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A community for juniors on CollegeVine to connect as you all get ready for college applications.
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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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I Want To Join The NROTC And Go To App State With Little Tuition Fees

As a Junior in a public High School with a large family, I feel pressure from all sides to figure out how to attend college without paying high tuition. I really want to go into Physical Education as …

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2 months ago
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Is my GPA cooking me?

Hey all! I'm a Junior at a public high school, and I cant help but feel like I'm way behind all of my peers (they're all academic beasts).

I have a 3.6 UW GPA (what I'm most worried about, I kind of f …

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2 months ago
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What more do I need?

I'm a junior in HS, almost done with first semester. I would argue that I have a pretty decent balance between school and extracurriculars. I'm a part of HOSA, Science Olympiad, ESA (environmental stu …

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2 months ago
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Can you make up bad GPA with crazy sports and extracurriculars?

Hey! I was wonering if it makes sense to scrape by academically, but be an absolute monster with extracurriculars. That's what I'm doing right now, and I'm being asked by tons of colleges to join them …

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2 months ago
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which is best ipmat coaching in indore

If you are planning to prepare for IPMAT in Indore, it offers excellent options. Among the top IPMAT coaching institutes in IPMAT, Career Launcher, iQuanta, Supergrads, and T.I.M.E. stand out for thei …

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2 months ago
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Is this going to be a problem?

I'm a current junior at my high school and I have a 3.4 uw GPA and 3.9 weighted gpa. All three years so far I have taken mostly honors classes, except for CP math class, and this year I am taking AP L …

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2 months ago
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New interest in the middle of junior year - is it too late? Read description please!

Hi! I’m a junior right now almost ending my first semester. I have not found any interest or passion in anything that I would major in in college. I’m not looking to switch majors in the middle of my …

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3 months ago
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Self studying THREE AP CLASSES

Hi guys, I am Junior near Seattle, immigrated from Canada this year. (I'm Korean) However, I don't have any AP classes yet that I decided to self study AP Calc BC, AP WH, and AP Physics 1. My biggest …

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3 months ago
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I'm done for

Hello, i'm a junior in high school and my PSAT scores are not what i want it to be. Does anyone have any tips to practice for the real SAT?

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3 months ago
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Can somebody review my essay

The car stops. The driver and passenger doors swing open. I look around as they approach my door. I see desert—lots of it—with cacti. Low-lying vines battle the endless yellow desert, not the tall sag …

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3 months ago
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College Sports

Hey guys, I'm in 11th grade (obviously) and I feel like I'm decent at softball, i've been playing for 6 years now and I feel like I have good statistics but should I let softball control where I go? I …

 
prioritize sports
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prioritize school
45%
 
find one in the middle
54%
Poll closed11 votes
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3 months ago
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Applications

Hey guys!

I was wondering when we should start applying to colleges? Some people are already sending in applications but I thought you didn’t apply till senior year.

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3 months ago
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When to normally apply

so i’m a junior , and i wanna know when to apply for scholarships and for college ? should i do it as soon as i enter senior year or? and for scholarships do i start now or ??

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3 months ago
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What is an IB??

I'm a junior in highschool and I actually don't know what an IB is... I feel like I should know but no one at my school is talking about it...

Is it like an exam?? and if it is what is it for (or subj …

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3 months ago
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HI! Anyone know any good colleges for Equine studies/sciences??

I am in Arizona, and my career path focuses on equine studies. However, there isn't an option to search for anything equine. Any fellow animal lovers have any schools that they've been interested in t …

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3 months ago
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Do I need clinical experience if I want to go Pre-Med??

I am interested in applying to Pre-Med programs, but I don't have any medical experience. Do I need to shadow or conduct research to be competitive at top schools, or am I fine without? For context, I …

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3 months ago
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Am I considered really behind??

I'm a junior and I haven't really started to care for school up until about halfway through last year and I am really trying to become a better student but I have no AP's or Honors under my belt. Am I …

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3 months ago
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Did anyone else have their account/application sent out?

My application was sent out to 3 schools, 2 of which are my top choices but I never requested a connection or submitted an application. Did anyone else have this issue?

 
I did!
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Nope.
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Hm. Let me check!
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I can help you!........
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3 months ago
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am I the only one taking online school?

So I'm in 11th grade and I'm doing online school. I am about to finish my second semester, and I haven't taken the SAT or ACT... should I be worried?

 
Talk to your counselor
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apply for a test-optional college
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community college...
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3 months ago
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Scholarships for Juniors

Hi, I'm an aspiring medical doctor with a 3.7579 gpa, I just want to know how I can get scholarships for free and is it possible for students to pay their own tuition without parents' obligation

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