<p>Oh Thanks @lanflan , is that only offered in October?</p>
<p>Stanford is amazing too but unfortunately for me I’m on the opposite coast and the parentals say I have to be within driving distance! Lol but I guess I’m okay with it. A lot of good choices in the east. </p>
<p>Also, if anybody could help out. I’m going to Yale soon for a visit and tour. Has anyone ever been there and can tell me about their visit, things that are a must-see, places on/around campus that are not given on the tour, stuff like that. </p>
<p>Do you guys think the Blue Book is good prep for the PSAT? Let’s say my pretend score was 2020, does that roughly translate to 202 for the PSAT? Any input is greatly appreciated Hope everyone has a great school year!</p>
<p>@SippingCoffee In my experience, the PSAT score is better than a tenth of the SAT score, so your PSAT score should translate to over 202, if you are timing yourself. This is due to the added pressure of length in the SAT. </p>
<p>Blue Book is fine to prep for PSAT. I don’t see the difference between prepping for PSAT and SAT, except for the essay on the SAT.</p>
<p>2015er here but thought I would input my two cents.</p>
<p>@sippingcoffee roughly. My sophomore year I took like 2 practice SATs and scored around a high 1700 to low 1800 on them. On my PSAT I got a 190 (or slightly higher, can’t remember). My junior year my SAT practice tests were in the mid to high 1900s. I got a 189 on my PSAT. Wasn’t even commended. It was a bummer, but this is just a note that your scores can fluctuate tremendously. I literally got a 205 the night before on a practice PSAT that my counselor gave me. Don’t worry if you don’t do well on the PSAT, it’s honestly not that big of a deal. It may seem like the end of the world if you don’t get commended or semifinalist status, but I promise you that you can still get into an awesome college and you can still get awesome scholarships. Semifinalist/finalist status isn’t even that impressive to top colleges because your actual SAT is what matters.</p>
<p>@hailbo @woandering honestly don’t stress about how much work you will have. I took 6 IB classes and stayed after school around 12 hours a week but I still found time to study for my SAT, pursue my hobbies (creative writing and watching netflix), and I still had some free time. Just remember that high school has a way of working out where one week you’ll feel so stressed that you literally want to die and the next week you can binge watch the whole six seasons of gossip girl. Develop good study habits and you’ll find yourself with more free time than you know how to handle. You’ll learn how to deal with your workload as the year goes on.</p>
<p>I actually have a friend who was supposed to go to worlds, but he opted to stay at our school (since we just moved in a few days ago and we’re all still making new friends). </p>
<p>PROS:
-my schedule is challenging but overall fun
-I don’t have my science 1st period for once
-no classes with my older brother
-all of my hardest classes are before my study hall
-full-size lockers
-I have at least one friend in six of my eight periods
-I got the “good” religion teacher (I go to Catholic school)
-all of my classes are on the same side of the building (except lunch, but it’s not really a class…)
-my homeroom is in the same room as my math class, which is the period after homeroom</p>
<p>CONS:
-the class clown (who I can’t stand) is in all but two of my classes while the guy I like is in none of them
-my study hall got mixed up (which was sorted out but still annoying)
-31 kids in my AP Psych period, in a classroom designed to seat 30 kids
-no friends in AP Chem
-one of my friends who wasn’t in any of my classes last year isn’t in any of my classes this year
-creative writing was cancelled as only six people applied and I can’t take Print Media instead as it’d mess up my whole schedule
-several hours of homework both nights
-I don’t know what’s going on in Spanish 3
-precalc</p>
<p>@ThatPurpleKoala Tough, huh. Good luck for the year! By the way, on the topic of good religion teachers, our best one just moved to another (nonreligious) school because some stupid California Catholic online magazine decided to write a stupid and dehumanizing article about him from the conservative Catholic view. Obviously, the whole school community, including Catholics, hate the magazine. Rest of my religious classes will be with bad teachers, ugh.</p>
<p>@Woandering Thanks! And it’s not like my last two teachers have been “bad” per se, it’s just that they haven’t tried to make it interesting. And sorry to hear about that teacher.</p>
<p>@ThatPurpleKoala: Sorry about all the cons (especially the schedule mix up, I’m having some issues with mine as well), but yay for having a friend in most of your classes and no science first! I currently have AP Chemistry first one of my days, ugh. </p>
<p>Can’t believe school starts in a week. Where the heck did summer go?</p>
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Hope everyone has a great school year!</p>