TheGreatCatsbyx

Lol, I've competed in science fairs state level and nationally.
This year, I'm doing research with my dad's colleague at Harvard Med. He's a genius sakdjaskld

Never did any of the Olympiads... but might do it next year??

No APs offered at our school for freshies, but you can take an online AP course sophomore year for credit. I'm taking AP Chem next year.

I'm in Model UN which is like debating. It's awesome, we get to eat delicious food each week, and it's one of the more "serious" clubs in my school. I'm going to my first conference soon!!!! :]

BigE96

Thus far, I've been experiencing some slight growing pains with the whole transition to high school. I'm in four honors classes (Geometry, Bio, Global History, English) and there are no APs for freshmen. I was told my average for Geometry H today, it was a 90, because I kind of bombed one test and knocked it down maybe four or five points. But I'm doing very well in the rest of my classes. Any ol' way, currently the only extracurricular I'm involved in is as a delegate in Model Congress, and I'm a bassist in the orchestra. This is because I haven't found many other school-sanctioned extracurriculars that interest me. I also haven't done any community service yet. Oh well, I have time.

KingshukR

Yeah, I'm also experiencing your pain BigE. I've gotten 2 very borderline As this quarter in Algebra 2 H and English H, as well as a 92% in both World History and Bio H. I have a B in PLTW IeD H as well, and it'll be quite hard to get back into an A (I have an 84%. I'm terrible in that class, mainly joined it to just get a scope of what engineering design was like and to get my fine arts credit without doing band, as I didn't enjoy band. I don't plan on being an engineer, but everyone else in my class does xP)
The only solid A I have is in Chinese, and that's probably because I took a semester of Chinese last year and know what's going on. It's my favorite class though, and just learning about other cultures and experiencing them is where my interests lie.

Wow Catsby, science seems to be your thing, haha!
There aren't any APs at my school for freshman either, but I am self-studying AP World.
Ah man, I really wish our Model UN team was one of the more "serious" clubs in our school :P. I would do it even if it wasn't, but I'm also on the debate team which for some reason is during Model UN season. Speaking of which, I have a debate meet tomorrow and should go to bed. Haha, see you guys. Have a good weekend.

TheGreatCatsbyx

@KingshukR: aww that sucks. Well at least it's like first quarter/term, so there's always more opportunities next time. I have a couple borderline A's too... (English 1 H and Chem H) because of the supposed grade deflation way too prevalent in my school (honors kids gets c's and d's because of one test and only like five kids from the entire school make the head list). Other than those two classes, I'm lucky I have A's/ no B's because it's really hard to get all A's in my school so might as well accomplish it freshman year. Oh, I speak Chinese (Mandarin) )

TheGreatCatsbyx

Also, the transition to high school is difficult for me too. I've been to public schools all my life and now, it's just a different world for me. Also, I have to commute one hour to and back from school which is really stressful.... and it's always so cold during this time and I have to walk to the bus station... sighs...

BurningIce

@ TheGreatCatsbyx - I'm in a really selective school also, and the commute each way is over an hour, maybe 1 hour 15 if the bus comes fast, or 1 hour 30 if it doesn't. And usually I can't bring myself to do any work during the commute (too sleepy) and I can't really sleep either (don't usually have a seat, scared I'd miss the stop) and that's 3 hours a day "wasted". Hopefully it's worth it going to a better school though.

BurningIce

@ TheGreatCatsbyx - I speak Chinese too!

EveningSwan

^Same!!! Too bad I can't write it, though. But I can read it!

EveningSwan

Wow....I only ride the bus for ten minutes since I'm the second to last stop. But it usually means sharing a seat with a middle schooler.

Swinter

My dad drives me to school.

BurningIce

I've become some expert on begging rides from friends' parents and that usually cuts the journey by a good half hour. But that doesn't happen very often.

Public transport means 10 mins walk, bus, train, bus again, 5 mins walk, and the commute is really torturous. Usually I don't even get a seat except maybe for the last few stops on the train! Really envy friends who have a 5-10 mins ride to school!

BurningIce

Is anybody thinking of doing an SAT soon or has anyone taken it before? My cousins both spent a few weeks in intensive prep courses during the holidays and produced 2300+ scores and my mum's thinking of doing the same for me. I think it's a waste of time and if I score (hopefully) high enough before it's time for the course (soph) I might be able to evade it. So I'm thinking about taking next year, but that'd mean I need to start self-prepping soon.

typeakid

Going back to previous discussions, yes, my school lets us take AP world. Due to block scheduling, I will be taking the class next semester (which is totally screwing up my class rank btw). Sophomores are only supposed to take APUSH, but I and three other kids will be taking AP Calc AB, too. On the extracurricular front, I've finally realized why theatre and show choir people do like nothing else in the school Oh well, at least my planned major is in music.


-------------------------------------------If it is to be, it is up to me.....

BigE96

I've been considering doing it, but I don't know much about the geometry, since I'm taking that this year, and no algebra 2, so it will likely not be a very true representation of my abilities once the time comes. Plus, I'm not completely sure about how to make it happen.

BurningIce

Also, another extracurricular question: Any of you doing music (e.g. piano, violin, voice) take ABRSM grades? It's pretty standard to take the grades here (either ABRSM or Trinity) as proof of mastering a certain level, but it doesn't seem very common in the US or other countries.