AP Biology Student Analysis
In freshman year, I was placed in the honors Biology course. I had a lot of difficulty the first semester and never really attempted to study much. I didn't want the second semester to be the same as the first semester, so I tried a lot harder by studying for every test and doing every assignment that was given. In the end of the semester, I earned an A with all of my hard work. In order for students to take an AP class at our school, we must apply to the class with an application. Acceptance is based on our grades from the previous semester which were not so good for me. I ended up applying for two AP classes, one of them being AP Biology. Unfortunately, I wasn't accepted into the any of the classes and was really discouraged the rest of the
year because I felt as if I wasn't smart enough to be in an AP class. However, on the last day of school my honor biology teacher asked if I wanted to take AP biology. I wasn’t sure at first because I knew it would be difficult and I had that previous burden of not being accepted. In the end, I agreed to take the class. In my eyes, it was a mishap disguised as the beginning of something great. All this time I had just been oblivious of my own potential due to fear of being incapable of handling the course.
I didn't do so well on the exam we took when we came back from summer vacation. The rest of the school year I struggled with this class. I tried to watch videos, I went to tutoring before school, I tried to study with friends, but there were still many concepts I didn't understand. My teacher was really discouraging to everyone because he didn't believe that anybody would pass the exam. At the end of the school year, I earned a C in the class and a 1 on the AP exam. This was an educational opportunity to me because it gave me the chance to see how tough an AP class was and though I didn't pass the exam it didn't stop me from applying to other AP courses in the future. This pushed me to want to continue to learn and challenge myself, because it gave me confidence and a well learned lesson. Not passing the exam only encouraged me to try harder for the rest of my high school experience. Overall, taking this course prepared me for the rigor of future courses and it sparked my confidence in my own academic limits.
year because I felt as if I wasn't smart enough to be in an AP class. However, on the last day of school my honor biology teacher asked if I wanted to take AP biology. I wasn’t sure at first because I knew it would be difficult and I had that previous burden of not being accepted. In the end, I agreed to take the class. In my eyes, it was a mishap disguised as the beginning of something great. All this time I had just been oblivious of my own potential due to fear of being incapable of handling the course.
I didn't do so well on the exam we took when we came back from summer vacation. The rest of the school year I struggled with this class. I tried to watch videos, I went to tutoring before school, I tried to study with friends, but there were still many concepts I didn't understand. My teacher was really discouraging to everyone because he didn't believe that anybody would pass the exam. At the end of the school year, I earned a C in the class and a 1 on the AP exam. This was an educational opportunity to me because it gave me the chance to see how tough an AP class was and though I didn't pass the exam it didn't stop me from applying to other AP courses in the future. This pushed me to want to continue to learn and challenge myself, because it gave me confidence and a well learned lesson. Not passing the exam only encouraged me to try harder for the rest of my high school experience. Overall, taking this course prepared me for the rigor of future courses and it sparked my confidence in my own academic limits.