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⋆˚🌾. hey! this is my studyblr as named. my name is ginger, my main is @ginger-oot, i'm a college freshman going to study engineering physics and economics in usa's midwest. this is my college exclusive blog where i'll die bc of classes, probably. expect a lot of physics. ♡𓂃 ࣪📀 current reads: apples are from kazakhstan (christopher robins), one hundred years of solitude (gabriel garcia marquez), balkan ghosts (robert kaplan), & fear and loathin in las vegas (hunter s. thompson) 🦬‧₊˚✩ tags of note: scratchings (study related posts), weavings (weekly logs/grade checks), sweetlings (posts related to my majors), clippings (posts to save), engravings (talking not abt studying) ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔

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Okay sooo it's summer now and I'm realizing I did NOT update this blog for a while <333 . Oopsie. End of year stats: - Straight A's! And a bonus A in an online health class + acadec summer school - Promoted to president of German Club + team leader/co-captain in acadec Stuff ended pretty good :3. Now it's prep time for next yr!!

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Updated bc I'm a senior now!! (kill me.)

Studyblr.

Hi hi. I'm Ginger and I'm a HS senior in the US. This is my study blog for personal accountability and logging :). Please say hi!

ap physics 2, ap english lit & comp, ap clac AB, ap econ, ap gov, spanish 5-6 H

along w/ academic decathalon and moot court + like 4 clubs LMAO

goals = straight A's and getting a 4 on every ap test, along with going to nationals for moot court/state for acadec! also getting into CWRU for college FDSHFD.

I will be posting stuff about my studying and life stuff. Recipes, etc.

Tag index below!!

ginger logs = daily log! For academic stuff only, like quiz scores and notes. ginger' notes = everything notes and organization ginger babbles = random blog updates and posts, you know how it is :)! ginger hobbs = hobby related stuff, usually piano/sax or papermaking

That's all! Ty!

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ap class tips

for those in ap classes who are struggling. also for those who aren't really. whatever.

just as an intro to my qualifications:

i go to a stem high school (will be graduating next sem!) where all the classes are already advanced as is (our ap classes are also taught differently!) i've taken a total of 10 ap classes during my time, and while that isn't as much as others, i'd say i have a pretty good spread of ap classes i took!

general ap class tips

remember that the ultimate goal for you taking this course is to take the exam and get a 4/5 (reach for that 5!). yes, the grade is important, but that score at the end after that exam might save anywhere from $600-$1200+ in college. so focus your energy on that exam once the exams are encroaching!

make friends in your ap classes. trauma bonding is real (/j) so making friends that will help you study or might save you when you accidentally forgot is key.

and while they all say "study a bit every night!" that's hard to do. the rule of thumb here for every class will be in the categorized sections, so don't worry (i gotchu!!)

ap math (calc ab/bc, stat, physics, chem, etc.)

i personally didn't take physics or chem bc i didn't want to, but i did take bc and got a 5 (yes, i'm so proud)!

rule of thumb for studying at home: do your homework everyday and actually take the time to understand what the hell you're doing. understand what the process is behind solving the problem. be able to pull out the variables. practice, practice, practice. also, this is one of those subjects where it's actually worth it to study it at home everyday.

ANOTHER RULE: practice tests. these math exams are about stamina and speed. if you can solve a problem, great! but now here comes 20 more screaming your name. but, if you can get the timing down before your exam, that's even better. so go waste your saturday afternoon at that mock exam if you need to. another saturday will come in time anyway. ask your teacher for mock exams. get that practice workbook. whatever it takes. get the timing in your hand.

just as a quote from my teacher, "life is about choices, and we are all busy people." don't waste your time doing something that'll waste your time. even if you can't remember it, that's okay. just keep moving and score more points somewhere else. and also, do the easy route. only memorize the easy route.

math is about patterns. patterns rule math. extract that pattern out of that problem, memorize it, and you'll be just fine.

FRQS WILL HURT YOUR BRAIN AND THAT'S OKAY! collegeboard has a very specific way it wants you to answer these questions. the best way to learn the format is to do so many frqs your hands hurt. because in any exam that involves math, you genuinely need to do better on the frqs. they'll land you more points. yes, the mcq might get you that 5, but the frqs become the basic 3 or 4 that you need. your teacher will hopefully teach you the format, but if they don't, the collegeboard ap website has all the past frqs they've ever made.

YOU WILL BE OKAY. I PROMISE. make sure that if you cry, you understand your disappointment then move on to a larger action plan.

ap histories/humanities (art history, u.s history, euro, world, etc.)

i've taken all the histories that my school offers (apush, euro, apwh, apah, etc.)

rule of thumb: don't study at home unless there's a test coming up or you're bad at putting stuff in order.

