer an issue. I moved schools and infact am in another state. so I decided to take another year in order to avoid out of state tuition
Okay, sounds good!
Hey! I want to be an astronomer. Initially, I thought about pursuing a Bachelors in Astronomy...But now I'm beginning to feel like I should do a Bachelors in science engineering first and then do masters in astronomy. I'm thinking of doing this cuz I'm from India and here you need to do a B. Tech (bachelors in technology) first and then astronomy for masters....this'll kind of expand the career options for me...
does anyone think it's a good idea to do so??
should i do this if i come to US for my college studies??
Sounds like a great idea
But will I be able to do A masters in astronomy after doing engineering? Or will I have to take some additional subjects.. I'm sooo confused because no one near me knows about US education much and uh.... I wanna do astronomy at the US cuz there's so much scope in this field here
I think you will but you'd have to ask college admins that are in Texas. I'm from Texas, so if you need help, lmk. =)
I really need help, thanks a lot!
Honestly, I've wanted to be an astronomer since i was in 6th grade...but now that I'm studying 11th grade science and maths, I feel like changing this...
cuz see, what if I take a bachelors in astronomy and physics and not be able to do it? I feel like doing Engineering first will open a path for me in the space industry. My friends are telling me I'm overthinking it all😅
btw, would you prefer to chat here on collegevine or insta?
Um lol. Currently I am grounded so I can't get on Insta... Sorry lol. But I don't think you're overthinking, because what it seems like is you're prioritizing. Which is amazing. You could actually be a great person to help me out with that because I'm very horrible lol.
An Engineering class will def help you out tho..
Sorry if I haven't been much help...
ah, no problem...haha
and yeah i can help you with whatever you'd like ^0^
Alright lol.
How are you today?
And I'm sorry in advance but I won't be able to respond until Jan 7th because we start Christmas break tomrrow..
no worries lol.
and I'm doing good. I just had the last exam of my December periodic tests yesterday and now I'm sooooo exhausted!
And that's a really long long break for christmas lol....we get a similar break during the Diwali time near Oct-Nov at our school but not for christmas T-T
Thanks so much for your hard work
Hey, would a slightly lower unweighted GPA than a weighted GPA look bad in the eyes of admission officers? Like for example, a student with a 3.5 unweighted GPA and a 4.1 weighted GPA.
Heyy everyone!!
Is there a chat for rising juniors?
If I'm a 3 year grad, but I'm considered a Sophomore right now and a senior next year, would I still be able to use this junior community.
@CollegeVineSupport Can you please add grand canyon university to your database? I am trying to use the college list to manage all of my applications and that is the only one not on here. Also would it be possible to add a defered status in the dropdown status options for each school in the my college list section? That would be very helpful for me, and probably some others. Thanks!
Is there anyway you could add a feature that allowed users to save a comment posted from another user? If there is already a feature like this please let me know how to use it
I have a pretty weak SAT (1000) score but a high GPA (3.8). I have a list of colleges that I plan to apply for some with pretty low acceptance rates and some with high rates. I plan to take many Onramps (AP classes) and Dual Credit classes my senior year to have a better graduating transcript. Does anyone know the best place or site to practice my English reading and writing for the SAT? I really want to increase it, because it is exceptionally low (470.)
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