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 …

Hi - I was thing of starting an outdoors club (Basic wilderness skills, possibly hikes) at my school. I go to a big public high school in a town that is mostly diverse. My other EC's include stuco tre …

I'm going into my junior year this year and will be taking the IBDP. I am an average student and wanted to know if there is any way to add/improve my existing ECs to have better chances for college. A …

What other extracurriculars should I do? I’m already in NHS and have taken leadership positions, I’ve done a card game club in freshman year (the club got canceled), I’ve done several summer programs …

I am a 10th grade student studying in the Maharashtra state board in India. My school does not provide AP and IB courses. I really want to get into Harvard and hence i have started working on my colle …

I really need to know about how many APs is considered too many from freshmen to senior year. So far I have taken 3, I plan to take 6 more this year, and another 3-10 in senior year. To give some cont …

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i am a rising high school junior going to a pretty small school. were called a college prep but it doesnt feel like one to me. we dont have tons of things that even most public schools in my ar …

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I'm a rising junior, and I want to make a new club at my school, but i don't know if my club is quite inclusive, because I would like to have a lot of people join my club. I plan on making a club …

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im a rising highschool junior attending a small school and im pretty lost on where i should go with my career and choosing a major for college. i have an idea of what i want to do but im scared …

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I'm a rising junior, and I want to make a new club at my school, but i don't know if my club is quite inclusive, because I would like to have a lot of people join my club. I plan on making a club …

My sophomore year, my math teacher was rude, saying things like "Your homework looks really good, unless you copied it off of someone else" when I came in during office hours for homework help. Becaus …

I want to start a club but…

How do I start a club and initiate aspects like fundraisers, inviting public speakers, organizing community service, and planning activities? I have no experience in any of …

This has been something on my mind ever since I started looking into online AP courses about two months ago. Mainly what I'm trying to figure out is if it would affect my overall estimated GPA. Do the …

I know Junior year is the year colleges focus on the most, so I'm trying to make sure my academics and EC's for the year are up to par. I'm worried I might take on too big of a course load in trying t …

I am in RS program, which is taking courses full time in community college during high school year. I plan on taking calc 1 and Eng 1 on the first quarter, still deciding whether to take civics or US …

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i'm currently going to be a rising junior in the fall. my stats are good, but my extracurriculars are extremely weak (2 clubs with no leadership position). I know I have to create a spike on m …

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For my freshman year of High School I've got a chance to choice Honors courses or regular. Can you suggest some subjects I should choose that are honors which would help me get into a t …

A couple of days ago, I posted a poll on what my next move is with my college experience. It closed last night with split results for extracurriculars and AP classes.

As said in the poll, this is the …

Last night, the poll that I posted closed and the results were split between extracurriculars and AP classes. I would like to gather ideas for possible extracurriculars that would help with getting in …

Hi there, i’ve been using khan academy to study for my SAT, and i was wondering if anybody else noticed that the content is harder than some of the other study materials i have. Has anybody else notic …

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I have to confirm my IB subjects very soon as I will be going to grade 10, right now my subjects are: HL: Business Management, Math AA, Design Technology, SL: Visual art, Chinese B, Language an …