Parrott's AP English Language & Composition

I hope all of you are enjoying your holidays and looking forward to beginning your FINAL semester of high school!

On the first day of class, I will give you all of the handouts and information you will need for the semester. In the meantime, if you want to get acclimated to the course, here are a few things you might like to know.

I maintain a Facebook group for AP students and periodically send out information. If you would like to join this group, please click on the Facebook link on the right hand column, toward the bottom of the page.

I hope you have already completed your summer reading and the related assignment. If not, click on “Summer Reading” under pages on the right-hand column. The summer reading assignment for the second book will be due on the FRIDAY of the first week of the semester. The test over Black Boy or Angela’s Ashes will be on the MONDAY of the second week of the semester.

In the next couple of days, I will update the syllabus and post due dates on the pages for all major assignments. Check the website in a couple of days for these updates, or sign-up above to be notified through email when I update the website.

If you need to contact me, you can email me at school (Edie.Parrott@cobbk12.org) or send me a Facebook message. I will always respond within 24 hours. If you do not receive a response, try again because my spam filter may have captured your email.

I am looking forward to teaching you!

Welcome to the new website for AP English Language and Composition. I have moved the site from Typepad to WordPress, and I suspect I will be tracking down missing and broken links for the next few weeks.

If you encounter trouble or have suggestions, please contact me.

Thanks for visiting!

We are only a few days away from the moment that many of you
are eagerly awaiting:  Notification of
Seniors who have applied for Early Decision at The University of Georgia. I
hope all of you who have applied will login to the UGA system on Friday or
Saturday and scream with delight as you read the magical words that you have
been accepted. I think you all have worked so hard in the past few years and
jumped through so many hoops that you deserve to gain admission. Good-luck!

What is UGA looking for in their early-admission candidates? According to UGA's
website, last year's applicants had

* Avg. GPA of 3.95
* Mean SAT of 1312 (without writing)
* Mean SAT Writing of 650
* Avg. of 5 AP courses

As your teacher, however, I also know that only a percentage of students who
apply for early admission will be selected, and, unfortunately, some of you
with high grade-point averages, excellent test scores, and wonderful
personalities will receive disappointing news. We go through this every year,
and your teachers will be just as perplexed and upset as you are over many of
the students who receive deferment. Before you login to that cursed system, I
hope you will consider the following.

• Let’s congratulate the students who have been accepted. They have worked hard
and deserve our support.

• Let’s commiserate and help the students who are deferred. They have also
worked hard and deserve our support.

• If you are deferred, do not start wondering “what did I do wrong,” or “why
don’t they want me?” It’s a game of numbers, and sometimes the numbers simply
do not make sense.

• If you are not admitted through early decision that does not mean you will
not get into UGA. Most of you will be accepted, but you will just have to jump
through a couple of additional hoops and wait a few more months.

• Your next step will be to write the short essays, obtain a teacher’s
recommendation, and get everything to UGA by January 15th.

• If you need a recommendation, see a teacher as soon as possible. Most
teachers will not write recommendations over the holidays, but they may be
willing to write the recommendation during the first week of the new semester.
Choose a teacher who knows you well, someone who has the time and desire to
write a glowing recommendation that will make UGA see the error of its ways and
beg you to come to Athens. (UGA guidelines stipulate that the teacher must be a
teacher who taught you in an 11th or 12th grade academic course.)

I hope you receive wonderful news from UGA!

Former students, if you have any advice
to share, please feel free to do so.