@jjlundy HAH SAME I GAVE UP AFTER TAKING THE SAT
Sighs. I’m not as outstanding as I hoped I would be by this point LMAO.
( @neoking : how come?? :o )
Another day, another night with 4 hours of sleep. Hopefully this is going to be worth it haha
@desideratum Thanks for asking! I guess I’m ok at multiple choice (80-90% correct usually), but those essays man 
And that class gives more work than ap physics, chem, and apush combined at my school haha. I guess I’m just not a humanities kinda guy.
REALLY? Wow. That’s a lot - AP Lang is honestly a free class for us. Our teacher is probably THE most understanding guy on campus, in terms of knowing what we have to deal with as (most of us, anyway) multiple AP-class students. We write a lot, but it’s mainly in class, and projects - though big - are few and far between, and are gently graded.
Ahhh - I’m sorry. The essay prompts can be a mouthful at times, particularly the DBQs and the Rhetorical Analyses. At least your MC scores are reliably good though!
@desideratum @neoking I’m taking AP Lit right now and thinking about taking AP Lang next year…I know that classes differ in each school, but what’s AP Lang about?
@photogeek8 The full name is AP Language and Composition, so it basically teaches rhetoric and academic writing. The skills you learn in it are pretty important for college, but I’m not too good on the essays. Apparently it’s the most widely taken AP test.
@desideratum Thanks for the sympathy haha. Really want to pull off a 5 but don’t know if it’s possible…
Guys I need advice on scheduling
Should I take AP Calc AB or BC? I’ve had high A’s (97-100% range) in Algebra 1&2 and Geometry (all honors) and currently taking Honors Precalc with a 98%. My other planned courses next year:
- AP Lit
- AP World
- AP Spanish Lang
- AP Chem
- AP Human Geo
- Shakespeare Studies
I’m debating on whether or not this course load will be hell if I take BC as well (no matter my math ability) especially with college apps. Right now I’m taking 4 AP’s (Lang, US History, Physics 1, Psych) and am maintaining all A’s with 6-7 hours of sleep every night and I’m currently still sane.
I wanna major in Int Relations / maybe Econ or Business. Should I just be ambitious and take BC or realistic and take AB? :S
@SirSly I would do AB b/c you have a few other tough classes
@SirSly Oh yeah I’d totally just go with AB. Your schedule is already super rigorous and you don’t have plans to be an engineer or in a STEM field so you’re good. Since you want to do business or econ, have you thought about AP Statistics?
Today we had a snow day, but there was only half an inch of snow. Our school district is super worried about getting sued, because another county didn’t cancel school and someone got in an accident and sued. Now we’re going to go to fricking June 23 RIP
On the bright side, I did get a scholarship application in for this Boy Scout scholarship. The local level has guaranteed money, and I’m the only one applying from the two troops in the county 
Guys I have a dilemma. So my friends and I realized that we have not learned any of the terms that will be on the ap language & comp MC section. all we have done in that class is write essays and do pointless projects. How would you guys suggest we study for the mc section? Flash cards for the rhetorical terms? Not sure
@sprights One place immediately comes to mind. The Google Machine.
@sprights Flashcards are useful, as is repetition. We had to learn them for our summer assignment, and to be honest I’ve forgotten most of them - but I know for sure you don’t usually use terms related to fallacies in the MC, it tends toward ethos/logos/pathos, allusions, figures of speeches.
@photogeek8 As neoking said, expect to do tons of writing. The MC is slightly a wild card because it tests your knowledge of rhetorical terms (google ap lang terms or something of the sort), as well as your ability to identify them in context (which can get a little dicey due to the varied interpretations of something that you can derive, while only one can be “the best” etc.). Overall, though, if not from a good teacher and through sheer writing practice alone, it greatly bolsters your writing and analysis skills. I think it’s definitely a fun class and one worth taking, particularly if you’re interested in writing or if you’re planning on going into a field where writing is heavily valued (okay - that’s pretty much almost every field :’))
@neoking Ah, don’t worry! I’m sure you’ll be able to. Hopefully with more practice everything gets better.
Sending ACT/SAT score advice: I have taken the PSAT twice and scored awfully both times (most recently 1170). All of the schools I am looking at have scores of 1800-2100 for their averages. I took the ACT last weekend and am unsure if I should send them because I think I got a bad score, this also applies for the SAT in March.
Do I send the scores before I know them, or do I wait. If I wait how long can I wait without being penalized, what are the penalizations?
@luckyme123 I am in the same situation and have to decide tonight. What I’ve been told is to send to schools that require all of your test scores.
@luckyme123 @tigerman333 Wait why are you sending scores to schools now? Is that normal?
@coffeeaddicted I am applying to the Naval Academy and that requires a nomination from a Congressman (or another official source) by sending early I can make sure that I have all of the boxes checked and present the most complete package.
I think for most people it would not be normal to begin sending scores if you are applying to a normal college or a program that does not open up anytime soon. Also, I do not understand the sending scores process too much- I don’t know how long you can ‘save’ scores for until you send them or lose them.
Ahh @luckyme123 that makes sense. Good luck!
I have a new concept: Schrodinger’s SAT.
As long as I don’t check my SAT scores, there is the possibility that they could be either amazing or terrible (I’m choosing to see them in a totally binary way, pretending to maintain the 50-50 possibility of the original Schrodinger’s cat’s situation :’)).
Consequently, ignorance is bliss. At least for now.
@desideratum That’s my strategy for checking my grades right now… until progress reports come out on Tuesday. ;_; Until then, I will go by my APUSH classmate’s ideology of “if I ignore the problem it’s not there.” 