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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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College tours

I'm a junior and I was wondering if It was better to take college tours this year or my Senior year or slipt them in half.

 
go this year
86%
 
wait till senior year
6%
 
don't go at all
1%
 
I don't know
5%
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AP Class

I'm a junior. I am wondering if I should take at least one AP class before I graduate. Is AP math hard for those who have taken it? Or should I do a different AP subject?

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Grades and SAT

So my grades are not beautiful, they are mainly average. majority of them are Bs. What's really bringing them down is when I take tests, I'm NOT good at them. Can you give me advice on how to study?

Sa …

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Undecided Major

I am undecided in my college major and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations. I am interested in Science, Agriculture, and Business. Most of my ECs are more geared towards Science and Agricu …

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is physics worth taking

Planning to take AP Physics 1&2 senior year— if you took the class, or are taking it currently, was it as bad as people say? Also, will not taking it make me a weaker applicant or will it not change m …

 
challenging but doable
68%
 
absolutely awful don’t do it
32%
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Applying

so as you can guess, I am a junior in high school. My school has 5 grades instead of the regular 4, so we have a 13th grade (Super Seniors).

I am unsure when I should start applying to colleges, esp …

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calc senior year- yes or no??

i am not a math whiz. my school requires every student to take a math class all four years, no matter what level they're at. i took quantitative reasoning 2 as a freshman, honors precalculus as a soph …

 
calculus
71%
 
AP computer science
28%
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Is AP Precalc Worth it

Is AP-Precalc worth it?

I think ill do okay on it like a B and maybe a 3, but at the beginning so far my grades a 77% (it takes me some time to adapt to math classes for some reason) :sob: but I'm als …

 
worth it
47%
 
not worth it
52%
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College Acceptances

Hey everyone!

I wanted to write a post regarding my college admissions coming up pretty soon. I'm sure there will be colleges that will accept me, however I'm concerned they're the ones I don't want to …

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I keep on getting B+ in literature its messing up my grades.

What the title says , and its because of me forgetting to write my name and stuff like that too, that has never happened before.

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Do I stay in AP Bio?

I'm currently taking 3 APs -- Lit, Psych, and Bio. Since my school only offers lit, psych, bio, calc, and art I kinda chose the schedule where I can optimize the amount of APs I'll take. But the issue …

 
Stay in AP Bio
63%
 
Take AP Art
15%
 
Take AP Computer Science
20%
 
Other
0%
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How much time should I dedicate to studying for AP Calc AB?

I'm taking AP Calc AB along with APUSH, AP Art, AP Lit & Comp, plus some other honors classes. On top of that I have a few extra curricular's. I'm just wondering what the recommended study time for AP …

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SAT Preparation + Further Questions

Hello everyone,

As an international student, Canadian, I have a dream of attending an Ivy League but there are so many factors in my way . . . SAT and GPA. I would start with the SAT. I have learnt th …

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is military school worth it?

Like if I were to do military for something about behavioral stuff as the same time as military school and went to west point, what would happen if I didn't get accepted to go to medical school for fr …

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SAT

I registered for the October SAT and was wondering if there is anything specific that I should be studying I'm aiming for a 1200 or more any advice is appreciated.

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At a loss

I want a GPA of 3.4 Unweighted but I have a 2.8 unweighted GPA. I'm always unable to focus on homework and I always shake my leg or completely lose motivation. I typed something longer out earlier but …

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My stats (HBCU)

Hey! My dream school Is Morehouse Honors College, I’m currently a junior who has taken 7 honors classes during my high school career (3 fresh years, 2 soph year, 2 this year), 2 dual credits this year …

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Is studying abroad as a high schooler (interested in majoring in linguistics) worth it?

hello! I have applied for two summer programs with one of them being a summer abroad. the summer abroad requires not interacting in English whatsoever, so no phones, no music, books etc. I plan on maj …

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ap pre calculus

hey please give advice if u can :,) so im currently taking ap pre calculus and honestly im not good at math or algebra ... these past few weeks i've been struggling with a school-life balance and i sp …

 
stay
37%
 
leave
62%
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Do you think studying abroad is a good idea?

Honestly, I don't really have a dream college I want to attend. However, studying abroad caught my attention, and most colleges I've talked to have that option. What are some things I should know abou …

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