<p>I'll be a junior this year with a lot of AP's and extra curriculars. How do you guys plan to stay afloat amidst all this?</p>
<p>Put on some floaties.</p>
<p>Or hold your breath. That helps keep you afloat.</p>
<p>Haha thank you Secoja8, but unfortunately I do not think floaties or incredible lung capacity will help me through AP Physics and such.</p>
<p>Befriend stress, and sleep deprivation, get used to late nights, and hope for the best. That’s the mindset I’m going into junior year with lol</p>
<p>I totally get you-and while I can be sleep deprived, I cannot function/perform well in school without sleep so it defeats the purpose lol .</p>
<p>Do you know how to do the Dead Man’s Float? If so, then there’s nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>I’m saying this because I am a rising sophomore who doesn’t know what a rigorous schedule’s like.</p>
<p>Gravitational pull towards senior year.</p>
<p>I’ll actually give helpful advice.</p>
<p>Keep up with your schoolwork. Academics come before extracurriculars. Try to take your first SAT/ACT in the fall, and try to take a retake during Jan-Mar. That way you’ll only have to worry about APs and SAT IIs in May/June.</p>
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<li><p>Prioritize. If you have a rigorous schedule, extracurricular activities, etc, you are going to have far more than you are able to do a lot of times. Just make sure to prioritize so that the important things get done. I ended up going to band 10-15 minutes late almost daily, because I needed extra help with Calc and that block was the time that worked best for the teacher. There were many times where I had to choose an English paper over a Psychology reading. Just figure out what is most important at the moment and get those things done. </p></li>
<li><p>Keep it enjoyable. You’re going to resent the rigorous classes and school in general if you don’t make time for something you enjoy every now and again. Sometimes watching the new episode of your favorite TV show or going for a run really is more important than 30 minutes of studying for a test. You need to stay sane if you expect to pass your classes. So don’t forget to do things you love! </p></li>
<li><p>Make use of small bits of time. The five minutes at the end of class, the checkout line at the store, the commercials during tv shows are the perfect time to get a homework problem out of the way, get a page of reading done, or to have a mini-study session with flashcards. </p></li>
<li><p>Probably too late for this, but sign up for classes YOU want. Don’t sign up for three AP humanities classes that you hate because you think colleges will be impressed. Take rigorous classes that YOU want. It’s a lot easier to study for the classes you like!</p></li>
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<p>Stay on top of your classes. Try to be present in all of your periods. It’s hard to catch up sometimes. Keep a schedule. Expect conflicts. Understand your social life may be crunched with a strong focus on school. Good luck! :)</p>
<p>Let me know if you have any questions. I had 5 aps junior year with a ton of extracurriculars and I survived (and had fun).</p>
<p>I don’t think my junior year was as bad as people said it would be. Either that or I don’t really remember how easy sophomore year was.
I took three AP classes and seven tests. </p>
<p>Some tips:</p>
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<li>Don’t procrastinate, unless you’re good at it. </li>
<li>You can fake your way through a lot of stuff if you know how to write well.</li>
<li>Don’t overestimate yourself. (People are always on here creating chances threads with their “projected” stats, and they’re never actually going to do most of that stuff.)</li>
<li>Participate in class and get to know teachers so they can write recommendations. </li>
<li>Work on your college essays throughout the year by writing down interesting phrases/sentences/topics when you think of them. </li>
<li>Do your least time-consuming homework first. </li>
<li>Do homework at lunch and during other classes. </li>
<li>The SAT isn’t as hard as people make it out to be, but the best way to prepare is by taking a lot of practice tests.</li>
<li>Take Subject Tests in the same subjects as your AP tests.</li>
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<p>I plan on breathing.
And also remembering I do a lot better when I’m stressed and busy. I also feel a lot better when I’m busy even though I think I feel like crap.
But mostly: focusing in classes, studying during lunch, studying during band, making use of down time, staying up late to do homework, not panicking, taking naps, drinking coffee, going to SAT prep classes, maths tutoring, asking for help, and not falling behind
Basically everything that’s already been said</p>
<p>seems like people on here presume school to be alot tougher than it really is (or needs to be).</p>
<p>tips for year 11:</p>
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<li><p>don’t take ANY zeros. do all of your homework/assignments. this will keep your from having to bust your ass to get A’s on all your tests.</p></li>
<li><p>always know what your grade is. we have edline, where you can check your grades online, i assume most (if not all) schools have something similar to this?</p></li>
<li><p>know what you need to get on your midterms/finals. my school hands out a little paper with scenarios for each grade, i.e. if you got an A first quarter and a B second quarter, you need to get at least a C on the exam to get an A for the semester. again, this will prevent you from over-studying for exams and will allow you to allot more time to exams that require extra attention.</p></li>
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<p>these are tips coming from a straight A student who tries to achieve the best grades while doing as little as possible.</p>
<p>enjoy your year.</p>
<p>Make procrastination an art form and you’ll be fine.</p>