<p>so this curie program is just for minorities?</p>
<p>First day of school today</p>
<p>First day of school next Wednesday. I am pretty excited and nervous. How are you guys feeling? I can’t believe some of you guys are already in school. I thought I started early with a 200-day school year, but jeez.</p>
<p>I have significantly less than 180 days in my school year (We go fast).</p>
<p>I’m really excited now that I’m back in school. I didn’t do too well frosh and soph (better than average but still meh) so I’m really excited to work hard this year :D</p>
<p>My first day of school is the 31st, and I’m not looking forward to it…</p>
<p>Registration and Orientation next Tuesday and Wednesday(the 21st and 22nd) and then classes begin on the 23rd. Frankly, I’m a little nervous about this year since this is the first year that I’m going to be taking APs, but I did really well in all the classes last year that were the prerequisite for APs so I’m not super concerned.</p>
<p>Next year is going to be the worst academically because junior year is like the most important year. It’s right before you apply to colleges and it’s just when you’re able to practically take any AP class. For me it will be a year filled with AP classes, sports, clubs, volunteer, work, SATs, and friends. It should be fun though hopefully I can balance all this!</p>
<p>My schedule next year:</p>
<p>AP Biology
AP Microeconomics
AP Psychology
AP English Language and Composition
Physics Honors
Precalculus Honors
Spanish 3</p>
<p>And I’m planning on next year applying to USC as a biomedical engineer major and business minor! Wish me luck I’m kind of scared of an engineering major!</p>
<p>Haha, i am with you on that one! @lldm21I started school on August 1st. Junior has been a big slap in the face for me. I hope I make it with grades that meet my expectations… 
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<p>Also, does anyone know of good pre-med schools that aren’t Ivy Leagues? I know it sound weird but I don’t want to spend enormous amounts on undergrad as well as medical school. I’d rather just spend that much if I get into medical school.</p>
<p>Have you considered 6-7 year BA/MD programs? The most prominent out there are UMKC’s, Northwestern’s (home state pride), and GWU (I was almost 100% WUSTL had one, and a damn good one at that, but I’m having trouble finding it online, so I’m not sure at the moment) There are definitely a lot more out there, so I’d recommend doing some research yourself if it sounds inviting to you - </p>
<p>[The</a> B.A./M.D. Program : Admissions : UMKC School of Medicine](<a href=“http://www.med.umkc.edu/med_admissions/BAMD.shtml]The”>http://www.med.umkc.edu/med_admissions/BAMD.shtml)</p>
<p>[HPME</a> Home](<a href=“http://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/AWOME/hpme/index.html]HPME”>MD Education: MD Education: Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University)</p>
<p>[Seven-Year</a> B.A./M.D. Program | BA-MD Program | Accelerated Programs | Learning at GW | Undergraduate Admissions | Apply | The George Washington University](<a href=“http://www.gwu.edu/apply/undergraduateadmissions/learningatgw/acceleratedprograms/bamdprogram]Seven-Year”>http://www.gwu.edu/apply/undergraduateadmissions/learningatgw/acceleratedprograms/bamdprogram)</p>
<p>^ There’s also Brown PLME (8 years), but I guess he/she doesn’t want an Ivy (Even so, GWU is as or more expensive. Same with Northwestern.).</p>
<p>Most schools are good for premed if you get good grades and score well on the MCAT. In-state publics–and especially their honors colleges–can be great options for an aspiring doctor.</p>
<p>Seconded on the notion of in-state publics. Usually premed majors at Big Ten schools (and similar) have excellent med school matriculation stats, so that’s a great route for you to take if you’re solely focusing on the med school aspect of your college education.</p>
<p>@Onuho123:</p>
<p>Ah, I wish you luck. I hope I make it through with good grades as well… I haven’t taken any APs before, and this year I’m taking 3. I’m hoping that attempting to balance academics, marching band, friends, other extracurriculars, and my boyfriend who lives 30 minutes away won’t lead to my undoing >.<. I guess learning how to manage my time will be my major goal for the year.</p>
<p>So I’ve been in school for two weeks now and it has been HELL. Basically I got a joke of an APUSH teacher and the worst Spanish 3 teacher ever and I’ve been trying to switch out but my counselor has been really slow and difficult. Finally, after switching around my classes like three times, I got my new schedule:</p>
<ol>
<li> Honors Pre Calculus</li>
<li> AP English Language & Composition</li>
<li> AP Physics B</li>
<li> AP Psychology</li>
<li> AP US History</li>
</ol>
<p>I’m still stuck with the APUSH teacher, but I got the AP Psych teacher and period I wanted. Now time to start studying for the AP test… I heard my APUSH teacher’s pass rate is 10% and that no one’s gotten a 5 since 2003. yay</p>
<p>I hate foreign language requirements. Like ugh, why? I’m stuck doing a class that I hate just for college. It’s just SO much busywork.
There’s like a 40 page packet to do per unit and voice recordings. Sounds reasonable, right? But there are 18 freaking packets. To make it worse, I need to combine Grade 11 French with Grade 12 French and finish it by September 2013 so it doesn’t look like I’m slacking off with colleges. And this ontop of my next year’s schedule. </p>
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<p>Uh, complaining aside, my schedule for in-school classes is:</p>
<p>1) AP Bio- should be ok in terms of work…
2) AP World History- Again, should probably be ok in terms of work…
3) AP English Literature- I know the teacher and she assigns a crazy amount of work, but I think if I avoid procrastinating, I should be ok.
4) French, ugh TIME MANAGEMENT. I think if I do one packet every 1.5- 2 weeks, I’ll be able to finish in 6.5 months, so by the end of March. Then April-September can be utilized to finish the other class, or I can “challenge” the exam, and just study lots of French and write it at the end of the year. Alternatively, I could study lots and lots of French, using French 20 stuff and just challenge the diploma.
I’m actually kind of liking this idea, but I just need to make it work. This would be a lot better than doing a course…</p>
<p>5) Math- gonna be Linear Algebra/Calc III in some way, shape or form.
6) AP Chem self study- this is vital for a competition I want to participate in. This means 1.33 chapter of Atkins: Quest for Insight per week and Orgo for the next 3 months.
7) I’d like to do a self study of Physics C too. Logic tells me that I probably won’t be able to do it, but I really want to >:(
8) Science Fair is superduper important for me. This needs to go well or I will be forever depressed.
9) Standardized tests and junk. </p>
<p>I really want to get enough sleep next year, but I’m doubtful that it’s going to happen.</p>
<p>Have you already taken Lang or are you just opting to take Lit first, ecouter? Also, color me jealous when it comes to your prospective math class.</p>
<p>My school doesn’t offer AP Language, only AP Lit. Honestly, I’d prefer Lang to Lit because I think it’s more practical and probably even helpful when writing college essays. I’m jealous of you! 
Also, what math are you taking this year? </p>
<p>Anyways, my school has no more English classes after AP Lit, so I’m going to have to scrounge up something to take instead, just like I am with Math.</p>
<p>It’s going to be a long year…</p>
<p>Yeah ecouter, I hate how switching out of Spanish 3 is going to hurt me, but I really don’t want to take it, the teacher sucks, my teacher last year sucked so I don’t know anything already, and AP Psychology will be an easy A and give me a GPA boost. My schedule is already pretty hectic and I would have to put a lot of effort into Spanish to truly understand it. Anyways, today is my first of AP Psychology! Hopefull it kicks as much ass as everyone says it does and I’m not too behind…</p>