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Update: Forum Posting Temporarily Suspended

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 …

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Recent Changes to Google Settings for Third-Party Apps like CollegeVine

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 …

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a year ago
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Chancing Changes Due to Affirmative Action Ruling

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 …

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4 years ago
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Is being a cheer manager good?

I am a visual art student who is planning to go to visual arts school( university, as a dual-degree). My extracurriculars are mainly focused on visual arts(art commissioner, created an art tutor volun …

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4 years ago
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Summer credits at different school

I am not very happy with my junior year grades and want to show colleges that there is more to me than a few personal issues that have happened during my junior year. So I have registered with an onli …

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4 years ago
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Any ideas for a tutoring club in high school?

I am a sophomore in high school and I am interested in starting a tutoring club. I do not know what kind of tutoring we would do besides peer tutoring. But, I would not find this beneficial because st …

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4 years ago
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Are parish activities accredited towards college applications?

I am a sophomore in high school and I have been altar serving at my Catholic parish for almost 8 years now. I am aware some colleges do not count these types of activities as community service, and s …

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4 years ago
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US Abroad

As a US student studying abroad, will colleges, when looking at admissions, place me against every US student studying abroad or just US abroad students in my country/continent.

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4 years ago
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AP Research or AP Lang?

Hey all,

I am in the process of choosing my classes that I want for my schedule this upcoming school year. One of my classes, AP Research, depended on if I passed AP Seminar or not. I did get the quali …

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4 years ago
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How can I take AP classes? Or, is it cancelled due to the pandemic?

I am a rising sophomore taking BC classes, but I would like to challenge myself and take AP classes. However, my school doesn't offer any.

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4 years ago
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I'm a rising sophmore and my dream school is Stanford. I'm wondering what I can do to stand out when I apply?

I know that even if I had a perfect GPA, good extracurriculars, and did volunteer work that I still don't have an amazing chance of getting in. Basically even if I was the perfect student I could stil …

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4 years ago
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Letters of Recommendation

Hi- I'm a rising senior and I need some help on how to ask for letters of recommendation . Obviously in person would be better, but that's not looking like an option right now. My parents did not go t …

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4 years ago
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How's my college list?

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4 years ago
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Why are my estimates for Ivy League schools so high?

When I go to my dashboard, it shows that schools like Harvard, Dartmouth, and MIT are hard Target schools. I am very confused by this, as a couple of days ago it said that all these schools were long …

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4 years ago
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Would a language fluency certificate add a lot to my profile?

I'm going to be applying for college in the fall and I'm trying to figure out what ECs or honors I can add to strengthen my application. I want to study linguistics and I've taken German at school for …

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4 years ago
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What should I catergorize my EC?

So as part of my youth group with a religious organization along with the clergy organize a massive annual food drive and is the largest in the city (around 500k in the city) while I am not a leader I …

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4 years ago
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why are my chances so low?

My resume and GPA(3.85)/SAT(1310) are okay, if not kind of above average. Applying as a psychology major, why are my chances only 2% for UT Austin? That seems unusually low, especially for the College …

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4 years ago
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2 PART QUESTION. Transfer student chances of getting accepted and SAT help?

Ok so just to be brief, I'm a highschool senior this fall and I'm about to start taking dual enrollment classes at my local community college while in highschool. Doing that by the time I graduate I s …

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4 years ago
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Help Ordering Activities for Coalition Application?

I'm having trouble ordering my ECs for Coalition Application because my "most impressive" ECs aren't necessarily tied to my major (engineering). It says to put your two most important ones first, but …

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4 years ago
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Should I get an english recommendation to offset a bad foreign language score?

I moved away from my home country around age 3 and learned in a country where English was the main teaching language for 11 years. I moved back just before starting high school but my grades in my nat …

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4 years ago
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Do colleges favor students that hold a leadership position in school?

I've heard from people that colleges value students that hold a leadership position within the school. I have held positions outside of school for many years. I am going to be a rising senior. I have …

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4 years ago
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Why does my Admission Chance seem to be unusually high for Northeastern University?

CollegeVine says I have an 89%-92% chance of being admitted to Northeastern University, which has a 19% acceptance rate, while other schools on my list have admission chances that seem accurate. It sa …

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4 years ago
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I'm going into 9th grade next year, and my dream college is Harvard. What can I do to maximize my chances of selection?

-Class of 2024

-I'm a year younger than normal, as I skipped a grade. (Ex: will graduate HS at barely 17)

-Involved in band, choir, theater, swimming, speech, and knowledge bowl

-Will be joining communit …

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