<p>Hey guys, I have a question for everyone.</p>
<p>Is there anything that you wish you’d done differently this year that would’ve made your life a lot easier? & that you plan on implementing next year? For example, procrastinating less (but that’s a given).</p>
<p>To answer your question lldm21, I wish I would ask more questions on things I really don’t understand instead of trying to figure it out myself. I plan on annoying the heck out of my teachers with questions! lol</p>
<p>^^ I wish I had studied for my AP tests earlier. While I feel I did well on both, the cramming really did a number on me stress-wise. With five to take next year, I’ll need to study at least a month in advance to do well and have low stress levels.</p>
<p>I feel like I should have just put more effort into everything. I made good grades and everything, but they were all mid-range A’s, nothing too low, but nothing spectacular. I think I did well enough on my AP tests to get at least a 4 on one (Euro) and a 5 on the other (Psychology), but I feel like I definitely could have been more confident in Euro had I forced myself to study more. I’m lazy, and I need to overcome that.</p>
<p>I wish I would’ve not been such a procrastinator. I would wait til last minute on a lot of things. I would get a good grade but it was a lot of stress that I didn’t need. </p>
<p>I also wish I would’ve studied more because I have A’s but it’s not where I want them they’re low to mid A’s. I really slacked off this year and didn’t put as much effort in to my school work. Next year I’m going to try really hard to get the highest grade in all of my classes, because I know I can do it.</p>
<p>I had the same issues as all of you. Next year, I’m going to be a lot more organized and have every little thing mapped out.</p>
<p>@Studious: I totally did not think about that. I may study for that subject test over the summer after junior year to do it in October so that I can use it for my college application. Also, thanks for the SAT Math II tip. I’ll review my precalc notes this summer to prepare for that and AP Calc BC.</p>
<p>@nate: I hear waitlist is usually hard to get off of. It all depends on if someone decides to not to go. So, it really is out of her control and she just plays the waiting game.</p>
<p>I know that I need to SAT/PSAT study so that I can at least say that I attempted to prepare. I really want a great score this year (trying to get 2000+ by end of junior year or October of senior year). I’m already at 1810 now, so I don’t think that I need to do my much to get that up. I have the ambition and drive to sit down and force myself to study for it, but it gets so boring that it ends up being like pulling teeth or touching my own eye (I have trouble doing both). So, I don’t know what I will do about that. I guess I could mix ACT and SAT studying together since I like the ACT format better.</p>
<p>@julieannab: Oh okay, that’s good! I plan on taking the Math II Subject test in December.</p>
<p>@evan: Yeah, I told her that it would be hard since many of the students would accept their invitations. Also, I decided to take AP Psychology through NCVPS instead of Honors. </p>
<p>I really need to work on my procrastination problems. I will be taking 4 AP’s next year (Biology, English Lang, Psychology, and Euro) These will be my first AP classes, I hope I haven’t dug myself a hole for an entire school year… 
I really had to fight for these classes since my school usually only allows Juniors to take 2 AP’s. </p>
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<p>Thanks for answers. I was asking because I’m lazy as all get-out, and I’m trying to compile a list of ways to be more efficient next year. My first 3 AP classes, 4 honors courses, plus creative writing or some other elective.</p>
<p>My biggest issues are probably lack of focus & procrastination. ~95% of the time I said I couldn’t hang out with people this year because I had to study (I truly intended to!) was time dedicated to web surfing or listening to music. Or, when I was doing studying, I was daydreaming about something else, making the assignment take 4x longer than necessary.</p>
<p>I’m really confused about AP Chem though. It’s running, and we only have 5 kids taking the class, myself included; I have no idea why they’re keeping it because my school usually requires that 10+ kids sign up for an AP class or else it doesn’t happen. I feel like the really small class size is going to bother me, but at least I’m close friends with 3/4 of the other kids.</p>
<p>Jumping into the conversation:</p>
<p>@lldm21: I have the exact same problem! I think most of us CCers struggle with procrastination, in spite of our good intentions to succeed/do well academically.</p>
