u/ISwearimNotHomo

For context, this is high school GPA. I’m a grade skipper; upcoming junior. I have only taken regulars so far—I am taking IB DP courses for my upperclassmen years. My freshman year GPA was 1.67; first semester sophomore year GPA was 2.5; second semester sophomore year was 4.0. I was not able to get into a rigorous high school after middle school. I scored a 25/36 on the PRE ACT. I have scored in the 99th percentile in reading and the 93rd percentile in math, relative to US test takers of my grade level during the 2nd semester of sophomore year.

Pre-ACT Year curriculum:

IB MYP Regular’s Chemistry
IB MYP Regular’s US History
IB MYP Regular’s English
IB MYP Regular’s Integ. Math
IB MYP (Elective) Computer Design
IB MYP (Elective) Art

Upcoming ACT year curriculum:

IB HL History
IB HL English and Literature
IB HL Biology
IB SL Math AI
IB SL Global Politics
IB SL French ab Initio

Things I struggled with on the PRE ACT

Time management:
Too much contemplation on math section
Breezing through English/Readinf questions precariously
Dissonance during Science section

Recommend me books, articles, encyclopedias, websites, strategies.

Side question: does anybody happen to know how they grade the STEM score? It was not a conventional test.

Skip to last paragraph for the question.

Aside from my physical health grades, which could not be accommodated considering my gym teachers did not give any subsistence to them, my MYP grades are painfully close to the average, my top 4 subjects average to 6, my top three rounds down to 6, my top 5 rounds up to 6, so in total I am in the 85th percentile throughout these 5,4, and 3 subjects.

Being that these are relatively good grades, I am still dissatisfied, I plan on encroaching top universities. I will be taking the IB DP programme curricula next year, so these grades will likely fall unnoticed if I were to pass the IB DP programme with all or mostly 7(s).

Here are my requested classes for next year

IB HL English and Literature
IB HL History
IB HL Biology
IB SL Global Politics
IB SL Math AI
IB SL French ab Initio
TOK and EE

Aggregating my grades, IB DP requested classes, and my plans(if you read them); are there specific activities I should do or materials I need to acquire, schemed towards a 42-45/45, for benign or prosperous performance in the IB DP programme?

Edit: I don’t have a design grade because my computer design teacher did not administer MYP grades. Language acquisition was not chosen for MYP.

I have only started learning cursive yesterday, but I feel like I’ve hit a barrier on how polished my writing is (mediocre letter-trail spacing, loops, distinguishing f(s) and b(s), most contributing to intelligibility) as well as the speed (3 seconds to write “the”).