Junior (education year)

A junior is a person in the third year at an educational institution in the US and some other countries, usually at a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions.

High school juniors are advised to prepare for college entrance exams (ACT or SAT) and to start narrowing the list of colleges / universities they want to attend.

A common assumption is that colleges and universities place greater emphasis on the junior year when making admissions decisions, as the last complete academic year before the college admissions process.

In the U.S., colleges generally require students to declare an academic major by the beginning of their junior year.

[4] College juniors are advised to find internships in their chosen field and to begin considering additional education (medical school, law school, etc.)