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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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Volunteer and Extracurricular Opportunities

I want to start doing extracurricular activities and volunteer work because I'm a freshman, but in light of the coronavirus pandemic what should I do? Also without considering coronavirus are there ce …

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Should I take a high school geometry course over the summer, or take a computer science course from a community college?

I am currently a freshman, going into my sophomore year this fall. Because of coronavirus, I have nothing to do this summer. I want to take a summer class to use up the time and so that it looks good …

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I’m not living in the states. And I want to join extracurricular as but they don’t offer them much in uae.

I’m a sophomore In the United Arab Emirates, and we don’t have a lot of extracurriculars like debates, clubs..etc. so I’m hoping someone would help me with what can I do as an extracurricular

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i am confused about how my application should look like because I’ve been to high school in 2 different countries?

I’m a junior currently enrolled in a public high school in Illinois. I did my freshman year and first semester of sophomore year in India. Then I moved to the states and completed my second semester o …

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5 years ago
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Do grades in middle school count for you collage application?

I'm in 8th grade and I feel as if my grades aren't good enough. And in 6th and 7th grade my grades were barley passing. If grades in middle school count for you collage application are mine good?

Here …

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5 years ago
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Would choosing pass/fail over the letter grade hurt my chances at college admissions?

My school now has a policy due to covid-19 that says that for each class you can either take the final letter grade or you can convert it to a pass/fail, which means that you don't get credit in it an …

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5 years ago
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Interning at Research Labs During COVID-19

Are there any opportunities to intern at professor/research labs during covid-19 pandemic? Something like doing virtual work? I am interested in sciences and want to pursue the medical fields, in hope …

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5 years ago
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What schools are good for architecture?

What schools are good for architecture?

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5 years ago
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International Aspirations

I am an American Senior high school student. I'm really liking the algorithms and layout of this website, but there is one issue. Many of the universities I would like to apply to are in foreign count …

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5 years ago
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What do my grades have to be in order to be an architect?

I am a 8th grader. I don't even think I should be on here but i'm just curious about my career. I want to know what exactly do I have to be good at in order to be an architect and how good because rig …

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5 years ago
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3.6 GPA to at least a 4.0? Is it possible?

Do you think I can earn a 3.8-4.0 GPA by the end of junior year of the 4th marking period? I'm currently a sophomore and I have a 3.648, I ended this year with my final grades being all A's except one …

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5 years ago
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Will colleges accept certain efforts?

I am a sophomore student to a very small high school that only provides 7 AP classes, 4 clubs, and no student government or debate team. My grades are fairly decent with all my classes being an averag …

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5 years ago
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How do I convert British grades to American GPA?

I'm just finishing up my a-levels this October, and we don't have a GPA system - only letter grades. I don't know how to convert it for applications to American colleges. Any resources or suggestions?

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5 years ago
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Are there any clubs/competitions in California that is open for anyone?

I have an interest of painting, music, and engineering.

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How do I choose whether to take the ACT or SAT or both?

I'm currently a freshman and I took practice tests for both of them (twice each). For the SAT, I got a 1460 and then a 1410, and for the ACT, I got an ACT superscore of 32 on both. I live on the East …

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5 years ago
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Hi. If one applies to an hbcu and they are black how are their applications viewed

4.1 weighted gpa

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Balancing course load and extracurriculars

I'm a high achieving student and I'm sophomore going into junior year. I already taking mostly honors and AP courses, my GPA is unweighted 3.9, weighted 4.5. I am a varsity cross country runner and va …

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5 years ago
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How accurate are CollegeVine admission predictions?

Right now CollegeVine is telling me my chance at UC Berkeley is 65%-71% and that it's a target. For NYU it says 82%-84%. I don't see how this is possible considering I set my intended major to Compute …

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Forensics Schools?

So I'm a junior in high school right now and I'm looking for schools that have great forensics programs or majors offered because I want to be in the FBI/CIA/Any Government agency and I want to know w …

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5 years ago
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is an IB diploma impressive for college admission?

how impressive is an IB diploma. I invest a lot of time in my grades and they are not that bad. I was wondering if the diploma could also help in the admission process.

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