I signed up for college courses assuming that I would receive credit for all of my scores, which was a stretch but was the only way I could approach the prospect of selecting courses without feeling really wishy-washy and whiny. But I didn't have to worry too much! I won't receive credit for all of them but hey, who needs credit to graduate from college anyway? (Wait a minute.)
US Government & Politics -- 3. Which was good compared to my forecast of 1, or 2. Which was amazing considering my essays were slapped together OR nonexistent. I would only have gotten credit for American Government 201 with a score of 5, but I don't think I would even take American Government classes anyway. But then again I have no idea what I will major or minor in so nehhhh.
English Literature & Composition -- 4. Pretty nice. I was thinking maybe a 3, but some exam grader out there must have been nice to me. It fits directly with my straight Bs in the class through the whole year. (Actually, I had As at the interims, but there was always some sort of banana in my path before the actual quarter grades were computed. In one case, a D+-shaped banana. You're the best, "Analyze 'My Last Duchess' in ohhhh, an hour and a half" project!)
BC Calculus -- 3. OH MAN, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN. That class was ridiculous. RIDICULOUS. And the exam was just as ridiculous. During the break between the multiple-choice and free-response sections, my teacher gave us bagels and donuts, which was very nice of him, but I only got one of the last donuts -- a cinnamon / jelly / something one -- and more of the free-response papers was probably covered in sticky donut stuff than in my writing an answer. AND my AB Calculus subscore was a 4. A 4. God-DAMN it (to be said in the Mr Jellineck voice), I should have taken that class and rid myself of the "C" nonsense. BUT ANYWAY NOW THAT IT IS DONE I CAN GET CREDIT FOR MATH 111 a.k.a. CALCULUS AND POSSIBLY NEVER HAVE TO TAKE ANYTHING CALCULUS-RELATED AGAIN. Even though I almost enjoyed integrating, in a really sick, math-y sort of way.
and Spanish Language -- 5! Awww yes! Damn, girl [to myself]! I may as well be one of the kids in my class who actually lived in a Spanish-speaking country (other than the US)! I don't know, I'm just happy about that, because it disproves my grades in the class itself (teetering around the B, sometimes B+ range) and shows that I'm a force to be reckoned with. Una forca con que una persona debe reckoner ... shit.
I really like the idea that I'm getting a lot better in learning a language, but my comprehension has dropped 5000% since the last day of school (on which, incidentally, I had a Spanish chapter test). It's sad. And now I don't know what to do for continuing it in college, because I signed up for Hispanic Studies 207, thinking that I would get a 4, but now I find that I place out of HS206 *and* HS207, and the next course is HS208 (um, yes) -- a Spanish literature course. And I'm a bit frightened by the prospect of a literature course, because I'm all about grammar and techniques. Notice how I did not take AP Spanish Literature. And I know I want to study Japanese, so I feel like there's a fork in the road (if not a banana).
But DAYUM! Who knew that my performance in the oral portion (OH yes) of the exam wouldn't be enough to bring me down! HAH!