<p>Wow. I feel like I’m taking way too little. I’m taking 2 AP’s and 2 honors. AP Lang and comp and AP Stat. maybe AP Psycholgy, but probably not. Chinese 4 honors and precalc honors. My school is one of the best public schools in my state (NJ); it’s listed in the top 5. The AP classes are generally harder than the ones from other towns near mine. I dont want to take too many and ruin my GPA.</p>
<p>^I’m pretty sure colleges evaluate you based on the context of your school, not everyone else’s school…so basically, you’re competing more with applicants from your school than from other schools. Also, you seem like one of the lucky ones on CC who aren’t completely absorbed by GPAs and APs. 
But you should probably take more advanced classes (not necessarily APs), just to challenge yourself more…you get more out of an accelerated/advanced class than a normal class, and even though you may not get as high of grades in those classes, it’s well worth it because you learn how to push yourself and cope under pressure.</p>
<p>It’s kind of ironic how now that I’m 80-90% satisfied with my grades, I’m starting to not care as much about them.</p>
<p>Kind of off-topic, but I found this essay the other day and thought it was a little mind-provoking.</p>
<p><a href=“https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/what-we-look/valuing-creative-reflective[/url]”>https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/apply/what-we-look/valuing-creative-reflective</a></p>
<p>I’m not sure how it actually reflects admissions at Harvard (because I’m still convinced it’s all crapshoot), but the writing is really great and brings some more perspective to the table as far as grades vs. potential goes.</p>
<p>If I had gotten the elective that I really wanted to take this year (child development), then i def would be in honors in junior year and make my schedule a bit more rigorous. oh well 
i mean i could take creative writing honors next year again, or maybe even accounting honors. im willing to miss my lunch to fit in one extra honors class. but honestly, i think thats too much… i dont like how my school isnt an A/B day rotation thing because i really think only 8 classes is too little.</p>
<p>@catchinginfinity- That essay was very thought-provoking, and is making me reconsider my career plans. I’m interested in arts, and I always thought it wouldn’t be a good path, because jobs so unstable. Now that I read that, I might think of some ways to incorporate the humanities, and intangible subjects into my future career as a doctor. I really like the idea of Doctors without Borders, like some sort of international relations job that relates to science. Or maybe even music/theatre…</p>
<p>It is very thought-provoking, I agree! It really touched me because it was so well-written. As a person who always enjoyed writing and reading so I know majority of the names mentioned on there, it’s definitely something worth thinking about. At least one of the things addressed in there I thought about before, at least. I do agree though, Harvard admissions are most likely a crapshoot. Most selective colleges are. Since they can’t all accept future doctors, writers, engineers, etc. etc. it’s really what you mention it probably is, catchinginfinity.</p>
<p>This is off topic but… do any of you guys have trouble staying up? This whole week at like 11pm i told myself “im gonna sleep for just 30 min” and then i wake up at like 2:30am. :(</p>
<p>^YES</p>
<p>This week has been super busy (today is the last day of the marking period). And I’ve had to stay up late to study for tests and stuff. I get SO TIRED. </p>
<p>Tip:
splash COLD water on your face when you get sleepy</p>
<p>I start my sport soon I don’t know how I’m going to do it all…</p>
<p>imhkim - Actually yes, I usually stay up until midnight, but last week I went to sleep at like 9/10 every night. It’s probably because my body hasn’t been getting enough sleep. I wake up at 5am everyday. I wonder how active I’d be if I actually got 9 hours of sleep.</p>
<p>I went trick-or-treating as a nerd a.k.a myself. Lol, I just wanted the free candy.</p>
<p>^The only reason I went was because I had no homework and my friends asked me to…now that I’m back, I completely regret it. I’m donating most of the candy anyways and I have no energy left. /: But my outfit was just my Stanford sweatshirt and devil horns that matched the red.</p>
<p>Glad you guys liked the article (:</p>
<p>@imhkim - I’m usually in bed around 11 (not sure if that’s early or late for you guys…I’ve never pulled an all-nighter before for school) and browse around/write on my phone until 12. Naturally waking up at 2:30am must be terrible. /:</p>
<p>Would you ever let someone copy your definitions of terms? This person is giving me the excuse that they were sick, but I’ve seen them at school all week. I know that they’re going trick or treating and just want to copy me so they don’t have to cancel trick or treating.</p>
<p>^ No. 10char</p>
<p>Do you have to write an essay on the SAT or is that just grammar stuff?</p>
<p>omg im happy that im not like the only one. yeah im really really trying not to fall asleep today. im actually stressed out right now cuz i just went to an sat class and got a bunch of questions wrong… ._. and i have my state driver’s ed test tomorrow and im actually really really nervoussss. i got a D+ on my last test, but thankfully it wasnt like run by the state. and id say 11 is early for me haha but i def can get to bed by 10 if i actually concentrate and not procrastinate…</p>
<p>i wouldnt let someone copy my definition terms. the same thing actually happened to me today. well pretty similar anyway, and i said no. haha</p>
<p>and yeah you have to write an essay on the SAT.</p>
<p>For anyone who’s taking AP World History:</p>
<p>What are some similarities and differences between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?</p>
<p>I have an in-class essay tomorrow and I’m pretty nervous. 
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<p>I fell asleep at 8 yesterday because I was so exhausted from Halloween. /:</p>
<p>@imhkim - Is it your first time doing test prep? If it is, don’t worry, because the first time I did it I got around a quarter of the questions wrong. :P</p>
<p>Did nothing for Halloween because I was studying, also because nobody ever comes to my house so I don’t expect anything much anymore.</p>
<p>@letmeseetheworld what imhkim said, the essay’s a part of the writing section (which is the grammar section yes) </p>
<p>for me, I take naps in the afternoon and then wake up and eat dinner and then procrastinate and go to sleep late-ish but I can wake up myself in the morning without an alarm. then again, I wake up at 7:00 and leave at 7:15. if I didn’t procrastinate so much I’d probably be going to sleep at 9 or 8. in freshman year i did that for a week but then it got ruined and i spent a year trying to take it back but it never worked.</p>
<p>@animefan- oops saw this now and you probs wrote your essay already. haha my history class just learned about that! i honestly still dunno how to answer your question though lol hope you did well though!</p>
<p>@catchinginfinity- it actually isnt my first time doing sat prep i think its because i was really tired this week and kinda stressed out lol and cuz the reading passage was about music and music just makes me go like all confused… </p>
<p>@anterograde- samee. i went out with my bro for like half an hr and that was it. and like less than 10 people came to my house that day. i was kinda disappointed though because i didnt have halloween for the last 2 yrs in a row (cuz there was a bad rainfall and we all lost power and the other one was when hurricane sandy messed up everything). and omg not procrastinating lasted for the first week and i just cant get it back!</p>