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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 …

Due to the current circumstances, I’m nervous that I didn’t do as well with AP testing this year as I hoped. Do colleges (I plan on applying to state schools) consider your AP scores when making their …

So the PSAT is from my understanding a lot more “elite” than the regular SAT as it is more prep-y and is more available to upper part of the socioeconomic group. So as a lower middle class background …

I am a high school Junior (Class of 2021). Is it possible that it can be updated on the site to give more accurate chances especially for the Class of 2021 since most colleges even some of the ivies a …

I have added some universities to my college list. The chancing percentage seems to be inaccurate and it keeps saying

" 😔 Unfortunately, you haven’t cleared the minimum academic requirement for this s …

I am in the process of making an HS resume for a summer job post-COVID and I don't know how can I list a recommendation.

Also if I am applying to jobs like sonic tacobell do I need a cover letter?

It seems like the algorithm may not have been updated. For example, it only allows you to enter a max SAT score of 800, but then on the "chances" it says the average score is 1530 and you need to imp …

I got to a local community college, I moved to the US senior year of my high school. I feel so lost in the UC application system, I don’t know how to actually do things that will make my application s …

I watched a few of your seminars. The other day one of the Collegevine presenters said that he would submit to a school at >25% of the schools admitted SAT range as you would probably be at the >50% f …

I want to start my essays in the summer, much like many of us, but I also want to try and finish most of my essays during the summer. My school usually starts around August 20th-25th but it seems like …

I am curious as to how I may be able to attend the summer RSI program.

My school is located in a low income area and the majority of students are on free or reduced lunch. There are around 500-600 students to a counselor. My school has never had anyone go to the Ivy Leag …

I'm currently a junior and think of majoring in environmental science or studies. I was originally planned to do a course over the summer, but this has been canceled because of covid-19. What are some …

My school of choice is Boston University. I'm in the IB diploma program and my gpa's a 4.3 weighted and 3.2 unweighted

My EC's are moderately strong as I hold leadership positions in almost all of them …

Hi! I feel as though I am pretty well-rounded, but the thing that will really help me improve my college apps is having some research/internship. I already have done some college courses, but I do not …

For freshman and half of sophomore year I attended the Academy for Allied Health Sciences, which was the health care specific magnet school for my county. (Magnet school is basically a public school o …

I am not sure what I should do in 9th grade because I really want to go to medical school. Whenever I think about community services, I'm not so sure which type of community service I should do, and e …

So I have gone through my profile and updated my ECs and cant for my life figure out how to list my activity. (Rising Junior)

I am an office assistant at my synagogue religious school (Pre-K to 6th) an …

So I am looking for a job (rising junior) and want to get a job at a nearby place like a grocery store, taco bell, home depot(cashier) as I want to make some extra side money. I'm thinking of getting …

Hi! I need some help based on how to strengthen my college application. I am looking to major in some form in engineering, here is a little about me.

school: stem based high school - engineering pathwa …

Hi! I'm trying to create an art portfolio for my application. One of the requirements is an arts resume and I'm just not sure how exactly to make one or what to put on there! Also, I'm not sure how to …