<p>First time I’ve relaxed and hung out with anyone since school started, ironically when I should be studying for the SATs tomorrow. Oh well. The pumpkin cookies and company were worth it.</p>
<p>How are you guys doing? :)</p>
<p>I actually have a relaxed weekend/upcoming week (first one since I started school). I only have one test this week (a couple quizzes/reading checks but I don’t count those) and a college fair. So it is going to be a good week. Oh and we are reading The Glass Castle in English as an extra reading, it is really good!</p>
<p>We took a pop quiz in AP Chemistry on aqueous solutions/metathesis reactions, and I’m pretty sure I aced it. This is the first time I felt really confident on something lol.</p>
<p>AP Physics B is a lot harder than I expected. 
I’m just not getting our exams…</p>
<p>I’m jealous of you AP science people. For honors students at my school you take honors bio, then chem, then physics, before we can even take AP science (meaning we can’t take AP science until senior year).</p>
<p>My class won the homecoming float competition. Our float was amazing!</p>
<p>Good luck to everybody taking the SATs right now.</p>
<p>@ArtsyGirl13 It’s the same for my school. Before students can take an AP Science course, one must take one of the following 9th grade science courses: AB Physics or ICP (Intro to Chemistry and Physics). In 10th grade students can take both Biology and Chemistry (this is what I did) or they can wait to take Chemistry their junior year. </p>
<p>Update* I found out today that I got a 29/30 on my AP Chemistry quiz~ yay!~ It didn’t raise my grade though 
but it’s still great!</p>
<p>Haven’t been here in a long time; busy with work. How is Junior Year going for all of you?</p>
<p>I’m in the IB and i seriously underestimated what it would be like. Right now, i have 2 B+s and the rest are low As, unweighted. Thus, I have seriously given up the desire to go to a top university. I’ll try my hardest, but if this is what i have 2 months into school, imagine in may when i’ll be taking 2 IB SL exams and my finals for all the other HL classes… And, to my surprise, I have become much less competitive. I have come to the realization that if a college doesn’t want to accept me because i ended up with a B+ in Math HL (arguably the hardest IB course) and accepted another student who took Math Studies (they spent a month and a half doing mean, median and mode), then so be it.</p>
<p>Most people who used to get straight A’s before in HS are in a similar position to mine. However, there are these two geniuses who have 98 unweighted GPA’s and I seriously believe they will find the cure for cancer or something in the future.</p>
<p>Managed to get my physics grade to an A. Yay.</p>
<p>hahaha physics ap both b and c are hard. lol… im in physics c and we’re doing mechanics in one semester :O</p>
<p>it’s not really that the material is hard perse, but rather because of the massive time crunch of the tests T_T</p>
<p>junior year so far is OK I guess… no weird teachers, no friend issues. Entered Siemens really last minute. Just took SAT I. The study load isn’t that much, I’m quite surprised. But then again I probably have less extracurriculars than most people :(</p>
<p>How many times are you all taking the SAT? I asked my counselor about taking it in November to get a base line, then march and june. She was soo against that and was saying I should only take the SAT twice because most people do their best the first time. I highly doubt that will be the case with me as I am looking for at least 2200+ (shoot for the stars woo!) I still want to take it in November so I can see what Im working with. What about you guys?</p>
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<p>Um, I am planning to take a lot of tests this year (this is what happens when you plan to apply ED next year). I am focussing on the ACT which I am taking for the first time in December, then April and June (if need be), I expect I will need to take it twice, I am hoping I don’t need the June one though am planning incase I do. I will probably take the SAT in March, assuming my PSAT score this year is over 200, just to see how I do and will take some subject tests this spring (Math II, US History and a third one which I have not decided on).</p>
<p>I took the SAT today, and it went really well! </p>
<p>And I’d say the feeling of accomplishment is a good birthday present. ;)</p>
<p>I’m taking the PSAT this month w/o studying to see what I need to improve on. Then, i’ll take the ACT in April and June, and Subject Tests in June or 1st semester senior year.</p>
<p>Just wondering, what is your guys’ relationship with your counselor and how often do you see them?</p>
<p>At my school, the only times we ever really talk to our counselor are for registering for classes and if there are any schedule conflicts at the beginning of the year. It’s just weird seeing people say that their counselor doesn’t want them to take the SAT or whatever; at my school, anyone can just go and sign up for whichever date they want and that’s as far as it goes.</p>
<p>Also, right now I’m looking at taking it for the first time in January.</p>
<p>At my school you basically never talk to your counselor until you are applying to college if you are not in honors and you see them a lot if you are in honors. We have honors counselors (who are also teachers/just happen to know a lot about college) which are assigned to students and then one regular counselor for the whole school (small school, less then 500 students).
My honors counselor is awesome, I met with her at the beginning of the year to solidify my standardized testing plan/will meet with her in the spring (which is standard for honors students). The only time I saw my regular counselor this year was to pick up an information thing on the ACT and to sign up for a college information session (the college was visiting my school).</p>
<p>My counselor is very nice; she plans everything and is such a huge supporter. She gives you a 4 year plan and is in charge of the AP department. You can come to her and other counselors when it comes to personal problems or if you just want to talk. The only time their really busy is when it comes to Seniors and Schedule changes.</p>
<p>I like talking to my counselor, I mean that’s why they’re there. They help me plan for school and life and they’re good motivators. I love going to see them.</p>