@Greninja I’m taking it so that I can take the old SAT before the new one. So far I’ve been scoring 2200 on my practice tests (and I’m hoping to get even higher) so I can officially use my score for colleges and not worry about it Junior year. I need to also take the ACT and I don’t want to take SAT and ACT in the same year, along with subject tests and college apps. That is my reason for taking the SAT as a sophomore.
@SirSly No you don’t need prior knowledge, honestly. It’s just like entering a normal physics class, but has “AP” in front of it which means more homework, a faster pace, and a stronger curriculum basically.
Do you guys think I should put AP Human Geography as my backup course for Journalism as opposed to, say, Spanish 4? It’s an easy AP, but it’s still an AP; Spanish 4 is also weighted (DE credit), but it’s a horrible course. However, AP Human Geo is supposed to be a really cool course. Another option for me is AP Stats, but a) it’s more work, and b) I don’t want four out of my seven courses (really six, since Marching Band doesn’t count) to be math/science.
Aight, my schedule looks like this now:
Honors English 11
AP Calculus BC
AP Physics 1
AP Chemistry
US History
AP Human Geography OR Journalism 1
Marching Band
Senior year my alternative will probably be something not weighted, since AP Lit is supposed to be really hard/takes a lot of time.
@The5458Captain in about two weeks, they’ll post who made it to the interview round (~75% of applicants); everybody is given a time for an interview. They then accept around 30% of the applicants from the interview round to be part of the newspaper; really, it’s largely based on speaking skills and how well you do when you have 15 people staring blankly at you, asking questions. Last year, the majority of the people who got in from my class were debaters, and some people whose writing skills I’m pretty sure aren’t that great got in. I hope to be more prepared this year than I was last year, though (I totally bombed the interview). I’m not totally opposed to not getting in now, though, since I want to take APHUG and I won’t have time to take it unless I don’t get into Journalism. But Journalism seems like an amazing experience.
A few months ago, I was browsing CC and started looking at the prep school admissions board. I’ve never contemplated boarding school (I’m quite happy at my current high school), but something about the forum really got my attention. It’s a self-contained community with a lot of parents and a lot of students, small enough and chatty enough that they all know the other posters. In fact, one girl was applying to boarding schools for the third year in a row, and the night before March 10th (when all of the decisions come out), someone made a thread that was sending her good vibes and tons of people posted on it and it was really cute and touching. But most of the kids who had been posting a lot (like-- a /lot/. The M10 freak out thread has like 200 pages and has only been around since December) didn’t have good luck and got waitlisted almost everywhere and I’m feeling so sad for some of those kids who were just so funny and kind and silly and empathetic on that thread, which is a little ridiculous just considering, but still.
I would love to go to a boarding school (sounds like a fun experience… or maybe I just watch too much TV shows about them. Anyway, my family could never afford it so public school it is (which honestly isn’t all that bad).
My family wouldn’t be able to afford it either, especially since we’re in the odd place where we wouldn’t get much financial aid, but we don’t earn an exorbitant amount (especially for where we live) anyways. And my parents paid a lot of money to get a house in the area where we live just so I could go to my school. Boarding school seems fun, but I like public school.
I think boarding school would have been better for me because since everyone lives together, they’d kinda be forced to be my friend. Unlike here in public school where I’m all alone and no one seems to care.
hey everyone! im pretty new at posting on CC, even though ive been surfing threads for a while. Has anyone taken AP chem? how hard would it be with having very very basic knowledge of honors chem? thanks
I’ve taken AP Chem… I mean I am currently in but we have finished all our materials and are beginning the exam review.
It is VERY easy. I maintained a 96 all year. You could do it without chemistry knowledge as well. It’s very simple and not difficult and not in any way intimidating. It hasn’t anything to do with the teacher either; the actual content is simple AS LONG AS you have strong algebra skills.
If you have any specific questions, you should message me! @sprights
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I’m in AP Chemistry now. I don’t think it is an easy class at all. Right now I have an 87%. The second semester is way harder than the first one so I was caught off guard when the difficulty went up. I actually had an A+ last semester. I think the difficulty has to do with the teacher, too. The only homework we have is online and the tests are way harder than the homework, so I do badly on the tests. And the class is very boring as well. We just have to listen to the teacher go through the powerpoint and sometimes we actually do a practice problem. I was in regular Chemistry and it helped during first semester but second semester is completely new. I guess it depends on your school and your teacher as well.
@iamnotironman I got one a few days ago! Frisbees are great I’ve been throwing it around my room…
@SallyStephens it does depend on the teacher. It is very, very hard to get an A in the AP Chem course at my school–as in, with a curve, the average for the last test was a D (although apparently that was an especially bad test). I haven’t taken it yet, but I’m taking it next year, and I’m a little scared by all the horror stories I’m hearing… It’s supposed to be a really fun course though.
@sprights I think that it really depends on your school and teacher; courses for any subject can range from very easy to very hard. I’d suggest asking someone from your school who’s currently taking it about the course and material difficulty.
When my Chem teacher signed my forms today, he told me (or really announced to the whole class when he called for me to come and get it) that I’d have no life next year.
I’ve been throwing it around my room…