Juniors

This is a place to learn how other juniors are talking about college admissions.

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1. Get started by checking out our guidance page for juniors. Here you will fi …

I ended with a 5.9524 cumulative gpa on 7.0 scale which I believe calculates to a 3.4 gpa on 4.0 scale. I’m taking 3 dc classes and 4 k level. Is it possible to raise my gpa to 3.5 my senior year?

Hi! I'm an upcoming junior and am super passionate about biochemistry and economics. I want to pursue a future career that potentially combines both of these interests. I was looking towards starting …

Hey, I'm passionate about DS/comp sci and would like a project with outreach and impact to add to my ECS, but I genuinely can't brainstorm anything. Pretty good with Python and working with DS librari …

Hi! I'm having a hard time decide whether I should or shouldn't drop AP lit. Right now my schedule is AP Calc Bc, ap stats, ap physics and ap lit, along with senior seminar and a cooking class my elec …

Hey! My name is Elena and I would love to start a passion project in the field of psychology and I am trying to find a partener to do so. I would love to network with someone from another culture than …

My physics teacher gave me the contact of a physics/nuke engineering professor at a school I'm interested in, suggesting I reach out. The school is not local, so I'm wondering what I should say.

Shoul …

Psychology extracurricular ideas?

I just received my score back from DET with a 155 (out of 160) first try. However, I have two more credits/test attempts remaining (I bought a 2-test set and Duolingo for some reason gave me another f …

Hey everyone! I'm launching a photography non-profit as a passion project where photographers worldwide can offer their skills for community gigs. All proceeds from these sessions will go directly to …

okay so im not like the smartest person, infact i would describe myself of literally just below average in the subjects considered to be "most neccisary" and because of this i make up for it with spor …

Hi, I am planning to start an economics club in my school. Could anyone give ideas on what can be done in this club?

Should I take honors calculus or ap statistics for senior year. I took precalculus junior year and got a B+.

Y'all I got a 3 on the APLAC exam. I heard Berkeley only lets people in who got a 4 but it's ok because I didn't really want to go there anyway I just wanted to apply. Do y'all know if any other schoo …

Hi, did anyone get their application update from YYAS after being waitlisted ? They stated in the email that they will notify every student who got off the waitlist by july 6th and notify everyone whe …

Hello! My name is Ashley and I aspire to work in the healthcare career. Des anybody has any tips for starting a passion project/research or how to recruit others? If you want to help me out and have s …

I'm currently a junior who has moved to the US from Australia. Any advice on anything? I have zero idea of how to navigate the American school system!

Hello, so I'm a rising junior and I'm interested in completing a passion project that is connected to my major.A lot of the things I find online are things like complete an internship, but in my area …

Does anyone know any good organizations to volunteer for as a high schooler? Especially if the volunteering hours are eligible for the PVSA and/or online. Thank you!

Hi! So I am currently a rising junior and I am really scared about my gpa specifically.

So in freshman year I got a 2.98 gpa, I got mostly A-'s and B's but I had one C+ in math.

For sophomore year I g …

so i am about to be a junior and really wanna do a passion project. I want to major in journalism.

Any ideas?