<p>@gomdorri Which school offers a full ride for the 1900?</p>
<p>@gomdorri Which school offers a full ride for the 1900?
^ A full-ride for in-state students at my state university.</p>
<p>For in-state students, I think tuition is around 9k, but if you get a certain score on the SAT (and I think they might even disregard writing… idk) you get a full scholarship + housing. It’s a fairly bad college though lol.</p>
<p>I’m probably going to go there if I don’t get into Stanford/Harvard/MIT or get a decent scholarship from the other colleges I plan on applying to.</p>
<h2>I FINALLY got my schedule haha.</h2>
<p>Advanced Band (not advanced though… it’s probably the worst high school band in my state haha)
AP English Language
Spanish 3
AP Calculus BC
Theology 11
Pre-AP Chemistry</p>
<p>It’s going to be a really boring schedule though because I don’t know anyone in my calc class, and I’ll have the same classes basically every trimester. -____-</p>
<p>OHWAIT NOOOO. I signed up for USHAP but I wasn’t put in the class… I wonder if I can self-study theology/spanish 3 for credit so that I have space for USHAP… e___e</p>
<p>I would self study Theology instead of Spanish 3, if I can, if I were you. Though, I don’t take a language that one can speak so easily (taking Latin 4).</p>
<p>Hi guys!
I was just wondering, do any of you c00l kids go to school in the Bay Area?
:))</p>
<p>I hope I can. Theology is an extremely easy class. For the past four years of theology I was able to get a 100 in the class without even paying attention (I fell asleep, lost my notes, etc). I’ll ask my counselor if I can just say I’m taking the class, take all of the tests, do all of the assignments, take the exam, etc, and then count that for credit so that I have room to take honors and AP classes.</p>
<p>And okay, I’ll try. I’m awful at Spanish and really need help haha. I’m planning on taking the AP Spanish exam senior year so that I can get credit for it and save some money.</p>
<p>@missdeecee </p>
<p>Yeppers, I do.</p>
<p>I decided to make this all one post.
This includes my schedule, future plans, and such. Yuhurr.
Warning-this is a long ramble, and I apologize in advance. It’s really long.
Just skip over it if you would like, which I’m assuming you would…</p>
<p>Sophomore year went like this…
-French 3
-AP Euro
-p.e.
-Honors English
-Choir
-Lunch
-Honors Trig/AP Calculus A
-Honors Chem.
I took the highest possible classes for english, math, and science for my grade level. My English teacher treated her students as if they were AP students. Calculus A was AP material, but it was marked as a reg/accelerated class.</p>
<p>This is my schedule for this upcoming junior year.
-French 4
-AP US History
-AP Lang/Comp
-AP Calculus BC
-Physics
-Speech/music theory
-Choir
-and the required p.e…
I would really like to take out speech/music theory and normal physics so I can take AP Physics… Buuuuuuut I doubt I can-school starts in a month lol. It just looks a lot better on college apps if I took the more difficult courses. APUSH and AP Physics are the two most difficult courses in my school. These aren’t as difficult at other schools in my district. I guess I need speech and music theory, though. They would def benefit me.</p>
<p>I expect my schedule to look like the following for my senior year…
-AP French
-AP Lit/Comp
-AP Stats
-AP Psychology
-AP American Government and Politics // AP Macroeconomics
-AP Physics, Chem, or Bio
-Choir
-Health and Consumer Ed // AP Human Geo- I initially wanted to take it during summer school, but realized that I would rather spend that time studying, volunteering, and going on missions. Or I could take it during summer school and then volunteer after. That gives me the option of AP Human Geo during the school year. Choosing between AP physics, Chem, or bio depends on which subject I lean towards most.</p>
<p>Also apparently, at my school, if you want to take an AP class (and maybe a required course) but have no space on your schedule, you can replace p.e. with the AP course. My extremely intelligent friend did this. He requested to take another AP course and was allowed to. Funny story. He didn’t need or want to take the class. He did it just so he didn’t have to take p.e… Lol he dropped out of the class right away and was allowed to replace it with lunch. No p.e… I’m hoping that I will be allowed to do this. Of course, I won’t drop a class for lunch, because I’ll be wanting to take it anyways. He was probably a big exception, though, because he already had really good grades.</p>
<p>Referring back to my activities…
This summer, a group of upperclassmen from my church youth group were selected to go to Haiti on a missions trip. They are there for two weeks and are coming back this weekend.
