@OMPursuit At this point, I’ll need all the luck I can get! :))
@sewin2music Well, welcome to the club! :)) I usually almost always stayed up past 11 last year, however to be fair, I would sleep the minute I get home, usually at 3:30pm, and wake up 5 hours later! When I did track, I usually wouldn’t get home until 4 or 6pm.
@nyuhopeful44 @bubblylaugh Hadn’t you guys said that you might decide to make YouTube channels? I’d definitely subscribe!
My math teacher persuaded me against self-studying Calc BC. He said it wasn’t a question of if I had the ability to, but it was a question of whether or not I should. He said it would be more beneficial for me to focus my time and energy on studying for other things like the sat/act and my other AP classes. He also said my plan to take cc math might not work out because the teachers there vary greatly in quality and that I’d have a much better experience taking those classes in college. I was worried that Calc BC would clash with my schedule again, but he said that the school actually bases the master schedule off of Senior class choices, so there is almost no chance of my schedule not working out next year. He said it would be totally fine for me to learn AB material this year for my own enrichment.
Good news is that I found out I can swap engineering senior year for an extra math/science class. In the past, we wouldn’t have been allowed to do this. That means I automatically have space in my schedule to double up on AP Chem and Physics C. With an extra elective from not taking gov/econ in class, my only issue now is whether I should continue my science mentorship (heavy workload w/ year-long building of a final product), take AP Art History, or take college transition (time in-class to do college/scholarship apps). I’m leaning towards the science mentorship, but it’s just a matter of how much time I’m going to have next year. Any suggestions?
I step foot on my school campus in 13 days for soccer tryouts. I wonder how I will feel when I stare at the buildings, talk to my friends, and get ready for soccer (my favorite sport); all while I’m crying on the inside because I am sad that I will have to get back into the habit of writing essays this year :(( .
In my opinion, I’d put your options in a list. This is what I’d choose, ranking from 1 to 3.
@apple1893 Same! I start school on the 29th and I don’t know how to feel about it.
OMG I’m going on my first college tour to George Mason University on Friday. I’m honestly so unprepared! 
I can believe that we are over half way done with high school. Time flys
In a year we will start filling college apps! :o I didn’t believe those people who came and talked to us in 8th grade but time really went by so fast.
What is everyone’s memorable moment(s) in high school so far? Here are mine:
Grade 9:
Scored first soccer goal for our team.
Got a 100% during third trimester of math class (did not know that was possible lol).
Grade 10:
Scored an “incredible” (teammates words not mine) header goal in soccer game.
Went to MIT Splash (out of school event, but it was a fun/educational experience!)
Voted as class Representative in School Council
Placed first in a track event!
Received an award for Basketball and Track (that was VERY special)!
After writing those moments, I feel sad/proud. I think reflecting like this is healthy because we are able to notice that we have done great things in the past and can therefore do even better things in the future.
I encourage you all to do the same!
OK Guys, I need some MAJOR advice!
So I’ve been prepping the past few days for math section the ACT and am starting to get a little frustrated with the outcome. When I took my first practice from the Princeton Review prep book, I got 41 out of 60 of the questions right. I guessed on at least 4 questions, so that likely should be around a 36. When I took another math practice test from the same book, I got at least 20 wrong. I decided to take a practice math test from a better source. I was on question 30 with only 22 minutes left, and I just decided to stop there and decided to go ahead and check my answers. When I saw that I had 10 questions wrong in the first 30 questions, I got frustrated and crumbled up the paper. I’m usually not one to give up like this, which was partially why I was frustrated. After that, I took the SAT No Calculator section from one of the Khan Academy tests and started out well, then did terribly, even worse than I did on the ACT math section, frustrating me even more. I was at the library in a quiet study room for all three of the tests. I then decided to take a breath of fresh air and think about what my problem might be.
