[jeffword]

My "presumed" schedule that the counselors gave me:

AP US History
AP Literature
Algebra 2 Honors[again?! o.O]
Art 1
Psychology
Spanish 2

Extracurricular: VP or Pres for Pan-asian club at my school, Hopeful ASB Secretary?, Track & Field to keep in shape >:3

Heh, Didn't do so well first semester of Algebra 2~ So poor at math ^^;;
thats probably why I'm going to have to take summer school for first semester of that,
and hopefully I pass THIS semester so I can Email my counselor that I would like to drop
that and art, and instead get a better elective and a science class :3

On top of my extra stuff, should I REALLY having 2 ap classes?~
I'm not planning on going anywhere fancy..[most likely cc + 2 year transfer to UC]
but I want to push myself n__n
just wanna know if its a good idea or not!

[skadoosh!]

^lol, you got the two hardest AP tests going for you.
but the rest of your schedule looks alright, so if you have the endurance and the effort, go for it.

APUSH though..








I AM OFFICALLY ON MY SUMMER BREAK.
BYE BYE SOPHOMORE. HELLOOOO UPPERCLASSMAN.

TWO MORE YEARS! ahaha.

[hi_alison]

^ APUSH is hard?(!) That was the only AP class my brother took and - I don't want to say he's not smart - but he got a B, which is pretty decent.

[meloncchii]

^ It totally depends on your teacher.
I know for one, when I took the APUSH exam, it was so much easier than the tests that my teacher gave.
(It may also be because he's been a history teacher for, hmm, almost 40 years now and he prepped us really well because he knows the test well.)

Anyways, you lucky people who are on break right now. TT____TT
I still have about 4 weeks left and none of my teachers are hinting of stopping work anytime soon... not that I'm looking forward to the summer because I'm attending SAT classes. TT____TT

[skadoosh!]

^ APUSH is hard?(!) That was the only AP class my brother took and - I don't want to say he's not smart - but he got a B, which is pretty decent.

the class is different from the test.
completely different

[NICONICO-Jin93]

the class is different from the test.
completely different

depends on who your teacher is

[candacethsu]

Almost junior year! Looking forward to it, except SAT's. Gotta get through finals first!

Schedule for next year:

Adv Alg Honors
Chem Honors
American Lit Honors
US Hist Honors
Chinese 5 Honors
Composition

Eh, no AP's. Maybe senior year. I feel kinda behind since I'm taking chem and adv alg next year, when other people are taking like pre-cal or physics or something.
Buuut. 5 honors classes. Ehhhh

[xxHangLov3youxx]

LA! Summer officially started for mee!
My schedule for next year is

Algebra II honors
Accounting
20 century history/Gym
Religion 3
English 4 Honors
Chemistry
French 3

Im so scared for next year.
lalaa. my school make us do 100 service hours for junior year. read 2 summer reading books, and do a math package!
gr. they trying to take our whole summer away or something! 100 service hours is like 5 weeks of summer already.

[skadoosh!]

depends on who your teacher is

true, i should have said can be ^^





grawr, i need to start on my summer reading..to get that out of the wayyyyyyyy ):

[illuminate.]

i'm sooo excited to be done with sophomore year :) these past 2 weeks have probably been the worst of my life, teachers are absolutely brutal. only dead week + finals left....

looking at the classes some of you guys are taking, i feel kind of...lazy o_o i haven't received a confirmed schedule yet, but the classes i forecasted for are:

APUSH
bio H
spanish IV H
linear algebra (or AP calc BC if i failed the AP test :x)
english III H
photography! <- the only class i'm looking forward to

although...i'm thinking of changing photography to AP physics. :/ bleh

[Sango2893]

SCHEDULE FOR NXT YEAR:

IB ENGLISH
IB CHEM 2
IB/HL THEATRE ARTS
IB U.S HISTORY
AP GOVERNMENT
IB FRENCH 4
IB/SL MATH

I think that's all of it ^^
...I'm scared lol.
But It's all for Berkley <3

[KiBUm_Love]

all you people in cali/texas/other places on vacation.
LUCKKYYYY!
screw new england. my last daay of schoool is the 24th of june and it SUCKS. and we start september 7.
(so this is why snowdays are bad.)

GAHH JUNIOR!! O_O i heard junior year is a living hell.

my next years schedule:

personal wellness 11
ap bio
pre calc honors
spanish 5
wind ensemble(honors)
ap english (american literature i think)
ap american history.

extracurriculars:
-yearbook
-tutoring (3-5th graders at elementary school)
-volunteer (need 40 hours)
-amnesty international
-rowing (only the fall not spring)
-pac
-private music lessons & competitions

ugh i'm so screwed.
its not even funny.




SUMMER PLANS:
KOREA for WHOLE summer.
but the catch is. i have sat classes (5 hours a day) for monday-fridays.

[Redwarrior]

So many are taking APUSH next year...

It wasn't that bad this year (in IB), just boring....and tests for over 7 chapters are a time (actually that was only 2 tests).Did I mention the countless times I fell asleep while doing the reading guide/homework???0.o so much time was gone because of that!!

