Juniors

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Asking for help from anyone who has taken or is currently taking AP Physics 1. My circular motion unit test is in two days and I'm so lost. The only topic I have understood so far is Newton's Laws. Ob …

I have a 3.88 weighted GPA and a 3.6 unweighted, and i was wondering if applying to a good college is going to be impossible. I have taken APUSH and i am currently taking AP micro/macro, and AP Lit. I …

Hello. I am a student at Copenhagen International School taking the IB Curriculum. However, I will likely have to move to the US at the end of this school year so that I can start my senior year there …

so basicly i am in 11th grade and i still dont understand if AP subjects are going to get me into ASU or not so i am low-key kinda confused and worried that i am out of time and i took ap for nothing …

I just took the November SAT and I'm nervous low-key, no discussion of test content, I struggled a little. Anyone have any thoughts, anything to say.

I am a junior at a very competitive high school (most of these kids from the past graduating class have gone to very prestige colleges like Stanford and ivys) and I feel honestly far behind. I was won …

Hi, I'm a junior in high school right now, and I'm trying to narrow down how many colleges I want to apply to. Currently, I have 10 on my list (2 safeties, 6 targets, and 2 reaches), and I'm wondering …

I'm a junior at Lawrence high school none of my friends take AP classes except for 2 and they talk about how they hate it and wishes they had never taken them. Throughout my high school experience I h …

I'm a junior studying internationally and will applying to a few colleges in the US. Based on the following overview of my stats, could you please list a few good colleges (public/private) that you th …

I took a SAT practice test, and my best score for Reading & Writing was 730. I still want to get that higher, but my main issue is math. My highest score for math has been a 580, and my goal is to get …

Trying to get into Cal Poly to play volleyball and possibly get a PhD. I currently retain a 4.57 GPA at a challenging private school and am on a club volleyball team that is 11th in the country. Howev …

My freshman year, I did really badly. Had a 3.6 GPA; in my sophomore year, I had a 4.1 GPA; and now, in the first Quarter of junior year, I have a 4.1. What do y'all think I should do?

Hi! I really hate this class. Any tips? For some reason I'm good at engineering and actually applying principles when building something, but all these stupid word problems for some reason trip me up. …

So, I'm a junior who just joined the American public school system. I used to live in another country up until last year. Because of the fact I'm new, I had to take so many grad requirement courses. …

I live in NY state and plan on majoring in Psychology in college, with my goal being to become a therapist. I'm already taking the AP Psych exam in May, but I'd like to know other things I can take/do …

I have a 3.5 gpa , I was born in Texas but moved to California ,and Im in extra circulars. I play basketball for my school and play for team USA. I need help trying to find a school in Texas that can …

Okay, so we just got our ACT scores back, and mine was a LOT worse than I expected. These are my stats,

AP Tests:

AP Precalc: 4

APUSH: 4

APHUG: 5

(Taking AP Calc AB, AP Physics 1, AP U.S Gov, and a CCP t …

I am trying to graduate early but i dont know if it affects my chances of getting into college.

How do I improve my GPA the rest of the year?

I am currently in our school's highest band class which is wind ensemble and have been in it since last year (sophomore year) and in concert band my freshman year. I also marched for two years and am …