My Strengths in Writing

I would have to say that my strongest aspect of writing is persuasive pieces.  My strengths are writing with a strong tone and incorporating literary devices to strengthen my point of view.  I also do well with timed writing, probably because I tend to procrastinate with most of my essays, so I get plenty of practice writing under pressure.  Another strength of mine is analytic pieces.

Also, I do a good job with stuff like diction.  I think I use pretty great words in my writing a lot of the time.  I don't use that many bad words like "Mrs. Innes' Forbidden Words".  

College

As my senior year comes to a close, I begin to look forward to college more and more.  I've enjoyed my time at Profile and enjoyed making many friends, but in all honesty, I can't wait to move on and go to college.  I'm excited about going to Northeastern and being in Boston.  There will certainly always be something to do, unlike Franconia where keeping boredom at bay is a constant battle.  I'm also excited to be in a new learning environment, and I believe Northeastern will provide me with endless opportunities to further my knowledge in engineering and prepare myself for a successful future.

Another aspect of college that I'm looking forward to is the opportunity to be independent.  I believe I will enjoy the freedom to create my own schedule, take care of myself, and live on my own.  At first it will definitely be a challenge because I'm naturally a lazy person, but I will enjoy the independence.  I also look forward to meeting new people and making a whole new group of friends.  

The only thing I'm skeptical about right now is my roommate.  I have yet to find out who my roommate is, but I hope that I get a roommate that I can stand living with and hopefully someone that I can become good friends with.  All in all, college is going to be a new experience for me, but I'm hoping it will be a fun and exciting experience.  I'm looking forward to taking the next step in my life and going to college.  But of course I'm going to enjoy this upcoming summer first...

AP Exams

Over the past few weeks I've had to attempt to re-focus my mind back on school in order to prepare for, and take the AP Exams.  Unfortunately, these exams came during my later stages of "senioritis", which meant that studying for the exams was limited almost exclusively to class time.  My focus was mainly the AP Language and Composition Exam, because I would like nothing more than to be exempt from freshman English in college.

Going into the exams, I felt confident that I could achieve at least a 3 in both of my Calculus and Language and Composition exams.  I had taken AP tests the previous year too, so I knew how to be effective and use my time wisely on the exams.  I feel that both tests went well, and I hope I will be able to achieve college credit for both classes (keeping my fingers crossed).