Juniors

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 …

Hello there! Recently, I have been doing a lot of essay reviews on here and I was wondering if there was a way I could put my work here on a resume? For insight, I have currently reviewed 120 essays. …

Hello everyone,

I love writing and I wanted to be an author since I was little. However, reality hit me and I noticed that authors do not have a good salary starting out, so I became interested in Jou …

I am debating between a few undergraduate degree paths:

- Medicine

- Human Biology

- Nutritional Science

I am thinking of getting AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB (although I am not really into C …

I'm very interested in research and lab work. I'm willing to do it for free without any compensation, but I don't want it to be a paid program either (where I'll need to pay to participate in it). I s …

I am a junior currently and super stressed about getting into a college I want. I really want to go to UC Davis but I am afraid my grades are holding me back. I would have been close to an unweighted …

Would it be better to take a lot of AP courses in senior year but leave out courses like music or other opportunities? I want to go to highly competitive colleges but I struggle giving up courses that …

Hello, I am trying to determine what courses to take next year and I cannot decide what my elective should be.

My schedule for next year is as follows:

AP Lit

AP Gov

AP Psych

Honors Environmental Science

A …

I'm considering applying for the summer learning academy at UT Austin provided by women in stem. I was wondering if anyone had ever participated or heard or it. How competitive is it?

My son will be applying for college year 2024-2025. Reading online it is suggested we apply for scholarship early but all of the major scholarship web sites ask for FAFSA and FAFSA is not open for 202 …

Hi, I have a quick question about math classes. My math teacher wants me to go from IM3 to AP PreCal for senior year. I’m unclear of where to go since I wanted to originally do statistics :(

I'm a sixteen year old in the upstate, NY area and looking to get in some volunteer hours for NHS and to look better on college applications. Any ideas for me?

How much is a good amount of commitment for extracurriculars?

Suppose I have 4 extracurriculars (internships) that all lasted for about 4 - 8 weeks long and all the others are between 1 yr to 2 yr lon …

Hi I was wanting to get some advice on the classes I'm taking next year and whether they would be a good balance. I'm planning to major in computer science if that helps.

Overall I've got:

Ap government …

I'm still unsure of what I want to do in college, making it hard to decide which colleges to pursue. All the tests I've taken have told me different things, so now I'm even more confused. How do I fin …

im planning for scheduling and want to take some asyncronous classes because i hate being at school, and find myself being a lot more productive and motivated at home. my dad doesnt want me to take an …

I'm taking the April ACT and it'll be my second time taking the ACT. I want to improve my science and reading scores, so is it a good idea to only focus on those two sections when I take my test? Then …

I'm currently in a crisis because I have no clue what courses I need to take to look good in a college or have a better chance of getting in. I'm currently in between two majors: Literature/Creative W …

i've come to terms with the fact i'm probably not going to an ivy league already. my math and science grades have been going down steadily for years, and i got c's in algebra ii and physics last semes …

I really want to take one but do they REALLY make you look that much better on applications?

Hey guys! This year my schedule got really messed up and my Chinese class was too high for me and I was literally on the verge of failing it. This in turn absolutely plummeted my GPA. I thought it wou …