<p>^ It could be. It really depends on what kind of person you are. If you really enjoy Gov’t and have a drive to learn it, then I say go for it :)!</p>
<p>I got a textbook from my school’s AP Psych teacher and I’m reading it. (Is it bad that I find it really interesting? Self-studying is a lot better than I thought it’d be.)</p>
<p>I started yesterday, and I’m on page 94. 600-something pages to go!</p>
<p>I’m actually really excited for summer Last year I just stayed home and took 2 college classes and an online class + some volunteering, but this summer I’m going on a college road trip, going to PAN (an experimental astrophysics camp) at notre dame and then off to Cornell for 6 weeks for their summer pre college program-I’m so thrilled!! All in all, I’ll be home only 12 days though. What about everyone else? What are you guys up to?</p>
<p>@catchtwentythree oh, that’s awesome!! I’ve heard AP psych is by far the most interesting AP (Psh, excluding AP calc bc and physics, of course) What’s the material like?</p>
<p>@nate42
Honestly i think our teacher didn’t know what to teach since we didn’t have the writing test. I’ve personally not learned much it’s been like review. I like reading though i just wish we had learned more stuff.
Yeah everyone says the BIO EOC is easier than the class. we take the test friday so i’m hoping it’s true.
Also i love the block schedule. the only thing i don’t like is 90 min classes. I would rather have maybe 6 60 min classes and they just up how many credits you need. but i love not having to take a class for the whole year i don’t see how you do it any other way. i feel that it’s unnecessary to take a class for a whole year like elementary and middle
& yeah i told him he has mad guts for taking online math. he’s almost done though. i’ll probably do some online stuff my senior year or just take a class at the community college. idk yet.
& four shouldn’t be too much as long as your focused and confident that you can do it then go for it!</p>
<p>also in regards to the SAT. don’t study for 3+ hrs in one setting. you’ll get tired and won’t retain as much. have short study sessions through out the week i honestly think it helps you learn better. but whatever works for you</p>
<p>@bandgeek: Haha yeah same here. We had a student teacher for English for 2/3 of the class so we didn’t really learn that much.
Yepp, I studied for maybe 3 hours total for the exam and made a 97 on it. No worries
I agree. Sometimes I can’t stand the block schedule. If we take 2 AP’s then it will fill up half of our schedule. Having 6 classes a day would make it a lot easier to schedule classes and weeds out dumb electives.
Me too and I really am pushing my guidance counselor to let me take Organic Chemistry at the local community college. Thanks! </p>
<p>I feel you guys with the absent teacher thing. My Algebra 2 teacher was actually a very good teacher, but she had a baby and due to complications, she was on maternity leave for pretty much half the year. So we were stuck with a substitute who I’d swear didn’t even pass high school math. We were pretty much left only doing half the curriculum. =/</p>
<p>Also, speaking of AP Bio, what review books (if any) do you guys plan on getting for it? I’ve heard good things about the Princeton Review, but I still haven’t made my decision yet.</p>
<p>@Rob1995 I’m probably going to get Princeton Review.</p>
<p>Do any of you go to parties? (With drinking) Some of my friends go to the upperclassmens’ parties, but more people are probably going to go next year when they can drive.</p>
<p>@rob: Well since they are changing the curriculum, I have no idea :(. What about you guys? </p>
<p>@bluedevil: I have never been to a party with drinking before. I would face the wrath of my parents if I was to ever attend a social event with alcohol present.</p>
<p>I took the AP Bio. exam a few weeks ago. I studied with the Barron’s book; I thought it was really helpful in reviewing important class material. I used a Barron’s review book for an exam last year, as well and would recommend getting one. Hope this helped!</p>
<p>As previously stated in the thread, it seemed like Cliffs was a fantastic choice for AP Bio as well. I was gonna buy it on Amazon a few weeks ago but now I’m holding off because of the curriculum changes. I have no idea how I’ll decide which new edition prepbook to buy now.</p>
<p>Hmm. Still not sure. I know I took the AP World History exam a few weeks ago and I used an old PR review book that was made before the exam was changed. The book didn’t perfectly follow the new curriculum, but it was still a really good review nonetheless. I hope it’s the same way with AP Bio, but the Bio curriculum might change more dramatically than the World History curriculum dd.</p>
<p>@nate
we did some vocab and took a test on it today. Then tommorrow we have a quiz on Cyrano de Bergerac. Then that’s it til the exam. School is finally almost over!