<p>@Studious: Agreed. I have trouble making myself start studying early. Next year I’m taking several APs (unlike this year, where I only took 2), so repeating the same mistake would be grueling and /extremely/ stressful. Which ap’s have you taken so far? As for me, I didn’t taken any APs freshman year - so the only ones I’ve taken are Comp Sci A & Government/NSL. </p>
<p>I was just talking to my friend (who’s a junior), and junior year seems pretty intimidating. I plan to take between 8 to 9 aps, but that really depends on my determination and willingness to self study at least 2 subjects. </p>
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<li>Have any of you guys self-studied for AP? How well prepared do you think you were, and what subject was it?</li>
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<p>@bandgeek: I know what you mean! Since freshman year, I’ve become increasingly worse/slacked off more, although I really shouldn’t be, since my grades are borderline for a couple classes that I know I could do so much better in.</p>
<p>Moral of our stories: stop procrastinating.</p>
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<li>Among us, who here is actually effective at time management/relatively good at not procrastinating? xD</li>
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<p>@upinflight: I’ve taken AP Bio and AP World. </p>
<p>Only four days left! Exams and then summer!</p>
<p>@StudiousMaximus How was AP Bio? I’m taking it on FLVS next year, and was wondering about the difficulty of the class, AP exam, etc. I already took four APs: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, and AP Euro but none of them were very difficult except for AP Chem.</p>
<p>The class wasn’t too bad, although the labs could be pretty lengthy. I felt the exam was easy. Study Cliff’s and you’ll be fine (at least, I hope it comes out before the change in next year’s test).</p>
<p>@upinflight
Yeah I almost cried when I had a 92 in Algebra one six weeks. My final grade was a 93 which is an A and that’s what colleges see but I was still disappointed. </p>
<p>I’m procrastinating right now supposed to be doing this Spanish project. Next year I really need to try and do better. </p>
<p>I passed my biology EOC level 4 & my band exam. Two more exams to go (:</p>
<p>@upinflight I like to think I’m pretty good with not procrastinating in that I get started on big projects early on and try to finish simple assignments the day they’re given; however, I have the same problem as lldm21 in that I usually end up daydreaming about something completely unrelated, making the simplest assignment take hours. I also get distracted by the computer a lot, haha.</p>
<p>Overall, I’d say I’m good with procrastination but bad with time management. I really need to work on that next year because I’m definitely not going to have time to spend 2 hours on 30 math problems every night!</p>
<p>@efeens: I completely missed your post! You are absolutely fine for the Math II test with just precalculus under your belt. Pick up Barron’s and take it in the fall.</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>I have to decide between taking AP chem or AP bio next year. What should I do? I’m already enrolled in chem and my teacher recommended me and everything, so it might be too late. I’m not too inclined to take one over the other, but AP chem is rumored to be notoriously difficult at my school. The other kids call it “A death sentence to your GPA.”</p>
<p>Bio is okay, I guess, but even though the kids get high grades in the class, they don’t do so stellar on the exam.</p>
<p>TONS of kids want to be in bio and there’s a long waitlist for that class. The teacher said she’d choose the top 30 students with the highest grades in regular biology and that state test, and my grades are better than a lot of the kids who want it. </p>
<p>So what should I take? I hear that chem is mostly understanding concepts and doin math, while bio is a lot of memorizing. I’m not especially wonderful at either of those skills, but I don’t suck either. CHEM OR BIO?! :o</p>
<p>^If I were you, I would go with Bio. You don’t want to kill yourself in Chem and have it bring down your other grades because it’s so difficult. Junior year is hard enough as it is and AP Chem could be that class that breaks you. So unless you’re really passionate about Chemistry and plan on majoring in it, I would get on the Bio wait list!</p>
<p>@Studious: Was that last response for me? I was trying to figure out who efeens is! I guess it is me???</p>
<p>Anyone else have their semester exams this week? My first one starts in 17 minutes.</p>