u/Nullborne

Today I took AP Biology, my 25th and final AP exam. For four years, AP exams have been a way to prove myself when I struggled in class, a standard I could easily abide by when following obscure lectures became difficult.

I didn't like where the journey ended, and my college decisions have forced me to apply again next year. But I am proud of the process. I am proud that I preserved through the challenges I faced. And I would not hesitate to undergo it again if I could.

What do you think about people who feel completely neutral about your views.

For example:

Not supporting LGBTQ, but treating them with respect

Not concerned about pro-immigration policies, environmental policies, or socialist policies but not opposing them

Like, I don't really care about general policies, but I don't really strongly support any of them either. I'd only have feelings about any policy if one of them impacted me in a noticeable way (for example, I hold a negative view towards Trump's tariffs because they made goods more expensive to purchase). What do you think about people who feel very neutral overall, compared to conservatives especially. Just curious.

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I don't understand why arrows are pointing from 3' to 5', I thought it was 5' to 3'? Can't figure it out. From Khan Academy.

I'm doing the Unit 5 Progress Check right now and there is so much AP stats stuff like degrees of freedom and chi square which I frankly do not remember how to do since AP stats was a while ago. However if I look on the CED I cannot even find anything about chi squares or degree of freedoms. Are these skills I actually need to know for the AP exam or just some progress check bs, were they on this year's test?

My test is next week so I am still studying.

Applying to Oxford, UCL, and LSE for PPE, want to add Imperial but no PPE, which courses at Imperial would not care less about a PPE PS? I read the mathematics and finance course dosen't but that's too selective and I'm also international, anything else?

Also would it be dumb to apply for PPE and "Philosophy and Economics" at LSE?

I want to listen to normal audio only ASMR. I really like the mystery of ASMR so I don't really want to see an ASMRtist on screen doing the ASMR. I don't want to know what they look like at all so it's not just putting down the phone. I also want a steady female voice instead of just triggers as I find that relaxing. However, anytime I try looking for something like that, I get weird roleplay recommendations like "Your school bully kidnaps you," videos that are clearly made for an audience with a different purpose, and all results are like that. All I really want are just no roleplay normal ASMR audio only videos, but it seems like these don't exist or something, can anyone help? Thanks.

Dramatic situation: The setup of a narrative, including setting, action, conflict, and the changing fortune of major characters.

Exposition: Background information that helps readers understand characters, relationships, setting, and plot.

All-knowing narrator: A third-person narrator who knows characters’ thoughts, feelings, and events beyond direct observation.

Line break: Where a line of poetry ends, often shaping rhythm, emphasis, or meaning.

Antecedent: The word, phrase, or clause that a later pronoun or referent points back to.

Referent: The word or idea that another word refers to.

Ambiguous referent: A referent that could point to more than one antecedent.

Archetype: A recurring character, situation, or pattern that appears across many stories.

Narrative distance: How physically, emotionally, or chronologically close the narrator is to the events.

Closed form poetry: Poetry with predictable patterns of lines, stanzas, meter, or rhyme.

Open form poetry: Poetry without fixed structural patterns, though it still has organization..

Extended metaphor: A metaphor developed across several lines, sections, or an entire text.

In medias res: Beginning a story in the middle of the action.

Epiphany: A sudden realization that changes a character’s understanding or behavior.

Antithesis: A direct opposition between ideas.

Situational irony: When events contradict expectations.

Verbal irony: When a statement means something different from what it literally says.

Ambiguity: Language or situations that allow multiple interpretations.

Conceit: A complex, surprising extended metaphor, often used in poetry.

Perspective: How a narrator, speaker, or character understands their situation. It is shaped by background, personality, bias, and relationships.

Narrative distance: The narrator’s distance from the events or characters, physically, emotionally, chronologically, or relationally. A narrator may be close to the action or detached from it.

Narrator reliability: How trustworthy a narrator seems. Bias, omissions, contradictions, or limited knowledge can make a narrator less reliable.

