Admissions Advice

We wanted to inform you that posting on CollegeVine’s community forum will be temporarily suspended for a few days as we work to mitigate some recent spam posts. While the forum will still be accessib …

ACTION REQUIRED: Update CollegeVine App Settings in Google Admin by October 23, 2023

For enhanced student data protection, Google is set to limit access for users under 18 to third-party apps like Coll …

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'm writing my personal statement, and I was wondering if having an unpopular opinion might make my essay less effective if the admissions officers disagrees or is biased. Specifically, I'm writing …

Right now I have 190 credits, but when I finish this year, my junior year, I will have 290. Should I continue working like this and finish high school with 350- 400 credits and does this look good?

Bas …

Hello, I am currently a sophomore in high school and I am taking AP U.S. History. However, it's very difficult and it's causing me a lot of stress. I have decided to drop out of this AP course and swi …

I intend to double major in communication/journalism and economics. I have done research on the schools where both of these programs are strong, but I want to know, without regard for major, what the …

I am wondering about the accuracy of my chancing results with selective colleges because it keeps saying that I have room for improvement in my courseload. I will have finished 13 APs and 3 classes fo …

Hi. I've heard of many internships for high school students who are interested in STEM or engineering but I haven't heard of any for film. Are there any internships that are available for high school …

I can't find some of the colleges/universities I want to apply to on this website and I want to know why. They are: Central, Eastern, and Southern Connecticut State Universities, Framingham State Univ …

I've tried adding Barnard, Johns Hopkins and the University of Arizona to my list multiple times and they wont show up on my full list of colleges. I've even taken all my colleges off and tried agai …

Hi I'm chiara, I'm 15 in the 10th grade and I'm worried about college. I want to go and learn about college and I'm still trying to pic my major. When I ask my parents about college they brush me off …

I have just started high school, and it seems I will be participating in these extracurricular activities:

- Yearbook staff

- 4 clubs (Harvard Model Congress, Key Club, a music project that performs for …

Hi, I am entering into the Regeneron National Science Talent Search. It is a prestigious national competition that accepts about 20% of their applicants, however, the decisions from the competition bo …

I am homeschooled but I have taken ap exams at my local public highschool before. I would really like to take AP drawing. I am pretty good at art and have taken art classes at my local art museum so …

I am in Indian high school , grade 10, preparing for grade 11 subjects to choose and plan for applying to abroad universities on full financial aid.

Does the college chancing at Prep Scholar use UW GPA or W GPA

I'm really enjoying the virtual student panels. Is there a plan to increase the scope of the colleges represented? So far, it seems heavy on the major universities, not so much for students looking a …

Hey there,

For students who want to submit an arts supplement specifically music, what sort of songs do you recommend and are hymns acceptable? Also, is it wise to submit a portfolio if you are not pur …

The chance calculator on college vine didn’t take into account a few important aspects of my application - self-studied and received 5s on AP exams, prestigious non-academic recognition and distinctio …

I don’t think I have done enough in my capacity to get accepted to my dream college so I want to make an effort for another year and apply then. I am currently promoted to grade 12. So what do you adv …

how do i delete my account?

Hello!

I want to go down the pre- med track, but I really don't want to spend 4 years studying biology or biochemistry. Can I major at business administration while taking pre-med classes at Duke univ …