Admissions Advice

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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 …

I am going into my junior year and I am currently interested in pre-med. I was told to start making my list of colleges/universities that I will be applying to next year. I am still a little confused …

Do you guys recommend any books or sites a lot of people have told me when they went to SAT prep in a local college it didn’t help them I can always try some where else though. Any advice would be gre …

I want to major in international relations/affairs. I have 1 Spanish credit from middle school, and 2 credits of Turkish(high school). Will this affect my admissions chances to top colleges?

I'm interested in science, history, and English, and I love to volunteer. I had an internship at AMNH but it got cancelled due to the pandemic. I live in NY, and if anyone has any ideas or opportuniti …

Hi everyone! My main question is should I continue a foreign language throughout High School. Some background for you, I took Latin three years at my middle school, but I chose to start Spanish at my …

Hello!

Rising senior here.

Thinking about college apps, I have recently been questioning my options when it comes to majors. To be honest, I want to major in film, but I know how "useless" people say i …

Senior applying to international schools

I am a high school junior and I am planning to start a virtual non-profit organization.

I want to know what can I do to start.

What I need to do and how I will reach people. My main goal will be to help …

How much does a Senator help you get in? Would it help to work for one for summer to get them to write a letter of recommendation? Would a celebrity help you get into the school. How much would they h …

High school junior.

I am interested in science and math, and I want to major in civil engineering. I am a rising sophomore.

Extra-curricular so far:

Varsity Soccer

Varisty Track & Field

Varsity Cross Country

So several of the schools I'm applying to have their required/recommended teacher & counselor recommendation letters, but many also have an optional non-academic rec letter. I've heard that using thes …

I am a rising high school senior and I was wondering, since so many colleges are going test-optional, if having a higher SAT/ACT score would give me any significant edge in the admissions process over …

I've been thinking of ways to get my extracurriculars list improved in order to reflect the current major I'm thinking of applying for (which is Astronomy/Astrophysics), and the main idea I have as of …

I am an indian and I don't know much about american semester in college. I want to know that when does spring session and fall session will start for college.

I will be applying to college during the e …

The national curriculum education in my country does not provide any AP/IB/Honors classes. Since I have taken none of these, my chancing profile in Collegevine shows that I'm not academically well-qu …

I am a sophomore wanting to get into Princeton. I want to start my own business in cosmetics and I am unsure what to do to get into an Ivy League. Any advice on what clubs or internships to take?

Hey, I'm a rising sophomore who has a passion for photography. I take pride in my work, and I want to get it out into the world. Is there anything I can do turn my passion into something I can put on …

So this is a very wierd question:

Does anyone know of a “database” that has the geographical representation of students admitted at schools NOT by region. Similar to the map for Princeton. I really on …

Is writing about overcoming traditional beauty standards a cliche topic for an essay?