<p>@ Apollo I think your stuff made the screen so long I had to scroll for ages for the quick reply box!</p>
<p>Anyway got back a couple of results today - A+ for History, Science, Math, A for English and Chinese. Was pretty disappointed with the Chinese grade - a 73 though it’s an A - but our scores are sorta curved and the whole cohort did pretty badly. But STILL I got a 73! Lowest score I got for Chinese ever. And I really need to do something about it - Chinese’s supposed to be my first language!</p>
<p>Oh my goodness I haven’t replied to this thread for quite some time…
well, school has been pretty good, for the most part. My English grade dropped from a 96 to a 93 (A-) =<strong>= Like I said, my English teacher is trying to sabotage my grade, I hypothesize. My classmates all say that I’m her favorite student but no I think she secretly hates me…
Got an 82 on my latest math test. STUPID. LITTLE. MISTAKES. I can’t believe I’m making the same dumb mistakes in Algebra 2 that I’d make as a student in Pre-Algebra =</strong>=.
Model UN meeting was amazing. I’m sold.
I’ve also decided to create my Science Olympiad club next week. I’ve got a couple of friends who can help me make it happen, a few upperclassmen who can help me, and yeah.
Volunteer coordinator at the science museum still hasn’t gotten back to me… after 2 weeks I sent in my application. It was a pretty strong application too, not to toot my own horn =__=. ■■■ is this because of my age?</p>
<p>@Swinter: yup sadly my school does… but at least I can attempt to attain an A (no A+s at my school) because this grading quarter ain’t over yet. </p>
<p>Aw man that sucks. I’m pretty relieved my school doesn’t do that. All I have to aim for is a 90. </p>
<p>Uh, this weekend I am planning on sleeping. Like, I don’t know what’s going on, but all of a sudden my eye balls hurt like a mother. I can’t look up or to the side, if I want to I have to physically move my head because my eyes hurt a lot. I think it’s because for the last few days I’ve only been sleeping about six hours a night. Which I know isn’t very little, but it’s definitely not enough for me.</p>
<p>Oh wow. I’ve mastered the art of all-nighters since 7th grade (yes, I was stressing over freaking middle school and I also had this horrible Maplestory addiction that I now regret, but whatever…) which explains my panda eyes. And I’m so jelly over your school’s grading system: depending on the rigor that would make my life and stressors so much easier TT_TT
This weekend, I’m going to be taking my usual extracurricular classes for 4 hours. Then I’m going to be studying at the library like a mother and do some more research on my science fair topic. For dinner I might go out with my friends and just hang out like we normally do.</p>
<p>Wow, you seem so involved with everything. Like you seem so much more productive than me.</p>
<p>This morning we didn’t have any cucumbers so I put freaking tomatoes on my eyes. Like I washed them and I didn’t cut them I just held them to my eyes. And when my dad saw I told him I thought they were apples. Because I didn’t want him to enforce an earlier bedtime. smh</p>
<p>@ TheGreatCatsbyx I’ve had the volunteer experience too - I contacted a local history museum and they told me that I was too young to do it. Said I couldn’t juggle it along with high school but when I’m in college I can come back (so college is supposed to be easier to juggle?)</p>
<p>And anyway Swinter don’t get me started on extracurriculars! I bet mine are much worse than yours lol like kids around here are generally more focused on academics than extracurriculars sometimes? And our school has very structured extracurriculars - they’re quite intensive (say 2-3x a week for 2-3h?) but you have to apply for special permission to take more than one main activity. And taking more than 2 is virtually unheard of. So when I’m in school I think I’m doing ok but coming on CC really makes me feel bad about myself.</p>
<p>Ha, the only extra curricular I have is debate twice a week for an hour. I signed up for a bunch of clubs at the beginning of the year but they’re super inactive and the last meeting was like two months ago.</p>
<p>I can’t wait until marching band is over. It’s twice a week for three hours, but practice doesn’t start 'til 5 so I end up staying after school for two hours and then practicing for three. When it’s all said and done, I don’t get home from school until 8:30. We also have football games every Friday which wouldn’t be that bad if our team would win for once… And then we have competitions every other Saturday. </p>
<p>Academic team is starting tomorrow and I’m a bit nervous because we have tryouts to see who makes varisty and jv.</p>
<p>Up until now I’ve been lurking college confidential and I thought I was the only freshmen that went on here… Glad to know I’m not alone.</p>
<p>Anyway, yeah I like high school much better than middle school, but it’s definitely a lot more work. I managed to get straight A’s for the first quarter, hopefully I can keep it up.</p>
<p>Does your school count Coursera? I really want to, I signed up for a few, but my counselor says that I need transcripts for it to count for college :/</p>
<p>What’s Coursera? And thanks Swinter, yeah after going on this site I realize that to go to some of the colleges I want to layer, I need to get straight A’s.</p>
<p>Some colleges that interested me is, Duke, UF, and Tulane</p>
<p>@easysafe coursera is basically a website that provides college-level courses for free
Quite a number of universities all over the world are offering courses on the site</p>
<p>Welcome to CC!!! I always thought that I was the only freshman too, but then this thread was created!! I’ve been so busy…I haven’t been on CC for a while.</p>
<p>Do you think edX will count? The professors grade each homework and they do give out a letter grade, but it doesn’t show up on your certificate (if you get one). </p>
<p>@rykun97 I’m so jealous you found a place to volunteer at that will accept you for your age! Most places here is you have to be atleast 16, and you have to be 18 without parent supervision. I called a local hospital the other day and they said I had to be 14. For a split second, I thought I was already 14.</p>
<p>For all of you 2016ers wondering where to volunteer, try a food pantry…I started volunteering at one in the summer after 7th grade…or was it 6th?</p>
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