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International Aspirations

I am an American Senior high school student. I'm really liking the algorithms and layout of this website, but there is one issue. Many of the universities I would like to apply to are in foreign count …

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What do my grades have to be in order to be an architect?

I am a 8th grader. I don't even think I should be on here but i'm just curious about my career. I want to know what exactly do I have to be good at in order to be an architect and how good because rig …

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3.6 GPA to at least a 4.0? Is it possible?

Do you think I can earn a 3.8-4.0 GPA by the end of junior year of the 4th marking period? I'm currently a sophomore and I have a 3.648, I ended this year with my final grades being all A's except one …

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Will colleges accept certain efforts?

I am a sophomore student to a very small high school that only provides 7 AP classes, 4 clubs, and no student government or debate team. My grades are fairly decent with all my classes being an averag …

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How do I convert British grades to American GPA?

I'm just finishing up my a-levels this October, and we don't have a GPA system - only letter grades. I don't know how to convert it for applications to American colleges. Any resources or suggestions?

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Are there any clubs/competitions in California that is open for anyone?

I have an interest of painting, music, and engineering.

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How do I choose whether to take the ACT or SAT or both?

I'm currently a freshman and I took practice tests for both of them (twice each). For the SAT, I got a 1460 and then a 1410, and for the ACT, I got an ACT superscore of 32 on both. I live on the East …

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Hi. If one applies to an hbcu and they are black how are their applications viewed

4.1 weighted gpa

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Balancing course load and extracurriculars

I'm a high achieving student and I'm sophomore going into junior year. I already taking mostly honors and AP courses, my GPA is unweighted 3.9, weighted 4.5. I am a varsity cross country runner and va …

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How accurate are CollegeVine admission predictions?

Right now CollegeVine is telling me my chance at UC Berkeley is 65%-71% and that it's a target. For NYU it says 82%-84%. I don't see how this is possible considering I set my intended major to Compute …

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Forensics Schools?

So I'm a junior in high school right now and I'm looking for schools that have great forensics programs or majors offered because I want to be in the FBI/CIA/Any Government agency and I want to know w …

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is an IB diploma impressive for college admission?

how impressive is an IB diploma. I invest a lot of time in my grades and they are not that bad. I was wondering if the diploma could also help in the admission process.

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GPA

Do you think if I earn a 3.6-3.8 GPA by the end of junior year of the 4th card marking (if it would count knowing this will be my actual 2nd-semester grade without finals) should I try looking into ap …

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advice with extracurriculars?

I am a high school sophomore in quarantine. I have a cumulative uw gpa of 3.931 and am planning on doing the IB diploma the last two years of high school. I have not been able to do any extracurricula …

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Advice for extracurricular ideas?

I’m a freshman in a public high school. I live in a pretty insignificant state and according to college vine the main issue with my admissions chances are my extra curriculars. I’ve won national level …

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What schools are known for Zoology/animal science?

Looking for colleges with good programs in Zoology/animal bio

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Will choosing credit/no credit over letter grade options hurt my college admissions chances?

Am wondering about schools like CMU, Harvard, UC Berkeley

sorry lemme elaborate on my school's policy: core subjects (for me math, physics, English) are letter grade only. Electives like Spanish are cr …

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Pass/Fail GPA advice

So super quick and dirty my overall average gpa is 3.84 my weighted is 3.89 and with COVID 19 a thing I can choose to pass/fail individual classes. (Rising Junior)

I got 6 As 1 Bs but one of my As is A …

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chances for dream schools? (Duke, NYU,and Case Western)

I have not been involved in many extracurriculars and want to improve that coming junior year. I have good stats and will be taking the ACT/SAT junior year. What are my chances if I put a lot of work …

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Advice for Non-Traditional Freshman?

I have a friend who graduated from high school back in 2016. She graduated with a 3.55 GPA and had acceptances from schools such as Hofstra and Xavier. She has not attended college due to depression a …

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