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Course names

If I am mexican and the names of my courses are in spanish, should I put them in spanish in the Common App or should I translate them ?

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GPA for Mexico

If I live in Mexico and my high school is of 3 years, should I report only the cumulative gpa of those 3 years in the Common App or since 9th grade ?

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Cornell Legacy Applicant

I'm an aspiring college student, and I wanted to clarify some of my legacy knowledge. I only previously thought of legacy as some booster that would almost automatically get you into T20 colleges. Sti …

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3 months ago
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How can I start my own independent research paper/project?

I am currently a sophomore and is on a pre-med track. id like to be a bio or chem major but I haven't fully decided yet. Please help !!

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3 months ago
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How to get into an Ivy League?

Hello! My dream is to go to any ivy league school. I’ve used admissions calculators, and UPenn comes at about 55%chance for me. But Harvard only3%. What can I do to increase chances to speak to colleg …

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Should I put MIT WISE on college application?

I recently applied and was accepted to MIT's Weekend Immersion in Science and Engineering (WISE) program, which basically flies ~100 people out to tour labs and lectures at MIT for a weekend. MIT does …

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Submit 1480 to NYU or Barnard

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I’ve just got so much different info abt both Barnard and NYU’s average SAT. So I was wondering if it’d be a good idea to submit a 1480 to NYU or Barnard (760 rw 720 math). Majoring in poli sci. A …

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can I self-submit an AP art portfolio???

I'm an international student and my school doesn't offer AP art. In fact, none of the schools around me offer AP art either. Can't I just submit my portfolio by myself? Or is that not possible?? Do I …

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How to boost my application during senior year?

Hi, I‘m an international student transferring to an American high school for my senior year. I didn’t do many extracurricular actitivites in my home country except for sports and DoE (Duke of Edinburg …

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3 months ago
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I don't have anyone to ask for recommendation letter

So basically I am from India , teachers here are not very cooperative when it comes to recommendation letters or any other help . But LOR is very important part of admission what do I do ?

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Is my essay topic cliche ?

I'm an international student applying from Bangladesh this year. Recently the country went through a political upheaval where a 15 year dictatorship was uprooted by a student led rebellion. I was at t …

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So I got accepted into a college through....collegevine?

I got a 22,000 renewable scholarship from Arcadia. I was just wondering these things:

1) how did they find me? Did they choose me based on the information on my Collegevine profile?

2) I didn't apply fo …

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College major

Hi, I am a rising senior and intend to apply as a business major for college. However, my math grades don’t look pretty great. Except for 9th grade both 10th and 11th are in Bs. My college counselor a …

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3 months ago
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School recomendations

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I'm a senior in high school looking for public university or community college recommendations. I plan to major in psychology and get a bachelors degree. I have a 3.9 GPA and a 20 ACT score. I res …

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CollegeVine's new AI recruiters

I'm a little skeptical as to how the AI algorithm works. I've lately received a few AI recruiters on this site and they say things like "your ECs and academics are really good" or something along thos …

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3 months ago
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should I submit my SAT scores to schools if I got a bad score?

Last year I got an 1120 on my SAT, which isn't bad but it isn't great either. I'm applying to a handful of colleges where my SAT is below average of those accepted (around or above a 1300). I'm going …

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CollegeVine Chancing?

THIS IS NOT A "CHANCE-ME" POST MODS PLEASE DON'T FLAG ME

I recently logged onto CollegeVine after a month or so of not using it and I noticed my chances at top schools increased greatly without me chan …

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College Mentorship Advice

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Would dropping AP Art history in order to have 5 classes instead of 6 as a senior badly affect my admissions chances?

I already have my arts credit, I do not need the class to graduate and I am not majoring in art. All my courses are Honors or AP, I am not taking easy classes as a senior. The two reasons I am droppin …

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Acing the CWAP-404 Certification Exam: Study Tips and Tricks

Preparing for the CWAP-404 (Certified Wireless Analysis Professional) certification exam requires a strategic approach to mastering wireless network analysis. Start by thoroughly reviewing the exam ob …

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