The exam seemed easier than the tests in class....just DON"T procrastinate and pay attention in class, I'm sure you will all do fine ( my teachers are going to SHRED all my work this year ...said they didn't want anyone to sell it >.>) BTW, I still have my textbook, anyone interested in buying it? (I did highlight in it though, just thought you wanted to know) it's: Alan Brinkley 10th Edition. PM me ~

Anyways good luck to the people in APUSH next year

My schedule:

IB-TAG English 3
IB Precalc
IB Biology-SL
IB Chemistry-SL
IB European History
Off block-1st semester/Theory of Knowledge (2nd semester)
Dance Academy: Jazz 2
IB French 4

extra-curricular:
Dance class-Jazz (outside school
CAS activities: ex-practice and master piano pieces, volunteer at places, clubs, sewing club-then donating the clothes, and others.
(not much but I heard CAS takes up ALOT of time >.>)

I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!! (seriously...people have told me that after they saw my schedule >.>)

LET'S ALL TRY TO LIVE THROUGH JUNIOR YEAR TOGETHER!!!

anyways....let's put that behind

SUMMER!!!:

College Dual Credit for Speech
Hospital Volunteer
Camp volunteer
PSAT/SAT prep class
Summer hw for classes >.>
10 day vacation to Yellowstone National Park
Sewing classes (for IB CAS...it's going to be fun!)
Lifeguarding (not certified yet but I hope I will be by the end of this year! I NEED MONEY!!! (GAS, CD's, Food, and Presents...-mom's bday, dad's bday, mother's day, christmas, new years, bro's bday, father's day...so many days 0.o)
DRIVING CLASS!!! I"M GOING TO DRIVE!! -get off the streets if you value your life...muahhahahaha...j/k I don't know how well I drive yet...

[xxbobachan]

YAY, exam week is over, hahaha. SUMMER (:
.. but then summer school. and sat prep for a month LOL... <___<;


junior yeeeearr.

[PatrickWolf]

YAY, exam week is over, hahaha. SUMMER (:
.. but then summer school. and sat prep for a month LOL... <___<;


junior yeeeearr.

ARG!
I envy you!
My exams are next week
starting with English
I dread that class
>____<

[xxbobachan]

ARG!
I envy you!
My exams are next week
starting with English
I dread that class
>____<

LOL hey, I remember you (from 411 threads)! Hahaha.
I wonder if you'll ever even check back in this thread & see this reply xD

Hahaha, awh.
I had English first, it sucked. I had 6 exams, ugh.
Good luck on your exams! I'm sure you'll do amazing. (:

[xChristineee]

Mannn. I'm gonna die next year. Lolol.
NHSS, NHS, NAHS, Key club, French club
outside of school: taekwondo- work as an instructor 3 times a week from 4~7, after that, I gotta train/take class.

Done with APworld! ;D finally. Took the final and got a B.

Just switched my schedule from AP chem to AP stats. o_o;

[gd-ise.]

one more week of school.
I got an internship at a hotel during the summer, super excited about that
lmao. i think i'm the only person who's not studying or preparing for SAT this summer

[Redwarrior]

LOL summer!!

Not much of a summer though I have to do Speech, driving, and Sat prep >.>

But we're going to Yellowstone for 2 weeks!! YAY!!

BTW....i really really want to create a thread for 2011 potential senior pranks It'd be awesome to hear all the ideas

[linlee]

^ i got one of those NSHSS letters too. they said send 60$ for admission?? o_O i'm reading it like theyre saying just pay and you're a member.
i asked my older bro if he's every heard of it, he hasn't. dunno if it's legit or not.

this year did breeze by. it was way busier and harder than freshman year. and if junior year is worse...

i kinda want to transfer to an art based high school next year. but it's not that high ranked, at least not as high ranked as the current hs i go to. dunno what that'd do to me when i apply for colleges. :/ i would love to go though...well, it's selective admission, so maybe that's good? :/ ( i just love art to death :'D)
my grades aren't spectacular, usually in the A and B range (for final grades); so would that be a bad idea to transfer?

on that note, any class of '11's go to vocational schools (art, tech, bio/med, etc)? what's it like?

i go to a vocational/magnet school ^^
bca in bergen county nj if you ever heard of it~

http://www.newsweek.com/id/137421
^ thats us, first on the list

we have 7 academies:
culinary arts and hotel administration [my academy <3, 18 kids]
advancement of science and technology [largest academy, 80 ish]
medical science technology [50 ish]
business and finance [30-40 ish, they're required to take all ib's jnr & snr year = HELL]
engineering and design technology [30-40 ish]
telecommunications and computer science [20 ish]
visual and performing arts [20-30 ish]
-music
-art
-theatre

we all have the same history, lit, language, math [there are like 10 levels!] courses

then we all have our 'special' class, like i have culinary class 4 times a week in our huge kitchen.
we do food food frosh & soph year then baking jr & sr years.
we DO get written tests and menu projects and we have a textbook!

science, med, engineering academies have extra science class requirements, like some years they have to take all 3 sciences at once, only they meet a couple times a week, but i've witnessed how much they suffer!

our school days are 8:00 to 4:10 TT
BUT we have 'frees' throughout the day, and on average students have at least 2-3 hours free a day, including lunch.
but its different everyday so sometimes we have like 3 classes the entire day = like 5 hours free!
every single students sched. is different, so you have so much freedom and nobody knows when you have classes, therefore its very easy to cut classes

we come from every single town in bergen county, most asian parents in this area are obsessed with getting their child into this school, its extremely competitive, its just like applying to college. the number of students per town is based on the size of the town's hs.
at the end of the day there are like 50 buses in line and everybody scrambles to find their bus. it takes like 20 min, so i get to my bus stop in my town at 5 everyday.

SUPER long post, but i felt like writing about my beloved hs. oh btw, the average amt of sleep a bca student gets is 5-6 hours, based on a schoolwide survey.
nevertheless, i dont regret applying here <3

2009 college acceptance history :
princeton 6/42 [last year was 12/72]
harvard 2/36
cornell 38/106 <- they LOVE us
brown 7/49
columbia 6/38
yale 6/34
stanford 1/32 [last year the accepted 8/32..]
nyu 36/72 [last year was 43/101!]