#ap capstone

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I’m an AP Research student, and my study is identifying types of reader-development that can be produced from reading reader-insert fanfiction. And just to clarify, "reader-insert as in the reader ("y/n") is placed into the story since this is more about fanfiction readers than writers.

If you’re between the ages of 16-25 and read reader-inserts on Archive of Our Own or Tumblr, it would really help me if you could fill out my survey! The link is at the bottom, and depending on how thorough you want to be about your answers, it may take 10-20 minutes (not all questions have to be answered). This is for a class so my survey went through an ethics review and every participant will have to sign a consent form. For underage participants (16-17), you’ll need parent/guardian consent and you’ll also have to fill out an assent for yourself.

Fanfiction has always been an interesting topic for me. While I don’t write fanfiction myself, I’ve been reading for several years and the idea of fanfiction itself and the community just fascinates me! I’ve read reader-insert fanfiction before and incorporating it into the subject self-awareness and development seems new to the fanfiction research community, so I aim to add on to the small (but growing!) list of works.

I’ll most likely be taking responses up until around mid-March, 2022. Please consider sharing or reblogging this, even if you can’t or don’t wish to participate yourself. I’d really appreciate any and all responses!!

If you have any questions or would like me to update you on the research please let me know!

     I can say, as a junior, I’ve taken quite a few AP Classes. I’ve completed 4 and I am currently in 6 more. It is safe to say I can give recommendations and my perspective toward a few classes. In this post I will focus specifically on the four I have already took!

AP Human Geography

     My freshman year of high school I was put into AP Human Geography. In all honesty, I didn’t sign up for it and was not excited. The class was not exceptionally difficult. However, many of the things you learn are concepts that must be applied in order to truly succeed at the course. Unlike math where you learn a formula and use in every time or a normal history class where you just memorize events and people, you must analyze events and phenomenon and understand what the significance of it is. The coursework, which depends heavily on your teacher, was A LOT! Like a crazy amount. 2 guided note packets - about 4 pages front and back each - a week at least.

     The great thing about this course is that it helps you understand your future history classes, especially AP, to a higher level. The terms you learn and everything you learn can actually be applied in many aspects of life and has helped me in my reading, science, and history classes. I recommend this as a fist time AP class. It is a wonderful foundation to start with.

     At the end of the year you take an AP test. I can not accurately explain the atmosphere and difficulty of this test, since I took it during COVID when the test was altered for at-home testing. I can tell you my score: 4. I believe most people who actually pay attention and put a little bit of work into outside of class have the ability to pass - 3-  the test!

RATING: 9/10

AP Seminar

     I took this class my sophomore year of high school. This class focuses on learning to write college level papers and make higher-level presentations. There are 5 aspects to the AP score you get at the end of the year: group presentation, group paper, individual presentation, individual paper, and the test. These are not the official names of these part of your score, but it gets the point across clearly and is easier to remember.

     Most teachers start by going over important aspects of this course such as plagiarism, citing, what a literature review is, analyzing sources, and how to create presentations. 

      Usually the first thing you will do that is sent to the college board is a group project. You, along with a few other people, will find a problem in the world, nation, state, or local community and research it. The goal is to have multiple perspectives on the problem, multiple solutions, a final solution, and limitations. Each person in the group take son a different prospective. Together you create a presentation sharing all of this information followed by a few reflection question (oral defense). Another part of this is creating a paper to go with it. This paper focuses specifically on your perspective of the question/problem your team has and does not need to include a solution.

     The next things is an individual project. Unlike the group project, there are “stimulus sources” that have to be involved in both your paper and presentation in some form. You find the theme of these sources and find a problem surrounding the theme in order to form a question such as “How does child abuse of young girls affect their romantic relationships in the future?”. You write a paper about the research you collect. It will include multiple perspectives, a solution, and the limitation of your solution. You will then create a presentation showing this again with oral defense.

     The actual test you take at the end of the year focuses on analyzing sources and creating arguments by writing. It has multiple written response sections.

     This class was one of my most influential AP classes. It helped be learn how to correctly research and determine credibility. This course showed me how to create a persuasive argument. Arguably, this class is one of the most important classes an individual could take and I would recommend it to anyone, especially sophomores.

     If you pass the AP class with a 3 or higher - I got a 3 - and then pass the secondary course, AP Research (currently in) , with a 3 or higher you earn an AP Capstone Diploma. This is a wonderful thing to be able to put on a resume. It is also why I recommend taking Seminar in your sophomore year, since it allows you to take Research your junior year and know of you earned you Diploma before putting it on resumes for college admission

RATING: 10/10

AP World History

     This class is not necessary, but if you enjoy history, want to earn history credits before entering college, or need a boost in your GPA, I recommend it. It is one of the easier AP history classes and many people are able to successfully pass it. In fact, I was able to pass with a 4. The class extends across a long period of time giving you good general knowledge about history. It also helps develop document analyzing skills.

     The AP test consists of a multiple choice section, a DBQ (discussion based question - An essay), and a short response section.

RATING: 6/10

AP Computer Science Principles

     I am in a computer science program in my school, so I was required to take this class. I believe my rating may be biased since we had a lot of difficulties securing a teacher for the class leading to many challenges in learning the course. It is a widely passed test and most are able to score at least a 3 on it. It requires you to code a small project with many elements along with a test that is all multiple choice. I, thankfully, was able to pass with a 3

hi, my name is Delia and i'm a senior in high school. i'm in the ap capstone program, the goal of which is to complete a large research project. my project is about creating a better structure of museum which is both accessible to the general public as well as ethical and respectful to the communities and history they are teaching about.

here's how you can help me! i've created a short survey (6 required MC questions, with 3 optional written responses) about the topic. anything at all will be so, so helpful to me and my project.

if you don't want to take a survey, that's totally cool, maybe just consider reblogging to spread the word? thank you so much!

link to the survey:

Since all my actual AP tests are done, I have to prepare for my AP Research presentation. The paper is done, I am just formatting it. So, here are some tips for prepping for your AP Research POD. ^A lot of this applies to AP Seminar too (I know your test already happened though)

Remember, You’re the Expert: Odds are, you’ve worked your way up from AP Seminar and have spent two years working hard for this moment. So remember, you’re the expert. No matter how scary your panel may be, you’re the expert. You’ve done the research. My panel includes the district superintendent, but I’m not worried, because he doesn’t know everything about my topic that I do. You’ve got this!

Avoid Death by PowerPoint: There is a fabulous TedTalk about avoiding Death by PowerPoint...watch it. It tells you how to make the most efficient PowerPoints. It really helped make my presentation look professional. 

Practice Makes Perfect: Practice, practice, practice! Talk it out, even just to yourself and make sure you know where you should switch slides, what you should say, and how you should say it. 

Ask for Presentation Help: You should always ask for help if you need it. One of the things I’d recommend is asking if you are able to use a teleprompter so it will play your script. We weren’t allowed, but it never hurts to ask!

Practice the POD Questions: You know you’re going to get one question from each category, so practice answering them. Have parents/friends/siblings ask you some of the questions and practice answering every part of the question.

Dress Professionally: Dress nice. This is a great excuse to wear a blazer to school. This is you showing off your accomplishments, your research. Dress to be as impressive as your research was!

Get Some Sleep: Get some good sleep the night before. Not only will you be well-rested, but you won’t have circles under your eyes, making you look even better for your big presentation.