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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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ECs for a rising Junior aspiring to go to BC (Boston College) with an English Major

Hi! I am a rising Junior and I am looking for strong extracirriculars or tips for ECs that will impress BC and align with my English Major.

I am already a decorated poet. I have local poetry awards fro …

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Honors Classes technically but No Honors actually listed

I am a rising junior for the 25-26 year and I plan to go into Urban Planning or Poli Sci/Public Policy. My dream schools are Boston University and University of Washington. My school is a private scho …

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6 months ago
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college app.

I want to list "art commissions" as a work/paid extracurricular but I don't really have reputable evidence of it. I take commissions online but I don't post my work on socials, so should I mention it …

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extracurricular for rising juniors (biomedical engineering major)

heyy im a rising junior for the 25-26 academic year :)

any extracurricular activity recommendations for a BME major??

i joined my current school during the second semester of my sophomore year

so like i …

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Extracurriculars

I am a rising Junior for the 25-26 school. I don't exactly know what I want to do career wise, I'm definitely thinking something STEM but that's a future me problem. I live in a very small town where …

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Chances at NCAT? Nursing Major w/ 3.9 GPA+Internships!

Hi guys! I’m a rising junior, Class of 2027, with a 3.9 GPA, and I’m super passionate about nursing — my dream is to get into North Carolina A&T State University (GO AGGIES! 💙💛). I’m involved in Beta …

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Advice for upcoming high school-+ junior to stay on track for CS major?

Hi! I am going to be a junior soon and I want to make the most of it. I moved to the U.S. from another country and didn't know much about how things work here, so I feel like I missed some chances ear …

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EC Ideas

Hello! I'm a rising junior in a small school in Utah. I plan to go out of state for college, so I really need scholarships. I'm very involved in school, and I was wondering what other ECs I can do to …

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Chances

My dream college is UC Riverside, and I'm involved with a lot of my school's sports and clubs, and my GPA is 3.3, so what would my chances of getting in and if so, what would I have to do to get in?

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Can I go straight to AP Calc AB from precalc

I am currently a junior taking precalc and want to take AP Calc AB my senior year. My plan was to take a virtual summer calculus course to prepare me with an outside organization that is not a college …

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No Honors

Ok so, I attend a small school that offers few AP's and no honors, is there anything I can do to stand out more? So far I have a 5 on AP Lang and am awaiting my Lit and Psych scores lol, but I'm worri …

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ACT Prep

I have taken 2 ACTs:

1st was (30 M) (30 S) (31 E) (33 R) - Composite 31

2nd was (32 M) (34 S) (29 E) (25 R) - Composite 30

My superscore is 33, but I want a 33 from one test date. What is the best way to …

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Looks like I'm a junior now.

I attend a pretty weak school in Arkansas, we don't offer many APs and our S:T isn't great. I don't even think our school is ranked top 200 in the state. However, I have a 4.0 UW GPA, am taking two co …

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7 months ago
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Extracurriculars

I'm honestly very confused about what to do for extracurriculars. I go to an extremely competitive highschool, top 3 in my state. Kids in my school have insane ECs, like solving cancer over the weeken …

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Is a passion project worth it?

I'm in my last few weeks of junior year trying to make sense of what I'm doing this summer. I just got a nice telescope for my birthday in the winter and I plan to major in something related to astron …

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Scholarships outside us

i wanted to know if there are universities outside the us that offer full ride schoarships for freshmen

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7 months ago
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Schools in the US

Please are any international students considering other countries to apply to apart from the US since the international students cannot apply for VISA in the US?

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7 months ago
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How to find universities that offer fully funded scholarships

Finding universities that offer fully funded scholarships is so hard. I've been searching for a while. How do y'all do it?

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7 months ago
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i got suspended

i got suspended freshman year, how cooked are my chances for t20s next year?

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Low gpa Nurse?

As a kid, I always wanted to become a nurse because my mom worked in nursing homes for the elderly, and I hated seeing nurses treat old people badly; I felt horrible when I saw other nurses do that.

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