Omission: What a narrator or speaker leaves out. Missing information can reveal bias, motive, misunderstanding, or unreliability.

Syntax: Sentence structure. The arrangement of phrases and clauses can emphasize certain ideas and convey tone.

Rising / falling fortunes: A character’s situation improving or worsening as the plot develops. This helps show conflict, change, or consequences.

Paradox: A seeming contradiction that may reveal a deeper, hidden, or unexpected truth.

Comparison subject: In a simile or metaphor, the thing the main subject is being compared to. For example, in “hope is a bird,” “bird” is the comparison subject.

Symbolic setting: A setting that comes to represent an abstraction, such as a belief, emotion, ideology, or social condition.

Textual substantiation: Supporting an interpretation with relevant evidence from the text, not just summary or opinion.

Catharsis: Emotional release that can occur when suspense, anticipation, or central conflict resolves.

Coordination: Grammatical linking that presents ideas as balanced or equal.

Subordination: Grammatical linking that presents one idea as dependent on or less important than another.

Syntax as tone: The arrangement of phrases and clauses can reveal a narrator’s or speaker’s attitude.

Line / stanza overflow: In poetry, an idea or image can extend beyond a single line or stanza, so meaning depends on movement across structure.

Unresolved ending: A conclusion that does not fully settle the central conflict; the lack of closure itself becomes meaningful.

Recursive interpretation: The process where evidence changes the interpretation, and the interpretation changes what evidence seems important.

Qualification: A move in argument where the writer limits, refines, or complicates a claim rather than stating it absolutely.

I am worried I was considered an OOS applicant when applying to Berkley because when I was accepted to UCLA, a few days later, they sent me an email saying "we are reconsidering your status as an OOS student", which implies UCLA originally considered me as OOS in admissions. I did move to Cali this year, senior year of HS for parent work purposes. However later, my UCLA cost of attendance was correctly updated to reflect in state prices, so I am certain that I in fact qualify as a Cal resident.

Therefore I am concerned whether this means during the application process UC Berkley falsely considered me as OOS which led to my waitlist. My application was top tier. I had 20 very impactful extracurriculars/awards and over 20 APS so I am a bit skeptical of the Berkley waitlist. I understand it's a lottery for anyone, however obviously I have reason to doubt whether Berkley considered me properly if even UCLA did not and they use the same application system and everything.

Is there anything I can do about this? Thanks.

Also sorry this isn't on r/ berkley, everytime I try posting there my post gets removed by Reddit filters, I'm hoping someone here can provide a helpful response.

Hello, I am a rising UCLA freshmen and I want to transfer to Berkley EECS. First of all, I am not doing STEM at UCLA, is that a problem? Anyways, I will be completing my Cal-GETC over the summer at a CC which from my understanding is the same certification that CC students get to allow easy transferring to UCs. I understand CC students are favored much more than UCLA transfers. Would I have to be a UCLA transfer, or is there any way I can have the identity as a CC transfer since I basically did the exact same thing CC students do?

Little Devils gives you infinite sustain as long as you can land shots and makes you often unkillable during fights if you can move quickly. As long as you are not playing a tank the healing is way more than the health drain. Glass cannon on the other hand reduces your max health by 30%. Both give 15% true damage bonus and both are prismatic. Is there something I'm missing or is Glass Cannon really supposed to be that bad.

The connection wasn't working, the ping showed as disconnected, and then I suddenly got disconnected for VAN: 185, and when I relaunched Valorant it said my account had been suspended for using third party software. What kind of BS is this and are they even going to accept my appeal.

As AP exam season hits I thought I should mention you can find all past FRQs and relevant materials at apfrqs.com as CollegeBoard's site now only has 2023 and after. It has been months since I made my post about this so I'm guessing many people here now might not have seen that. I've seen a huge spike of visitors recently so I'm assuming demand will be much higher right now too.

Also since I initially shared this I spent over $100 using AI tokens to sort all Questions by Unit and question type. Hopefully this allows for more convenient studying as practicing by year doesn't allow you to focus on weaknesses.