GET YOUR WRITING SKILLS DOWN PAT. this is the thing that'll get you the most points. that mcq section is a killer, but doing 3-6 (looking at you apah exam) right after might just kill you. so please, get your stamina up. just write. just keep writing.

timeline shit for history. because when it comes down to it, knowing the sequence of events and knowing the events themselves are more important than dates or whatever.

if you're worried about coherency in your writing, jot down a small pre-writing list.

memorize every single rubric. luckily, the dbq/leq rubric is the same across apush, apwh, and euro. you'll get away with just memorizing the two. the apah rubric is a little different, and the ap lit rubric is a little different. just memorize them as best you can.

when writing, cater to your reader. make things easy to spot and easy to grade. they'll give you a higher score if they can clearly see where things are.

just practice mcqs. all the stimulus will have something you can pull out of it (unless it's like apah where you're meant to memorize the works). but every question will have an answer that's in the passage. practice finding that answer. (this one is still really hard)

all these tests are tests of stamina. and sometimes, they're on the same goddamn day because collegeboard hates love us. just keep going. grab a snack. rest your eyes, go.

essays are the bane of everyone’s existence in ap courses because you’re on this strict rubric and have this mythical complexity/sophistication point that you need to give your hopes and dreams of achieving. BUT. but. you’ll be okay. especially for exams like the ap lit/apah exam, you get to come in knowing at least a bit of the exam (for ap lit, a good part of the frq weight. for apah, 90% of the test). TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT!! know a novel inside and out. know the works inside and out. you’ll be okay. stretch your hands, breathe, write.

ap sciences (bio, physics, chem, psych, econ)

i've personally taken bio and both econs, but these are all concept based, so the same general tips apply.

rule of thumb: if you don't understand it in class, you need to study it at home asap. seriously. because you sure as hell won’t be able to put it together during class the next day. whats good though is that there’s so many resources online (esp videos!!) for all the ap sciences that it’s actually crazy.

read your textbook. science is great with a textbook in your hand. you don't even need to read the whole thing. just skim through it to add information to your class notes. most times that works.

because the questions are concept based, the mcq/frqs are a little hard to get used to. SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS: don’t ignore your responsibilities and learn what these questions look like.

flashcards. USE FLASHCARDS. so much of science is not only understanding concepts but applying them. to apply them, you need to know them by heart. and to know them by heart means flashcards to drill yourself.

and speaking of applying your knowledge, you need to take things slowly. approach questions with this framework: 1) read the problem + understand what concept it’s asking about. 2) pull out that information from your sexy brain. 3) solve the problem based on what you can remember. to truly understand, include a lot of examples in your notes. AND MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHY AND HOW THEY WORK. the why and the how are more important than the what.

misc tips 🌷

burnout is inevitable if you don’t manage your time correctly. there’s people online that can explain how to manage your energy more than me so please go watch them instead lmfao

try your best to stay on your schedule. the more you push your tasks to this arbitrary tomorrow, the more you absolutely won’t do them.

honey, you need to bring a snack and a water bottle to those exams, you get like a 10 minute break that isn’t enough for the mental taxation (without representation) that happens on those exams. they’re brutal.

the classes themselves are not as bad you think. i promise. most of the time, you’ll actually have fun. and it’s really cool to be learning at a college level. so keep at it! the moment you hate something, the moment you begin to stop trying as hard and your grades start slipping. keep finding the next thing to delude yourself into enjoying (/hj).

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‘Love is the one thing that we’re capable of perceiving that transcends dimensions of time and space.’

“Eulogy from a Physicist” by Aaron Freeman, with quotes from Interstellar by Christopher Nolan, and images from NASA, Interstellar, Getty, Petrichara, and Reuters.

1- NASA: GOODS-South.

2- NASA: NGC 1850.

3- NASA: Iberian Peninsula.

4- Christopher Nolan: Interstellar.

5- NASA: From the Earth to the Moon.

6- Hannah La Folette Ryan: Subway Hands.

7- Adams Evans: Heart Nebula.

8- NASA: Exploring the Antennae.

9- NASA: Crescent Moon from the International Space Station.

10- Petrichara.

11- Getty Images.

12- NASA: SMACS 0723.

13- Reuters

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music student tips

when you get a new piece, always listen to recordings of it. find your favourites. make a playlist. it will inspire you, and prevent you from accidentally misreading your sheet music.

if your instrument is not in good shape, your music will not be in good shape (hey, fellow strings players, when did you last change the strings?).

always have a pencil. always. have lots of them and people will love you.

annonate and highlight your sheet music. these things are not reserved for notes and textbooks, you know? mark down sections, highlight the key change you keep forgetting about. hell, you can even colour-code it! mark down everything you can.

the back of your sheet music is a good place to write miscellaneous instructions such as "memorise by monday".

keep a semblance of order in your sheet music.

think while you're practicing. music practice is an endless cycle of problem solving, and while mechanical repetition is an integral part of it, you need to re-evaluate constantly if you're repeating the right thing.

metronome! enough said.

if you keep on attacking the problem, it will eventually give. or, at least, significantly improve. there is no improvement in giving up on something because it was too difficult.

it will never be perfect, and that's okay.

no decently challenging piece can be learned in a day, no matter how long you spend on it that day—if it can, it's too easy for you, or you're on a professional level. you have to whittle it down day by day, little by little. when it comes to music practice, consistency beats intensity.

track you practice time. i use the forest app for it, and it has worked marvelously so far. if you can, keep a practice journal as well (i'm awfully inconsistent with that).

you are still allowed to have fun and play silly stuff, even if you're a "serious" musician. you can play both a wienavski concerto and the good omens theme, you know?

even if you are less than stellar at your instrument, just put in decent effort, show up to rehearsals, and be polite and honest with your co-musicians (that way, you are much more likely to be liked—and invited to a post-concert bar crawl). you're still learning. most classmates are fine with bit of incompetence, but nobody likes a person who's full of shit.

being a music student is hard. take care of yourself, physically and mentally, and do not listen to assholes who do not understand how difficult your workload is.

