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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 a sophomore in high school in New York City. It is way harder to stand out in my school due to the amount of kids in my graduating class. I am heavy active in Key Club, member of NHS, member of M …

Due to pandemic, is it likely that there will be any test dates on or before November (which is when Early Action and UC Apps are due)

As a British student, I was wondering what I should do to stand out or what would be good when applying to US colleges. Do international students such as those from the UK get disadvantaged due to not …

I am planning on taking a couple SAT subject tests (probably Math 2 and Biology E) to improve my chances at some schools. Are there any good resources/tools I can use to study for the subject tests? I …

I am a junior in high school. I was looking through my admissions journey at a glance and noticed that a lot of the schools that I thought would not be reach or long reach schools are exactly that. I …

What should I do if my school doesn't provide many AP classes and doesn't have any clubs? I go to a private school and it's not funded very well, so we only have 3 AP classes (1 in junior year, and 2 …

I noticed in the Profile section, Collegevine asks for Unweighted GPA plus number of AP and Honors courses. And when it compares my fit to certain schools, it only appears to be looking at Unweighted …

I’m currently a sophomore and I'm facing the dilemma of whether I should take Dual Credit English/History or APUSH and AP English. I took WHAP this year and had a bit of a struggle since history isn’t …

Sophomore, I have solid grades(unweighted 3.97) have already taken multiple AP's and finished my schools possible math classes. Combined with really strong EC's I was feeling really optimistic applyin …

I'm an aspiring veterinarian. To be more specific, I'm thinking about doing zoo medicine, and google's not doing a very good job of giving me schools that have a good pre-vet track that includes zoo m …

I'm a high school junior and my current SAT score is a 1360 (700M, 660R) and I really would like to get my score in the 1500-1550 range before I apply to college in November. What's the most effective …

Background: I'm a sophomore enrolled in my high school's Cambridge AICE program. After this year I only need 1 more AICE credit for the AICE diploma (I earned 1 freshman year and 5 this year, assuming …

Hello, I'm really anxious and worried. My school finally added a grades history section on powerschool. I got to see all of my grades and saw my final exam grades from freshman year. I passed half of …

As I approach junior year I have been constantly assaulted with questions of "Where do you want to go to college?", and "What will you major in?" When asked these questions I face the dilemma of "Do I …

I am a current sophomore in Honors Spanish III, Honors Geometry, Honors US History, Honors Chemistry, and Honors English. I take school super seriously, with an unweighted GPA of 3.97. The four APs I …

My gcse O level exams was not that good. (3.96 gpa). However, I cleared the regional Physics Olympiad thrice( twice in cactegory B, once in category C) and got selected as a finalist in a selective wa …

grade-12 ,high school- Mount Litera Zee School.

I am a sophomore and i have many great ideas for films etc, that I have written down. I would also like to start practicing, while building my portfolio for college. But I have no idea how to start . …

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 …

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 …