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 applying for college this year, and while filling out my common application app, I was asked what my race/ethnicity was. I am Blasian, but appearance wise, I am African American. Would my chances …

Hello! Currently, I'm a high schooler getting ready to start my junior year of high school. Luckily, amidst my college researching, I found collegevine and decided to try out their services. After fil …

So as one of my extracurriculars is I write fan fiction and I also maintain my own personal blog and I want to group that under Amatuer writer so it takes up less slots as I have 10 pretty good ECs. H …

How do I look back and see what I wrote for the extracurricular activities and sports (like the tier I,J,K,L)?

I am a Korean who's contemplating whether I should compete in a literature competition. But the problem is that it's Korean, meaning that I'll be writing and submitting a Korean literary work. And I'm …

My schools dont teach ap so shall I take it? Also how many ap woould you recommend if the if you affirm with the first question?

Due to the outbreak of Covid-19, I was wondering when college admissions will start in US because i am an international student. I want to start my application as soon as possible. Can you please shed …

I'm hearing from my seniors that the chances of getting accepted into top schools for 2021 will be much harder since there might be a lot of students who are accepted for 2020 that will defer their sc …

I’m a current junior navigating the application process. Unsure about how I should write in emails to admission officers to ask questions about things I couldn’t find online.

Watching both the 5/27 and 5/29 presentations, Tier 1 Elite research colleges were designated differently. The Wednesday presentation included: Vanderbilt, Rice, Wash U, UC Berkeley, Georgetown, Carne …

Is it worth it to take AP spanish senior year?

For context, I have taken almost every AP available (Calculus AB+BC, Psych, Physics 1/2/Mech/EM, CSA, WHAP, APUSH, Lit), and this is my coursework next ye …

I'm currently a Junior in high school and I want to know how the unweighted GPA is calculated. Is it calculated with the GPAs throughout high school (ex. 9th & 10th grade) or just your 11th grade year …

My dream School is John Hopkins University and I would like to take this classes from them and put it in extracurriculars on my resume and I don't know if this classes are worth it, and if I have more …

I cannot participate in after school clubs so I am trying to improvise.

1. I have basically been the head coach for my brothers baseball team. I have created lineups, kept stats, emailed parents, went …

I never really considered it, but I help my family ALL the time with technology and how to work it. My parents think IT is a good career for me. If I am good at helping people with technology, is IT a …

high school junior

going to take SAT again in August

My plan was to go to UT Austin but I wanted to get a hand on experience and because of the COVID-19 I decided to cancel it. But next year is my junior year and I really want to know if it would really …

I have spent 3-4 hours on programming each weekday and 4-5 hours on the weekend for 3 years. I plan to major in computer engineering.

Extracurricular activities:

1. Programmed Applications: featured i …

Founder of a very unique non profit. First in city.

Student council president

Covid-19 hand sanitizer producer. Sold 100 for free.

Web design- designed 5 websites was paid for it

Work, marketing intern …

I am a sophmore in high school and know that I want to go to medical school, residency, and become a doctor. I researched that a lot of colleges have a combined college and medical school program wher …