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Can I commit to a school and then apply ED to another school?

I was recently accepted to a school for Fall 2021 intake which follows rolling admissions, but they require accepting the admission by paying the deposit in order to see any scholarship information, a …

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Will applying to a certain major affect my chancing in a university?

Hi! I am a Latino female interested in majoring in Astrophysics and Economics/Mathematical Economics. I'm determined to do a double major, but I know that several universities ask you to select one sp …

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What activities/things should I do to improve my chancing of getting into top (ivy) schools?

I am a rising sophomore. I am planning to study computer science or something similar. I think that I do not have enough good extracurriculars for ivy schools and schools like MIT or Stanford. My main …

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Submitting Test Scores to Test-Optional Schools?

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I am going into my senior year of high school. I am wondering if sending in test scores to competitive test-optional schools will help me get accepted? There are some schools going test-optional t …

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4 years ago
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Is it necessary to give sat subject tests?

I am from India and I don't know whether is it necessary to give sat subject tests or not for ivy league and stanford and mit.

What if I don't give sat subject tests?

Will it affect my application?

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What courses I should take if my school doesn't offer any course.

I am from India and my school doesn't offer AP classes or honor classes or anyother course. So what should I do?

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what do you put as your race if you are middle eastern?

i'm an upcoming junior & i just made a collegevine account! one issue i'm having is that i don't know how to categorize my race. i'm palestinian-american but i don't know if that counts as white or as …

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Should I mention my major in my Personal statement even if there are Supplements?

I am planning on mentioning my major in my main personal statement. Should I still do that even if the college has a supplement about why I want to pursue my major, what led to my decision, and my ext …

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Any international relations-related internships/experiences for high school students?

I was trying to search for summer internships/experiences to apply for next summer (2021) since I can’t do anything this year. Everything I looked at is for is for college students. Does anyone have a …

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What should I put as gender under the college chancing calculator?

I am a non-binary student wondering what I should put under a college chancing calculator.

Should I put my birth sex: male, or my gender identity. There is an option for third gender, but does this rea …

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4 years ago
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Should give details about why I online did one semester of dual enrollment for pre-calc?

Due to my extra-curriculars (officer in 2 clubs and volunteering), plus developing my AP design portoflio, 2 other dual credit classes, studying for the SAT, I realized taking a second semester of DC …

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4 years ago
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How will a failed ap exam affect my chance of admission?

If I fail an ap exam that is unrelated to my major how much will that affect my chances?

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4 years ago
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What are some affordable summer programs?

I'm a rising sophomore and planning the summers between soph and junior year and between junior and senior year. I'm interested in science, law, activism and research and I wonder if there are any aff …

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4 years ago
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Do my extracurriculars reflect my intended major?

Ok so currently I'm doing

1.Devoted to Children-Haiti remote internship

2. Congressional Advocacy for Rebuilding Alliance-Israel/Palestine

3. UNICEF(President)

4. Amnesty International(Treasurer)

5. Civic …

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No courses in high school in public school

Hi, I am from India. My high school education system is not similar to the American ones. We have everything the same for all students and we do not have course selection or separate courses etc. But …

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4 years ago
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What are AB classes?

I know what AP courses are, but what are AB classes? It is listed under the coursework tab on collegevine. It may be brutally obvious, but I am drawing a blank. Thank you!

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4 years ago
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Is this a credible EC?

So semi odd question

For like 3.5 hours a month I update/write Wikipedia articles. As my ECs are just about filled the remaining slot is saved for a eventual job. Would this be okay to add to extra inf …

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Could someone give extracurricular activity advice to a rising senior?

I attend a dual-enrollment school, which essentially allows me to register 100% of my courseload as college classes. I am currently a rising senior in high school and a rising junior in college with m …

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How is my rigor?

So I was reading this article

https://blog.collegevine.com/ap-classes-ranked-by-difficulty/

And I came across these stats and as a engineering/maths major how would my rigor be evaluated as my school of …

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Ideas for extracurricular activities/volunteering/competitions for an Economics major?

Hi! I am a rising senior and I realized I don't have any extracurriculars that link to my major (Economics). I know that colleges look for students that show interest in their intended field of study.

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