Juniors

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

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

Hi everyone i had a very rough junior unfortunately my grade went down in the process, my schools that I wanted to go to have changed. I wanted to know if there is anything I could do to stand out mor …

Hello, I am going to be a rising junior and was wondering how I should make myself seen and noticed for colleges to notice me!

I believe the strongest portion of my resume is going to be my extracurriculars. I've been in color guard the majority of my high school years and I discovered that i will be captain and President for …

I am a rising junior with a 4.0 GPA and a 1530 SAT score. I'm into science and math and trying to go to an Ivy League college, however, my extracurriculars are lackluster. I only ran cross country for …

I am a rising 11th, and I already passed my language test for Chinese with enough credits for my language credit requirements. But i was considering to take Japanese for personal interest in school ne …

I am a rising junior, and I currently have an ok GPA and some sport extracurriculars, but I don’t have anything to standout(Ex. Made an web, start a business, etc). What are some tips?

I’m a rising senior and I am applying to colleges in the fall, but have nothing in my extra curriculars or classes that have anything to do with my major, psychology. I was thinking of doing a passion …

I'm trying to get a head start into looking at colleges, since my school is very into setting students up. I was wondering if it would be good to start writing practice essays? I know that essays are …

Hey, I need advice.

I'm becoming a junior in the upcoming school year, graduating class of 2025, and I have questions. My school is so small it doesn't have Honors or AP classes. I'm concerned thi …

Hey guys, I am a little stuck. I am currently a junior in high school. I want to go to college but I want to also become a construction worker. Do you guys think I should do online college or like a t …

I’m a rising junior and I wanted to take AP psychology, but it wouldn’t work with my schedule so instead I was put down for AP seminar. Honestly I don’t know much about the class and I’ve been wonderi …

Hello! I'm a rising junior from Japan! Nice to meet you.

My question is: Are CollegeVine connections legit? Is the admission member that connected with me actually interested? How does CollegeVine ask …

I have been planning for majoring in Economics and plan to apply to Top 20 Liberal Arts Colleges or small to medium universities in the Top 30s.

I have taken AP Calculus BC, Microeconomics and …

Im interested in criminology and psychology (specifically human behavior). I really want to find a spike for myself but I have no idea how or where to start. I was thinking about doing independent res …

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I'm hoping there are a couple of soon-to-be seniors looking through this page, but how did you all get through your junior year? Every person I've met has said junior year is the most difficul …

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Has anyone gotten any signs from colleges on collegevine under the direct admissions category? How long does this typically take?

Hi everyone! Iwas wondering which GPA matters more to colleges. Is it Weighted or Unweighted?

Which AP class should I consider in junior year? AP Biology or AP Chemistry?

im writing about reading and books and how they helped with my depression and how i formed connections with fictional characters and how this helped me expand my communication skills with real people …

Hey, I'm currently a sophomore about to be a Junior after the summer. I didn't join the ACE program and I'm wondering I'd I should've. Will it look bad if I didn't join? Does the ACE program give you …