JUNIOR YEAR ADVICE: AP Classes, SAT/ACT/GPA, Extracurriculars // High School
Channel: Elsa Ban
Date: 2017-04-08

EDIT: I don't know why I said half way done w junior year. I meant to say half way through second semester bc I really only have two months left of school.  Also, I kept saying "AP Subject tests", but what I meant was SAT Subject tests (those are also called SAT II's)

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Junior year advice!!!


Courses I took (Junior Year Schedule):

H Pre Calc
AP Lang and Comp
AP Art Hist
AP US Hist
Spanish 3
Soccer

Breakdown of Video:

1:30 -- My classes/schedule and just an overall reflection on how I felt going through my classes

3:48--I touch on GPA and a good one you should aim for.  GPA is just a number, however. RIGOR IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT, so focus on taking the most difficult classes offered, while still living life lol.

5:00 -- Choosing Your Classes and Strategizing. It depends on who you are as a person, but I think 2-3 is a good amount of AP's.  I think if you really want to step it up, do 4-5 :)

5:45 -- Goal GPA

6:15 -- Talking about choosing classes again...I'm just really out of order lol

6:50 -- Overall Tips: Extracirriculars

8:00 -- My Extracirriculars

9:30-- Just a rant on why I think B's are ok.  I feel like we are too hard on ourselves...we're more than our grades. It's ok to get B's especially in really hard classes.

10:30 -- Overall Junior Year Tip: Homework

10:50 -- Overall Tip: Choose challenging courses but don't go too overboard

11:40 -- Start planning college essays

12:00 -- Starting to choose colleges.  Make lists

12:30-- SAT Subject Tests, aka SAT II's

13:00 -- SAT/ACT (Sat classes, etc)












TO AP STUDENTS watching, especially the SOPHOMORES, I wish someone would have told me that it is completely ok to have a really obscure schedule. Take the classes you want to take... you know yourself best, so listen to yourself instead of others. The MAIN THING that really helped me have a fun and less stressful year compared to my friends was choosing my classes based on what I liked. I honestly like every single class I'm in right now (maybe except for math lol but that's just bc math is not exactly my thing). I'm in two history classes, which is my favorite subject, as well as English, which is my other fav subject. I really encourage you to do the same when choosing classes, while taking a rigorous course load.

Feel free to contact or private message me any questions bc one of my fav things ever is planning schedules (weird right?)


ALSO , IF YOU ARE NOT PERFORMING SUPER WELL ON THE SAT, LOOK INTO THE ACT BC YOU MIGHT DO BETTER ON THAT!!!!!! LOOK INTO BOTH BC YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH TEST WILL WORK BETTER FOR YOU!!!!

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