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I'm currently in 10th grade with a 3.9 GPA but I have 16.5 credits and I will be going straight into 12th grade next year. I'm kind of scared that because I didn't have as much time to build my extrac …

My school will most likely not offer IB Computer Science next year, so I need a class to fill that spot. I am considering:

IB Physics II (SL exam most likely): I am currently in IB Physics I. This clas …

I am a junior in Boston area, with 3.89 gpa out of 4.0 scale, 4.4 out of 5.0 scale, will have taken 3 AP's by the end of this year, and 3 by the end of senior year (6 in total and all honors classes a …

Hello. I'm from Nairobi,Kenya.I was asking whether the chances of a college like MIT admitting from a country like mine are the same as they are for local or U.S students. Is there a local or Internat …

Okay, here's the deal. I'm a junior, I've sat down with my parents and used the net calculators, and it turns out that I can probably pay the tuition of any school I get into, besides maybe NYU. I rea …

I'm a junior in High school wondering if I should take the ACT.

I have already studied and prepared to take the SAT, but don't know if I feel confident about my (potential score). I heard that the ACT …

What grades shall I get?

What should I do get into that university?

Are after school program necessary in order to get college credit?

Should we just give the email of the university or what? Can someone please explain in detail as I'm an international student and don't have much idea about it. Thankyou.

I'm a senior in Ethiopia.

Ethio-parents' high school

Some of my top schools are not available as options when forming my school list and using the advocate tool.

can you say $0? what if you don't how you will be able to pay even half of the original price?

Hello! I need some help regarding getting research internships. I am interested in the medical field, but also am open to computer science. I am trying to get internships in Northern Virginia. I have …

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In the "My Portfolio" in the Decide section, it asks for the desired cost that we want to negotiate. Is that the cost of all four years or just one?

9th grade, public high school

lots of students at my school have high gpas and test scores are what normally separates us.

Since I cannot visit schools physically (even without COVID-19, I was not interested in flying across America), how should I pick the schools to which I should apply, even if I know I'm applying to x …

I am currently a junior in high school. I am confident in my grades and test scores and I am taking the most rigorous course load available to me, but I'm worried my lack of extracurriculars will prev …

I notice that, on Collegevine, my odds increase when I include the fact that I am black. However, my parents did not come to the United States until the 1990s. Children of African immigrants typically …

I qualified for the National Political Science Bee (which is canceled) and scored 15th highest (10-way tie) on the qualifying exam. I entered it as a Tier B Non-Art Competition because I was in the to …