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 …

I am a rising senior, and I am especially worried about my extracurriculars.

Right now, I am planning on growing my social media account where I discuss STEM topics; I want to explore this and see how …

I'm a junior getting ready for college applications this fall. When should I start asking for recommendation letters?

I'm a junior in high school in southeast high school and I want to do as many extracurriculars that will stand out when I start applying to colleges next year.

My Senior Year schedule for next year originally consisted of 5 AP classes and 2 Honors, one of those APs being US Government and Macroeconomics. A lot of students online told me recently that it requ …

My Senior Year schedule for next year originally consisted of 5 AP classes and 2 Honors, one of those APs being US Government and Macroeconomics. A lot of students online told me recently that it requ …

For freshman-junior year, I took one AP each year because I was scared of putting too much on my plate, but something has come over me and I've realized that I'm more capable than I think so I've deci …

Hi guys,

I am curious- how was the May SAT?? I heard a lot of reddit that it was SO much better than the March test and some students even said they wished they had not studied! Honestly, I am mad :) b …

Any Indian international students here? I am clueless as to how to navigate the college application process. Any help at all would be much appreciated.

I will be starting volunteering shortly. I do not …

I’m a current junior in high school, and I took AP Biology this year. If I’m planning to major in biology in college, would it be more useful to me to take AP Chem or AP Physics 1 as a senior? I alrea …

hi guys,

so, i am really struggling with pleasing my mom when it comes to college and applications. on one hand, i know that this is MY future and that i should make my decisions for myself, but on th …

I am currently deciding on what I want to study in college and have decided on sports management with a minor in some kind of political science (preferably American, but I am not picky).

The only prob …

I'm a Junior right now and graduating next year 2025. I want to become a K-12 teacher and I am looking for dual credit college courses to take. Does anyone have recommendations on what classes I shoul …

So I’ve applied for about $95,000 in scholarships in the past week. Most of them are no essay scholarships and based solely on chance so I’d be shocked if I won any of those lol

Do y’all know any good …

I know that mostly Bluebook SAT practice tests 4-6 are the most accurate, but for my studying plans, I need way more than 3 practice exams. Does anyone have any advice on what other practice tests I c …

Hello, i'm an imcoming junior and have recieved some connection requests from a couple of schools. How does this work? Do I text them first? Do they text me? Do we talk at all? Thank you!!

I'm an incoming junior and on my transcript I have credits for spanish 1-6. Does this really help me in trying to get into college? I want to major in computer science or something similar, so I don't …

Hi there! I recently heard about the Duolingo English Test and have been looking into taking it to add to my college resume. Based on the practice test, my projected score is 150-160 (160 is the hig …

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I already took the SATs in March and was very happy to finally see a score above 980, especially because it was the first time I ever got above 1000. I signed up for the May one in a few da …

Is it bad to apply test optional if your school pays for everyone to take the SAT? Like, will the schools assume you scored poorly if you don't submit a score.

So, I didn't really think the SAT was "required," but my Dad is really pushing on me to take it. When he first heard me say, "I don't want to take the SAT," he sounded astonished and I had to say he h …