This week is the last week of school but I can’t even be excited about it because of all the projects and presentations I have to do. I’m just nervous. Well, better get back to work! Why must the instructions for this project be so vague?
For those of you who know more about the SAT than I:
Is the essay score somehow factored into the writing score or is it separate? Like if you got an 800 in writing, would that mean you got a 12 on the essay and all of the MC correct, or is the essay separate?
What are you weighted and unweighted GPAs?
@dsi411 yes, the essay is factored in
@shussain2 I don’t even want to know what others are going to say so I’ll say mine first:
Unweighted: 4.0
Weighted: 4.5833
@MissSuzyQ Because yours is “sooooo” bad. >.>
My school doesn’t weigh because all classes are at least honors level, but I’m curious. What weighted scales do your schools use?
My school stopped weighting/ranking several years ago because of high student stress levels, so I only have an unweighted GPA: 3.84 (although it will rise to a 3.88 at the end of this semester). I got a few B+s freshman year, which has really brought me down. If you weight all honors/DE classes (I haven’t taken any APs yet), though, I’ll have a 4.44. If you’re talking UC weighted (aka DE + honors precalc), I’ll have a 4.04 at the end of this semester.
@topaz1116 3.84. “Really brought me down”. I really can’t help but think how pretentious we sound.
@Cornbread1999 I imagine I got atleast a -3, points that is, and got an 800. Btw, you only skipped one question and got everything else right? Impressive.
My UW is 4.0, not sure about W. Probably not much better 
@Frigidcold we do sound really pretentious.
I just took the College Board practice test for Chem, and a -3 (81) is a 790; 82 is the cutoff for an 800 (or at least, that’s what it was for this test.
I got a question wrong because I don’t know what bleach does. Other than that, though, it was much, much easier than the Barron’s ones I’ve taken (I got 3 wrong on this one, a 790, while I’ve been getting between a 720 and a 750 on the Barron’s practice tests). The lab questions and the weird T/F section are so much easier… I hope the actual test is just like this.
I have to do a book review of Gone Girl for English and I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to summarize it. The plot’s really complicated… But then again, I managed to summarize the Fellowship of the Rings in a paragraph–I should be able to do this…
Right?
@topaz1116 same…i’ve been stuck in the 720-750 ballpark for all of my practice tests. Where can i get the SAT Chem official practice test besides buying it?
also, how does bleach work?
I think it’s unfair that there’s no SAT II for Euro. Euro and World are the only APs offered to sophomores in my school, and the Euro students can’t even take the Subject Test for their history class, while World students can.
On another note, I’m really worried about my Math Level 2 test in June because I just took an official College Board test, and let’s just say my score is not something that would help my college apps. I am thinking about deferring it to next year, when I take regular calculus, but I’ve heard that pre-calculus and calculus don’t have much in common.
@topaz1116 What’s a DE class?
DE is dual-enrollment; we get community college credit for level 3 and 4 languages. I also took another course through the CC, but it wasn’t also through my school, so it doesn’t go on my transcript.
@Cornbread1999 I have no idea. All I know is that it uses NaClO (and that’s from reading what the right answer is). Ugh.
@ZBlue17 honestly don’t worry about the PSAT, especially if you haven’t prepped before. I got a 170 and I omitted a quarter of the CR and a couple questions on the math. Have you taken a practice ACT? That test is much better for me, my average on SAT is 1700-1800, but for ACT it’s 30-32 (aka 2000-2180)! Some people do better on one rather than another. Your GPA is fine, I have a 3.8 as well
My GPA is really crappy because I did bad in Spanish, but without it (I’m retaking so I consider as if I’ll have an A, hopefully) I have a 3.8. UC weighted, around 4.5 (4.2 with Spanish). I’ve taken only honors and AP classes, which is probably why it’s so heavy weighted. I’m pretty sure it’ll go down, because I’m taking all APs next year, and I’m not counting on straight A’s. (If I get straight A’s I’m gonna take a nice vacation to Bora Bora)
If I get straight A’s next yr my gpa would be a 3.89 UW. I’m going to try really hard to make that happen but only time will tell!! I’m taking:
English HL (AP Lit)
Bio HL (AP bio)
Math HL (AP Calc BC)
History HL (AP Euro)
Env science SL (AP environmental)
AP Gov/AP Econ (1 semester each)
French 3
TOK (IB requirement)