AodhNerd

He/Him Cornell '30 Your Average Stressed-Out AP Student

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About Me:

Nationality: Irish 🇮🇪

Grade level: Senior (12th grade)

How to pronounce my username: A Nerd (Aodh makes the sound ay in Irish)

Current Course load: AP Chem, AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, AP Physics 2, AP Lit, AP Euro, AP Spanish, Honors Band/Chorus

Extracurriculars: Choir, Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Singers, Theatre (sound tech), Tri-M, Math Team, and Quiz Bowl

Favourite Books: Fellowship of The Ring, Wind & Truth

Favourite Colour: Blue

Other Random Facts:

I have lived in the UK, Ireland, and now the US

I have ADHD (This account is actually helpful in managing it)

I have no clue what my career goals are but I want to double major in Poli-Sci and Physics in college

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Behold! 4 years worth of college board test prep. I’m free

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Who ever decided that false summer should start during exams has a lot of explaining to do

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I’m so ready to graduate💀

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Twas the night before the AP physics 2 exam….

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College Application Stats & Decisions

Context: a relatively small high school in New England

Major: Physics & Government Double Major

SAT: 1480 (740 English) (740 Math)

PSAT: 1490 (730 English) (760 Math)

GPA: 100.36 weighted (my school doesn't do the 4.0 scale)

AP Scores: AP Gov: 5, AP Lang: 5, APUSH: 5, AP Physics 1: 4

Course Load:

Senior: AP Chem, Band, Chorus, AP Lit, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Lang, AP Physics 2, AP Euro

Junior: Honors Pre-Calc, PE, AP Physics 1, APUSH, Honors Chem, Pre-AP Spanish, Band, Chorus, AP Lang

Sophomore: Honors Geometry, Honors Algebra 2, AP Gov, Honors Spanish 3, Health, Honors English 2, Honors Biology, Chorus, Honors 20th Century World History

Freshman: Honors Spanish 2, Chorus, Honors Earth & Space Science, Honors Algebra 1, Honors English 1, Honors World History, Advanced Theatre, Intro to PE

Awards: National Merit Finalist, Yale Young Global Scholars, Rural/Small Town College Board National Recognition Award, Boys State Delegate

Activities: Choir, Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Singers, Theatre (sound tech), Tri-M, Math Team, Quiz Bowl

Results:

Dartmouth - ✅

Cornell - ✅

University of Chicago - ✅

U of T - ✅

Middlebury - ✅

American University - ✅

McMaster - ✅

McGill - ✅

University of Vermont - ✅

UVA - ✅

UMO ✅

Northeastern - ✅

Boston University - ⏸️

Georgetown - ⏸️

Stanford - ❌

Harvard - ❌

Princeton - ❌

Johns Hopkins University - ❌

Brown - ❌

CMU - ❌

Yale - ❌

I'm committed to Cornell! Go Big Red! 🔴🐻

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How I missed rainy study days!

(Also college decision and stats breakdown post coming soon 👀)

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AP Physics C!!!

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1st AP Chem test done 💪💪💪

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A healthy dose of calculus homework to kick off senior year!

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I procrastinated too hard and now my desk is a tad bit of a mess.

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And with that, I have finished all of the content for the 2025 AP physics exam

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APUSH notes!!!

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Doing your physics homework at the last minute? I would never….

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APUSH unit 4 review.

One of the things I thought I would try this year is trying to answer all of the learning objectives for each session w/o looking at my notes, to get a feel of where I feel most and least comfortable with each unit.

Also I have found that filming Timelapse’s of myself studying helps me not get distracted by my phone, and they are pretty interesting to watch

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It’s that time of year again🥲.

(But this time it’s more painful)

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Midterm Season = Mess on the desk season