<p>Hey! I’m new to this forum but I was wondering how self studying an AP class is going for anybody? I’m trying to decide if I should self study a gov class next year. Any advice would be great!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t self study too early for some AP classes, so I’ve read. I’m doing an AP Psych. self study, but I haven’t even started yet. Check the AP Preparation forums for more information on self studying APs.</p>
<p>You guys already take AP courses?
My school does not allow us to take any AP courses until Junior year because we dont have the pre-requisites…</p>
<p>^Same. As a result I’ll only take a maximum of 10 AP classes when I could have handled 5 this year alone :/</p>
<p>I got my scores back. I dropped 30 pts, but I’m not surprised because I had 2 major projects and a 7 page paper leading up to the SAT. I’m beating myself up a little, but I know that my score is higher than every senior in my school. </p>
<p>580 CR, 680 M, 570 W (8 essay)</p>
<p>I predicted a drop in reading because I haven’t really read anything or studied vocab since June (big mistake), but I feel my essay should be higher esp. since I did the same thing I did in June but it was shorter. I’m developing a plan to make a 2200+, so do you all have any suggestions?</p>
<p>@evanb1996
get the Up Your Score book. I just read the writing section of it a couple of days before I took the SAT and my writing went from 560 to 680 and then after studying it some more, a 720. Also, for help on your essay, make a list of all the college level books you’ve ever read and write down themes and key points from each of them so that you’ll have essay examples. Write a couple of practice essays in the 25 minute limit and then go back and take as much time as you need to edit them and turn them into something that you’d hand in at school. I did these things and got a 12 and I’m not an English/writing kind of person. For reading I would suggest reading a ton of books outside of class. I ended up needing to take a reading class designed to increase my reading speed and retention over the summer which sucked but also helped on the SAT and in school. For math, I’ve heard that doing practice tests without calculators helps (still waiting for results on this :P)</p>
<p>Got my final grades!</p>
<p>PE - 100
Chemistry - 100
AP Euro - 100
Honors English - 98
AP Calc AB - 94 (highest grade in class - it’s super hard at my school)</p>
<p>I’m so happy!</p>
<p>^ Let’s trade lives, please. 100 in AP Euro? The highest grade in my class is a 92.</p>
<p>@biovball: Congratulations! You must have worked really hard to attain those stellar grades.</p>
<p>Hey everyone!</p>
<p>I’m new here and class of 2014 as well. Hope to meet some friendly faces!</p>
<p>Jereveparis, CC is not letting me reply to your message because your inbox is full. Delete some items!</p>
<p>Sorry studious! Done :)</p>
<p>Thanks DancingK and StudiousMaximus!</p>
<p>I think what helped me the most this time rather than other quarters was that I studied really hard for finals. For AP Euro we had two in class FRQs in one hours, and I practiced them at least ten times beforehand and got an 8 on both, which I’m really happy with. For the Calc final, I went in every morning to review with my teacher and ended up getting 100 on the final :o</p>
<p>I was actually really freaking out because I had to be gone for THREE DAYS the week before finals because I had my grandpa’s funeral, and had so many missing assignments that my grades were super low. But I was able to get them up a little through a few sleepless nights ugh…</p>
<p>So what is everyone doing for Christmas break?</p>
<p>@biovball: I am working on an application to a boarding school over Christmas break. Also, I am trying to find books to read and I have some stuff to work on for church. </p>
<p>Just to everyone else, what are some books that you all recommend for reading? I know I will be reading Oedipus, Antigone, and Night by Elie Wiesel in Honors English next semester. I’ve already read Hunger Games and Twilight series. </p>
<p>Also, what should I do about books that have been sitting on my bookshelf since I was in middle school that I never read. Everytime I start to read them, I see that they are boring. Should I donate them to the middle school or what? I’m torn on this.</p>
<p>^Night is one of the saddest books I’ve ever read, but it was incredible. It was summer reading and some of the kids in my class read it in one sitting because they were so captivated.</p>
<p>@Evan if you aren’t going to read them then I would for sure donate them 
Night is an AMAZING book. It’s an easy read, and it is so fascinatingly tragic. :3 I’m sure you’ll think so too :)</p>
<p>^^^ Night is wonderful. I had to read it for my Holocaust class and it’s short and really fascinating. If you’re still interested in the Holocaust after reading, Schindler’s List is a great accompaniment to the book.</p>
<p>Night was depressing…</p>
<p>I haven’t even heard of Night, but I really want to read it based on what you guys are saying about it!</p>
<p>On Christmas, after opening presents with my mom, I’m flying down to Orange County to spend the next two weeks with my grandma. </p>
<p>I’ll also probably work on filling out applications for internships and my extra credit assignment for Honors English, reading and annotating Voltaire’s Candide (ugh).</p>
<p>I know Night is awesome! It caught my eye when I was walking around in the school library (which is closed now because the roof caved in over it) and I read it for Honors English 1. I actually bought the book after reading it and I have read it twice since then. </p>
<p>Also, do you all have any book recommendations? I’m bored and I won’t read the books I’m planning on donating. My SGA advisor recommended Pass It Forward and Choke by Sian Beilock.</p>