<p>@nothingto didn’t they get rid of the Spanish requirement this year for the regents?</p>
<p>^ Dan2014</p>
<p>The spanish regents isn’t a requirement for the regular diploma (local regents diploma).</p>
<p>You are required to take a foreign language regents to get a advanced regents diploma, or advanced regents diploma with distinction. Which is what I am aiming for. Or in replacement of the regents, a 10 credit CTE.</p>
<p>My averages for all the regents I took so far is a 90%. Right on the spot. Which is JUST on the cutoff for the advanced regents diploma with distinction.</p>
<p>But didn’t they get rid of the Spanish regents? I want a regents with honors and all that jazz but next year I would have taken the regents but not anymore. We still have the class, but I thought it was because they were getting rid of the foreign language requirement.</p>
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<p>Hmm maybe my schools doing it’s own exam. But they said it was just like the regents. Idk. I’m confused!</p>
<p>Go talk to your guidance counselor! Make sure you tell her about the diploma with distinction! </p>
<p>Also if it’s her fault you dont get it after her advice, just blame him/her ;)</p>
<p>But my guidance counselor is pretty good, just that she’s never available… Like ever.</p>
<p>My school is located in Loudoun County, an extremely affluent area. Thus, it’s filled with children who have important and high-achieving parents. It’s the best school in the county, with loads of competition. Even so, it’s as if there’s a schism between the achievers and the non-achiever. About 1/3 of each grade is academically inclined and driven for success. The rest really couldn’t care less. The school offers around 16 APs, maybe more. I plan to take all but Studio Art by senior year. For those of you that currently attend low-achieving schools, hang in there. If you continue to blow the competition away, you’ll have an amazing experience in college.</p>
<p>I’ve got a topic for discussion: SATs. Has anyone taken them (SAT 1 or Subject Tests)? If not, when do you plan to take said tests, and which Subject Tests do you want to take? </p>
<p>I took the SAT 1 January of this year, with the hopes of gaining admission to Thomas Jefferson High School. I scored a 2060 (690 CR, 680 M, 690 W [10 essay]) with very little studying. Although I later decided not to apply to TJ, I believe my experience with the test will prove to be invaluable. I’m now well acquainted with every aspect of the SAT, and I believe I’ve got a great shot of getting a 2300+. I have yet to decide when to take it again, but I’m thinking late sophomore year/early junior year.</p>
<p>As for SAT Subject Tests, I plan to take Bio, Chem, Math 2, and US History. I’ll take Math 2 near the end of sophomore year and the rest after Junior year (as I’ll be taking APUSH, AP Chem and AP Bio that year). </p>
<p>All input is welcomed.</p>
<p>I’ve never taken the SATs. I plan on taking it during my junior year and PSAT in both sophomore and junior years. And what are subject tests? I’ve heard about them but don’t really understand what they are.</p>
<p>Subject Tests are additional tests that you could take.</p>
<p>For example Subject Test for US History. It’s scored out of 200-800 like the SAT.</p>
<p>Top Ivy’s require you to do 2 SAT Subject Tests</p>
<p>Oh. So they’re an SAT but not mandatory? And I couldn’t get into an ivy. Would love to but I don’t plan on it. :)</p>
<p>As far as SATs are concerned: I got an 1880 in seventh grade with no preparation, a 2030 in eighth(again, with no studying), and a 219 on the PSAT last year(still no prep). I can’t remember the breakdown of my scores off the top of my head, but I generally did best in math, except for the PSAT for some reason. I’m not sure what SAT 2s I’ll take, but Math 2 will probably be one of them.</p>
<p>Not just top Ivies–every Ivy. Most other schools in the top 20 also require SAT 2s. State schools (like UVA) don’t require them, but they are welcomed and may give you a leg-up in the admissions process (if they’re solid scores).</p>
<p>I’m definitely taking the World History, US History, and Chinese Subject Tests. If I’m allowed to, I’ll take German and Spanish w/ Listening. World History and US History are the ones I’m taking right after finishing those courses. Spanish…I guess I can take it whenever, really. And I’ll take Chinese and German once I’m confident enough.
Or is this just setting myself up for unnecessary stress?</p>
<p>Personally, I will have to talk with my guidance counselor on what Subject Tests I will take.</p>
<p>I am pretty undecided. </p>
<p>Since im taking AP World History, I will take SAT II World History.
Also maybe US History and a Math one.</p>
<p>^ Likesomejelly
Unless you are fluent in German/Spanish, I prefer you don’t take it. Chinese as well. I advise not to take Chinese (until you are 95% confident you know how to speak fluently with any other chinese person in a complex conversation). It’s going to be alot of stress. I advise you to just finish German/Spanish and the other History Subject tests. Too much subject tests aren’t going to make too much of a difference in admissions process.</p>
<p>I’m doing AP gov. Then I hope to do AP world. my school doesn’t offer AP world as a class but there is H. world. I plan to take that and then take AP world test and SATII world. I’ll have to do some self study.</p>
<p>For SAT IIs, I want to take World and most definitely Physics at the end of this year. Same with Math I, maybe.</p>
<p>Then Math II after the following year and APUSH.</p>
<p>Personally, I really want to be an AP Scholar. This year I’m going to self study Art History, Psychology, and do extra studying for my World History class. Then there’s always Physics B. Next year, APUSH, English Lang, and then probably self studying two others, like Human Geo. Maybe Envisci. I’ll be able to be an AP Scholar, given my average is above a four, without self studying by the end of senior year, but I really want it by the end of junior.</p>
<p>Oh, okay. Thanks, nothingto! I was beginning to wonder why no one takes more than 3 SAT II tests. I’m fluent in Spanish, so I think I’ll take that one and the history exams.</p>
<p>Speaking of foreign languages, if you’re not good enough for the SAT IIs but you take a proficiency exam (like HSK for Chinese or DELE for Spanish), would that be acceptable to put on a college app? If so, what category would that fall under?</p>
<p>Oh my begeezus! You all are trying to be AP Scholars, when my HS only has 3 APs. I envy all of you. But, the prep school that I’m applying to sees APs as “not challenging” (I’ve heard that from several people that go there) when you could specify what you exactly look for in a subject (ie Biology-I’m interested in Biochem, Microbio, and Anat/Physiology, so I think it’ll be a waste if I do the botany stuff in AP Bio). </p>
<p>My SAT IIs that I want to take are Math 2, Chemistry, and Biology since they relate most to my desired major (pharmacy). </p>
<p>I’ll do AP Bio, reluctantly, AP Chem, AP Calc BC junior year and AP Stat and AP Psych or Eng Lang if I get accepted to the boarding school I want. But if I don’t, I guess I’ll be stuck in taking AP Calc AB and AP Eng Lang junior year, then AP Stat and AP Eng Lit senior year</p>
<p>Does your school have IB?</p>
<p>@nwpnerd: Was that a general question for everybody or specifically me? My school doesn’t have IB and only 3 APs. I wish my school had something like that, but we have no $, so no advanced classes.</p>