<p>I’m excited for, yet dreading Junior year at the same time… </p>
<p>My schedule is as followed:</p>
<p>Calculus
English 3 GT
Dual Credit US History
Tech 1
AP Bio
Physics
Dual Credit Psychology
Spanish 3</p>
<p>I go to a small rural high school, where AP Bio is the only AP given. (Eh.) -.-</p>
<p>ecouter, I’m currently enrolled in PreCalc. I have the capacity to test out of it and probably should be in Calc at the moment, but due to our district’s draconian policies, testing out of a class is near impossible (meaning almost all of our juniors are enrolled in PreCalc anyways). Also, Lang is proving to be fun so far! Lots of writing, but the teacher makes it enjoyable. We’ll also be reading quite a few books independently this year for the class which gives me an excuse to finally start Don Quixote.</p>
<p>Nice! Lang is fun, despite all the essays. Unfortunately my teacher made us extensively analyze 5 pieces and then hand us back F’s just to prove that we don’t know anything compared to what she wants us to be able to do by the AP test…</p>
<p>My schedule is definitely harder than I thought it would be. Reading every night for test each day in APUSH and AP Psych, in addition to math homework and whatever else I might have… It was a tough first week.</p>
<p>1) Journalism IV Honors (newspaper)
2) French II
3) AP Calc. AB
4) APUSH
5) AP Chem.
6) AP Eng. Comp.
7) AP Psych</p>
<p>My courses this year should be relatively challenging, with a nice elective that caters to my interests at the end of the day.</p>
<p>AP Lang - crazy teacher, but she knows what she’s doing
US History - AP conflicted with my schedule, but I got the AP teacher, so it’ll be a tough regular class
Pre-Calc- I have to put in a ton of work to get good grades in math… 'nuff said
American Sign Language II - great class, great teacher, great fun but more difficult break before 5th
period
AP Bio - probably gonna be my hardest class, but at least I’ve had the teacher before and I know shes good
Culinary Arts- I love to cook, so this will be a blast!</p>
<p>Had my schedule changed a little with dropping a class, adding a new one, and have others rearranged:</p>
<ol>
<li>Accelerated Math III</li>
<li>Journalism/ Yearbook</li>
<li>AP Chemistry</li>
<li>AP U.S. History</li>
<li>AP Language </li>
<li>Psychology </li>
<li><p>Latin IV</p>
<p>Though I’m only two weeks into school, I’ll give a school review. My hardest class is AP Chemistry, but my class with the most workload is AP U.S. History, though it isn’t a bad class because I have one of my teachers from last year teaching it. Latin IV and Yearbook are my favorite classes and they are taught by the same teacher. My AP Chemistry teacher is the same teacher who taught me last year about Chemistry. My AP Language teacher was supposed to be my Honors English teacher last year, but there wasn’t enough room. So you should get the theme: I mostly have the same teachers as last year. My Psychology class isn’t hard except the quizzes because the teacher purposely makes them hard. I just moved into my new math class and it is okay for now.</p>
<p>I have a lot planned for this school year. I’m doing GHP, Georgia’s Governor Honors Program, and I’m doing it in Social Studies. I tried to do it last year in Chemistry, but it didn’t work out. I’m doing it in Social Studies because my AP U.S. History teacher sees a lot of potential in me, especially being an African-American male not influenced by others to make bad decisions, and wants to help me get into the best colleges I can. She has faith that I could go to an Ivy, like Harvard, if I really apply myself. Also, I took three Social Studies AP last year and I made a 5 (Human Geography) and two 4s (U.S. Government and Comparative Politics). Also, I’m doing the SAT’s in January or May and my Sat II’s in June. I don’t know about May because that is when AP test are held and I don’t want to do January because I feel like that is too early. I have to take the SAT II’s for the Ivys and BS/MD programs.</p>
<p>Other things I’m planning for is getting a job. I’m turning 16 in less than a week and I need one to help pay for the AP tests we now have to pay due to the county saving money, the PSAT, the SAT’s and Sat II’s, and money for other expenses. The others expenses are clothes, food, etc, but also for Dual Enrollment. I would take college classes at a local university or at Georgia State and I would probably have to pay for the books and transportation, which would be a car. I know its crazy already planning for senior year, but it is better than doing stuff at the last minute. Well that is all I got to say for now!</p></li>
