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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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Scholarships

Hi! This is my first post. I'm going on my 4th year of marching band and I was wondering if anyone had any good scholarships I could use my band experience in. I've made a local honor band 3 years in …

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Track and Field recruitment

I am a Canadian student with American citizenship looking to be recruited for D1 or D2 for track and field. I have already made an NCSA account, what other things can I do to have a better chance at b …

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7 months ago
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Mascot name?

Hi everyone, this is my first post here. I am the mascot for my high school, and I want colleges to know that. How do I go about adding that to my college accounts for scholarships and such? I unfortu …

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Recruiting

Hi, this is my first post and I was wondering if anyone knew a good way to get recruitment for colleges? I am not good enough for D1 but D2 or D3 works perfectly fine and I have heard that NCSA doesn' …

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7 months ago
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AP clases

Hi guys.

I want to know if anyone has any type of help, idea, or how I should prepare for my first ACT and SAT exams, and be able to use my time effectively and study and prepare for taking this exam.

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a year ago
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How could i make my college app look better?

I have a 3.7 UW at the moment and do many extracurriculars inside/outside of school. I have done the PSAT and got a 1270. please lmk!

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Rugby Recruiting

Hey, so this is my first post. I just started playing rugby, so I know this is SUPER early, but I just wanted to know if there was any chance whatsoever if I could get recruited for colleges for it? I …

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Can anyone help me find scholarships for me ?

I would say I come from a low income family, I really enjoy creating art. I would love to major in Graphic Design, one of the main things that I'm having trouble with is finding scholarships that are …

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a year ago
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How could i make my college app look better?

I have a 3.7 UW at the moment and do many extracurriculars inside/outside of school. I have done the PSAT and got a 1270. please lmk!

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a year ago
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What achievements?!?

I need help. While I’ve never been a very introverted or lazy person I’ve really never been that outgoing either. I usually never got involved in things like school sports because it really just wasn’ …

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a year ago
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College?

When should I start applying to collages? I'm a junior right now in my first semester, but is there a time I should start applying to collages or committing to one? I've seen people apply in senior ye …

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What achievements?!?

I need help. While I’ve never been a very introverted or lazy person I’ve really never been that outgoing either. I usually never got involved in things like school sports because it really just wasn’ …

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a year ago
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Better to Withdraw now or try to stick it through?

Hey!

I’ve never been a student to get more than 1-2 B’s per semester, ever. This year though, I didn’t take study halls and just filled up my classes, but I don’t have the time to do a lot of work now. …

 
Withdraw
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Stay
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a year ago
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low GPA

Hi yall,

So, the most significant setback on my resume is def my low GPA. I have solid ECs and i am taking a few AP classes. but I did not know what I was doing freshman year I had a 3.3 UW GPA ) . th …

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a year ago
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Is it possible to improve my SAT score of 1170?

I just took my first SAT test in October. I didn't study at all and I got a 1170 which I know isn't the greatest. I've never gotten good scores on my PSAT either. I really want a 1400 but I know peopl …

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a year ago
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ACT

does anyone know how to study for the ACTs? I already know how to study for the SATs.

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a year ago
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should I retake the act for a 36?

Hi! I just took the ACT for the first time last month and I got a 35. I am obviously very very happy with that score however I did psych myself out during the test which led me to score a little lower …

 
Take the ACT one more time
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a year ago
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Tips to get into UF?

Just wondering if anyone knows any tips to get into UF? Currently 3.9 unweighted, 4.5 weighted. 7 Cambridge classes and 2 AP by the end of this year, 2 clubs active. Just havent scored a leadership po …

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a year ago
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GPA Conversion

So my school only calculate GPA as scale 10, how can I get the GPA as scale 4 for admissions?

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a year ago
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Cloudy Career?

I've been debating, I really want to be an artist but I've been told that the skills I need to pursue art can be learned on my own, and college isn't necessary. However, I believe that I still should …

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