<p>I have a B- in the class. Does this make me stupid? </p>
<p>Anyways, my real concern is with my psat scores. I had a 60 on the crit reading sectin, a 54 on the math section, and 49 on the writing skills section. Overall, I had a total of 163. People say that if I take the real test, I would get around 1630, but I don't know. </p>
<p>How do I improve this score? I borrowed an algebra II and geometry book in the hopes that I improve through practice. I wish to go to one of the UCs.</p>
<p>Also, I heard that there is a large population of asians in the UC system. I am asian. Should I follow this trend?</p>
<p>P.S. I do not mean that asians are more likely to get into a UC, I am merely saying the a large population of asians reside in any UC campus.</p>
<p>AP Statistics is a difficult class. College-level. Hence, AP… anybody that tells you it’s easy is being facetious. For the SAT, get some review books made by people who study the test, I recommend Barron’s and Princeton Review. As for the UCs, if having a large Asian population on campus is very important to you, I would say go for it. If, however, you only want to go there to “follow this trend”, then I would suggest that you evaluate your priorities thoroughly. To me, being a young African-American male, following a trend like this seems almost as silly as following your boyfriend from high school to college.
Have a nice day!</p>
<p>Don’t get me wrong here! The fact that asians dominate the UC scene actually turns me off; I hate being ‘the norm’. However, the UC systems sounds very good.</p>
<p>Ok then I would encourage you to apply; the UCs are an excellent group of schools, some better than others and each with a distinct student body, so I encourage you to visit each one before you apply if possible.</p>
<p>AP statistics is just one of those classes in which you memorize every little detail in order to succeed. It’s not even college-level: it’s a bit easier.</p>
<p>It’s probably your teacher. Some of my friends, who are incredibly brilliant, have Cs in that class because the stats teacher doesn’t know how to teach.</p>
<p>AP Statistics is by far the easiest math class I’ve taken in high school. My teacher doesn’t give extra credit, and I finished the semester with close to a 99%. If you are struggling in stats, you are probably not cut out for a STEM field.</p>
<p>my psat score and actual sat score differed by 400 points and that wasn’t changing anything. my first sat was only around 200 points better. what i did between the first and second actual SAT’s was get a bunch of old tests and took the tests (probably 8 or 9 by the time I finished.) and studying what I got wrong and focusing on those. Also AP Stat is a different kind of math, it’s more like memorization, not actual math. It’s basically another english class. For ex. the binomial vs. geometric probability stuff and it would ask at least 3, so that could mean 3, 4, 5 etc.) I got 100 percent on that test, I’m so happy. anyways, it’s a difficult class because it’s different.</p>
<p>Let me be the first in this thread to say that AP Statistics isn’t a math class. It falls into its own category of applied mathematics, which is why a lot of folks who are very talented with math balk at a lot of the principles of statistics. This being said, AP Statistics isn’t a difficult course to learn on one’s own, so I would say that blaming the teacher in this case (unlike, say, AP Calc) is something of a cop out. With a talented teacher and a moderately good work ethic, AP Stat oughtn’t be difficult at all.</p>
<p>I found AP stats hard only when I didn’t study or read the book. As long as you take good notes and memorize all the terms, concepts, and formulas, you should be fine.
Also, Princeton Review is good for for the AP test or the class in general when you feel like reviewing something.</p>
<p>^ I agree with academicone, reading the book is a must to further understand what your teacher is teaching in class, and having a good work ethic definitely does not hurt.</p>