<p>I’m taking regular physics over the summer, then AP next year. I’d love an online study group!</p>
<p>It totally depends. I could either get accepted to boarding school and get placed into it. Or, I stay at my rinky dink school and not take it. I’ll let you all know in the near future.</p>
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<p>I’ll probably set some sort of thing up in the summer for all of us. It’ll be an exponentially helpful aid to our AP Physics grades.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP Physics next year too!</p>
<p>Hello everyone,
In your opinion is AP Physics hard?</p>
<p>Haven’t taken it, but I’ve heard it’s one of the hardest APs. Harder than Ap Calc BC because you have to apply the math. I don’t know, definitely a challenge if math isn’t a strong point for you.</p>
<p>It’s garnered a reputation of being a ridiculously difficult class at my school, for good reason. My Chem teacher only signed up 7 kids (including me) out of the 100+ students because (his words) “most high school students aren’t remotely capable for the rigor of AP Physics.”</p>
<p>Oh wow math is my strong point but AP Physics is only offered online at my school. I might just stick with AP Environmental then.</p>
<p>AP Physics, when taught correctly, is widely considered to be the most difficult AP class. But my school has a watered-down version (just Mech, no E&M), so it shouldn’t be too hard. Especially considering math is my strongest subject.</p>
<p>My exam week is officially over! Exam scores so far:</p>
<p>Latin 3: 100 (Curved up from a 95. It was very difficult.)
AP Biology: 100 (Worked very hard for this one.)
Math Analysis: 98</p>
<p>Impressions of other exams I’ve yet to receive grades for:</p>
<p>Chemistry: Easy. 98-100</p>
<p>PE/Driver’s Ed: Do I have to say it?</p>
<p>English 10H: Easy. MC was ridiculously straightforward, short answer was obvious, and the essay was no sweat.</p>
<p>AP World History: Tough. Really tough. I found myself shaking my head at how many of the questions I was unsure of. I calculated it out, and I need to miss fewer than 9 to retain my semester A+. Considering there were 134 questions, I don’t know if it’s going to happen. However, I’ve since looked up many of the answers I was iffy about, and I got most of them right. What luck! Hopefully, I missed 8 or fewer. Oh, and if my teacher decides to curve the test, I will surely keep my A+ (My classmates definitely struggled as well.).</p>
<p>Nice! My school is complete crap and offers only one AP course (AP Calc) in a actual class. And I cant take that until senior so Im stuck with having to do it myself and take it online.</p>
<p>I heard from a teacher that my school is starting to implement APs back into the curriculum! Also, the same teacher is planning to put me in AP Senior English (which will be Lang I think, since that is what CB recommends) along with only one other person from the rising junior class. So now I have at least AP English to do if I am not accepted into NCSSM.</p>
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<p>Awesome! I heard my school will be offering AP US History (not online for the first time) to juniors next year! So excited!</p>
<p>@ Studious</p>
<p>Please don’t leave us hanging about the PE/Driver’s Ed exam!</p>
<p>Looking at next semester, the only thing I’m legitimately worried about is having people to sit with at lunch. No matter how asocial I might be, the stares of sitting alone are emotional poison.</p>
<p>@Quacoh: Not if you are sitting at NCSSM! </p>
<p>@Studious: I want to know too!</p>
<p>nate42 said that his teacher has a link to my science fair project, which is really some of my best work ever. He said that his teacher was showing his class really good science projects and mine popped up. So, I’m guessing my name is getting put out there!</p>
<p>@evan: What do you think your chances are of getting into NCSSM? What’s the acceptance rate?</p>
<p>EDIT: Quacoh, I would sit with you. It’s too bad you don’t go to my school.</p>
<p>The acceptance rate for the whole state is about 30-35%, assuming that ~1000-1100 people apply and there is space for 300+ depending on the current junior class enrollment. </p>
<p>But, the complicated part is that NCSSM has to have equal representation from all 13 Congressional districts in NC. The usual number is 30 for each CD, plus or minus about 5 from each depending on number of applicants or whatever. Since I live in CD 1 (the most rural and impovished [sp?], but the largest in size), it is competitive in size, but not in quality of applicants. Many people get in with 1200-1400/2400 on their SATs, occasional B’s, and minimal ECs/volunteer work because of the lack of resources and money. Many of the people I have met who have attended or are currently attending have said that I have a pretty high chance of getting in because of my SATs (1810/2400 [school’s average is 1136]), grades (4.0 UW/4.583 W GPA), and volunteer hours (571 since 7th grade). But there is always that chance that you may not get accepted. So, I am just hoping and praying for acceptance!</p>
<p>@evan </p>
<p>Well that’s not a lot of help for next semester. Not to mention roommates are one of my biggest worries about NCSSM.</p>
<p>@Studious</p>
<p>Looking back that post seems really whiny, which was unintended. And while I appreciate the offer, I don’t need too much sympathy. 
Also you haven’t said your exam grade for PE/Driver’s Ed. Is that your Achilles heel?</p>
<p>@Quacoh: A person who actually hated the possibility of having a roommate before attending and saw it as a great experience. If you get accepted, they make you fill out a personality/habits form (or something close) so they can match someone who is the compatible with you in as many aspects as possible (sleep patterns, study methods, hobbies, likes, dislikes, etc.). Plus, if your roommate comes from a bigger city, they may have friends from their homeschool, which will build your amount of friends. Of course, there are classes and study sessions and what not. Just don’t worry about being antisocial at NCSSM because my best friend broke out of her shyness shell by going there.</p>
<p>@studiosmaximus Do you live in NC? Your profile says you live in VA. Only NC residents can apply to NCSSM.</p>
<p>I’d sit with all of you at lunch. It’d be a blessing just to have a handful of people like you at my school. Midwestern suburbia gets dreary to a point of ridiculousness sometimes.</p>