Juniors

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So I am a Junior and I've taken honors and AP classes, I'll be a senior next year and I don't know what classes to take, I want to go to a good school not like Ivy but somewhere where i'll get a good …

So my dream school is Wake Forest. It has been for years and every school I look at doesn't compare to it. It is literally the perfect school for me in every aspect. But, I put in my info and I have s …

I’m having a hard time deciding if I should be specific with my major. I want to be a pharmacist, but some of the schools I want to go to don’t have pharmacy but do have biochemistry. Would it be bett …

So, I am planning on applying to UChicago and a lot of countries up north. I'm from Texas, and have no family whatsoever upstate. Should I be worried about college expenses? Will I need a job? And if …

I'm taking AP Lit and AP Environmental next year and I'm considering taking AP CSP also. However, I'm not sure if I'm putting too much on my plate; I'm only used to 1 AP class for the entire school ye …

I applied and have been accepted to attend the 2024 Camp Rising Sun Program in New York and also the 2024 Yale Young African Scholars Program in Zimbabwe. Both of these program are happening in August …

How did you all decide/deciding what colleges to apply too, I have a small list but I don't have a clue on where I really want to go. The community, surroundings, everything.

I am a junior in high school and just finished my 3rd academic quarter. I dream of becoming a pilot one day but am worried I wont get into any good colleges or flight programs because of my GPA.I curr …

What scores did everyone else get? Mine was 1370 (710 R&W, 660 M). My October SAT score was 1320 (730 R&W, 590 M), so it is an increase, but definitely not the increase I wanted or was getting on the …

I am currently a sophomore in high school and would love to play women's lacrosse is college. I got moved up to jv as an 8th grader and am currently play my 3rd year as a starter as well as a 2 year c …

So, my teacher makes a slideshow and lectures on it. We take notes, but we can't use them on the test. We don't need to know dates or years, but we need to know people and events. For example: We are …

Unfortunately I was informed I will be taking the SAT next month, as required by my school. I have little time to prepare and am extremely busy at the moment- I don't have much time to study aside fro …

I have a 4.0 GPA unweighed and a 4.14 weighed, and currently taking my first AP ever (AP Bio) and 2 dual enrollments but I feel like that is not even close enough to stand out in an application to an …

Hello, I am currently a junior with an UWGPA of 3.5 and WGPA of 3.9. I realize they aren’t the best but my extracurriculars focus on robotics, our team has won state championships back to back and we …

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone has effective study methods for the AP exams. I'm taking 5 classes and I got the Baron's book for all of them except AP Lang.

my school uses percentage grades out of 100 instead of the 4.0 scale. I want to know where my GPA fits in with the average GPA of colleges i'm applying to. what would a weighted 102 be?

My school does not offer AP or honors classes, but I want to still stand out to colleges. Is there a way or different activity that will help with this?

I'm a Junior in High school and still don't have strong ideas as to what I want to do/major in. Right now I'm involved in a number of things extracurriculars. I've been in ASB, my school's Student Adv …

Hi everyone. Hope everybody reading this is doing well.

As almost everybody, I'm stressing over picking my courses for the 12th grade. Here are the classes I'm thinking of doing next year:

1. AP Litera …

I recently have tried using Knowt to study for my AP Exams occurring later this year. It's a lot easier for me, but I'm not sure how reliable of a resource it is.

Has anyone had experience using it to …