Lol, today in math, I thought that 3+9=13, and 460+470+480=1310. This afternoon, I spent 30 minutes trying to do 2-var-stats when I meant to do linear regression. Today is not day for math for me.
@photogeek8 I miss two of my sophomore teachers so much. I enjoyed talking to them everyday and they got to know me pretty well. All my teachers this year are okay but I just can’t myself actually developing a personal relationship with any of them.
In freshman year and sophomore year, I hardly ever stayed up past 11. It’s been around four weeks, and I’ve already stayed up until 12 twice. (
This year I’ve been getting so tired so much earlier than usual. I’m not quite sure why…
I almost fell asleep in health class yesterday because we were watching a movie . . . I’ve been getting so little sleep compared to how much I got last year. My eyes have been involuntarily shutting in almost half of my classes throughout the day.
I sleep at around 11 or 11:30 usually. The latest I’ve been up till is 12:30 but I feel that’s gonna change real soon…
I really want to join the Model UN team at our school but I don’t have time. I seems like so much fun!
AP chem will easily be my most time consuming class this year.
Just got a 1420 (710 math, 710 R/W) on the new SAT without ever studying. Can anyone give me some insight as to how I stand on the PSAT? I am starting to study through Khan Academy. My goal is NM Semi-Finalist or higher.
@jjlundy This article (http://blog.prepscholar.com/does-your-psat-score-qualify-for-national-merit) has the predicted cutoffs for National Merit. The new PSAT is out of 1520. Did you take that into account?
@Dylan197 same! AP Chem is slowly sucking out my soul-- it’s a bad situation.
My other classes are fine, but nothing to write home about. I don’t feel engaged or challenged by most of them, and it’s making me sad and tired. I learned over the summer that I’m willing to work for 12 or 15 hours a day every day for weeks straight so long as I feel invested in, tied to, and interested in the work I’m doing. This year’s classes promise none of those enlightening qualities-- rather, they give me a lot of pointless work. It’s not busy work-- it’s meaningful and necessary – but it’s just completely uninspiring.
I’m in AP Chem as well, and it’s a lot of work. It’s probably my favorite class despite the work load. So far the class has not been TOO hard, but I’m sure that’s bound to change next semester if it doesn’t this semester.
Hey you all!
Seems like a lot of us have been having a tough time recently, or at least have been thinking about the stress of junior year a bunch. It’s wonderful to have this thread as a place to vent (actually, though, thank goodness for that property of this thread!), but in the interest of lightening the mood a bit – what was something that made you laugh or smile this week?
@pseudoprimal My coach started whipping and nay-nay-ing with us, and it was hilarious! haha
@pseudoprimal My friend told me that in her calc class, a girl cheated on a test by placing the practice test under the actual test. When the teacher saw the practice test underneath, the girl claimed that she thought the teacher told everyone to put his/her practice test under his/her actual test. LOL.
@jjlundy SAME! I love chem so I don’t mind the extra work!!!
@felicityvi We taught my APUSH teacher to whip and she’s so awkward so it was the best thing ever! Also we’ve been posting history memes on her door and it makes me so happy walking into her classroom!
Im actually not really stressed because I like my classes and I’ve had pretty good time management lately so that’s really good!!
I’m incredibly stressed out of my mind but today I had a volleyball tournament and at one point there was like ten teams in the cafeteria at once just chilling out between games and one of the teams had this giant speaker with them and started playing music super loudly so all ten teams crowded around it and for like 20 minutes we were all dancing together and just having so much fun and it was amazing. Easily one of the best moments of my life.
All my classes are so time-consuming (minus Spanish 4 and Creative Writing) and I’m like so done I barely have any free time anymore and now I’ve decided to take the SAT in November instead since I’m totally not prepared (barely studied the past few weeks due to all this schoolwork). I especially dislike my AP classes due to all the textbook reading we do (History and Psychology). I understand barely anything in AP Physics or Honors Precalc either. My only regular-feeling class is AP Lang, since we just read and write essays.
I need junior year to end already cause my god, this is too much. I should’ve taken AP Seminar (study period) to relieve the workload. And it’s only the second week of school 
I’m not sure if I regret taking the classes I’m taking. For sure, I’m learning so much and I’m so glad about that, but on the other hand, it’s so much work! By far, AP Chemistry is my hardest class, but I think APUSH gives the most work (I have pages 163-196 in the textbook for homework, ahaha)
I was talking to the college counselor at my school, and he said I should take both the ACT and the new SAT in the spring (March/April/May) but the March SAT is the day of Science Olympiad, the April ACT works fine, and the May SAT is the first week of AP exams…when I have AP Chem, AP Spanish, and APUSH all in the same week :-<
I have no clue how I’m going to manage my classes along with standardized testing. And my extracurriculars haven’t even picked up yet.
I think I screwed myself over this year. It’ll be miracle if I get decent grades in my classes.
I’m not sure what I’m doing as far as when I’m taking my standardized tests, but I do know I’m taking the Chem subject test in May before the AP exam. My AP chem teacher is a reader for the AP exam and she recommends it so I wanted to pass it on
The problem is that I really like the subjects I chose, but the classes themselves are boring/exhausting/time-consuming.
On another note, I keep putting off the Math Level 2 subject test, which seriously sucks, because I’m in calc right now. I don’t even have the time to prep for it, and I’m afraid I’ll never be ready for it.