Reflective Essay: My Best AP Exams In My School

My school only offered AP classes to students who were seniors. As a Junior, I wanted to challenge myself, and prepare for college, so I decided to self-study for an exam. After doing some research, I decided that the best AP exams for me were AP Microeconomics and Computer Science. These topics were interesting and were applicable to my prospective careers. I found an online course for AP Computer Science. For AP Microeconomics, I bought an AP exam prep book. Though my aspirations and goals were great, being committed them was a true challenge. I still had to keep my regular school work and activities as a higher priority. I was able to keep track with AP Computer Science for the first semester, but I tried to get through its lessons and assignments
That was a mistake that I realized too late. Secondly, I had not used the guidance counselor at my school as a resource to get registered for the AP exams, and to find a school to take the exams at. Another mistake I made was not creating a good schedule. I attempted to do AP Computer Science immediately after coming home from school, but I was not very consistent with it. I had no schedule at all for AP Microeconomics, so I studied it whenever I remembered to. The biggest blunder, though, was my lack of commitment. I was not dedicated to taking the exams. I was always unconvinced of my capability of taking them, and constantly thought of quitting. I did not devote time to studying and practicing what I learned. I lacked determination in finding a testing location. To sum it up, I was not all in. All these things lead to one of my biggest failures of my high school career. But this failure has taught me many things about creating goals. The first thing I must do is to evaluate my existing commitments before taking on a new one. The second thing I must do is to have a plan to get to my goal, using schedules and every resource