Juniors

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I just took the November SAT and I'm nervous low-key, no discussion of test content, I struggled a little. Anyone have any thoughts, anything to say.

I am a junior at a very competitive high school (most of these kids from the past graduating class have gone to very prestige colleges like Stanford and ivys) and I feel honestly far behind. I was won …

Hi, I'm a junior in high school right now, and I'm trying to narrow down how many colleges I want to apply to. Currently, I have 10 on my list (2 safeties, 6 targets, and 2 reaches), and I'm wondering …

I'm a junior at Lawrence high school none of my friends take AP classes except for 2 and they talk about how they hate it and wishes they had never taken them. Throughout my high school experience I h …

I'm a junior studying internationally and will applying to a few colleges in the US. Based on the following overview of my stats, could you please list a few good colleges (public/private) that you th …

I took a SAT practice test, and my best score for Reading & Writing was 730. I still want to get that higher, but my main issue is math. My highest score for math has been a 580, and my goal is to get …

Trying to get into Cal Poly to play volleyball and possibly get a PhD. I currently retain a 4.57 GPA at a challenging private school and am on a club volleyball team that is 11th in the country. Howev …

My freshman year, I did really badly. Had a 3.6 GPA; in my sophomore year, I had a 4.1 GPA; and now, in the first Quarter of junior year, I have a 4.1. What do y'all think I should do?

Hi! I really hate this class. Any tips? For some reason I'm good at engineering and actually applying principles when building something, but all these stupid word problems for some reason trip me up. …

So, I'm a junior who just joined the American public school system. I used to live in another country up until last year. Because of the fact I'm new, I had to take so many grad requirement courses. …

I live in NY state and plan on majoring in Psychology in college, with my goal being to become a therapist. I'm already taking the AP Psych exam in May, but I'd like to know other things I can take/do …

I have a 3.5 gpa , I was born in Texas but moved to California ,and Im in extra circulars. I play basketball for my school and play for team USA. I need help trying to find a school in Texas that can …

Okay, so we just got our ACT scores back, and mine was a LOT worse than I expected. These are my stats,

AP Tests:

AP Precalc: 4

APUSH: 4

APHUG: 5

(Taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP U.S Gov, and a CCP t …

I am trying to graduate early but i dont know if it affects my chances of getting into college.

How do I improve my GPA the rest of the year?

I am currently in our school's highest band class which is wind ensemble and have been in it since last year (sophomore year) and in concert band my freshman year. I also marched for two years and am …

I have a weighted GPA for the first 2 years of a 4.35 and am taking an AP this year on top of an honors course. My question is would I be able to get into a good college and I plan to go for civil eng …

I'm a junior at a somewhat rural high school with limited classes and not too many opportunities. I'm looking for some advice because I want to get in to some bigger schools but my extracurriculars an …

This year I am taking AP Lang and I am struggling due to multiple factors. I don't have the best teacher but I did take AP Seminar last year which I've heard is supposed to help. Any advice on how to …

Could you give me some tips on how to get admitted in the colleges of the US as in what should I do,have or apply for to become a full scholar ?