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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 …

So I have a 3.1 uw gpa a 4.39/6 w gpa and strong extracurriculars according to college vine. It says my chance of getting into boston university is 80-92% , but my stats fall below. I am an African Am …

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I really like art and I want to submit an arts portfolio highlighting all the work I have done in visual arts and photography. However, I have literally never taken an art/photography class (excep …

Hello, I wanted to know if college-vine can be a resource for students applying to graduate schools.

I got a B+ on AP Chem Quarter 1 grade. And I think will get a B+ again for Quarter 2. I am scared about college.

I’ve taken several Dual Enrollment or Dual Credit courses and I was hoping to enter them into the chancing calculator, but I wanted to double check that they are counted as “ College courses taken at …

How do you demonstrate interest to colleges after applying?

So earlier this month I asked about business programs in the US, thanks to all who helped! It made me rethink the CSUs I was applying to. I searched on google for a few days and YouTube, but I have no …

I already applied to all my schools, and I’m taking the test in December. Do I send my scores now? I realize that I haven’t taken it yet but I’m not sure how that works or if you do it ahead of time. …

I am aiming for Ivy League and top tier universities like Stanford. I received a 66% or a D in a second language course because my teacher neglected all grades in online school and only chose the "ung …

I have a 3.73 unweighted GPA, do a bunch of extracurriculars (Model UN, Student Advocates) that I think would be useful in the field I want to go into (PoliSci), and am taking additional classes (such …

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I am a current senior. I am international and I applied to a US college. I got contacted for an alumni interview and I found out the interviewer and his family own a private (elite) high school tha …

I'm a transfer student from a community college, and it's been years since I took the ACT. I'm planning to take two SAT Subject Tests, but I didn't see anything about submitting them on UChicago's web …

Can you apply for an EDII school even though you have also applied to an EDI school but have not yet gotten your decision for the EDI school? And what if you get accepted into both decisions what sho …

For anyone who is experienced on the pre-med track (or who is currently on it), I wish to know the best schools with a PhD-MD program and the many paths one can take to earn that dual degree. Currentl …

For the application effort on College vine, it says 16 hours for Brown. That is a lot longer than any of the other colleges I am applying to, and I am not sure if it is worth the effort. I looked at t …

Is there any other option to enter Harvard Medical School for the MD program there?

I am eligible to receive a common app fee waiver. I saw that my counselor needs to sign for confirmation but when I talked to him, he said he doesn't need to do anything. It still says "fee waiver not …

I am sophomore in high school. I am planning to take SAT/ACT later this year, but I know that I will have to take it again in the future during junior year. Will colleges have access to my testing his …

I took AP Biology as a freshman in high school (2019-2020 school year). My grades in that class were very good and were consistently above a 96. I ended the year with a final average of 96 in AP Biolo …

I am a sophomore in high school. My grades are excellent with 97s or higher in all of my classes. My weighted GPA is a 102.63 and I am rank 10 out of 721 students. I plan on majoring in pre-med, and I …