<p>^ YUP. Seeing how practical it is for the OP to get high 90’s at his school, I’m starting to wonder how he could pull such high marks in subjective subjects unless you bribe the teacher. </p>
<p>In my History class, there were only 2 people who got 80+. Highest mark was 91, second highest was 86, and everyone else got <80. It really didn’t matter how much we studied; the teacher simply didn’t give 90+ on any assignments (and there were lots of them) and the only way you could get 90+ is by getting perfect on every test which will offset the low assignment marks.</p>
<p>I remember when he graded poems on a scale of 25 points, a 22 meant that you did what you were supposed to, a 22.5 meant you exceeded it somewhat, 23 meant it was a very creative poem and that you surpassed the expectations, and the absolute highest grade you could get was a 23.5 and he’d recommend it for literary magazine submission.</p>
<p>Oh, to answer your question about scores on the other thread, you don’t need to send it in until you apply. At the end of 12th grade, if you need to, say, skip Biology because you took AP bio in 12th grade, you can submit the scores in the summertime.</p>
<p>That is so true. In Grade 11 English, a 75 meant you did what you were supposed to. An 80 meant it was a good essay. An 85 meant you edited the thing 5 times. An 87.5 meant you asked your friend (who’s supposedly an English guru) to edit it twice for you after you’ve edited the thing 3 times yourself. And a 90… well, I’ve never read a 90 paper. Apparently, those are reserved for people who have been reading 3 novels a week since they were in Grade 3.</p>
<p>I ususally write amazing papers. This is probably because my Honors Global teacher basically taught me how to write extensively and in depth and how to improve my style of writing which I did. On all of his tests and quizes I scored a perfect score except for one. His tests require studying and a lot of thinking and the essay question he gives requires depth. I got a 50/50 on one essay and one girl got like a 28/50. For his quizzes he gives up chapters to read from our textbook and quizzes us the next day so we have to take our own notes which is kind of annoying. I worked pretty hard in that class and hopefully even harder in AP European History. One of my friends had eneded up with a 99 in AP European History and the lowest he ever got on a test was a 94, so this is where he is coming from and the tests can be quite difficult. You get an hour to answer like 20 multiple choice, do 3 ID (basically you write a couple of sentences about certain people that are randomly picked from a list) and an FRQ which he gives you before the test.</p>
<p>Not trying to be a downer, but our World History honors (which I guess is like global) tests had around 30-40 multiple choice questions that were no where near reasonably fair or straight forward. They’d either be extremely specific or be “which of the following DOES NOT blablabla” or “all of the following EXCEPT did blabla.” Then we either had a ridiulous true/false or a fill in the blank without words (which was often, again, specific). Then we had either 10 short answers, which really were just mini essays, or 2-3 long essays. Did I mention we used an AP book and that normally we went through an entire section in about a 1 week - 1.5 weeks. Yeah. And we had two tests the first week of school as soon as we started.</p>
<p>Yeah… a 95+ in an language/Social Science subject is simply impossible in my school. Again, these are non-AP coures I’m talking about (either honours or academic courses). </p>
<p>With the one AP course my school offers, you have to be a genius and spend 6 hrs a night on it to get 90+ in the course. No joke. </p>
<p>But again… it’s 10x harder to get 90’s in a Canadian school because of the different grading scale, so you might want to take that into account.</p>