Juniors

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I'm currently in 11th grade and have a 3.8 GPA, and by the end of this year, I could raise my GPA to 4.0. I have a SAT score of 1340.

My school offers no honors or AP classes, so we don't have a weight …

I'm involved in many extracurriculars (BETA, HOSA, School Newspaper, Habitat for Humanity, Debate Club, Track, Cross Country, and a Paid Summer Internship) but I don't think I have a leadership positi …

I have 3.25 unweighted GPA and I want to raise it to at least 3.5 or more how do I do it? I mean, have been taking honors classes since 10th grade and I’m taking an AP class next semester and this sem …

Hey guys i’m a junior in highschool with a 3.8 unweighted gpa(which will probably stay around this same number) by the end of highschool i’ll have taken 2 college courses, 8 aps(most likely all above …

I'm having trouble finding internships for highschool students in nyc. Can any one one give suggestions on what to do.

I've tried so many things. I ask questions in class. I've varied my notetaking strategies. I've used online review guides. I try to draw pictures so I can visualize the content. I've used flashcards a …

our school does not give much awards or much extracurriculur oppurtunities. What to do

what can i do to raise a 2.0 to a 3.0 at least. im gonna start doing a lot of volunteering and a sport but im just not interested in clubs.im not taking any ib or ap classes but im doing good in all m …

I have always been a good student. Principals List, high GPA, honor student, dual enrollment classes, all the typical "top student" things. My school does not offer many clubs or extracurricular class …

I have a 3.941 GPA and plan to get a 32-34 on the ACT. I'm currently in around 4 extracurricular activities;

- FIRST Robotics

- 3D Printing (a new club at my school)

- Science Olympiad

- NHS (National Ho …

hi! took the written sat and got a 760 on the english and a 690 on the math. I wanted to do better on the math since it's on the average/below average for a lot of the schools I want to apply to (top …

Hi everyone! I'm currently a Junior and wrapping up my first semester. I'm from Connecticut and plan on applying to top schools in the Northeast such as New York Universiy and Boston University. Howev …

Hi my name is Rayne,

I have bad attendance (already missed 190 hours of school and it's only the first semester) and no extracurriculars. I went to one meeting of speech and debate and found it ultim …

Hi I'm Vanessa, like most people on here I'd like a second opinion on my extracurriculars. I don't know if everything i'm putting down below counts as an extracurricular, I'm also going to put hobbies …

Hi my name is Kayla. One of my teachers recommended that I take a college course, I'm not sure because i don't know if it would help my GPA? I'm just kind of confused about what taking a college cours …

So im a junior(duh) and im really struggling to pick a career for my future. My dream college is flagler (its not some great place but its nice and i love the city there) and im just really struggling …

Hi my name is Kayla and i'm currently a junior. My GPA is 2.6 which is low and I want to do better. Im going to be taking AP psychology next year and i'm going to do more volunteering. Im worried I wo …

Hi I’m currently taking AP Music Theory and I’m wondering if anyone who’s currently taking this class or took it has any resources that’ll help me with it! Thanks a lot! :)

i'm currently a junior and have a 4.2 weighted GPA. so far, i've taken 2 dual enrollment, 2 AP, and 4 honors classes. i'm worried about my extracurriculars though, so i was hoping i could get a second …

i'm taking ap human geography, which so far has been fairly decent, nothing too hard, but the tests we take are killing me. does anyone have tips for how they remembered vocab and other stuff for ap c …