I’m assuming that my pastor will continue with this next year, and he even mentioned that he might extend it. I’m hoping to be able to go to Haiti and volunteer there. I think it’ll be a great experience, and it’ll look good on applications-maybe lolol. Anyways, I’ve always wanted to go to my church’s Mexico mission trip, but this was the last year, so no chance of participating in that one.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where else I really want to volunteer. I’ve been researching. It’s a problem because I also don’t know what I would like to major in. It probably won’t include science… I really dislike anatomy. Biology and chemistry reeaaaally don’t interest me. Having had a taste of physics in trig/calc last year, I don’t think I’ll be involved with that either. That was only an introduction, though. I’ll have to see as I take the actual course. I’ll probably major in liberal arts. Speaking of liberal arts, my mom’s cousin works for the Gates Millennium Scholarship, and she has an extremely high position-number two(?). I think that’s what she said LOLOL. She was talking to me about majors in liberal arts, and it was a little interesting. My own cousin was a finalist-the only thing he was missing was that he wasn’t compelling at all. He’s a very “meh” person: doesn’t care a lot about much. He studies unbelievably well—and he rarely studies. He could be a genius if he put in any effort. Very low income-dad’s a pastor.</p>
<p>… Sorry. That got really off topic LOL</p>
<p>Freshman and sophomore years I had no clue what was going on. Stupid freshman me. Then, my mom gave birth to my baby sister. Sophomore year, I decided to spend my afternoons watching my baby sister so my mom would have an easier time. She teaches piano, and finding a baby sitter would be a giant pain in the butt for her. I wish I joined clubs that year, though :P.
I plan to join yearbook, student council, NHS, and Model UN. Maybe newspaper, as well.I am in Tri-M (Modern Music Masters). I did district honors chorus last year and might do it again this year. I feel so embarrassed joining the clubs so late, but better late than never, right? Uggghhh haha
I also use to play golf freshman year. I have a very good body shape to play, according to the coaches, my parents, and my own coaches. Very high potential. Hahahahahaha too bad. I hated it. I had no patience to practice. If I kept it up, I think that would’ve been great.
Ah. I am also involved in my church’s praise band-but I’m sure that is worth nothing.</p>
<p>I plan on taking the SATs and ACT. I’m going to do my best to get 2200+ and 33+. That’s just so I don’t feel embarrassed if I do worse lol. I would really like at least a 2300 and 35. I don’t mind studying my arse off.
My school is so competitive it’ll be very difficult if I want to get into a really good school. It’ll especially be difficult because I got half A’s and half B’s my first two years u_____u ugh I hate myself for that. I even got a C in chemistry. Worst thing ever.</p>
<p>I’m cutting out Internet use except for the occasional Facebook check and messaging. I pulled SO many allnighters my sophomore year, yet, my grades were mediocre. I’m infamous among my friends for never getting any sleep. Of course, that meant my grades lowered and I was tired of trying so hard. That also made me late very often for first hour. Junior year, I’m going to try sleeping at 10:30, 12 at the latest.
Being valedictorian at my school is probably really difficult. There’s so much competition… I have super nerd friends who have 97+ averages in everything. The smartest kid in my grade left to attend IMSA. All his (our, since we have many mutual friends, the 97+) friends were just a little below him or were catching up.</p>
<p>I would definitely take more AP classes if I could, but these are the only ones that fit my schedule. There’s
I wish I discovered this website before my freshman year. It would’ve done me a lot of good-I would’ve worked much harder.
My school offers 25 APs. I know that I will graduate with 10 APs for sure. 11, if my counselor thinks I can do it. 12, if I’m permitted to take AP Human Geo. Out of the 25, 5 are optional to me: APWH, which I didn’t want as a freshman; AP Human Geo; and AP Chem, Bio, and Physics (C). 9 of the APs don’t have anything to do with my interests-art, computers, and spanish/German. All the courses are very difficult at my school… Very labor intensive.
Weeeeeeee
My school also offers 20 off campus courses at the nearby Harper college.
Competitive, I say.
