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 …

Considering to apply to a foreign university became certain as I was about to go into grade 12. I have roughly 9 months to build a solid extracurricular profile. As a person in India, there is a grave …

I am a junior, who was living abroad during my freshman year of HS and was in IGCSE courses, out of the 6 (core) classes I took I failed 3, the other 3 extracurriculars I took I passed. (It was a roug …

hi, so i can't pay for college.

even though my parents cannot pay for my future college tuition and expenses, i probably wont qualify for questbridge, and (according to the efc calculators that i've t …

Hi! I'm a 16-year-old Junior. I struggle, a lot. School has always been tough, but if I motivate myself, I pass and earn decent (B's and C's) grades. My problem is; that I've passed my Freshman and So …

I have two questions for this amazing community.

#1. As is often asked in this online community, I have extracurricular troubles. All I have for extracurriculars is:

My hobbies

The time I volunteer …

At my high school, I am going to be able to get an Associate of Science in Business Administration at the same time when I graduate high school. I am not 100% sure how and if it will help me in colleg …

Hi there! My collegevine messages have a couple of colleges reaching out to me. When I try to open them, the website glitches and doesn't allow me to. How can I fix this? I see others have this proble …

Is there a way for us to see the essays we've previously reviewed or the time we've spent reviewing essay on CollegeVine?

Hi all! I'm currently a Junior and my midterms are next week, and the following week course registration opens for my Senior year. As of right now, my courseload is 8 honors, 4 APs, and 4 dual enrollm …

im a junior in high school and I play clarinet. recently the clarinet professor from JHU was visiting my city and I paid like $150 to get a private lesson with him. he complimented my performance and …

I am currently failing all my APUSH tests and I've taken at least 7 now. I am considering dropping APUSH, but not sure if that would affect my chances of getting into the colleges I want.

Should I dro …

I started working as an intern at a non profit company. By intern I mean I help them with advertising and helping them with organizing events. I also earn service hours through it. Does this count as …

Hey yall, I need some advice. I am currently a junior with a 3.12 GPA, and I'm trying to raise it as high as I can before I graduate (May 2025). I am in an honors chemistry class this year, and I exce …

I dont want to tediously enter all my extras into the CollegeVine and blah blah so please lmk what you think!

I have a 3.7 because Ive gotten a couple Bs in double credit classes, but majority As and …

For some background I started off Freshman year with straight A's then they slowly started going down to B's and C's but in this semester I failed a class. I have a 3.0 unweighted and my dream college …

I'm think about applying to mathematics, science, computer science, or engineering focused college and have not idea what type of internship I should apply to as recently I have learned that internshi …

Here are the extracurriculars that I have right now

Pep Band

Concert Band

Jazz Band

Volunteering at a hospital.

Guitar Club

I Have taken 3 APSs and plan to take more in my senior year.

I've been trying to make a list of programs to apply to for the summer. Can you recommend me some programs based on my interests?

- Science/Medicine

- OR Humanities (social issues, politics, journalism …

Hi, I live in a small-ish town, but I was looking to find a good summer internship near me, so my main question is: What kind of businesses should I ask for this, and how do I ask?

I am wondering what extracurriculars I should do, I am in my Junior year and have only volunteered but I do not know what else I should do. My high school doesn't have sports so that is not an option. …