<p>I’m trying to write my application for Georgia’s Governor’s Honors Program… It’s so hard. I’m attempting to make it in music. One of the questions is: Why do you feel that you should be selected as a Finalist?</p>
<p>I have no idea how to answer that. I’m deeply passionate about music. My life legitimately revolves around it. I practice 20 hours/week regardless of APUSH homework or AP chem homework. My grades would probably be quite a bit higher if I wasn’t so dedicated. But other than the passion bit, I don’t know how else to answer it? I desperately want to make it, but I’m struggling with the easier questions such as describing my interests in music. Any CC words of wisdom? I know you all are fabulous at this kind of thing.</p>
<p>^ My advice? Brag a little (but be respectful). Why do you specifically <em>deserve</em> to attend the program? What have you done to earn it? What are some of your unique qualities that make you a prime candidate? What would you do/gain if selected?</p>
<p>If you can answer all of these questions–and I’m sure you can–you’ll be able to construct a great essay.</p>
<p>I think I bombed my AP chem test today. It went really bad. I only got like 5 of the multiple choice questions done in 15 minutes. And then I struggled with portions of the free response. Luckily, she will be giving us more time to finish our tests on Monday. Unfortunately, I don’t think that will help me out too much.</p>
<p>Everyone is so far ahead of us (we only started a week ago) - don’t get grades for a while - but all my classes are going well - Spanish 3 and Pre-Calc are my nemesis! APUSH, Physics, Lit, and Yearbook are all great though …</p>
<p>Piano - B-
ELA 10 - A-
AP World Hist - B
Chemistry - D-
Algebra II - B+
Spanish 2 - A+</p>
<p>My B- in Piano will turn into an A+ in the next quarter or so and my B+ in Algebra II will be an A+ after I ace a test. Then, hopefully I will do good on the weekly test in our AP World History class and get an A+ as well. Now, the problem is Chemistry. I can’t really focus in my Chemistry class because it is really loud and my teacher has a strong Filipino accent so it is kind of hard to understand her sometimes. I am going to retake FA4 and FA5 in Chemistry and I hope to get a C+ or a B- after. Do you guys have any tips for studying?</p>
<p>We don’t find out our grades at all for almost another month (when we get are mid-quarter grade report), pretty sure I have an A in everything right now (we have only had some easy tests, projects and essays), I am sure my APUSH grade will go down in like a week when we have our first multi-chapter test, same with pre-calc (though I am not sure when we are even having a test)…</p>
<p>@Miw: 58 on mine #waddup. I think my teacher thinks that there’s something going on in my life now, which isn’t entirely untrue, but I honestly had no idea what I was doing. Until we went through our tests again afterward for correction purposes, and I suddenly knew what I was doing. Great, isn’t it?</p>
<p>But my overall grade is an 84, so I can get that up before the quarter ends. Plus, the tests will be on 1 chapter instead of 5, so that should help as well.</p>
<p>Around the “A” average for all my classes, but this recent week may be the cause for my first “B” in a quarter grade in over two years. But there’s still a few more weeks left.</p>
<p>@Miw: Nope. She gives extra credit on every test, so she thinks that that balances out. We got 6 points extra on this one (bringing me to a 64… woo). Two people got in the 60’s range, 1 got a 92, and I don’t know what the other got because she wasn’t there, but probably around 60’s.</p>
<p>@lldm Oh, you’d think that she would give a more generous curve. I have no clue on how my teacher is going to grade my test. How was your test formatted?</p>
<p>Eh. It’s known as a GPA killer for a reason, lol. But this one kid annihilated the course last year; his average for the year was ~109 (obviously that rounds down to 100, but still).</p>
<p>Generally, she gives a good number of MCs that are 1/2 points each, and then short answers that are usually 7-9 points. Sometimes MCs reach up to 5 points and the short answers have parts. For example, one of the short answers on this test had a,b,c and each part was worth 7 points.
I think it was 4 pages front & back? Her tests usually aren’t very long; I remember she gave us a test last year that was 2 pages front & back o_O.</p>
<p>Interesting. Our Chapter 5 test had 10 MC. For the MC we’re not allowed to use our calculators. Then we had 2 Free response questions. They had about 5-7 parts for each of them. I feel like I’m going to get like 50% on the multiple choice, and I’m going to get like 30% on the free response. I’m not confident at all with this test.</p>
<p>Our AP Chemistry tests are not that bad, just tricky. On my first AP Chem test, I got a C mainly because of the MC section which was non calculator active… There was 10 FR questions, and 8 was required, I bombed a couple lol.</p>
I’m attempting to make it in music. One of the questions is: Why do you feel that you should be selected as a Finalist?</p>