<p>Well it’s part because I will just be really bitter because I have an intensely strong desire to go to this school and a bunch of people in this forum spoil that dream for me sometimes (which puts me in a bad mood).</p>
<p>As for AP Chem getting a 3 - I pretty much C/C+'d all the tests (~50 pts per test) but made up for it on labs (~20 pts) and homework sets (~10-15 pts) plus over my 3 years of science, we have always focused on problems rather than concepts (hence my low SAT2 score) and maybe a partial explanation for my AP score - I did very well on the free-response on the AP exam I believe.</p>
<p>As for difficulty, I’m pretty much just comparing to my public school where in middle school, I breezed through Social Studies classes with easy A’s and got A’s in English reading children’s books and having tests with questions like “What is the main character’s first name?” and now I go to this school and am forced to decipher greek mythology poems and work my butt off in History classes to just get a B+. It’s a shame really - that garbage public school system taught solely to get good CMTs (Connecticut Mastery Tests/[elementary school/middle school standardized test scores]). No joke - we literally spent maybe a quarter or half the year doing the practice for the CMTs version of SAT Critical Reading. Maybe what I mean is I’m bitter that, while I would have gotten a worse education, I’d basically have a free pass to GT had I gone to my public high school and graduated with a 4.0 and at least a 2000.</p>
<p>However then you could claim that I’d be absolutely screwed for college-work levels whereas I think I would really excel after graduating from the school I work at now. I got a B in H Geometry, A in H Physics, A in H Algebra 2, A in H Chemistry, A in H Pre-Calc, and B in AP Chem. That works out to a 3.75 Math/Science GPA (compared to a 3.00 English/SS) and if I can A my math/science courses this year, I’d be a 4.05 Math/Science GPA. Do you think I still have a chance at this school?</p>