@CSinPA it went really well, actually! I think I did really well on it. I finished what was supposed to take 2 hours in 45 minutes… And I checked some of my answers with the teacher afterwards, so I know I got quite a few correct. I think I forgot to take the absolute value of the answer on one question, but I can still get a 95% (or maybe MAYBE they’ll give partial credit for that question and I can get a 98%).
@Spiral7 my school doesn’t offer AP Gov, but at other schools in our district, it’s a one-semester course for senior year.
@Apollo11 My teacher flat out told us that the first two months we will all get below 70s on all the multiple choice tests and it will be really demeaning and we will hate ourselves, but we will do well on the AP Exam. Apparently no one does well in her class. Yay.
Oh and she gives TONS of book work. We will be going through the ENTIRE 600-800 page textbook, and being tested on all of it.
@Sally Stephens “…those who jump to BC are those who had pre-calculus sophomore year…” Do you mean they would take Calculus (Jr) then AP Calc BC (Sr?)
I am a freshman planning math courses for sophomore year (and beyond). Calc BC and Physic C:E&M is supposed to be added my Junior year.
I’m current in Alg 2 Honors with an A+, wanting to do our Adv Alg/Trig online via FLVS’ Pre-Calc so I can take AP Calc AB (soph), AP Calc BC (Jr), dual credit math (SR) and meet the Physics C req of having had some prior calculus. If i can advance now, i can fit it in “smoothly” So you felt the FLVS Pre-Calc was heavy enough load? My AdvAlg/Trig honors course is weighted and 8 and I want to keep that rating.
Not planning on a math major, likely Computer Sci, maybe a math minor. My hs has a rule of only 1 math per year, mostly because there’s only one section of the honors math courses per year, and i would “run out of math” (actually told that!).
@CSinPA do you consider yourself a math-y person? Do you really like math? I have a couple things you might consider if your attitude towards math is “moremoremoremore!”, but wouldn’t matter if you are more inclined towards science or CS or if math doesn’t /delight/ you.
Wow, I just got a 78% on my AP Chemistry test. Not a very good start to the semester. Hopefully I’ll get my grade up with the next test. The class isn’t even that hard, I definitely shouldn’t get a B in it.
Okay I love my new chemistry teacher (she’s actually the one from last year they convinced to come back)… the old one got fired because she was just awful. Anyways her (horrible science teacher) friend is another science teacher at my school and that science teacher I had last year for Bio. Anyways my new chemistry teacher said the bio teacher from last year was talking sT about me and she hates me. I feel like as a teacher thats really immature to be talking st about students. Even if I did tweet about her friend (horrible chem teacher being drunk because she was and her daughter put it on social media… and then got mad when i tweeted about it even though i didn’t use her name). Anyways they all hate me… all the other teachers at school mostly like me except this one teacher and I am praying to God I do not have her next year. I understand that she is mad about that but its no reason to talk sht about a student when you are a teacher and hate me. I feel like shes hated me since last year when I had her for bio because I always asked alot of questions and shes lazy. Ew she just makes me so angry shes another awful teacher whom everyone hates and I am just tired of these horrible teachers. I am sorry for this rant but I feel like she needs to lay off another student regardless of what happened (it doesn’t even involve her) and she needs to stop talking sht about me to other teachers. I am not really sure what to do since I feel like I am in heat with the principal after the tweet (which wasn’t even bad) and this teacher is just evil. I mean seriouusly I am like 15 shes is 30 something can’t she stop being a dramatic catty monster girl. sorry everyone I just need advice like what to do. hopefully i wont have her next year but she is in charge of this schoolwide project and I feel like she will purposely give my group a bad grade… the project is so unorganized and some people are thinking of just not doing it (she’s in heat with the school right now because she is a mess lol). Hoping she will just leave next year but it bothers me that a teacher can just talk sh*t about a student. thats rude and trivial.
This chemistry chapter section title is called “Atomic Emission Spectra and the Quantum Mechanical Model.” It’s a really long name but I have to write it on every page of my notes so I know where my notes are from. Ugh. Not even done with chemistry homework and it’s nearly 10:30.
Study of which things are soluble in which solvents and why, etc.
We did in order methods and measurement, Atomic structure and history (where we did quantum chemistry and emission spectra), Periodic trends and nomenclature, Bonding and IMF’s and Gas laws. This semester we’re doing (for sure) solutions, acids and bases, organic chemistry, some other stuff and electrochemistry if time permits. I hope I do well on the Chem SAT2.
@Cornbread1999 I have no clue what we’re doing this semester. I do know that last semester we covered SI units and conversion, uncertainty of measurement and significant figures, density and the (ew) Archimedes Principle, classification of matter, physical and chemical changes/properties, techniques for separation of mixtures, energy and energy changes (specific heat and stuff like that), structure of the atom (Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford), existence of isotopes and mass spectroscopy, periodic table groupings, nomenclature and formula writing (acids and bases included), balancing chemical reactions, 4 types of oxidation-reduction reactions, mole concept, molarity, percent composition, empirical formula, stoichiometry (mol to mol, g to g, g/mol to mL), lab safety.
So far this semester we’ve learned about neutralization reactions.
I hope you do well on the Chem SAT 2 as well! I don’t think I’ll be ready for it this year, after all, it is my first year of chemistry.
@Faultystart we did that chapter back in October too. Honestly, it was probably my favorite chapter. Took me a while to understand–our book didn’t explain it well at all–though. I mostly learned about it through other sources.
We just finished stoichiometry; we’ve done measurements, quantum theory, periodic table + trends, bonding, and chemical equations. I can’t wait for next semester–we actually get to go over interesting information (or stuff that isn’t freaking basic and stuff that half my class can’t understand -_-). I think we do states of matter (which includes gas laws and molarity and stuff) next? I’m not sure. Maybe it’s acids and bases.
@Cornbread1999 The way my teacher taught the Archimedes Principle made it so hard. Essentially, she made us figure it out ourselves.
@topaz1116 What other sources did you use? I’m reading about it in my textbook and I’m still having trouble understanding some parts of the chapter. I’d like to go into chemistry class today (ew, it’s past midnight here in the midwest/east coast) knowing about what I read.
So you felt the FLVS Pre-Calc was heavy enough load? My AdvAlg/Trig honors course is weighted and 8 and I want to keep that rating.