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Because the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions on June 29th, we recently updated our chancing algorithm so that the impact of your ethnicity is greatly reduced. As a result, your chan …

Checking up on essays you have reviewed

I imputed a UC essay twice to ensure a good review and first was told that the first reviewer put it in the top 8% while the second put it in the bottom 25%. What do these percentages mean? How should …

I am wondering whether some colleges waitlist/rejects overqualified applicants. For instance, two years ago, UC Irvine, a lower tier UC waitlisted our top 10-15 students, but accepted students who wer …

If I wanted to negotiate financial aid offers between schools in order to raise one in particular would I compare schools at the same rank?

or if i wanted to raise a financial aid offer from a lower r …

Hi, I am trying to decide between two essay topics for a program because I feel that my first topic wasn't original enough. I am applying to a program which entails students from different countries c …

I'm a rising senior who is planning on studying mechanical engineering in college. With most college applications opening in a couple of days, I am very worried about the fact that I don't have a pers …

Which one is “easier” to take for the first time?

Hi, I am an incoming senior (US citizen) struggling a bit to fill in the common app. My first language is English so I obviously am proficient in that. I've taken spanish for 6 and soon 7 years now in …

I apologize for having another chancing question.

Does Collegevine look at the national level & state level junior classical leagues (e.g. CAJCL, TSJCL, VJCL) as interest clubs for board members ?

Tha …

For a while I thought about doing dual enrollment during the last two years of high school, however a family friend told me that taking CLEP exams might be a better option for me. Which one is better, …

So I am a rising senior and have taken the SAT once and scored a 1500. My dream school is UPenn and I plan on applying ED. However, I feel that score is a little low for people of my background (asian …

Hi everyone,

I will be a junior in the coming 2020-2021 school year. :)

I've been thinking more about college applications during this summer and something that has been troubling me a lot is what major …

I go to the gym several times a week and read every day. Does that count as an extracurricular activity?

I am entering my senior year and I am still undecided on what I want to do. I will most likely apply undecided to most schools like UIUC which is my target school and probably the school that I want t …

I was just wondering what exactly counts as legacy in college admissions. If I had a cousin or grandparent that went to a school would that count as legacy? Or does it have to be a closer relative lik …

While I was messing around with the chancing profile on college vine, I noticed that when I changed my race from asian to black, my chances for top schools like Harvard and Yale went from about 1-3% t …

I only have 200 words, but I am really struggling and don't know if I should continue with my topic. Should I submit my essay for review just to get an opinion on the topic and how I am going about i …

student from algeria and i want to apply MIT for physics major

and here in algeria things don't look the same

how i can know my chances to be accepted

i m thankful for your help

My GPA is a 2.69 right now, but my high school counselor found spaces in my schedule to allow me to retake some of the classes I didn't do so well in, but for the grades to be replaced I have to compl …

Hi! I'm going to apply to some US universities and I want to know if they know in some countries the exams are more difficult and that my grades are good here ( 8,6/10 in sophmore year) but when I con …