Juniors

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Hi, I am a junior with a good gpa (4.5 freshman-junior). I have decent extra curriculars. What should I be doing to prepare for my senior year and college in two years?

I do not intend to promote/create any bias regarding affirmative action (AA) policies. I just want to provide background information about AA.

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Motivating yourself to do your homework, study, participate in class, or just go to school can be quite difficult when you're in high school! Below, I have complied a list of things that continue to m …

I’m currently in my junior year. I’m passing all my other classes including honors Geosystems, APUSH, and APLANG. My only issue is I’m sitting at a D+ in Algebra 2. We’re on a rolling grade book and I …

not to be depressing but my junior year has been very bad my 1st quarter grades are absolutely terrible to the point i do not think any of my schools will accept me i do not know what to do should i j …

Many people say that colleges like work experience. Does it also count if you do an internship non-paid? Is having work experience necessary?

Hello, I am a junior at a competitive highschool, and I am aiming for MIT. My current school is new and only has 4 AP's to take. I know schools look at how many AP's your school offers, but my school …

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I don't consider myself a gifted or a lazy student. Since my first year of High School, I have received only As, giving me a GPA of 4.1 on a 4.5 scale. I'm in the eleventh grade right now, I currently …

first of all, you can skip your freshman year of college if you do well. Fair warning: it’s a bit of a long read so bear with me.

As the DP starts it may feel like you’re being thrown into the deep end …

I’m a junior (class of 2024) and I don’t have a field of study picked. I have so many interests that I can’t imagine giving up STEM to pursue English/humanities and vice versa. The only thing I really …

My first two years in high school were online and I’m now a junior, my GPA dropped to a 2.6 unweighted, is it possible to increase GPA to a 3.0+ in the next 2 years, class of 2024

I'm a junior with a weighted GPA of 3.75. I thought I would be able to bring my GPA up by the end of junior year but I have had a terrible 1st quarter. Do you think I would be able to get into NC Stat …

i have been struggling with mental health and family issues through the years. this often took away from the things that i once did. i used to be a comettion swimmer and play volleyball and lacrosse, …

So today I watching a cool video on a some physics phenomena and I was very impressed by the way the narrator was explaining it. I went back to my room and I thought if doing research will be somethin …

At the start of every semester I try to reflect back on my previous one to know what mistakes I made and try not to make those mistakes again that semester. It was in 5th grade that my marks started d …

hi everyone I feel like im going through a similar situation as many of the rest of us in here... last year I had an absolute hellish AP world teacher and my mental health went to the gutter and my gp …

So I would like to ask how or where can I find teammates for business competitions like NEC, FBLA, etc.

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I am a high school Junior who struggled with major family issues, mental health issues, and all the inbetween. Due to all the stresses of my issues as well as having to move to a new place, my grades …