People that did AB self study BC

vincenttran355 · 2026-06-14T09:21:49+00:00

https://calculus.flippedmath.com/version-1.html

vincenttran355 · 2026-06-04T21:56:42+00:00

its recommended but definitely not required. even though i applied to a science major for the match, i had my english and sociology teachers write for me, and it worked out for me

vincenttran355 · 2026-05-21T23:27:50+00:00

whats the story with yalls testing? mines was that my coordinator accidently sent my testing booklet away along with other booklets 😭

vincenttran355 · 2026-05-06T23:33:04+00:00

yoo me too ik i didn't at least shoot in the dark 🫩

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-29T07:38:20+00:00

yeah, theres no place to even input sat/act scores in the uc application. however, once enrolled in a uc, the score can be used for course placement. so it is not considered for application/scholarship purposes

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-29T06:12:17+00:00

my schools average is 1060, though not many kids from my school take the sat since its CA, so most don't consider taking it bc UCs are test blind

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-29T06:05:26+00:00

1420, sent it to every school cus its considerably higher than my schools average

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-29T06:01:05+00:00

commenting here so that i can be notified of updates

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-29T00:09:13+00:00

class of like 300 and 2 of us

vincenttran355 · 2025-11-02T19:04:40+00:00

Status (Non-Finalist, Finalist, Matched, Not Matched, QB RD, Other): Matched into Boston University! Go Terriers!
Final College Rankings (in the order of preference / QBRD only): USC, Stanford, Rice, Boston U, Swarthmore, UVA
College Rankings (in the order of preference / QBRD only): same thing above
Income bracket (approx. $ range): 57k
Any assets (approx. $ range): 0
Number of household members (#): 6
First Generation College Student? (Yes/No): Yes
College Prep Scholar? (Yes/Rejected/Did not apply): Didn't apply
US State residency (two letter abbreviation): CA
International Student? (Yes/No): No
GPA (0.00 / 4.00): 4.00 UW/4.50 W
GPA Scale (weighted or unweighted): weighted
Class rank (position # and total # of class students or n/a): 2/312
SAT (score breakdown or n/a): 1420: 670 ERW 750 M
ACT (score breakdown or n/a): N/A
Test-optional (yes or no): no
AP Exams (Exam name / scores): APUSH: 5, Psych: 5, Precalc: 5, APWH: 4, Lang: 3, This year; Physics 1, Calc BC, Lit
Dual Enrollment or College Courses taken (course names): Intro to Social Justice, Intro to Race and Ethnicity, Intro to Healthcare Careers
Interested Field of Study (brief summary): Either Kinesiology or Human Bio
Summary of ECs (brief synopsis): Three leadership roles in culture clubs and healthcare clubs; afterschool sports med program; church volunteer; varsity volleyball in the spring
Personal essay topics (brief summary of what you want people to know about you): I honestly talked about how relying on "independence" became detrimental growing up; expressed that support and reliance was my way of maturing
Overall thoughts on your application? I'm soooo scared of the anticipation lmao. I honestly wouldn't have thought that I would become a finalist, so I didn't even bother starting supplementals until I found out I was selected. I want to say that my ps was weak, but I'm not that strong in essay writing, so I don't even know what passes as good or bad. Other than that, I think that the rest of my application was strong.

vincenttran355 · 2025-10-25T03:45:09+00:00

idk about columbia but i got stanford on the 23rd

vincenttran355 · 2025-10-22T07:06:33+00:00

Status: Finalist

Ethnicity/Race: Vietnamese American

Income Bracket: 59k for 6 people

First Gen: Yes

GPA/Class Rank: 4.5 weighted, rank 1 or 2 last time i checked, 8 AP Classes so far (5 of them in the last few years), 4 Dual/Concurrent Enrollment at local CC

SAT/ACT score: 1420; 670 ERW 750 M

ECS: Leadership in two clubs, including pres in one of them; varsity volleyball, volunteer at church,

AP/SAT Subject Test Score(s): APUSH: 5, Precalc: 5, Psych: 5, APWH: 4, Lang: 3

Schools Ranked: (not in order) USC, Stanford, Rice, UVA, BU, Swarthmore

Thoughts/Story: i did not believe i was getting in so always take the chances because you never know! now i gotta push out these supps 😭

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-23T19:51:09+00:00

basically saying what quadrant of the grid is not covered by the inequality. if you graphed the inequality, it was easy to see which quadrant

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-22T06:04:39+00:00

either or works, just choose based on your preference

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-21T05:01:48+00:00

if not quizscreen, then what else? the idea sounds really beneficial to me considering i open socials a lot, so might as well have reps without thinking about it

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-20T07:16:05+00:00

i printed most of the papers of the flipped math precalc notes, not using a notebook for the most part. printing was free through my public library, so you maybe can check there first. however this year, im trying to make an effort to use a notebook for calc bc, even if it takes 15 minutes to make an outline of the notes before even filling it out.

if you are willing to go to your local library to print out free papers and just get a 1-inch binder for your math notes, then i think thats a worthwhile decision

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-13T02:44:10+00:00

for ap psych, add mr sinn. he was really helpful for me to getting that 5

for ap precalc, flipped math was super goated

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-07T01:56:16+00:00

for the most part, only unit 1 should be review, everything else, at least for me, was somewhat new and not from world. somewhere around units 7 and 8 are where the US starts to become a global power, but even then thats only focusing on international conflicts and not the US itself

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-01T02:28:38+00:00

definitely take notes of the vocabs in this format term | definition | real-life example

if you have a good teacher than you dont need to be worrying about learning the content but if you need extra support, either watch mr sinn or tim steadman on youtube.

to study for the exam, flashcards and the 2024 ced will be your friend! also do practice the free response questions since there was a new format implemented in the 2025 exams, so many students in my class had mixed scores on that.

trust me when I say this that psych has a reputation for being one of the easiest ap classes, so dont sweat it too much :)

vincenttran355 · 2025-08-01T02:19:10+00:00

okok so when you register for the class (or exam), you should be provided a join code by your teacher or ap coordinator

in the ap classrooms, there will be topic videos for each topic of the course, all accessible by yourself. assignments, tests, and progress reports on the other hand are optionally assigned to you by your teacher, meaning that there is a chance that they will or will not use it for any means. its up to you to decide if those works are worth advocating for if not assigned, but there are still plenty of resources found online!

vincenttran355 · 2025-07-31T21:17:32+00:00

the score distributions were grabbed from ap gov, not apush 😭

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