{"id":58505,"date":"2017-09-18T14:36:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stold.wpengine.com\/scholarship\/?p=58505"},"modified":"2017-09-18T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T14:36:08","slug":"conquering-ap-chemistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2017\/09\/18\/conquering-ap-chemistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquering AP Chemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, as a high school junior, I decided to face the daunting task of taking AP Chemistry. I was convinced I could complete the course without much effort, but very early on terms like &#8220;London Dispersion Forces&#8221;, &#8220;Hydrogen Bonding&#8221;, and &#8220;Crystal Lattices&#8221; got jumbled in my brain, and for the first time in my life I found myself significantly struggling in a class. However, with the help of my classmate, teacher, and &#8220;Bozeman Science&#8221; YouTube videos, I was able to get an A my second semester, and prove to not only myself but also my parents that if I apply myself I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.<br \/>\nWhen I first began having difficulties in the class I didn&#8217;t know what to do. I tried to study on my own, but since I hardly understood the material, I struggled with retaining information. After realizing I was not comprehending the notes we took in class, I decided to ask one of my classmates for help. She was able to explain the material to me in a way I could understand, and my test scores drastically improved.<br \/>\nEven after my classmate helped me understand the general concept of Chemistry, I still found myself needing help with the in-depth information. My teacher was kind enough to meet with me before and after school so that I could ask her any homework questions I had. I was able to retain the detailed information, and at last I understood all aspects of the notes we took in class.<br \/>\nLastly, in preparation for the chapter tests, I would watch &#8220;Bozeman Science&#8221; YouTube videos. After getting help from my classmate and teacher I had realized that I am a visual learner, therefore watching how to solve problems on YouTube helped me much more than reading through my notes.<br \/>\nAll in all, without the help of my classmate, teacher, and &#8220;Bozeman Science&#8221; videos, I would not have had as much success in AP Chemistry. I not only learned the material, I also learned that sometimes help from others is what it takes to fully comprehend an idea, and although I only got a 2 on the AP exam, I left knowing that I had prepared myself to the best of my abilities.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stold.wpengine.com\/scholarship\/\">Vote For Taylor&#8217;s Essay<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, as a high school junior, I decided to face the daunting task of taking AP Chemistry. I was convinced I could complete the course without much effort, but very early on terms like &#8220;London Dispersion Forces&#8221;, &#8220;Hydrogen Bonding&#8221;, and &#8220;Crystal Lattices&#8221; got jumbled in my brain, and for the first time in my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4111,4117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scholarship-essay-submissions","category-september-2017"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58505\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}