Juniors

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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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9 months ago
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Internships + Cold Emailing

Hi!

My name is Raina, and I'm looking for internships + more opportunities for research. I want to major in neuroscience and hopefully go into biotechnology. I have a list of professors from my state …

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9 months ago
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How while this effect

Hi I'm rising senior, I did not do well in my APUSH class this year so my Guidance Counselor will not let me take Ap Gov and economics instead I will take honors. How will this effect me? I did instea …

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9 months ago
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Extracurriculars/Community Service

As an international student wishing to apply to college in the US, my school doesn't offer much in terms of extracurriculars or community service. What would be a way for me to find these opportunitie …

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9 months ago
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Extracurricular's in High School

Hello Everyone!

I recently saw many High School students working for organizations, and being the President of it too. Are these organizations outside of school or are they inside of school. If possib …

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9 months ago
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What can I do better? (Rising junior).

I have A’s all around, in every class. I’m taking as many honors and AP’s as my school offers and I can to keep my brain cells intact. (AP European History, AP Compsci, AP lang, AP lit, AP physics 1, …

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9 months ago
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When your school doesn’t offer much

does anyone know how badly it affects me that my schools offers like 2 honors classes for each grade? i’m taking every one of those more advanced classes i can but they don’t offer much and i wanna kn …

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9 months ago
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Should I add more EC's to my list?

I have pretty average academics (A+ average all year) and I haven't taken my tests yet because my school is odd and will be making us take them this upcoming year, but hopefully, I get decent scores o …

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10 months ago
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Junior Year Schedule?

Hi! I'm a rising junior in hs, and I wanted to see if this is a good schedule to have. I'm not trying to get into any Ivy leagues, just UCs (which are as hard, ngl)

Keep in mind I'm aiming to go into p …

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10 months ago
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Study for SAT/ACT

I am going to be a junior this fall and I have to prepare for my SAT. I've seen a bunch of advice on taking the SAT and studying advice. I'd like to get some more on them and also if I should take the …

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10 months ago
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My class rank

My numerical position is 30th, with 87 students in my class and my percentile is 66%. My GPA is 3.39, what is my class rank?

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10 months ago
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Advice?

This will be my schedule next year as a Senior...

AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Stats, AP Calc AB, AP Bio, AP Psych, and I will be self-studying AP Phys C: Mech

I know at least some of you took a lot of APs last …

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10 months ago
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What extracurriculars should I choose for high school in order to impress the top ten schools?

What extracurriculars should I choose for high school in order to impress the top ten schools?

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10 months ago
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Majors in College

I am a rising junior in high school and I want to pursue medicine. There are a bunch of majors for pre-med students however I am very confused which ones to take. Any suggestions?

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10 months ago
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Should I change my schedule?

My counselor put me in a bunch of CP classes and I'm worried it will pull down my GPA

Bio 101

English 101

forensics H

Pre- calc H

creative writing CP

film criticism CP

SAT prep CP

accounting CP

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10 months ago
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Is this a good schedule for a rising senior?

I intend to double major in biomedical engineering and Pre-medicine, or any related sciences, and I plan on going into cardiology as a cardiac EP.

Gifted/Honors Microbiology

AP English Literature and Co …

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10 months ago
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OLD ACT&SAT prep books

Out of genuine curiosity, my older sibling has old ACT and SAT prep books from like 2017–2019. Could I still be able to use these to study for the 2024 ACT or SAT, or would it not be beneficial?

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10 months ago
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When should I do the SAT?

I was wondering when I should take the SAT, many people say to take it in the Spring of Junior year, but since the SAT only goes until Algebra 2 level math, which I have already done, couldn't I just …

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10 months ago
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Do I need a passion project or "spike" to get into UCLA?

I've heard you need a passion project or something that stands out to enter competitive schools. With a GPA of 3.8 and many leadership activities and experience, I am wondering if it is enough for me …

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10 months ago
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How do I figure out what I should major in?

I am going into junior year and really enjoy math, my future goals are to go to a good college and get a good high paying career. I am really struggling to narrow down my major choice and feel like I …

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10 months ago
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Is this a good junior year schedule?

Intended major : Architecture

AP World

AP Lang

Algebra 2

Honors Chemistry

Environmental Science

Green Literacy: Buildings & infrastructure

3D Art

Alternative for Green Literacy:

Physics Fondation

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