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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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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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Advice on how to grow small business

Hey, I started a free online tutoring business over the summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I wanted to help students out and do my part to be an active change in my community.

Though it has been abou …

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4 years ago
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Advice on starting a club for high school juniors and seniors

Hi!

I'm planning on starting a club as a leadership opportunity, but I have no idea of what to start.

I want to focus mainly at juniors and seniors.

If you guys have some tips, I would love to hear them!

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4 years ago
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What advice do you have on starting/running a club?

I'm considering starting a club next year but I don't have any prior leadership experience. I was just wondering if you have any advice for me. Also: If you've ever joined a school club what made you …

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4 years ago
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Is a major related EC required for sub 20% admit schools?

So I am rising junior and am in a dilemma I am interested in a few very selected schools notably Rice and acoording to CV my ECs need to improve but for Mich my ECs are excellent. I am a bit baffled a …

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4 years ago
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Should I wait to apply to college until the end of my senior year?

My school dicked me over. With the start of this pandemic, we got canceled almost immediately, and students were given the Non-Traditional Instruction day packets (we get a huge packet full of work fo …

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4 years ago
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Is the admissions information up to date?

I'm applying to colleges in the fall and just want to make sure that things like the average test scores and GPA are not out of date since they look a bit different than ones that I've seen that inclu …

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4 years ago
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Can you reasonably assume a UC school to be a safety if you have stats that are above the 75th percentile?

I have above average stats for three UC campuses and am wondering whether I can use one of them as a safety school. Especially thinking of UCSC, UC Merced, and UC Riverside

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4 years ago
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What are the main differences between the general biology and human biology major?

I am going to be a senior in high school this coming year, and am trying to decide a major I want to pursue in the future. I know I want to pursue a line of biology, and while researching, the human b …

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4 years ago
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What kind of club should I make that would relate to my major?

Hi, I'm a rising sophomore in high school. I'm interested in the medical field, however, I'm not completely sure what major I'm interested in. I've been thinking about pediatrics/other majors related …

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4 years ago
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4 years ago
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Should I keep doing violin even though I'm majoring in art?

so I'm rising sophomore and I am planning on majoring in art( and I started art when I was 4 yrs old; I went to art school). I am Korean international student, and I know a LOT of Korean do violin and …

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4 years ago
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Do MOCK IGCSE results from year 10 & 11 (grades 9 and 10) matter when applying to American universities?

Or is it only the final IGCSE results that matter? I got my final results and got straight As for 9 subjects in the IGCSEs. But, I started IGCSE with mediocre grades. I have an upward trajectory since …

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4 years ago
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Will developing an App count as an Extra curricular

Hi!

If I develop an app and publish it on AppStore will it be counted as an extracurricular and if I do it for a company will it be a good extracurricular or strong one?

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4 years ago
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what are the best extracurricular activities for STEM?

i am an international student currently in 11 garde and i want to pursue computer science engineering from stanford/MIT/berkeley/cornell/harvard.

i want to know what ECs will boost up my application in …

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4 years ago
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When to start applying?

Hi! I'm a rising senior in Texas. I know that I need to start applying for college, but I just don't know where to start.

What are some tips that you all can give me? When and where should I start? How …

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4 years ago
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Do you think this is enough?

This post is locked because it breaks the community guidelines. The author has 14 days to edit it before it is deleted from the community.
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4 years ago
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Can I get accepted if...

As I British student I did my GCSES three years ago I got all C grade in those which is not the best. I did not have the idea that I would have wanted to apply for American universities. Now looking …

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4 years ago
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What is the best way to bolster ECs?

Hi! I'm a rising senior that has taken 5 AP courses and 2 other dual-credited courses. I've been doing searching into which colleges I would like to go to and recently found out that I would prefer to …

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4 years ago
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Can portfolio be a "hook"?

Hi so I'm a rising sophomore and an international student who just raised my SAT from 1000 to 1270 superscore within one month. I know this score is ridiculous for Ivy league schools, but I am trying …

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4 years ago
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Is creating a website or an app on playstore a viable extracurricular

I am a high school junior, class of 2021, I am big into sports I have spent most of my high school years playing soccer, but I want to major in engineering, so this summer I applied for an internship …

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