SSP chance?

lunaAndAberforth
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:43:41 +0000

Thank you for replying. I am planning to take AP calc next year, so I’ll see what I can do outside the classroom. I’m sure if I get in my teacher will help me prepare. I’m hoping that my 80 on the PSAT will balance out the 720 I got on the SAT. (I get 800 on practice tests consistently…) I plan to retest in March or April, too late for sending it to them.
For MUN-
It really depends on how competitive you want it to be. Our school has been known at the competition as the “joke team” for the past couple years. But this year, I’m making everyone write a position paper and making sure everyone knows their topic before the competition. We only go to one or two each year, because that’s all there are where I live. Maybe next year we’ll be good enough to travel other places. One school in our district traveled to Harvard and Turkey for competitions - they’re really into it.
But you should definitely start a team. Make it kind of chill for the first year, and try next year to build it up, after people know what’s going on and are interested. It’s a really great experience; I mean, you kind of get to role play as your country, but also practice debating and public speaking, writing and research!