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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 …

There is often a lot of talk about AP class difficulty in any high school. Whether it is about what classes look the best on a college application or an easy credit pickup, I want to know what you all …

I just got admitted to Indiana University Bloomington's School of Public Health for a major in exercise science. I want to become a physical therapist when I'm older, and I have a question about colle …

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I just noticed that my chancings that collegevine gave me for each college have changed drastically since the last time I checked it and I haven't added new informatio …

I’ve especially been struggling with biology, I use the study habits that have worked for me in 7th and 8th grade, but I’ve failed every test so far, which has been horribly affecting my GPA and no lo …

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I'm stretching my class selections pretty far because of how indecisive I'm being right now. I want to take 4 AP classes next year (bio, chem, comp sci -p, lang) and advance orchestra n …

Hi I'm in grade 9 I'm in the International school of Chouefait in erbil. I'm planning to study in this university CALTECH, and become an engineer, thank you.

I am currently self-studying multiple AP tests and plan to do more next year. When inputting how many college classes I have taken throughout highschool on CollegeVine, would I put how many I have tak …

I am applying for a fairly selective research opportunity over the summer at a prestigious school so I really want my essay to be phenomenal. The essay mandates a minimum of 300 words and when I reach …

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I am junior and my plan is it to major in a life science and minor in Japanese Language/Culture. Currently I am having the chance to potentially participate in an online Global Exchange summit for …

I have a B in Spanish 101/102 currently and it's actually going to go on my transcript as a CR (Credit) grade, much like the binary Pass/Fail system. Does this look bad on my high school transcript? A …

I am in 9th grade and have been curious about this question for a while.

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I have noticed that the format in which my class schedule plan is set at the moment, a majority of my ap classes will be taken in my senior year, which is during the admissions period. I will ha …

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I had applied to take Precalculus over the summer so that I would be able to take AP Calculus. However, I had received an email from my counselor that said that she could not approve the course …

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I was just wondering this because I plan to complete 13 community college courses by the time senior year begins, if not more. All of the courses go on my school transcript and have an impact on …

So I have to choose my course recommendations for next year, and I am debating over 2 choices?

AP Phycology with an A in the class (4.7 GPA)

OR

AP Biology with a B in the class (4.0 GPA)

Which one is bet …

Hi, I have recently been looking at smaller colleges (like liberal arts) but am wondering which ones focus on STEM fields since many have areas of focus. I would like to go into a science field like c …

I am currently a junior and it has been really difficult to look at colleges all virtually. Most schools are still not allowing visitors. When can I expect campuses to being to allow visits again? I r …

i'm from class 2023 & i'm graduating a year early (2022) for personal & family reasons, which means i'm taking little dual credit, ap, post ap, & honors classes. i'm scared it's gonna affect my chance …

I am unable to choose the campuses in UC application form for both Fall and Spring 2021. It just doesn't allow me to select the campuses.