I’m working harder than ever. I’m training myself this month to accustom to my upcoming vigorous schedule. Writing essays, studying for SAT and ACT, practicing time management… Limiting Internet use to college and studies research-which is great because that means I’m gaining better self-control… Darn tumblr.</p>
<p>I think that’s all I have to say so far LOLOL.</p>
<p>Like I said, I apologize for this long post. And my horrible grammar. And my laziness with the tenses. Technically, since I’m not turning this in, I don’t need~ to care. But you guys (whoever actually read this whole thing) are probably cringing. Yeah.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading this. And sorry.
… Why’d I write so much lolol u__u</p>
<p>Dang that’s a lot of text LOl. You remind me of myself. </p>
<p>But rock I need to limit my Internet usage. Internet is the reason I didn’t study my APs this summer</p>
<p>Yeeeaaaaaaahh I tend to speak with incessant detail that doesn’t help add to the main point at all.
It’s the reason why I was so lazy :c</p>
<p>Do colleges care that much when it comes to how many times you take the SAT? I took it once in the 8th grade (it didn’t get officially recorded) and I also took it at the end of sophomore year. I want to take it again this junior spring (and actually score above 2200) but if that score isn’t good i would consider taking it again senior year. Also, when are most of you guys planning on taking your SAT IIs?</p>
<p>^ I just took the Math II test right before summer, and will prolly take the Bio M and Physics tests at the end of next year</p>
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<p>Do colleges care that much when it comes to how many times you take the SAT? I took it once in the 8th grade (it didn’t get officially recorded) and I also took it at the end of sophomore year. I want to take it again this junior spring (and actually score above 2200) but if that score isn’t good i would consider taking it again senior year. Also, when are most of you guys planning on taking your SAT IIs?
^ Naw not really, unless you’ve taken 3+ and the school doesn’t accept score choice.</p>
<p>And I’m planning to take Math II in June.</p>
<p>@StanfordMan1891: Try to keep the number of SAT takes to 3 or lower (your 8th grade score doesn’t count toward it).</p>
<p>How do you guys manage your time so well? How do you get such good grades and still have ons of APs, extracurricular activities, SATs and APs, and maybe some sports an internships on the side?
I really suck at time managemeng lol.
Wanna help by giving me tips?</p>
<p>I suck at time management LOL.
I’m just lucky because I go to a school with an extremely easy curriculum haha (well, my state in general kinda fails academically…)</p>
<p>I guess make a list and designate times for everything? … and actually follow it of course. Don’t be like me and schedule 2 hours for chem and then bail to watch an anime for the whole day instead. xD</p>
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<p>Danggg, AP Calc BC in junior year? That’s pretty sweet. The required PE sucks…what state are you from? cuz I’m in Illinois and PE is also required.<br>
If anything, don’t quit choir…because that would be one of the things that will keep you sane in junior year. I’ll be an upcoming junior as well, and I was thinking about taking out symphony orchestra to fit in more academic, but decided against it in the end.</p>
<p>@asifitsharvard</p>
<p>I saw your question about time management, lol. Apparently, according to my friends, I am very good at managing my time. Or I could very well seem that way because the majority of my friends are severe procrastinators. I’ll try to give you some tips, anyway:</p>
<p>I do have a rigorous schedule with many APs (and formerly AICE) but honestly I am not assigned that much homework. It’s more like quality over quantity, meaning it takes longer because the little I do get is often difficult. So figure out which subjects are easiest for you, and do the harder subjects first. You can always move onto the easy stuff for a break, and go back and finish the difficult work later.
As far as extracurriculars… Aside from my personal volunteer work (once or twice a week after school and the first and third Saturdays of the month are my regulars, not including random events I may help out with), all my activities are school-based. We meet during lunch or have a designated class period (like for Newspaper), so chances are you can find a lot of things to choose from. Events outside of school for these clubs are often planned in advance, too, so you can make yourself readily available.<br>
As for the job/internship situation: you have to approach it in the same way as you would with volunteering. Set a designated date and time schedule to ensure maximum study (and rest) time.</p>
<p>Hope this helps in your quest to better manage your time! :)</p>
<p>This year I’m taking:
AP GOPO
AP Lang
AP Physics B
AP Calc AB
Honors Spanish 4
French 1</p>
<p>Hopefully they don’t mess my schedule up this year as they have the two previous years… >.< It’s going to be a rough year, I’m also the first junior to ever take 4 APs in one year at my school. And yay for languages!</p>