u/AffectionateStep819

I tried to self-study AP chem this yr. Given that I already know units 1-3 and that I got through the rest of the units on Khan, can I get a 4? Is a 5 achievable?

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I have practice exams, so I can do those. What else do you guys suggest? Am I missing anything important that Khan can't cover? If so please let me know.

Otherwise, I am trying to prep by also revising units 1-3 and memorizing VSEPR, Strong acids & bases, hybridization, solubility rules, more polyatomic ions, yk.

Asking for a friend. We are juniors (11th grade high schoolers) who live in DMV, and he told me he’s into history type stuff (specifically remember he said archivist). He applied to Smithsonian’s program and one other(don’t remember) but told me he couldn’t get into neither.
I personally don’t know anything about history opportunities (I’m into biomed stuff), but I just told him to try to email historian professors in universities near us to try and study under them? Not exactly sure cuz I’m not in humanities field but that’s what I do when I’m interested in bio or stem internship.
Anyways, i was wondering if you guys had suggestions or ideas for what opportunities he could try. He is rlly smart (super smart) and good at quizbowl and history.

I’m a junior, in DMV, into biomed and have decent stats(dm if u want details). I applied to 16 programs and got rejected by almost all of them (16th pending). Of course, I feel kinda sad I couldn’t get in anywhere since I poured a lot of time and effort into my apps, but I didn’t have any expectations as I know how selective these programs are.
I know that programs are more favored to their local students, but it’s unfair that the local programs around me are defunded (NIH, FDA, AEOP, etc.). I did apply to two local programs, but they both had rlly limited seats (ASSIP is a popular one).

I have emailed countless professors. Most leave me on read, but some reply to tell me that they can’t take me. In fact, I have been able to get professors to meet with me online only for them to reject me. Why? They keep telling me about the funding: this year, it apparently is much, much harder to work in a lab as a high schooler due to the funding cuts (not that high schoolers need to be paid but that the labs are empty, so no one to guide the high schooler). Professors I met with online told me that I was capable and they would’ve otherwise taken me as an intern had it been any other year.

What I am doing now is continuing to email professors and university labs around me, which I think is the right move. I’m trying to see if I can use my connections to nepo my way into somewhere, but literally all my family friends work at NIH (where high schoolers have been barred from interning/shadowing since new administration).

I was only posting here to see if anyone had any suggestions(and to vent lmao).

Junior in hs. Have two Bs so far: that’s pushing it for where I want to go. No BSMD or cool school will take someone with anymore. Now, out of the blue, I got a terrible grade on one bc calc test that pulled it down from A to B. In Spanish, I just missed the mark for an A. This quarter, I can still try and fight, but it will be improbable that I beat the Bs. If I don’t, then I don’t know what I will do with myself. Everyone around me has a perfect gpa, and besides that, just perfect. It’s not that I dislike them, it’s just that I will never be where they are or experience what they will. I thought I was sacrificing for my grades: sacrificing my physique, my health, my sleep(sooo many sleepiness nights).

Anyways, it’s over for me. I can’t get into the programs I want. I worked hard on my ECs, but they are still not crazy enough to compensate for the Bs. I would rather die than live with this. I can’t keep going. I can’t think. Besides these Bs, I am not able to get into any research programs or get with profs. They keep telling me that the fundings cut and can’t have me in their lab. I applied for 16 programs and basically got rejected everywhere (still waiting on 4, but hopeless). It’s over for me.

I know that I have to be able to handle failure, but I can’t live knowing the only thing I’ve ever wanted will be out of my reach forever.

EDIT: Hey, thank you for your support. I’ve calmed down now. I realize I should not harm myself over a bad gpa, and I was not thinking straight when I wrote this post. Thank you, your comments were really reassuring.

Hey guys. I tried something rlly ambitious this year. I know this sounds crazy, but I really wanted to try and get chem done in jr year (I had reasons for it)

Anyways, I don’t know what happened, but I didn’t manage time as well as should have. I’m solid on units 1-4, can understand (but have not fully revised/covered all topics) 6,7, and 8. I have not yet revised 5(kinetics) and not started 9(electro cell stuff?). I have yet to take AP practice test.

My plan is to grind khan for 5 and 9, finish those by this Friday, and then nonstop grind ap chem tests (I have a good amount at my disposal)

The only issue getting in my way is the amount of schoolwork I have plus the other 6 ap IB tests I’m doing(not including IB chem)

Pls send words of encouragement or suggestions/tips (including resources I should look into, extra tests, etc.)