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In freshman year, I was placed in the honors Biology course. I had a lot of difficulty the first semester and never really attempted to study much. I didn't want the second semester to be the same as the first semester, so I tried a lot harder by studying for every test and doing every assignment that was given. In the end of the semester, I earned an A with all of my hard work. In order for students to take an AP class at our school, we must apply to the class with an application. Acceptance is based on our grades from the previous semester which were not so good for me. I ended up applying for two AP classes, one of them being AP Biology. Unfortunately, I wasn't accepted into the any of the classes and was really discouraged the rest of the

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