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Choosing an Essay Topic

Hi, I am considering different options for writing a personal and supplement essay. I have a few topics, including 1) how music helped me get through an ED & mental illness, 2) my curiosity with the w …

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Should I include this in my supplemental essay?

I can read tarot, and I couldn’t decide whether I should use it for my supplemental essays to show the admission officers a new aspect of me. Can you help me? Thank you!!!

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design and applied arts...is it a good major?

hi everyone! I am a rising junior and although I know I have a fair amount of time before I have to choose a major and school, I want to plan ahead and started looking a few months ago. before I conti …

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HELP: listing activities on the common app

Hi! I am currently filling out the activities section of the common app. I have participated in theatre for all four years of HS, but during my junior year became the president of the program. I am li …

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I’m an international student, does chancing calculator apply to me as well?

In addition, the calculator says my gpa, courseworks and extracurricular are excellent for UCI, but why is my chance only 32-40%? In contrast, when I tried with Cal state it said my chance was 92%

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How to get into harvard

I will be a freshman in high school and most people tell me it is too early to prepare for college. But that is not stopping me from going to my dream college. I want tips on how to get into Harvard.

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Should I double major or major/minor in college?

I want to become a lawyer and I am not sure if I should double major or a major/minor in college. I'm almost certain that I will major in political science but I heard that there aren't many job prosp …

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Starting a tutoring service

I'm a rising senior and thinking about trying to start a virtual tutoring service for students in my district. Do you have any ideas about how I should go about this and how useful this would be on my …

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about attending to an ivy league

I'm 18 years old and I'm a Sri Lankan. Am I too late to get ready for ivy league? and how are my chances of getting in?

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Is being the "Well Rounded Student" bad?

With many blogs and websites claiming that students looking to apply and eventually attend fairly competitive colleges need a spike in a certain subject, does that mean that students like myself, who …

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SAT and ACT

Since I live in LA, and most of the testing centers are closed, will not submit my test score make it harder/hurt my chances of a top college accepting me?

Also, If I just started volunteering at a YMC …

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Family responsibilities as activity

Should I include family responsibilities like taking care of younger siblings and helping cook as an extracurricular on my commonapp?

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How safe are we if we give our money information to CollegeVine?

I want to know how much each prospected college would cost me, but I don't know how comfortable I would be giving all of my parents bank and salary info. Has someone here used it already? If you have, …

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Act or sat

I'm trying to decide between the act or sat. Do colleges prefer one or the other?

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Should I apply to all top tier schools even if I have a really strong profile?

Should I apply to safeties or not if I think I have a really good chance of getting into top tier schools. The chancing profile here gives me 60%+ chance of getting into top schools.

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If I am interested in computer science is it better to a web development director in a non-profit or be the co-founder?

My friend is starting a non-profit and she is making me choose between the director of web development or as the co-founder of the non-profit. I really enjoy doing both but should I make everything in …

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Do senior year APs count as much?

Will taking a lot senior year be able to make up for the other years?

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GPA and extracurricular activities

1) Is having 3.0 GPA bad ? Will it reduce my chances of getting into college even if my SAT score is good?

2) Due to the pandemic, there is not many options available fro extracurricular activities. …

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Help me.

How do I study for SAT I and II ? Both are just a month a part.Im writing next year March.

Any tips please let me know.

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