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Hi,

I am a junior in high school. Recently my family moved to different city so I had to switch schools. I started the new school in my junior year. Before I moved I used to go to one of the top compet …

So I'm trying to find a pdf/website that shows nearly all the major universities (ie ones listed on collegevine) that offer Supply Chain Management as a minor. Id also like for the website to be filte …

Hi! I was wondering if it’s necessary to take both the SAT and ACT for college applications?

Hi! I am a junior this year and I am trying to understand the college app process. Can I apply to two different schools for ED 1 and ED2? Would it be “illegal” to do that?

Note: specifically, I am cons …

So I am Chinese but I speak Cantonese. The Chinese taught in school is mandarin but I am not sure if colleges will down upon me for taking Chinese in school for being technically Chinese myself. Will …

I am involved in FFA-2 yrs, Hatchet club-1 yr, Basketball- since second grade, Track-3 years- 2 years in middle school, JV2 Volleyball-1 yr, Junior firefighting-1 yr,

Middle school:

Model UN

Basketball

Tr …

I am a senior who transferred from a traditional public school to a cyber charter school due to COVID. Will I need to get my old school to send a school report to the colleges I applied to or will the …

I feel incredibly stupid at this point but it is what it is. I applied to over 10 schools about a month ago and most are early action. I didn’t apply test optional but am taking the Dec sat. Most of m …

When i first started i needed 10 karma for a review. After a while it became 20 and I accepted that. Then it went back to 10 and I was confused but happy. Now its back up to 20 and I'm back to confuse …

So I am applying to some universities with grades in some subjects being 95+. Though, in some of these courses the class averages say it is 92 or 94. Personally, I think it makes my grades look less s …

I am currently a sophomore in high school and I wanted to know how I could possibly find an opportunity to shadow or get an internship to the medical field? What are some places I could go to especial …

Hi, I am a junior and I only have 2 AP’s as of right now. Will taking college courses at my local community college cover for this and will doing 3 or 4 AP’s my senior year help too?

Thank you

This is just a thought. I know that SATs and ACTs are taken seriously for college but I always thought that they were similar.

So I just got an email stating that my SATs got cancelled. I've should have taken my SAT march of this year but because of covid it got cancelled. I was gonna take it again in October but that got can …

I don't want to spend the Christmas holiday free and I was wondering if you guys know any colleges/educational sites that offer 4-week courses that I could take over the summer.

I can see that someone has reviewed the essay I submitted but I can't open the essay to see the full feedback. How do I view the comments?

I currently am interested in becoming a lawyer after college. I want to know if it is possible for high schoolers to get a job or internship dealing with law, politics, or the court system so they gai …

I see that CollegeVine now has a Networking tool. UMiami, BU, and Syracuse are my top schools. I was able to "connect" with them via CollegeVine. Does this actually connect you to the school as far as …

Is it possible to see the feedback from my reviews of other people's essays. It would help me know if I'm doing something wrong if Isee a complaint and also help me identify what I'm doing that partic …

I want to know about the best extracurriculars to get admission in the top universities.