<p>@superstarlala How is AP Chem? I want to the class next year, but I’m not sure if I should.</p>
<p>It’s amazing. My teacher is great, the only problem is she teaches to the test rather than for the sake of learning. The labs are also really fun especially when we’re working with dangerous items. It can get tricky but usually it’s not too bad.</p>
<p>Should I take Arabic or Chinese? I’ve already completed 4 years of Latin, so looking for a non-traditional HS language. Which do you think will serve me better in the future/be more useful? I know both are expanding and coming into more demand, but am pretty torn. I’ve heard both are about equal in terms of difficulty.</p>
<p>5 tests here. Bio, Calc BC, Stats, US, and English Lit. I haven’t a clue how I’ll survive when I have to start studying in April.</p>
<p>Have any of you visited college campuses yet? I have yet to visit any. When do you recommend visiting? I have an upcoming break March 30- April 7. I’m also considering visiting during the summer. Which would be the best time to visit?</p>
<p>Chinese would probably be the better option. I’m taking that in college.</p>
<p>@ArtsyGirl 3 exams: Psych, Biology, English Lang</p>
<p>I’m only taking the APUSH exam.</p>
<p>Seven, I think.
Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Calculus BC, English Literature, US History, US Government.</p>
<p>yah im taking 7 also: 5 for school (stats, lang &comp, calc AB, gov, bio) …
self studying 2 (micro and macro)</p>
<p>holy crap, wow
my school doesn’t let us take apush (only AP history class in my area) if we have two ap sciences + 2 ap maths.</p>
<p>Two conversations of note:
1.
DAD: Hey DukeHopeful2014, what’s this charge on my credit card from college board? And these three from your school system?
ME: Remember dad- I asked you if I could use your card to pay for AP exams and the SAT.
DAD: Why do we need those again? How do they help in any way?
Me: The AP exams potentially save money if I score high enough and I need the SAT to apply to most schools.
DAD: well, that’s dumb.
2.
ME: Hey mom, I know that we have a few free days this spring break. Could I go touring around the state (I bought myself a car- I have a well paying job!) to look at 3 potential colleges? And also, would it be too inconveniencing for me to look at Princeton while we’re in NJ and Carnegie Mellon while we’re in Pittsburg? (This summer)
MOM: Why bother? You can just do it next fall.
ME: Yes, but I can’t decide where I want to apply Early Decision to- Duke or Princeton. Also, I would like to get a feel for the colleges, never having been to any of the 7 colleges that I have selected.
MOM: What’s Early Decision?</p>
<p>Come on parents. Looks like I’m all alone for the college process.</p>
<p>^ I feel you. My mom thinks the ACT and SAT are the same test and doesn’t understand why I’m taking both. 
She’s even said SACT.</p>
<p>^My mom thinks the ACT doesn’t count for college and just taking the ACT looks sketchy- like you couldn’t handle the SAT.
On a side note, first time I feel I did badly on a math quiz. My best subject. I switched an answer on a Chem test at the last minute so that’s one wrong. Part 2 is tomorrow. We had an hour and a half for 47 MC and people barely finished with calculators. We’re all going to fail the AP exam.
Also, I got ANOTHER C on a history test. I go in for help all the time, I study for hours and take really good notes- stuff I don’t do for any other class and I still haven’t managed to get a B on any test. It’s not fair, other people don’t study and get like 85’s. I kinda hate my teacher. Even after going to him for help, I still only get C’s. UGH.</p>
<p>That awkward moment when my SAT test date is the same as my debate tournament. Ugh. Guess I have to skip the SAT. Well at least now I can focus on getting a 34/35/36 on the ACT. I’ll probably take the SAT in September, and if it isn’t good enough I’ll just not send that score.</p>
<p>The SAT is a lot less popular where I live. I told my guidance counselor what I got on the SAT and he had to look it up on an ACT/SAT equivalence chart to see if it was good or not.</p>
<p>Same here. A lot of my classmates don’t understand why I plan on taking the SAT.</p>
<p>In my whole school 3 people have taken or are taking the SAT. One of them is me…midwesterners.</p>
<p>I live in the Northeast, and my parents were convinced for a while that the ACT was for “less smart kids” and that it wouldn’t be as beneficial as taking the SAT. I think they finally understand that both tests are of equal weight in the college process. Ironically though, I’m not going to be taking the ACT.</p>
<p>^My parents are still convinced of that.</p>