& i’ve been doing EOC review morning and afternoon all last week and for 3 days this week i think i’ll do good i’m just always nervous that i’ll get it and freeze</p>
<p>& yes! there are some electives i want to take like allied health its a medical class that helps you prepare for the a medical field. Like when you’re a senior you get to do clinicals and stuff i can’t take it though because band is my elective. Six classes would just work out so much better. 90 minutes is way to long people start to lose focus after 1hr. </p>
<p>Good Luck I’m sure he/she will. As long as they think you can handle it and I’m sure they do. They probably don’t want you to have too much work to do though. </p>
<p>Keep me posted.</p>
<p>@Rob1995
Lol. We loved our Algebra 2 teacher. He was really good. I know I would’ve been confused if we didn’t have a good teacher. But so far we haven’t had a teacher get pregnant, it’s mostly been the students smh.</p>
<p>@bandgeek: I loved Cyrano! We read that the last week of class and watched the play :). </p>
<p>Yes, that would be a useful elective! I would take it but its not an honors class and I would loose my #1 rank. But i’m pretty sure my school offers Honors Anatomy online so I will definitely take that senior year. I agree, I can’t stand being in a class for 90 minutes. </p>
<p>Yeah I hope so! True, Organic Chem is the class that makes or breaks a pre med student.</p>
<p>@nate
It is funny! I’m sad that he dies though right when Roxane figures it out 15yrs that’s crazy!!! We are supposed to watch the play but idk if we are</p>
<p>& Congrats on being #1 yeah and i came into HS wanting to take all Honors courses and be #1 but then i fell inlove with band and with taking band its so conflicting but worth it cause i love it. I take as many honor courses as i can but band isn’t honors so it sorta messes it up but it’s okay cause i love it so i’ll deal. Plus there is a 4-5 way tie for #1 and i’m in it so either way it goes after this semester i’ll be around the top 5</p>
<p>like i said earlier our school is seriously lacking in academics its quite sad. but the IB pathway is really hard and if you do good. it’ll probably put me like top 3, because not everyone is going for the diploma.
Does your school have IB (International Baccalaureate)?</p>
<p>@bandgeek: Yes it is! I really don’t like the play ended either. But overall it was good.</p>
<p>Thanks, you too! That’s odd, there is an honors band option at my school probably because they win all of these competitions. Yeah, at least you are doing what you love, there’s nothing wrong with that. I am actually in a 8-way tie for first at the moment. But I will be in first by myself if I can pull A’s in all of my classes.</p>
<p>Haha, it can’t be worse then my school. We only offer 5 AP classes. But we have 6 online ones, so that’s a big help! Nope, my school doesn’t do the IB program. This is the first year we have had AP’s in over 3 years.</p>
<p>@nate
We got so crunched we didn’t even read it all the way. Near the end she just started summarizing it for us. </p>
<p>There is a honors concer band which is only second semester for juniors & seniors. So that’s what I’ll be taken. It’s still the same class though. They just change the status. & im sure you’ll be able to do it. </p>
<p>Only reason we have good classes is because of IB. Without IB our test scores would be so low and we wouldn’t have any IB/AP classes. They put all of the good programs in the low testing schools to pull up their test scores.
But i think they’ve always offered at least one AP class. & idk about our online options I think it’s cool that your school offers that (:</p>
<p>@bandgeek: Yeah, we did as well. We ended up just having to watch the Broadway performance of the play.</p>
<p>Oh that sounds like a great class for you:). We don’t have many people at my school that do band, and yet there are 5 honors options.</p>
<p>I wish we would have IB, it sounds like it gives the smart kids a chance to succeed and stand out. Even though my school is terrible with course offering, we still manage to be 2nd out of 36 schools for standardized testing. Yes, I think we offer 6 or so classes online. AP US Gov’t and Politics, AP World History, AP European History, AP Human Geography, AP Psychology, and AP Statistics. I can’t decide on which two to take next year.</p>
<p>What’s up 14er’s? Had another account on here but I’m switching identities because I think my other account was too recognizable. Well, I’m officially not a Sophomore anymore! Feels amazing to say goodbye to what many consider the most miserable year. Plus, I ended with a 4.3!</p>
<p>Here’s my schedule next year:</p>
<ol>
<li>AP English Language & Composition</li>
<li>AP Psychology</li>
<li>AP US History</li>
<li>Pre Calculus</li>
<li>Spanish 3</li>
<li>??? (filler class, lab assistant, or helping out on the girl’s tennis team S1) / Tennis (S2)</li>
</ol>
Last year I just stayed home and took 2 college classes and an online class + some volunteering, but this summer I’m going on a college road trip, going to PAN (an experimental astrophysics camp) at notre dame and then off to Cornell for 6 weeks for their summer pre college program-I’m so thrilled!! All in all, I’ll be home only 12 days though. What about everyone else? What are you guys up to?</p>