Dean (Zhuiyang) Chen

I couldn't help but notice that AP scores are out as everyone is bragging about them on facebook. For those of you who aren't with the program(such as myself) you can call (888) 308-0013 to get your grades(or just wait three more weeks for it to arrive it in the mail like a cool person would). Have your AP number OR social security number, birthday(if you don't know that you don't deserve to get your score), and a credit card number with the expiration date ready. It's all automated, designed for those of you who are antisocial, so no worries. It will charge $8 to the credit card you provided(less than a dollar per test, great deal for me :D). The process was painless for me, the computer read through my score one by one and waits for you to press nine after each score so you don't have to scramble to copy your scores down.

For all my stalkers out there, you may be wondering what I received on my test. Since I'd still value my privacy yet would like to be remotely helpful, I'll share my grade distribution:

2 fives
2 fours
3 threes
2 twos(hint: E&M hint: AB)
NO ones(:D)

With the exceptions of the fact I didn't get ones it seems my AP score distribution fits the Collegeboard AP score distribution for individual tests perfectly, which is pretty crazy. The scores were also a clusterfuck, I got a five and a two that I definitely did not deserve and deserved better than a four and a three. Anyways, this puts my two year AP grand total to:

8 fives
3 fours
4 threes
2 twos


which translates to nine credits at Duke, although I can't actually transfer more than two. But it's all good since my Yale transcript covers and goes beyond the credits that matter(and also makes up for the fact that I got a 2 in Compsci AB) Although it also meant that I could have gotten 1's on all my exams and still be in the same place I am now... I still fucking hate APs.

By the way JBC stands for Junior Bacon Cheeseburgers(Registered Wendy's trademark) for the healthy readers out there.

While most are done with the two hellish weeks of AP exams, I am not, infact far from it. I got about a total of 4 hours of sleep in the past 96 hours, 20(yes... hours) of them spent playing Pokemon Fire Red. To put it in perspective for those who have followed the path of a pokemon master, I have al of the badges and am going through the cave preceding the elite four... anyways this is probably my biggest lapse in self control in a very long time, although there really isn't much incentive in doing well on any of my exams, with the exception of self-respect of course.

Anyways, I'm still feeling very energetic and am not tired at all, although I had certain urges to fall asleep in the afternoon(not anymore near the severity of narcolepsy, I just thought that picture was funny). I took isolated "power naps", each about 20 minutes between the hours of 1-7AM and it has so far worked out very nicely, exceeding my expectations. My memory is still pretty functional, proven by the fact that I was able to memorize most of the content from AP World History and apply it on the exam. Of course, I don't intend to sustain this sleep pattern and realize the possible toll on my body(from studying AP Psychology just a few days ago), but knowing that I can pull this off is pretty reassuring.

I'd be interested in seeing any medical studies conducted on this, although I'm too lazy at this point to do some research on google(need to catch up on sleep). But for my isolated case, I can positively state that power naps rock.