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 …

We have total of 6 subjects including one Optional Subject. The 5 compulsory subjects are : Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, ICT. Optional Subjects are Biology and Statistics. One can select any fr …

I am a high school sophomore and need to start applying to scholarships. Does anyone know any good websites to check out, or any information at all? Thank you, this would be a huge help.

I go to a school of about 450-500 students in a rural town in Iowa (4,000 ish people). The AP classes that my school offers are AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Stats, AP Calc, AP Psych, AP Art Hist …

I'm a rising senior and I want to participate in more science Olympiads to boost my ECs. Does any one know about Science Olympiads in Quarantine or other Activities?

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Hi! I’m going to be a sophomore this fall and really want to start a science club at my school. The problem is, my school doesn’t have a SINGLE science or math club/team. In fact, they only have about …

I'm a rising junior and would really like to know what I should aim for

I'm a latin senior and want to know how to improve my extracurriculars applying for architecture. Also I want to know what is the minimum SAT score I should submit for MIT or Columbia.. considering my …

Hello, CollegeVine community! My last year of highschool is next year. I need some advice on how to bump up my application in front of admissions officers. I plan on re-taking my ACT which is really v …

More specifically I am talking about the entrance essay for A&M, which is essay topic A on apply Texas.

Any advice on starting passion projects and getting inspiration for projects, specifically STEM projects? I want to major in pre-med for college and I want to start a project regarding medicine, but I …

I know that I have to go through all the training, but after you get the Psychology degree, where do you go from there?

I am going to be a Senior in high school. I am going to major in Psychology and become a Child Life Specialist afterwards. Due to me not taking a science my Junior year, I must take Anatomy and Physio …

So for my college app I plan on writing on a website I coded, but that website is no longer up and running. I really want to write about it because it helps describe a problem I solved, but I don't wa …

I'm a rising senior and have not done the SAT yet. I live in El Salvador, and or now the only sure test date is in October and I want to apply early to an elite college.

I know this may be a dumb question, but I cannot for the life of me find where I can review other peoples essays.

I have good grades and going to be a junior. Some of my ECs are a basketball league, 2 clubs, educational ministry, a blog, and an educational social media page (I don't know if that counts). I have l …

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Are there any extracurriculars recommendations? Any clubs to start at school or join? Any internships in BME available for high school students?

I am a Type 1 Diabetic and curious if public colleges review applications differently if I make them aware of my disease. Would my application get reviewed in a different bucket? Are there pros or co …