Juniors

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I'm a junior right now, and I would love to take some classes at my local community college to build up my academic record. But, I don't have the means to pay for them since it's in the range of $ …

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Quick question. I went for scheduling with my guidance counselor and I was recommended to take multiple APs next year. I ended up not taking any, which means I will finish out hig …

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I am a Chinese student living in the US for 3-4 years now, and I need tips on college admission as an international student.

MY STATS!

3.4 Unweighted GPA (Messed up some classes in MS that counted …

I'm looking for summer programs or internships for high school students. I plan on majoring in political science so anything in that field would be preferred. If anyone has any ideas please let me kno …

I'm a sophomore taking my first AP next year, which is APES. I have a 3.78 unweighted GPA and I'm planning on taking Honors Molecular Bio and Honors Spanish 3.

My school offers a variety of AP courses, many of which I am taking/will have taken. Next year, I signed up to take AP Economics, a course that apparently incorporates both Micro and Macroeconomics, a …

Hey there, I am a sophomore in high school, and would like to pursue a major in astronomy in the U.S.

I have collected as much info I could and I wish to take at least 4 AP classes in the coming year …

I'm planning on applying to some extremely competitive schools next year. I know one in particular that I want to apply Early Decision to, but I'm worried that I won't have all the materials I need. I …

Hey! I am an upcoming junior that is trying to make course decisions for next school year and just wanted to get some advice on my plan of taking 5 AP class. I understand that it is a lot but I think …

I'm currently a junior in a private school in India. I will be starting my senior year (12th grade) in March 2022. I am currently interested in applying to some of the BSMD programs in the US and I do …

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I'm a junior in high school and I'm taking AP Bio, APUSH, and I'm also self-studying AP Music Theory. My school also has a dual curriculum, and I have twice as many classes as other schools. My sch …

I'm applying to Thrive Scholars, which is a program that helps first-gen, low-income, and/or BIPOC individuals with the process of applying to and attending college. I made it past the preliminary rou …

I thought I saw a column in my college vine profile that said Admissions Contact, but now I cant find it. Does anybody know where I might find this information in college vine?

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I'm currently a junior in high school, and I have course registrations coming up soon for senior year. For context, I'm a year ahead in math (ie taking senior-level math as a junior), so I to …

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I am a junior in high school, I'm currently too busy to start any clubs of my own but I hope to jump at the opportunity when I get it. I am very passionate about fitness and health, though I am …

I want to pursue a STEM career but my school and community are very limited. It's an extremely rural area (a total of 400 ppl in my school) and any sort of clubs are all steered towards agriculture. M …

Hi! I'm a current junior and i plan in pursuing a career in law/policy. I don't know which field of law i want to go into or what i want to major in. I'm trying to decide between history, economics, b …

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Would it be better for me, as a junior, to take more AP courses next year as a senior even though I might not succeed and get A's in all of them? Does it look better to colleges that I challenged …

I have the option of taking Probability and Statistics, or Pre-Calculus (pre-calc), next year as a senior. I'm not 100% sure of the differences, but I know that pre-calc is more complicated than Proba …

Hello, please help with choosing the right math class for senior year. When planning for a premed track which math class AP Calc or AP Stat will look good on college application & be beneficial in col …