Juniors

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

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So I'm skipping a year in high school because of personal reasons, I have really good grades for right now but my freshman year I didn't get all A's and that's bringing my GPA down. My school doesn't …

so If i dont graduate until june of 2025 but my school guidance counselor said I can graduate this year or fall of 2024

Does anyone know a good college that's not too expensive and has a great music program?

My school only offers college in high school (CHS) courses and most colleges look for AP courses. Is there are advice on how to boost my academics without APs?

I'm a junior and I'm having some trouble with my major and the extracurriculars to do as well. I'm very interested in a STEM major, I love chemistry, biology, and math and I really excel in those subj …

Most of the schools I'm planning on applying to are really competitive and prestigious. While I have many planned targets and safeties those are the schools I really want to go to! What can I do to ma …

Are there any internships/opportunities related to medicine and that have registration open or will open soon?

I know there's Civics Unplugged, but the application deadline for the next cohort has already passed. So are there other alternative fellowships that are considered prestigious, or at least competitiv …

is anyone doing early college programs? any advice on scholarships, classwork, etc

Hi, I'm currently a rising junior and am having trouble with my course selection.

Just for some context, these are the APs I took sophomore year (my school didn't offer any in my freshmen year):

- AP Li …

My HS has it's own version of AP (which TBH are new and seem weird) but doesn't offer actual AP classes - will not having AP hurt me? I heard trend is that more and more schools will not be offering A …

I'm going into my junior year having only taken 1 AP, AP Stats, my sophomore year. I've taken 4 dual enrollment courses and I'll be taking 4 AP classes: AP chem, AP bio, AP lang, and AP calc AB. I'm w …

Hi!! I'm a junior at a fairly small school (only about 135 total in my grade) and I was wondering about college apps, and how extra-curriculars would look. Is there such a thing as too many? Like, wou …

Should my Recommendation letters be from my junior & senior year teachers (current school)? But my freshman and sophomore year teachers really know me well as a student as well as a person (previous s …

ve just started looking at colleges I have a 3.797 GPA in high school, but I haven't even thought too much about college and feel like I'm behind. I don't have any extracurricular activities and I'm w …

Hello members,

Looking for some advice on what type of extra curricular will look good on the resume for applying for Data Sciences major to a good college (e.g. UT Austin). I have been learning comput …

Hi Everyone! I'm an international student from Pakistan and I'm a junior in highschool now I didn't start and focused on my college application process in my freshman and sophomore year and now I feel …

I’m an incoming Junior and I haven't taken any AP classes or Honors yet (I earned honors for two classes), should I wait for Senior year to take them? Or would it be too late for me?

Hi, I'm in 11th grade, and I was planning on changing my schedule because it was getting kind of overwhelming (and only 2 weeks of school has passed, so that's concerning.) I go to a school with a 4 b …

Im currently trying to get a research internship (public policy or politics related) with college professors but don't know the best way to approach reaching out. I understand that I need to research …