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Welcome to the Juniors community 🎉

This is a place to learn how other juniors are talking about college admissions.

There are a few easy ways to participate:

1. Get started by checking out our guidance page for juniors. Here you will fi …

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What should I major/minor in?

I've been having a hard time deciding on what majors to focus on going into college.

I know business or some sort of sub-major under that would be the best idea, but if I was focusing on my interests …

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10 months ago
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Is it better to take a community college first and then transfer into a university, or to just go into a university?

My family doesn't have a lot of money, and I'm hoping to get into a professional job to help them out. What should I do?

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10 months ago
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Computer Science vs. Software Engineering

Hi! I am currently a junior in high school and I am having trouble deciding if I should major in Computer Science or Software Engineering. My ultimate goal is to become a software engineer, however I …

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10 months ago
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Taking 2 math courses at the same time

Heyy! I am a high school junior who is currently choosing my senior year courses and the deadline to request courses/classes is in late februrary. I needed some advice on taking both precalculus and a …

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10 months ago
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extracurriculars!

Hi guys! I'm a junior right now hoping to become a nurse practitioner, I want to take up medicine but I feel like I don't have enough extracurriculars related to that :( Does anyone have suggestions??

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10 months ago
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What do I do?

I'm currently a sophomore, my weighted GPA is 3.4 and I am taking AP Psychology and 2 college classes. I am taking at least 11 college classes while I'm in high school and I plan on taking 2-3 more AP …

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10 months ago
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Courses to take in senior year based on my interests

Hello! I’m a junior who’s about to choose my classes for senior year. I hope to major in neuroscience specifically cognitive and behavioral or either. I wanted to know which courses would be best to t …

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10 months ago
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First USA DSAT Upcoming! PLUS Incredible FREE study resources I love

The first DSAT for American students is officially March 9th!

Who’s registered/planning on registering?

I personally studied up on the DSAT’s structure and strategies last fall, and I thought some of y …

 
Taking March DSAT!
81%
 
Sticking with ACT
6%
 
Test-optional
0%
 
International student
12%
Poll closed16 votes
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Low GPA This semester

Hi!

Unfortunately, I got a 3.3 GPA my first semester of junior year. In previous years, my GPA has never dropped below a 3.83 and that has always been my cumulative GPA. I'm taking the most rigorous cl …

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10 months ago
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Scheduling: AP english or College Comp? Doubling up on science?

I’m a current sophomore and rising junior and scheduling my classes for next year. I’m interested in the medical field for the future (PA or NP maybe) but not completely set on that. The classes I’m c …

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10 months ago
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Careers

Hi!! Im a freshman in a high school in Philadelphia,and today awas the day I picked a career path to do. The 3 I selected were Introduction to Medicine, Law, and Business. Now im starting to think it …

 
medicine
35%
 
law
17%
 
business
29%
 
quit the whole thing and restart
17%
Poll closed17 votes
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10 months ago
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Careers

Hi!! Im a freshman in a high school in Philadelphia,and today awas the day I picked a career path to do. The 3 I selected were Introduction to Medicine, Law, and Business. Now im starting to think it …

 
medicine
20%
 
law
30%
 
business
20%
 
quit the whole thing and restart
30%
Poll closed10 votes
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10 months ago
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Medicine or World Studies

I’ve been trying to choose between becoming a pharmacist or an epidemiologist for a few years now, but lately I’ve wanted to do something besides medicine. I’ve always known I wanted to help people, b …

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10 months ago
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BS/MD

I'm a high school junior trying to know what schools in Texas offer bs/md programs.Please let me know if you know any. Thanks in advance

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10 months ago
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Choosing a certain path

I am a Junior in Highschool. I am stuck in a dilemma of deciding if I should go to a Tech school and get a trade and earn some money almost as a side, which my high school will pay for. Or go to a uni …

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10 months ago
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Choosing a certain path

I am a Junior in Highschool. I am stuck in a dilemma of deciding if I should go to a Tech school and get a trade and earn some money almost as a side, which my high school will pay for. Or go to a uni …

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10 months ago
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Accepted as a junior

I was accepted into the University of Akron in ohio and I'm only a junior. I'm supposed to start in the fall semester but I haven't completed my credits for high school. Should I test out? Do I just l …

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10 months ago
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT

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I'm a little worried about my situation bc I'm an undocumented student living in NC and I don't know if I have any chance of getting into college, I am currently a sophomore and my GPA is 3.5, I …

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10 months ago
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Will I be able to go to college? Will i be accepted? Will I be good enough?

Im a junior in high school and my 9th and 10th grade were not it. I had okay grades I could’ve done better but I didn’t join nothing no clubs or sports. I did a college class after school but quit the …

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10 months ago
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How do I continue to improve my grades?

I struggle with motivation especially after missing school. I am a competitive figure skater for Team USA and miss a couple weeks of school every semester. My grades always drop after these trips and …

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