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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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How does college work, like how do i know what to take?

I am a sophomore in high school and i have dreams to become a pediatrician, or a pharmacist. I want to do running start next year however i don't know what classes i should take at the college to best …

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How do my iGCSE and (UK) A-Level Exam Grades compare with IB/AP classes?

I'm a junior, currently studying at an international school. Due to the British curriculum, I have no such GPA, and I don't study AP/IB classes, so how do I know if my grades are even remotely suitabl …

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Can I mention that I wrote and self-published a novel on my college application if I did this in middle school?

This is something that I believe to be at least somewhat impressive, but I don't know if I would include it because it did not happen in my high school career. This is just for future reference: I'm o …

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''Requirements''

What are the requirements needed to apply to an us college from Morocco?

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5 years ago
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Can the Supplemental contain a similar yet expanded response of part of the Common Essay?

Can I use part of my response from the common Essay in the supplemental essay?

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Is it okay to have less AP Classes if I am doing Community College Courses?

I am in an early college program where I am doing college classes on track to get AS degree. This means that instead of taking AP Gov at school, I took at the community college, and instead of AP Bio, …

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5 years ago
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What is this?

Hi, there's a coursework part when calculating our admission chances, i don't know what that means. I'd appreciate it if you'd explain it. (From Turkey)

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5 years ago
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Can you play a sport and join a sorority.

As a freshman

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What do i do if i don't have friends at any College am i always gonna have friends you think?

Hi My Name is [removed] and i am thinking about going to College but i don't know is College good for me you think and am i ever gonna have friends or whatever and i am still Discovering if i want to …

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research or internships

Are there any internships available for juniors in Houston, TX? Or any doctors I can shadow/ professors I can help in the research lab?

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5 years ago
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Would colleges see me studying abroad for a year as a good thing?

Sophmore

I'm graduating a year early to go study abroad for an academic year. With this being said, would colleges see this as a positive or negative aspect considering I wasn't able to take more AP cl …

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5 years ago
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If I got a 75 in gym and an 85 in Geometry first semester of freshmen year, but all my other grades are in the high ninety’s including an additional class which is music, will I still have a chance to getting into an elite/prestiges school like NYU or the University of Michigan?

I attend Benjamin N. Cardozo high school in New York which is currently ranked around 3,500 in the nation. I’m in debate club, science Olympiad, Medical research and key club

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5 years ago
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I am a junior in high school. What are some good 2020 internship/summer programs that I can apply for to improve my admissions chances.

Preferably with low tuition fees

Open to travel anywhere in America

Looking for a program in the engineering side, not medical

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5 years ago
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Do I Need to take the SAT or ACT to get into a police academy?

I'm a junior in high school and am tying to figure out if i have what it takes to go right into a police academy straight out of high school.

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5 years ago
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Looking for Intersnhips in summer 2020. I am a freshman right now in San Diego.

Grade : 9th

High School in San Diego

Looking for summer internship locally or with accomdations available

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Can an undocumented student apply to college?

There is a family friend who came here since 8th grade (Junior in high school right now), he has been doing great (Lots of awards, a and ab honor roll, principal's award, a class rank of 24, 3.6 GPA, …

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5 years ago
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how do i change my grading scale from precentage to GPA 4?

my grade are in precentage, to be accepted in a college i should change them to GPA 4.

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5 years ago
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As a sophomore, how can I get my ACT score to the highest it can be?

I'm a sophomore, I'm taking the ACT for the first time, and I really want to get into UNC Chapel Hill. If I get a great score this time, I won't have to take the ACT ever again, so how can I maximize …

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5 years ago
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What is the difference between competition for EECS at Berkeley and other engineering majors?

Planning to apply for Engineering Physics but have heard about competetiveness of EECS. Am I compared to EECS people or is it major specific.

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