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Omg soooo much going on. Like holy shit. Got my moot court packet; I think I can argue both sides. There's not much to do in terms on an outline until next week, so good there. But, because I was sick for a day, most of my grades dropped. I'm at: - C in Spanish - C in English - C in APUSH & Acadec Actual nightmare fuel!!! Now I have to do recovery stuff ontop of new things. I will stay silly tho. I will stay silly. Plan under the cut

Monday - Draft L&C essay (for real this time) - Econ 20-35 acadec - Problem Set 2 physics - Jurassic park essay sci. seminar Tuseday - Notes 630-34 APUSH - Start problem set 3 physics - Star wars essay sci. seminar - Econ (leftover)-35 acadec Wednesday - Research Booker T Washington (APUSH) - Critical reading 10-15 acadec - Missive APUSH Thursday - Vocab APUSH - Movie review Friday - tbd

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✔ Acadec critical reading, pages 1-10, workbook 1-4 ✔ Start problem set 2

WEDNESDAY LOG

Barely halfway through the day, but. I need to get in order!

Need to do: (in order of emergency) - APUSH vocab... :/ - Start 602-32 APUSH notes - Read moot court packet - Acadec econ, pages 20-30 notes - Start Problem Set 2 for Physics

When?: - Moot court can be done tonight - APUSH notes can be done during lunch/p4 - Vocab can be done during lunch - Acadec econ can be done tonight - Already started ps2!

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WEDNESDAY LOG

Barely halfway through the day, but. I need to get in order!

Need to do: (in order of emergency) - APUSH vocab... :/ - Start 602-32 APUSH notes - Read moot court packet - Acadec econ, pages 20-30 notes - Start Problem Set 2 for Physics

When?: - Moot court can be done tonight - APUSH notes can be done during lunch/p4 - Vocab can be done during lunch - Acadec econ can be done tonight - Already started ps2!

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TUSEDAY RECAP.

oh my lord I fell behind. Had a huuuge migraine. After work, I went straight to 30min piano session and went to bed. Playing rlly helped with my migraine! We also got our moot court packets on Tuseday. It's spiderman themed. Wasn't expecting it at all, but I'm super psyched.

Goals: - Acadec econ, pages 10-20 notes - APUSH map - Start 602-21 APUSH notes - Draft half of L&C essay

Accomplished: ✔ Acadec econ, pages 10-20 ✔ APUSH map - Start 602-12 APUSH notes - Draft half of L&C essay

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log time!

Oouhhgh off of break. It's time to get going. I'm sadly missing the first half of my day today :(, but I've got time to study and reset. Moot court starts next week :D!!

I've gotta get my weekly assignment to do together...

Tuseday - 1/16

Acadec econ, pages 10-20 notes APUSH map Start 602-21 APUSH notes Draft half of L&C essay

Wednesday -

Acadec econ, pages 20-30 notes APUSH vocab... :/ Start 621-32 APUSH notes Finish L&C essay draft Start Problem Set 2 for Physics

Thursday

Finish Problem Set 2 for Physics Acadec econ, pages 30-40 notes Start 530-34 APUSH notes Refine + submit L&C essay Read chapter 1-4 for acadec book

Friday

Go over problem set 2 in advisory w/ Physics teacher Acadec econ workbook/self quiz 10-40

^ to do list

Tuseday

APUSH 512-21 quiz APUSH map Acadec econ pg 1-19

Wednesday

APUSH vocab quiz Acadec econ pg 20+

Thursday

APUSH 521-30 quiz Acadec math (lesson)

Friday

Acadec art Acadec book quiz 1-4

Next week

Problem set 2, Monday

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Studyblr.

Hi hi. I'm Ginger and I'm a HS senior in the US. This is my study blog for personal accountability and logging :). Please say hi!

ap physics 2, ap english lit & comp, ap clac AB, ap econ, ap gov, spanish 5-6 H

along w/ academic decathalon and moot court + like 4 clubs LMAO

goals = straight A's and getting a 4 on every ap test, along with going to nationals for moot court/state for acadec! also getting into CWRU for college FDSHFD.

I will be posting stuff about my studying and life stuff. Recipes, etc.

Tag index below!!

ginger logs = daily log! For academic stuff only, like quiz scores and notes. ginger' notes = everything notes and organization ginger babbles = random blog updates and posts, you know how it is :)! ginger hobbs = hobby related stuff, usually piano/sax or papermaking

That's all! Ty!