<p>This thread has been very active tonight! Us NC kids are the bomb! haha</p>
<p>I think its just because there’s something to talk about for once.</p>
<p>Yep! nate and Quacoh, is your break next week? I go back to school Monday. :(</p>
<p>@Quacoh: Yes I agree.</p>
<p>@evan: Nope, I have another full week of school! I’m pretty sure my county is the last one on break.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m officially on my break now. I wouldn’t really call it a break though, since I’m planning to cram a bunch of AP stuff and do a bit of volunteering. I’m actually jealous of you, instead of worrying about NCSSM all week you have school to pass the time.</p>
<p>@Quacoh: You must attend a good school to be taking AP’s as a sophomore. </p>
<p>All of us will have to meet up on here tomorrow when me and @evanb1996, have gotten our SVSM materials in the mail.</p>
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<p>Well I’m only taking 2 in school, the other 3 are self-studied. And my school is ok in terms of APs, I think we have about 11. However, it seems like I’ll run out of courses by senior year, and we’ve opted for the NC Career and College Promise program instead of dual enrollment, so we’ll see how that goes since I get the feeling that the choices in that program are more limited. And yes I’ll be back for that, I check this board pretty frequently.</p>
<p>My break was back in March. I really needed it then because I was on the point of burning out from English. I thought I was literally going to die then. I really needed sleep because I spent my weekends working, going to church, and doing homework. But, I’ve been managing time better and I usually dont have homework on the weekends.</p>
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<p>@Quacoh: Wow I don’t think I could handle 2 AP’s along with 3 self-studied. My school is more geared toward toward career and technical education. We have two whole buildings dedicated to classes such as shop, welding, auto mechanics, drafting (3 levels), carpentry, and the list goes on… Leaving us kids who wish to take advanced courses in a hole. We only offer 5 AP’s at my school and 6 online. By the end of my junior year I will have taken every Science course my school offers. </p>
<p>As for tomorrow, that sounds great! My mail runs anywhere from 12-4 o’clock depending on who delivers it.</p>
<p>Going back to SVSM…our child got the letter today. Alternate at ECU was stated. We shall see what happens. ECU is quite far for us, but we allowed her to waive the travel restriction. She is making some back up plans, but hoping to get a chance to go.
Congratulations to all of you who are finalist!</p>
<p>In case it pans out on our end, do any of you know anything about the ECU campus, the SVSM program there, etc.? We are more familiar with UNCC and NCCU. I have heard great things about SVSM at App and Wilmington (no longer active). </p>
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<p>@taben: Unfortunately, I do not. The ECU campus is pretty nice overall, even though it does have its nastier parts. The campus is pretty safe from what I hear. </p>
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<p>@taben1112: Thank you very much! Don’t worry about the whole alternate thing, I already know a few people who are going to decline their invitation to Summer Ventures. Also, the ECU campus is pretty nice, it happens to be the only SVSM campus with a medical school. I really hope the letter in the mail tomorrow says I am going there.</p>
<p>And just being curious, what part of the state do you live in? I live in the mountains, a Tennessee bordering county.</p>
<p>I am new to this thread, but glad that I arrived. Received my acceptance letter yesterday for Summer Ventures- going to East Carolina. Really wanted Appalachian, but happy that I was accepted.</p>
<p>I also see that people are posting threads about their schedules. Mine for next year is:</p>
<p>English 3 AP
Physics AP
Computer Science AP
World History AP
European His AP
Art 111- Community College
MAT 271- Calculus- Community college (my school is small and we don’t offer AP Calculus)</p>
<p>I am taking AP US History and AP Gov and Politics this year. </p>
<p>I also applied to NCSSM online and waiting for that news. It is on the Summer Ventures website that students accepted into both programs can attend Summer Ventures the summer before their junior year. Guess I am good to go to Greenville!</p>
<p>Just got my letter from SVSM in the mail! I am being sent to UNC Charlotte from July 8th until August 4th!</p>
<p>Besides those of you from the Carolinas that have domineered this thread, how are summer plans going? What do you plan on doing? Internships, pre-college programs, etc.</p>
<p>^ I’m looking into doing Summer@Brown (accepted w/ scholarship), a Virginia Latin governor’s school, and a STEM camp for kids (as a counselor). However, if by some miraculous chance of fate I’m accepted to a local summer research internship, I’ll scrap those plans.</p>
<p>A counselor job? That sounds fun! So far, I’m just waiting on a research internship (like you), with Harvard SSP acting as a backup. Hopefully I can find some more local opportunities, though.</p>
<p>Nice! I hope we both spend our summers productively, haha. I didn’t have much to do last summer, so I’m glad I have some solid plans this time around.</p>
<p>Yeah, my last summer was basically sitting around reading books, then going to Lollapalooza in August. Far from productive, hahaha.</p>
<p>^I hope you aren’t a spelling nazi as well. o.o</p>
<p>Just spent almost my entire spring break visiting colleges. I visited UPenn, UVA, William & Mary and Virginia Tech. So far I like UPenn and W&M, but I don’t think my chances for an Ivy are very good.</p>
<p>Do you think colleges would like a bunch of ECs that are all concentrated around one area? I got in Senior Regional Orchestra this year and last year, I’m in the pit orchestra right now, and I’m joining a decently prestigious after school orchestra next year (American Youth Philharmonic, I’m hoping that I get into the top orchestra.)</p>