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<p>At my school junior year is the first one where you can take any APs, so this year will be quite a doozy for me:
APUSH
AP Art History (insanely excited)
AP Eng I
AP Calc AB (gonna self study for the BC exam though)
Chem h
Span 5h</p>
<p>and then easy mandatory classes. that plus balancing a few club positions and joining xc. I’m actually happy to be so busy though because I’m sure it will distract me from unnecessary drama in my school</p>
<p>This year I am taking:</p>
<p>-AP Calculus AB
-AP Biology
-AP Junior English
-AP Spanish
-Modern US History
-Entrepreneurship
-Business Law</p>
<p>I am planning on going to Stanford. I am the only legacy in the class of '14 at my school. Anybody have an idea of how much more competitive it will be to get into top colleges for our class?</p>
<p>Final sched:</p>
<p>1) APUSH
2) AP Lang & Comp
3) Computer Repair - Hardware/Software
4) AP Chem</p>
<p>5) Office Apps
6) PreCalc H
7) Chorus H
8) AP Chem</p>
<p>This year should be fun, I hope. School starts in 4 days, though, and I still haven’t finished homework for any of my classes. I was supposed to read and complete problems for the 1st 5 chapters of my AP Chem book, and I have 4 problems left of chapter 5 (and took up 17 pages doing all of it). For APUSH, I’m supposed to read 2 chapters, answer a lot of “objective questions”, and then read about 8 supplemental readings and answer the questions on those. For Lang & Comp, we had to write 2 essays by a specified summer date, but I still need to read Huck Finn (again) for class on Thursday. For PreCalc, I was supposed to teach myself chapters 5-9 in my Algebra II book because I didn’t have the opportunity to take honors last year (the “high” honors kids took Alg. II frosh year, “low” honors took geometry, so there wasn’t enough interest to make an honors class last year)… didn’t even finish chapter 5. </p>
<p>I know I can complete everything except for math, but math is also my worst subject, so I don’t know how this is going to fare for me in the near future ._.</p>
<p>Is anyone trying for NMSF in October? I really want to, but again, my math skills are keeping me from the ~220 range I’ll need to make it in CT.</p>
<p>I’m going to take the PSAT just for the hell of it.</p>
<p>My school requires that you take the PSAT (in both 10th and 11th grade), but I bombed in 10th grade and know I won’t get a 220. I am taking the ACT anyway… BTW when is everybody taking their first SAT/ACT?</p>
<p>Hey lldm21, which chemistry textbook are you using?</p>
<p>AP Biology
Pre-AP Precalculus
AP Statistics
AP Psychology
AP U.S. History
AP English Language & Composition
Physics Honors</p>
<p>I missed the first four days of school, so I’m technically starting tomorrow. Help me…</p>
<p>I’m also wondering whether I should study for the PSAT or not. I’ll probably have the time since I’m not doing any ECs this semester, but my schedule may think otherwise.</p>
<p>I planned on taking it in October, but I don’t think I’ll be prepared by then, plus I have a marching band competition that day, so I might take it in November.</p>
<p>@Miw: Chemistry - The Central Science 11E AP Edition. Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy</p>
<p>We’re using Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
We also had to do the first 5 chapters. How many problems do you have to do per chapter ?</p>
<p>First time SAT since 7th grade on October 6! Actually excited! Oh an I’m the only person left in my AP Chem class!</p>
<p>That is crazy, will your school offer a class with one person (my school cancelled AP Art History when only five people signed up)? Also I am taking the ACT in December.</p>
<p>My AP chem class only has 8 students in it. I don’t know if there is some set threshold at my school on how many students there must be in an AP class. I know last year they made the handful of kids who signed up for AP Physics take it online. I just hope the same doesn’t happen with AP Chem, since my chem class has already met 6 times this summer.</p>
<p>Our school is making the whole junior class take the ACT in April, so I guess that’s when I’ll be taking it. As for the SAT, I’m aiming for January so I can order QAS.</p>
<p>ATP: How in hell does your school allow a one person class? That’s both odd and fantastic. Consider me jealous.</p>
<p>My school system requires 17 people to be in the class on the first few days or it will be dissolved. There was 20 in our class the first few days, but now there is only 13 or 14 people left.</p>