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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 …

Any great AP Chemistry resources? Feel free to drop links!

I am trying to complete the chancing tool and it asks for the number of AP classes and HR classes. Do I count by semester or by full year? For example, I took 3 classes per year in AP.

Do I count as 3 …

Hi I am currently a rising senior and I have a really low weighted GPA (3.6) and I was just wondering whether colleges count the first semester grades of senior year into cumulative GPA calculations a …

UMich has a Culture and Diversity Prompt that asks you to describe a community that you are part of. I talked about a community called Swadhyay, which is a spiritual community that tries to revive anc …

I want to attend Duke for a lot of reasons. I love their academics, athletics, and school spirit. However, I want to major in filmmaking, theatre, and pre-law. Duke has all of those majors. I know Duk …

Growing up without financial means has had a profound effect on me and my family. Is it okay to write about that in the "overcoming challenges" prompt?

Hey guys! Rising junior here, and I'm considering applying to more selective schools. So, to sum it up, one of the essay topics that I am heavily considering writing goes something like:

Talk about gr …

HI! I got my college essay reviewed on Collegevine. I was really happy about the positive feedback and criticisms. However (according to the reviewer) my essay belongs in the "bottom 41%" of essays ap …

Hi, I am currently a rising senior and I am planning my courses out for the school year. I plan to go into Chemical Engineering in college as my major so which course will look better to colleges: A b …

I have a few ideas about what to write for my essays. One of my ideas was to write about a embarrassing moment during my competition that changed my perspective on something non-academic related but t …

feel free to give advice <3

This year is the beginning of my senior year and I plan to begin college at the beginning of the next school year, when should I start applying to colleges? Is there a timeline I should follow?

I'm going into 9th grade and I don't know if I'm able to change a certain course I'm really confused so I really need someone to answer my question as briefly as possible. Please and Thank You.

My stor …

a weighted 4.11 GPA is a good grade or not? I used your calculate way it turned out 3.26 so it is a so so grade. but a lot school accept weighted GPA. It seems the conversion to 3.26 made my chance t …

Hey! Does anybody have any tips for chemistry(just a general chem high school course, not AP)? Or any resources?

I'm just looking for tips for taking notes/class participation, etc. and some good resou …

Is one more important to admissions officer than the other and why? This is for highly selective schools by the way.

I've participated in an engineering camp- my first instinct is to categorize it as Science/Math, but it also involved some computer/technology. Can I go with Science/Math, or should I categorize them …

I am interested in any good school in Colorado, but some of them don't offer full ride scholarships(still doing my research on schools), can I apply for more than one scholarship in that same school o …

I'm an international student so I don't have any counselor or any teacher who is familiar with the college application process in the US. What can I do?