Juniors

A community for juniors on CollegeVine to connect as you all get ready for college applications.
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Welcome to the Juniors community 🎉

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 …

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Decisions for Summer

Hello, I am a junior and I am considering enrolling in college programs online during my summer break. I would like to know if you have any experience with online summer college and if you would recom …

 
Do Summer College
54%
 
Enjoy the summer!!
45%
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2 months ago
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IB students?

Hiiii is anyone here an IB student in their first year? Would like to reach out to discuss classes and balancing extra-curricular activities, as well as college applications!

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Worried

Idk what my issue is but I’m terrified of not getting into a good school and being like a forever loser, it feels like I’m just painfully average and my grades are just getting worse and worse, like e …

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Does Teacher Assistant look bad to Colleges?

My teacher said that a TA class tells colleges that instead of taking a useful course, the student decided to slack off and choose an easy class. But my parents told me that it can be good experience?

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I'm a sophomore, is this a good schedule for my junior year?

For background information, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, maybe something about computers like a graphic designer. And I'm planning to go to University.

US history

AP English lang

AP Cal …

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3 months ago
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What should I major/minor in?

I've been having a hard time deciding on what majors to focus on going into college.

I know business or some sort of sub-major under that would be the best idea, but if I was focusing on my interests …

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3 months ago
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Is it better to take a community college first and then transfer into a university, or to just go into a university?

My family doesn't have a lot of money, and I'm hoping to get into a professional job to help them out. What should I do?

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3 months ago
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Computer Science vs. Software Engineering

Hi! I am currently a junior in high school and I am having trouble deciding if I should major in Computer Science or Software Engineering. My ultimate goal is to become a software engineer, however I …

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3 months ago
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Taking 2 math courses at the same time

Heyy! I am a high school junior who is currently choosing my senior year courses and the deadline to request courses/classes is in late februrary. I needed some advice on taking both precalculus and a …

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3 months ago
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extracurriculars!

Hi guys! I'm a junior right now hoping to become a nurse practitioner, I want to take up medicine but I feel like I don't have enough extracurriculars related to that :( Does anyone have suggestions??

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What do I do?

I'm currently a sophomore, my weighted GPA is 3.4 and I am taking AP Psychology and 2 college classes. I am taking at least 11 college classes while I'm in high school and I plan on taking 2-3 more AP …

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Courses to take in senior year based on my interests

Hello! I’m a junior who’s about to choose my classes for senior year. I hope to major in neuroscience specifically cognitive and behavioral or either. I wanted to know which courses would be best to t …

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3 months ago
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First USA DSAT Upcoming! PLUS Incredible FREE study resources I love

The first DSAT for American students is officially March 9th!

Who’s registered/planning on registering?

I personally studied up on the DSAT’s structure and strategies last fall, and I thought some of y …

 
Taking March DSAT!
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Sticking with ACT
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Test-optional
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International student
12%
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Low GPA This semester

Hi!

Unfortunately, I got a 3.3 GPA my first semester of junior year. In previous years, my GPA has never dropped below a 3.83 and that has always been my cumulative GPA. I'm taking the most rigorous cl …

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3 months ago
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Scheduling: AP english or College Comp? Doubling up on science?

I’m a current sophomore and rising junior and scheduling my classes for next year. I’m interested in the medical field for the future (PA or NP maybe) but not completely set on that. The classes I’m c …

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Careers

Hi!! Im a freshman in a high school in Philadelphia,and today awas the day I picked a career path to do. The 3 I selected were Introduction to Medicine, Law, and Business. Now im starting to think it …

 
medicine
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law
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business
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quit the whole thing and restart
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Careers

Hi!! Im a freshman in a high school in Philadelphia,and today awas the day I picked a career path to do. The 3 I selected were Introduction to Medicine, Law, and Business. Now im starting to think it …

 
medicine
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law
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business
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quit the whole thing and restart
30%
Poll closed10 votes
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Medicine or World Studies

I’ve been trying to choose between becoming a pharmacist or an epidemiologist for a few years now, but lately I’ve wanted to do something besides medicine. I’ve always known I wanted to help people, b …

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3 months ago
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BS/MD

I'm a high school junior trying to know what schools in Texas offer bs/md programs.Please let me know if you know any. Thanks in advance

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Choosing a certain path

I am a Junior in Highschool. I am stuck in a dilemma of deciding if I should go to a Tech school and get a trade and earn some money almost as a side, which my high school will pay for. Or go to a uni …

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