The first thing I thought of was time management. When I toke the tests, I felt as if I was rushing myself and not fully focusing on the question (by that I mean that I was focused more on how much time I have) and I felt like I was too slow. When I feel rushed like this, my testing anxiety starts up and I start to overthink things. (I first experienced my newfound testing anxiety when I took my Moles Test in Chemistry, but that was more because I didn’t truly understand the concept of Moles.) I started to think that the best way to solve this is to started taking untimed tests. Maybe I’m just not ready for timed practice ACT tests yet. I just don’t know about this as
Another problem that I definitely have is that I’ll fast-read the questions. In order to save time on tests. I have a bad habit of skim-reading the questions. I usually get the question right by doing this, though, but I feel like doing this has caused me to miss keywords.
So at this point, I’m honestly trying to see what I’m doing wrong. I’ve been prepping for an hour and half every other day and then taking a practice test at the end of the week. The only problem I can see with this is not fully going through the contents of the math part of the prep book and then taking the full math test. Over the past week, I’ve mainly tackled Plane Geometry and practicing over 100 problems with my prep book. I figured out where my weak spots were and went over my incorrect answers. I just feel like I’m slowly becoming more and more discouraged.
If anyone has ANY advice, it would be greatly appreciated! I’d personally ask if the advice be honest, but not too brash. This whole ordeal has kind of ruined what was a pretty good day. I’m currently just trying to calm down.
Edit: The Math content itself isn’t really hard for me.
@ak2018 Take a untimed test from the website i told you about and tell me how you do. This will let you know if you are having time problems or have content problems.
Also dont check your answers till you are completely done, this will some what prepare you for when you have to wait weeks and weeks to get your results back.
Also star every problem you guessed on(missed or got right) and every problem you had trouble on. Star it even if you were 80% sure. In other words star everything you werent 100% sure on
@ak2018 I can relate to your frustrations. I am studying for the SAT, and I notice that doing the Khan Academy math practice has helped reteach some of my previous math flaws. I am not sure about what type of math is covered on the ACT, but if it is similar recommend setting an hour each day to practice math before school year starts.
So, apparently gym is only one semester junior year. This means I could potentially have three study halls semester two!! I may fill them in with an elective or two. It would definitely be more helpful to have semester one, though.
@ak2018 I have a habit of triplechecking my work, as I’m prone to lazy/tired mistakes. This murders my speed.
At first, I kept running out of time on the no-calc practice tests 'cuz I kept going over the same problems to make super-duper certain I was right. 
My solution for timed tests in general has been to knock out the lengthier problems immediately, then gobble up the easier stuff during crunch time (those last ten, twenty minutes). The ACT is structured real nice in its math arrangement (further is ostensibly harder), so I say try working from the back on your next practice test.
So what are your guys’ thoughts on taking a subject test for a subject that you’re taking the AP test for too? Would it be a waste of time/money to take the june subject test for U.S. History if I am going to take the may AP exam for it as well? Also, if I’m taking chemistry junior year, and then AP chemistry senior year, should I bother with taking the Chemistry subject test at the end of my junior year or not at all, since I’ll be taking the AP test for it at the end of senior year? Kind of stuck
@ddeebaa A lot of people take the corresponding SAT Subject test after taking the AP exam. It is not a waste of money as some colleges require subject tests.
@kassh4 but i am already planning on taking Math 2 and Biology subject tests, so would it be worth it to take more? Also, for 90% of the schools I’m thinking of applying to, they dont require them. Would it still be smart? Or more of a waste, since I’ll already have 2 subject tests?
@ak2018 I actually did make a channel…I’m still getting around to the videos…school has really kicked into full gear, and I am handling it in a very interesting way (not necessarily positive or negative)
I’m contemplating too many things right now…putting my online social media presence on CC is one of them…
Do you guys want the link to my YouTube channel?
@ak2018 great video! I really loved your background music, haha. How is robotics going?
@bubblylaugh I would love to see the link. To be honest, I want to make my own youtube channel, just low key scared of having awkwardness, eek. (I look really bad on camera)
@hamlon I would definitely go with the research mentoring, just because you will get that experience, and it sounds like a fun class! Does the research mentoring take up a lot of time first semester?