Hey there! So I'm taking 5 APs this year and I wanted to get some textbooks to help me study for unit exams and prep for the AP exams. The problem is I don't know what to choose between Princeton and Barron. I've heard people say Princeton is good for humanities and Barron is good for STEM, but I wanted to hear some more opinions. By the way, the AP classes I'm taking this year are AP Physics 1, AP US History, AP English Language and Composition, AP Statistics, and AP Computer Science A.

Hi y'all, so I was reading this research paper the other day where the study looks at how a protein folds and misfolds by focusing on one section of the protein. The paper is fairly recent, it was published in June 2024. For a potential follow up study, I was wondering whether exploring how mutations in that specific area of of the protein affects the protein's cellular interactions would be a good project?

Hey all, so I'm a rising junior, and I'm planning to get started on my research project this Fall. I've identified my field of interest to be biochemistry, or more specifically, protein folding, and how predicting its structure could pave way for drug discovery, understanding disease pathology, etc. But my question is, as a junior, if I'm just getting started, and I wanted reach ISEF or Regeneron STS, would I be too late to the game? It's just the deadlines and dates for ISEF and Regeneron are confusing because of their requirements, especially since ISEF qualification requires going through an ISEF-related fair.

Hey y'all, can someone review my extracurriculars and see whether it's solid or not? Active Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate Research Intern at Brown University Chemistry Department Independent Research Project Conceptualization Department member of SciWeb, an initiative to use data to help with the academics of students in our school Hack Club Leadership Up to 3-4 different clubs Co-speaker of an ethics podcast Taekwondo athlete for over 6 years 100+ volunteering hours at local mosques Tutor at Kumon Planned Extracurriculars: Summer program (NASA/Bank of America Student Leaders/MITES/Columbia SHP) NHS Fundraiser organizer? Reactions/Math Bulletin magazine writer/editor?

I'm planning to take the SAT this Fall, but I was wondering, if I wanted to increase my chances of admission to Ivy schools, do I need to also take the ACT? Or is the SAT alone enough? Is there any real advantage taking BOTH the SAT and ACT?