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What if my school doesn't offer AP?

My school doesn't offer IB or AP, and there are only advanced calculus, photography, biology, and chemistry that you can take in senior year. Does this mean that I have no chance getting into a select …

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Should I send my AP Score report to a college using the free score report without knowing my scores?

I am a rising senior and worried that if I score poorly it would hurt my admission chances. I took 4 ap's this year and one ap my freshman year and my school doesn't include my ap scores on transcript …

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What type of colleges should I apply to? What's my GPA?

I got A(Maths), B (Chemistry), C ( Physics) in A Levels. (what will be my GPA?) And 5A,2A,1B,1D in O Levels.

I've not taken SAT or IELTS yet. And given the circumstances, I don't think I'll able …

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If I take online courses on coursera or another platform, will this count towards the coursework section of my profile?

College vine tells me I need to strengthen my coursework but my school does not offer any AP or Honors classes.

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What are the best colleges I can do considering my gpa?

I have a 3.23 GPA unweighted with a 3.38 weighted my sophomore year of high school I struggled but this past year I have received a 3.75 GPA overall. I have volunteered at least 50 hours for helping m …

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WHAT DO I NEED TO START DOING?

I am in grade 9 at the moment. What can I start doing to get me to the ivy leauges. I want to write SAT next year and I am taking AP classes starting grade 10. I want to start now and work towards a g …

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How to raise my GPA to get into a good University?

Hi, I am going to be senior and my GPA is at a 3.69 unweighted. It had dropped because my grades from first semester of junior year, due to health problems and mental health issues as well. I'm barely …

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Essay Review

Is there any way to get a professional from college vine to review my essay? Would I need Karma?

Also, will submitting my essay for review affect when I submit my essay to the common app because of the …

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What are the best type of extracurricuars to do ?

I'm a junior in high school and i intend in going to a Musical Theatre school and i'm not certain on what extracurriculars should i do, i have five years of theatre in a theare club that my had, and …

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How to make up for past low grades?

If I finished high school with low grades due to illness. Can I redo specific courses in an adult high school and if yes, which courses should I take and how much do I need to get in them and be comp …

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How to get into top colleges?

Hi, I will be a senior next year. I’m planning to apply for Yale or Brown in early decision, but until now, I have only taken 1 AP class. Next year, I’m going to take three, and 4 SATs (regular and 3 …

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How would high school averages be looked at by elite colleges(eg. ivies)? If you take more courses than diploma requires

Hi, I'm a rising sophomore in Canada and I'm planning on applying to the ivies. In my province, you are required to have 30 credits in order to graduate, 18 compulsory and 12 electives. Generally, you …

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How do I add AP Research and Seminar to my list of APs?

When adding my list of AP courses, AP Seminar and Research do not show up. How do I add them because those are the classes where I feel most accomplished.

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How do I know if I'm smart enough to be an engineer? Which major should I choose?

I've always liked maths but I'm not sure about physics. Physics is kinda difficult for me to understand but when I do, I fail to write the exact points of the question. I got an A in Maths and C in Ph …

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Research as extracurricular

So I took AP Research last year. For that class we spent the year writing a 4-5 thousand word academic research paper. I ended up getting my paper published in a scientific journal. Should I include t …

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Do courses without a certificate count in my extracurriculars ?

During quarentine I've been doing some courses that unfortunatly do not have certificates available, should I still credit them in my extracurriculars ?

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How do i explain my extracurriculars

I am a junior in high school and a prospective international college student and I've been having some trouble when noting my extracurriculars, I do not know how to explain them. I had a few test base …

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How should I add an Associate degree (earned before high school diploma) into extracurricular activities?

I have earned an A.S. Degree from my local community college via dual enrollment. How should I input this into my extracurricular chancing profile (i.e. under what category and level/tier)?

I currently …

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should i include classes i have taken on my resume?

I am currently working on my application for Georgetown and in the section for listing extra-curriculars, there is an option to submit a resume. I have never made a resume for myself, but I kind of ne …

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Is it better to take honors or AP classes?

I just found out that my school offers 24 honors courses and 11 AP courses!! However, in the student handbook that they give us, it says they offer a "couple" of honors courses and 9 AP. I've only tak …

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