<p>Anyone else get their PLAN scores back?</p>
<p>I haven’t. Thanks for reminding me Quacoh that I need to talk to my counselor about that.</p>
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<p>It’s official. I have a 97.2 in AP World History and will be receiving an A for the semester. That 0.3 kills me… This will be my first A. I guess the streak couldn’t last forever.</p>
<p>@Studious: Your school does A+?</p>
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<p>^ Yep. 97.5 and above.</p>
<p>There is a first time for everything. I won’t be surprised if I make my first B at NCSSM. I have only been accustomed to making at least 98s in all my classes (but I go to school in the school district that is ranked 98 out of 107 in NC) and it will happen.</p>
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<p>My school just began our second semester a few weeks ago, and I can already tell just how hard this will be. I have AP Calc BC now, and while I still have an A in the class I am struggling to motivate myself to do any of the homework for it.</p>
<p>AP Chem at my school is SO hard, it’s considered to be the hardest class at my school. I can understand most of the topics he gives us after a day or two, but then he throws these tests at us that are all but impossible. I have a 94 right now but he still hasn’t put in thelast test, which I’m pretty sure I got a C on :(</p>
<p>It’s weird because I have ALWAYS been the smartest in my class and been able to ace every test without studying, but now I am struggling to just maintain an A. Luckily, though, my chem teacher has an AMAZING record in regards to his students’ AP scores. Last year, half of them got 5s, which is great considering AP Chem is considered to have a very difficult test.</p>
<p>On a higher note, I got promoted! I was a lowly intern for the International Cancer Advocacy Network Melanoma Division, and I recently received an email from the division head saying that she is resigning and I am taking her place! So happy :)</p>
<p>I got my plan score. Apparently if it had been the real test I would have gotten between 21-25. Seems I had some pretty great scores in reading, English, and science but completely screwed up the math part. It’s definitely something I’m working on right now. Need a high score to be admitted to my first choice college and at least a 30 to be admitted at a program in my second choice.</p>
<p>@evanb1996: Where did you get those ranks for your school?</p>
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<p>Don’t fret about it too much. Most people don’t study for the PLAN, so when they do study, their score exceeds their predicted amount. With a little hard work and perseverance you’ll be able to exceed a 30 no problem.</p>
<p>Reading had a weird curve this year. I missed 0, yet still ended up with a 30? 
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<p>^ There’s no way you missed 0 and scored a 30. You either missed more or omitted some.</p>
<p>Yeah, that seems impossible. I received a 31 in Reading and missed 2 (give or take), if my memory serves me correctly.</p>
<p>A misprint maybe? My composite score averages out the same whether it’s a 32 or 30, and the sheet is instructing me that I correctly answered all 25, so I dunno.</p>
<p>@nate42: I think I got it from the site schooldigger.com. It isn’t exactly the most reliable, but serves its purpose. I don’t think one of numbers is right, but that was last year.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Oh okay great thanks!
By the way do you happen to know the cost of taking a NCSSM IVC course? Would my school be charged to offer one of their classes?</p>
<p>I think that the school would only be charged for equipment (cameras, microphones, computers, etc.) Some schools have really low grade stuff (like a few laptops on a desk, one camera in the front of the class, and a flat screen or projector), but my school is decked out (2 cameras, dialing unit, 20 desktops, a ceiling projector, an oversized screen, 4 whiteboards, 5 ceiling mics, and 4 ceiling speakers) with stuff. It can be very low cost or high maintenance. If you Google NCSSM IVC, then a link should be on the first page about funding an IVC class.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Sounds good thanks!
I am thinking about taking AP Statistics through the NCSSM IVC program but I don’t want the course to be over-exceedingly difficult. I am looking for a AP course to pair up with AP US History (we have to have a even number of AP’s at my school.) I would do AP Bio or AP Environmental but my school wont allow us to take those through NCVPS. In your opinion, what AP class should I pair with AP US? Keep in mind I already plan on taking 5 honors courses in addition to the AP classes.</p>
<p>I think that AP Stat would be good to combine AP USH with. Stats is actually an ‘easy and fun’ AP according to many people I have talked to.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Awesome! I will just have to take the SAT before this course. It requires a good SAT verbal for some reason. I really hope my school will consider me taking it if I can persuade a few others to do it with me.
They might not let me do it since AP Stat is offered through NCVPS.</p>
<p>STATS? EASY AND FUN?
Let’s just say AP Stats is not my idea of “easy and fun.”</p>
<p>Maybe that’s because I didn’t do so hot on the test (half of a real AP test) that my Stats teacher gave us (without showing us anything besides the page numbers to our textbooks) which she graded according to the AP test rubric (without explaining anything about the test format beforehand). Oh, and tests are 50% of our grade, and we’re only having 5 tests the entire semester…no biggie…</p>
<p>Man, I am so lucky to have an AP teacher who’s teaching for her first year ever. </p>
<p>Seriously, though, if I could go back in time, I would not have taken the class, at least not until my teacher figured out how to teach.
It varies by school, though. Talk to people who had the class, and only take Stats if you’re ready for it.</p>