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What is the best way to organize your academic record history?

Does anyone have a "system" where we could tally all experiences that will showcase our child's versatile offerings?

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Is using college textbooks a good way to self-study for AP exams?

My school doesn't offer many AP exams and as such, I have decided to seld-study for the ones that will be important for my major. I have an abundance of textbooks either teachers gave me or I have bou …

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Why is chancing odd?

I am a freshman. International student.

I am wondering why my approximate chance of getting into harvard is 1%-9%, even though I have excellent ACT and strong extracurriculars and academics? Meanwhile …

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I am Turkish, living in South Africa. Does that increase my chance while applying to US universities?

Also, I don't know if I should choose Middle Eastern or White or Asian in the demographics section. Will this matter too much?

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Any high school club ideas oriented towards nursing/health care/ medical field?

I am a sophomore and I am interested in the nursing field and I am looking to start a club at my school related to science/health care. My school already has a medical club where the founders bring in …

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Any advice on how to land medical internships/research opportunities/job shadowing in local hospitals or clinics?

I am a high school sophomore and I am interested in the nursing career path. I want to improve my resume by having hospital/heath care extra-curriculars. I am just unsure on how to approach this

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Where I should apply Early decision? I am an international student who need financial aid.

I am an international student and I don't care how big or famous a college or university is. I just want to get 100% financial aid. should I apply to universities with a higher acceptance rates that p …

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Popular scholarship websites?

What are some good scholarship websites? What are some good/easy specific scholarships should a rising high school senior apply for?

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How to apply for financial aid?

I am an international student and I want to apply to top US universities (stanford,MIT,Harvard, Upenn, Umich UCLA and others like these)

I will be applying in the end of 2021

I want to know how to apply …

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How do I stand out as a STEM major?

STEM is a very, very large field and a lot of students are majoring in it. As such, I want to know what will make me stand out compared to other STEM majors.

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Enough AP classes

I only took 4 AP Classes in High school so I was wondering if this is too low for a school that I am applying to with around 30% acceptance rate? Also is unweighted or weighted GPA more important for …

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Will the Covid-19 pandemic cause more reliance on essays over test scores for the Fall 2021 applicants?

As a senior, my concern has to do with the changes in application procedures for the Fall 2021 admissions. Since many schools are switching to test optional, will there be a higher reliance on essays …

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Does being white Hispanic (from Spain) help my admissions chances?

I know that being Hispanic can boost your admissions chances sometimes (obviously race alone would not guarantee admission, but I am pretty sure that there are less Hispanic applicants than applicants …

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How do I negotiate financial aid with my school?

I have already enrolled in a private university for this fall and received multiple merit- & need-based scholarships. However, even before COVID this wasn’t enough, and now the pandemic has hurt my fa …

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What category is my EC on Collegevine?

So as part of my youth groups (synoguage) student board we organized and ran a fairly large carnival for a holiday. Our synoguage is one of 4-5 in the state and the only of our denomination. (The carn …

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Accepted application and waiting

I want to go ahead and apply for colleges early to see if I can get in. Should I do that, and if I do can I wait to actually attend until fall of 2022?

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Seal of Biliteracy

I just heard about the Seal of Biliteracy and I have taken 4 years of Spanish and I am fluent. I looked up the Seal of Biliteracy requirements for my state and I meet them assuming I passed my AICE la …

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Does anyone know how to convert IGCSE, AS Level, and A level to GPA?

Hello. Does anybody know how to convert British exam marks to at least (even an approximation) of American GPA? Many thanks in advance.

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It says in the chancing section that the course-load profile is in construction. When will they finish upgrading it?

It says in the chancing section that the course-load profile is in construction. When will they finish upgrading it? So are the chancing percentages given to me not taking into account of the work loa …

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How does College Vine's chancing work?

Hello! When the chancing percentages appear in the College Vine profile, are these representing the acceptance rates? For example (and it's just an example), if MIT's traditional acceptance rate is 5% …

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