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haha i think i might be narcissa's twin~
quote: "I hate it when I walk in bio class and these asian kids that get 47/50 on bio tests say they barely study, but get high test scores..."
i think it is totally possible to get 47/50 on a bio test without studying a significant amount, and i bet you that guy you give an example of is not lying about his life outside school. In my first semester of ap bio class taught by a former visiting prof. at princeton/ guy who used to work at cold spring harbor, (haha i'm not sure of the exact details, but the point is that he's really smart/ has high standards =P) I was able to get 78/75 on our unit test on photosynthesis while most people got 40 or below -__- our tests cover 5 chapters at a time out of our textbook, so 102 pages of material.
completely honestly, they all studied a LOT more than I did. Rather than studying and cramming outside of class, I just listened carefully when our teacher talked and made sure I understand where every number, scientific term, etc. was fitting in. I did study a bit, (looked at the diagrams in the book, looked at my notes), but I know it was not a long time because besides for one hour at home, I did it during the 30 minute break between classes. Not exaggerating and being cocky~ there are other kids in my school (curiously, all belonging to scioly) who are like this. I don't know if it's like this in other schools, but I don't see any of the super-studious/ take lots of sat prep asians doing stuff like scioly, i only see them in my AP classes freaking out about every test!
(btw I am half taiwanese, half euro female [junior year])
Curious sidenote, I also scored 235 on my PSAT, same subscores =)
I used to be pretty into swim team/ going to travel meets, but my parents made me quit cause they thought the cold water was bad for health -__-
And also I do math club, scioly, and GLL science prog. from northwestern.
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