@topaz1116 every individual is different.
Are you guys taking the ACT for college purposes or just to take it as an extra supplement? I’m not sure how many colleges require it ahhh 
I’m probably taking it as a supplement–the SAT will be my main test. I’m good at the SAT, while I haven’t practiced much for the ACT.
ACT is mine main test. I’m solely focusing on getting in the mid 30s for it
@petitlion
I’d say go for it. I don’t know too much about the exam however, so I’d urge you to google more and ask some real experts.
@Apollo11 thanks! Since I intend to major in French, I’ll have to take it eventually. I’ll probably go for June though! 
@petitlion
You want to major in French? What interests you in it that much?
@Apollo11 Well I want to double major, and if I can’t do that then I’ll have a French minor. I just really love French and I’m thinking about joining the Foreign Service, and obviously being multilingual is important for that.
I am so happy oh my goodness Reus 2019!!! 
did anyone get awards for scholastic art + writing? i just discovered i got a silver key, which is pretty good because i wrote it 3 days before the deadline… do we get letters in the mail?
@apandia OMG I wrote it the day it was due and I got a silver key too :)) . Yeah I got it in the mail
hahah @petitlion same here, i had mailed the forms in the day before but finished it within an hour of the deadline… and i had a couple of mistakes that i guess went overlooked haha. what was in your envelope?
@apandia yes exactly! We got it to the post office at 11:30! A certificate and a little silver key were in the envelope
@apandia I got a silver key and an honorable mention! I don’t think we’ve gotten anything in the mail yet, though. None of the poems I wrote the day before/the day it was due won; the honorable mention (what I thought to be my worst poem) I wrote a year ago for English, and I wrote the silver key poem(s) about a week earlier. I didn’t think either would win, though. I thought my other entries were more likely to win.
@topaz1116 @petitlion - congratulations! i found out about the competition a few days before and frantically thought up a good story which worked i guess. I kind of copied the sentiment of the medal winners that were posted online, and made sure that it looked like a winner. in that respect i was not authentic, but my story was, and i guess pressure benefitted me. it can be surprising to see what wins and what doesn’t!
@apandia Indeed! I submitted five poems and just one, the worst in my opinion, got the silver key, and the others got honorable mentions. One can definitely tell that they’re going for more abstract poetry than I what write :))
I don’t know what they look for; all of my poems were pretty abstract (except the honorable mention?). But the one that won was the most personal, so I guess that contributed to my winning.
My story, while written well, was reallyyy cliche. I have renamed it “Hella Cliche.” I expected it to get an Honorable Mention at best, so I’m not really disappointed that it didn’t win.
lol, I suck at english and art in general… I wouldn’t win anything even if I did it ahead of time
Hmm okay so we’re scheduling for next year, and thus far I have AP lit, APUSH, AP Econ, AP Stat, AP Physics 1, accelerated pre-calc, chorus, and journalism. In your opinion, do you think it’s an okay idea to try to teach oneself a course over the spring and summer? I’m thinking about doing that for pre-calc.
Precalc isn’t very difficult, so you should be able to as long as your school lets you. It’s simply an extension of Algebra 2 with a heavy focus on trig.
@petitlion @topaz1116 precalc is alright, first sem is easy; trig gets a bit difficult and is then easy.
i don’t think cliche ever wins haha. my story was extremely personal and that is what wins in most cases. it seems like they look for personal, novel material and give out awards on that basis.
do you guys know what proportion of works actually win an award? it seems like so many do win something, i had around 450 in my region win. is it that prestigious to win a silver?