@photogeek8 I’m taking the math 2 after winter break so I have time to prep for it during break. Two weeks may not be enough but that’s the only time I have.
I need help, I am currently taking AP Chemistry, AP US History, Honors Precalculus, Honors Biology, Honors English 11, Honors Spanish 4. In order to take these classes I have gym zero period, meaning at 7 am in the morning which contributes to me getting even less sleep. I also play volleyball so I don’t get home until like 6 or 7 everyday.
I honestly can’t right now with my workload. My body is not used to getting no sleep yet so this is so hard for me. Honors Precalculus is so hard I don’t know what to do, and normally math comes easily to me. I have a vocab quiz in Honors English 11 tomorrow on 40 words which to me is insane. A lot of people like the vocal quizzes but in my opinion my teacher makes them really hard and even though I study a ton I still can’t do that well. I also have an AP Chem quiz tomorrow on stuff that is really confusing, an AP Chem lab to do on totally different stuff then the quiz is on, and ten additional problems from the textbook.
Long story short, I need to drop something but I can’t decide what. AP Chemistry is probably my hardest class and most time consuming class, but its also my most interesting so I don’t want to drop it. AP US History is probably second most time consuming, but if I drop it I will have the same teacher and I heard the workload is no different for his enriched class. My next most time consuming class is Pre-Clac, which I feel like I need to drop into an easier level but I want to major in something math/science so i feel like that would look bad. I’m so lost in what to do and my consular won’t help me because she’s adamant that I need to drop AP Chem even though its so far my favorite class.I just don;t know what the heck to do. I hate junior year already.
We’re all in the same boat. Junior year is difficult and stressful, no doubt.
@jjlundy agreed. @KE3299 All of us in schools that give excessive homework are getting 3-5 hours of sleep. I don’t get home til 6 or 7 either. I’d say give up Ap US because you want to go into something related to math/science. You are so lucky! At my school, if you drop a course after two weeks it goes on as an AUTOMATIC F on your transcript. So you can NEVER drop a course at my school.
So I had my first official HOSA meeting today!!! I’m officially President of something! The problem is only 20 joined when there’s 2100 kids at my school :(. I’m really hoping people join next week…
Yes that is why I like this website, I feel like everyone here understand what I’m going through. Here, all the really smart kids either have zero extra curriculars and just come home and do work right after school so they are done by like 8 or they are so smart that even if they do play sports they don’t have to study for things so they don’t do nearly as much homework as i do.
I balance a tough schedule with working out every day for an hour and a half in the fall and playing baseball in the spring. Not to mention clubs and such. It’s hard and I even opted out of AP Lang as I’m a math/science person. I can’t even find time to study for the PSAT. But you’re right, I think everyone on here understands what we’re each going through.
It’s cool that the PSAT is during the school day this year. My school is now making it mandatory for all sophomores to take the test and optional for juniors. Juniors who don’t take the PSAT take the ASVAB instead. On that day seniors will have a college planning day and the Freshman will have some sort of activity.
AP Bio is a real drain on my life. Teacher wants us to do an hour and a half of homework a night, plus reviewing notes for at least an hour and a half. With Lang and Calc that adds up to like 5 hours a night 
I could never do that with ecs. On the brightish side I broke my foot, so I’m out of cross country, but it’s ok because it gives me more time to study for the PSAT and SAT and get homework done
Spanish quiz/test thing and Chem test tomorrow. I’m glad my programming test and math test were moved to next week!
@Faultystart good luck!
Anyone else not have school today? Because I don’t!
@MissRB0021 Yom Kippur!
Just signed up to take the SAT in November. Taking it to get a score so I can enter dual enrollment courses next year. I’m on a fall break right now so enjoying the week off but after its over, I have a ton of work to get my grades right. 2 AP classes and football is killing my sleep schedule, I get like 4 hours a night.
@Bozusaki That’s probably what I’m going to end up doing; I’ll probably take both the SAT and ACT and see which one I do better on. From prep classes so far, I prefer the SAT format. However, I’m better at memorizing formulas and my math is the strongest out of all my subjects. I’m not as good with vocabulary (memorizing is a piece of cake, it’s just my vocabulary is limited) which is why when I took the practice tests, the critical reading section killed me. Anyway, I’ve never taken the tests before, so I’ll see how I do on them.
I mentioned that I’ll take my first SAT in November, but I feel like taking my first SAT in December instead so I get a little break in between to study (Thanksgiving).
@greeneggsandsam9 I took AP Bio last year, and oh boy, it was stressful! Tbh, idk how I ended up with good grades in the class. A tip, instead of trying to memorize everything in that big textbook, get a grasp of the main idea and apply it to the questions. I studied a few of my tests this way and aced them by process of elimination. I could’ve done better in the class if I studied more, but it was one of my first APs and I was constantly overwhelmed. I’m taking AP Chem this year and I find it easier than Bio but many people say the opposite. Anyway, good luck! You can do it (:
Shoutout to those who are taking the SAT a week from tomorrow! Good luck!
Man I feel like schools nowadays are so competitive and you can never feel good about yourself Dx
I try my best but I feel like it’s not enough.
I’m pretty sure that’s how 99% of people on here feel haha. I read about people with perfect scores and good EC’s that get rejected from prospective colleges and it’s almost demotivating
I have my first debate tournament of the year tomorrow as captain! So hyped. Anyone else participate ICDA?
@AnniiT I’m taking the SAT in December as well. I’m also considering taking it in January instead, so I have the whole of winter break to study.
I surprisingly got a 100% on my AP Chemistry test, even though I barely studied and I didn’t do any of the chapter homework (I slacked off since they were due the day after the test). I don’t know why, but often I actually do better at tests when I don’t study for them, I don’t know if it’s because studying prompts me to over-analyze things, but it’s been bothering me so much, haha.
I don’t think I’m going to get an A in Honors Pre-Calculus this term. I have an 86 right now and I should have an 87.75% by the beginning of next week. I did some calculations and I might get it up to an 88.5% or so if I get a 100% on the quiz, and hopefully if I ace the final (which isn’t necessarily a final, just a unit test) it goes up to an A, though that’s very unlikely considering how math isn’t my best subject. I asked my teacher how many points the final test was going to be an he said it was going to be between 100 to 150 points, hopefully it’s worth 150 so it will have a greater effect on my grade. Even if I do get a B, though, I guess it’s not going to be a huge issue since I’m taking so many AP classes this year, so my GPA likely won’t decrease.
Anyways, enough rambling. I’m so glad it’s the weekend! This week has been so stressful for me, it’s nice to finally relax.