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I woke up at 5 am last night and threw up because I had a dream I got my ap scores early and I got a 4

It would actually be a blessing if I even got a 3 but whatever I’m so nervous

I had the prompt about considering others opinions, and me, and one other friend of mine interpreted that it meant being open minded and hearing out other people’s perspectives on certain things. However, almost everyone else took it as listening to what other others have to say about you am I gonna get a lower score because I didn’t understand the prompt correctly??

I have ap lit on my schedule for next year but I’m contemplating dropping it.
For context:
I am a current junior who wants to major in biochemistry on premed track
I’m in ap lang this year and I hate it. The only essays I like writing are rhetorical analysis. I hate nonfiction English but lovee fiction and reading and poetry
I’m also taking ap stats, ap psych, and apes next year
The ap lit teacher is really strict and assigns a lot of homework

I don’t know if I should drop it or not. Is it unnecessary stress? Is it as hard as people say it is? Helppp

I think I had something to do with titrations but I kind of blacked out during the exam but I remember feeling very good about FRQ 3

My teacher gave me a 5/6 but I want more feedback as this is the only synthesis essay we wrote all year.

Prompt : to what extent are individuals responsible for their health habits and food choices, and to what extent are those habits shaped or constrained by larger systems?

Health is often said to be a personal choice, but for millions of Americans, the system makes the choice almost impossible. Through corporations encouraging ultra processed diets and low amounts of physical exercise, health is shaped in a poor manner. Although individuals are responsible for their daily habits, larger systems like corporations and socioeconomic conditions have a greater influence on health habits because they affect society's overall health conditions, and shape what options people have and how they make choices.
Corporations heavily influence individuals' diets by encouraging ultra processed foods and addictive properties, which can lead to severe health concerns such as diabetes and obesity. In Source A, Dr. Ashley Gearhardt claims companies use a combination of salt, sugar, and fat to create foods that overstimulate the taste buds, yet never leave consumers satisfied, fueling addictions to unhealthy foods. This demonstrates that food companies intentionally add specific ingredients to induce opioid-like addictions to junk food products, for their own corporate benefit, not caring about consumers' overall health. Food companies also capitalize off of primal instincts, as Yale University psychologist and neuroscientist Dana Small notes that junk foods that include a combination of sweet flavors with fat form a combination not found in nature, except in breast milk, illustrating that food corporations understand the evolutionary instinct to crave foods with that specific combination, leaving consumers coming back for more. Source D broadens the discussion by introducing a promotional image of the Lil McDonald’s series of Happy Meal Toys featured in a 2025 Happy Meal Collection found in American McDonald’s restaurants. The image raises questions whether these promotions encourage children to associate eating unhealthy fast food with rewards themed of the restaurant, influencing children to want to eat it more often, which could drive unhealthy eating habits or increase obesity rates. These compelling forces drive individuals to consume large amounts of ultra-processed food for corporate benefit, reinforcing that corporations have larger control over health habits rather than individuals. 
Larger systems influence health habits by restricting access to physical activity and healthy food options, resulting in dangerous health conditions. Source B asserts that food deserts are typically found in minority and low income groups, and can be defined as “geographic areas where residents’ access to affordable, healthy food options (especially fresh fruit and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient travel distance.” Food deserts impact the dietary choices that people make because there is an overabundance of fast food restaurants that sell unhealthy foods, along with other corner stores that sell food usually only selling cheap, ultra-processed foods. The lack of nutritious options forces individuals to select unhealthier choices, which risks poor health. Building on Source B’s point, Source G further explains that low income individuals aren’t only impacted by unhealthy food options, they are also restricted by a lack of accessible fitness opportunities. In Source G, the CDC graph demonstrates that a higher number of high income adults aged over 18 reached the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities than low income adults. This indicates people with higher income have greater access to wellness platforms than people with low incomes, making it more difficult for all of society to be in good physical condition.
Some may argue that individuals choose to under perform in physical activity levels, however, it is not the individual’s choice, rather, it is corporations who influence these factors. Source C claims that “Only 20% to 28% of 6- to 17-year-olds meet the 60 minutes of daily physical activity recommended by the U.S. Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.” This suggests that children are simply lazy or unmotivated to partake in physical activity, yet this statistic does not account for other elements, including socioeconomic conditions and environment, time and jobs, and culture and marketing. Individuals in poorer environments are often in food deserts, where families may not be able to afford nutritious diets or expensive gym memberships. Children within this age group also typically have jobs, after school activities, and homework, which takes up time they could have had to exercise. 

THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I DIDNT STUDY AND IT WAS THE WHOLE EXAM