<p>What is a 'block schedule'? It asks this on the application form and i don't have a clue what that means.</p>
<p>And is it okay if i enter academic awards before grade 10 ?? How will this affect the admission decision if you put awards that you got before grade 10?</p>
<p>I'm having a problem with that too. I don't know what block schedule really means. I believe it's a system wherein a students are grouped together to take the same classes for the entire year, without any option for electives. But as I've searched the 'net, there are pages saying the block schedule is a school schedule wherein classes are taken by semesters, instead of the whole academic year.</p>
<p>Ah, well.</p>
<p>roflmao</p>
<p>block scheduling is where you only have 4 classes in a day, but those four classes are an hour and a half each. yes, block schedule is where classes are taken by semesters, except the APs. my school is currently on the block scheduling. it's actually not that bad, you learn to live with it. with this kind of scheduling, we've had one guy get into stanford, harvard, MIT, yale, duke, rice, uc berk, upenn, you name it. but of course, he was a genius know it all. </p>
<p>i think entering academic awards before grade 10 is all right. they want everything throughout your high school career, don't they? </p>
<p>good luck!!</p>
<p>xinerz- don't enter awards from before 10th. the specifically say, list any awards earned after the END OF NINTH GRADE. If you bs stuff and they catch you, you're screwed so don't do it.</p>
<p>i'm only a junior, i was just stating what i knew from just assuming. i'm sorry that i got the information wrong, vaish88. i haven't seen an application for any colleges yet, so i really have no clue. sorry...</p>
<p>My school works on a trimester basis. We have 5 periods a day. we could be studying math, english, and physics on monday, and math, business, and indonesian on tuesday. Would that be block scheduling?</p>
<p>if your school doesn't call it block scheduling, i would be wary of putting that down.</p>
<p>my school definitely has it; we have all our odd periods one day and all our even periods the next day.</p>
<p>I think so. </p>
<p>My impression of block scheduling was always that you did 3 or 4 classes--say, Chemistry, Math, and Creative Writing--for equal periods on M W, then 3 or 4 different classes--say, World History, Band, and English--on T T. Then on Friday you alternate having and extra class period in each class. Week one you have class in Chem, Math, and CW just like MW. Week two you have class in WH, Band, English just like TT. It's confusing at first, but I think the draw is that you get extra time to really TEACH and cement ideas into kids' heads. Also, for classes like Chemistry, you can do labs that require 2.5 hours or more in one class period. Also, teachers can give incredibly expansive tests that take 2+ hours to do in one period. And you will ALWAYS get at least 2 nights to do your homework for a class because there's always a day in between Chemistry classes. It's called "block" scheduling because you get all of your class time in one big block a few times a week, as opposed to the same amount of class time spread out over 5 days. </p>
<p>My school worked like that--it was experimental--two years before I got to 9th grade. Thank goodness they stopped. But my school's block scheduling may be different from others'...</p>
<p>I have block schedule at my school...
You take 3-4 classes for half the year and then get new classes in january.
They each last 90 minutes, and I belive it is better than regular scheduling because it allows you to take 8 classes and really focus on your current classes.</p>
<p>Hey Tenniscraze, you study indonesian? Where are you from? I speak little Indonesian. This is very interesting...</p>
<p>Hey Joe! Cool, you got an account!</p>
<p>Question about academic awards-</p>
<p>Should I list that I was a National Merit Commended student? What about NHS? (I know that is a totally stupid "award," but I've heard that ad coms wonder if it <em>isn't</em> there.) </p>
<p>Also, should I list a leadership award I got? Thanks for any help!</p>
<p>yeah list them all... xinerz no problem, I've just heard horror stories of typos on apps leading to major problems. have fun during junior yr (haha, wow i'm glad i'm done w/ that)</p>
<p>Then what do you call my school's system? It's similar to the Singaporeans', Koreans' and japanese's.</p>
<p>Hi Light_Cow, i'm right now in indonesia and i'm doing the IB programme. Yes, I study indonesian as a foreign language, how about you?</p>
<p>vaish88-ugh, you're so lucky. all of you are so luckY!! ><strong>< it's so stressful right now, i'm running on 4 hours of sleep... X</strong>_X</p>
<p>lauren-what's national merit commended? is like like, scoring good on psat but not good enough for your state's benchmark thingY??? :?</p>