It's Now or Never

"A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." - James 1:8

For high school students across the country, the deadline for taking the AP Exams, especially AP Chemistry, is quickly approaching. At this moment, students either fall in two camps: students who find this subject very difficult to understand and will not take the AP exam or students who feel confident about the subject matter and will take the AP exam.

Let me start with an ancient Buddhist proverb to get things in perspective: "The teacher comes when the student is ready."

Actually, I am here to share lights from both experiences that I am privilege and blessed to had happened in my life . Before I do that, let me tell you my personal story when I was in your shoes preparing to take the AP exams back in high school. The anxiety of what to expect all started in the Fall 2003 when students were enjoying their first day of school after a long break of summer (2 months!). This was my senior year and have a full loaded class schedule with every single class you can imagine is AP course. At the time when I was picking my class schedule with my high school counselor a year earlier, I was very ambitious and motivated. Now during my first day of school, I was guessing if my decision was a smart one to follow through. A had a lucky break that day that calmed my nerves down because AP Chemistry was the last course on my schedule before the school dismissed. All my other AP courses that I was taking did not capture my attention and I was looking forward to my last class of the day. I discovered on that first day that this will be a special class and a special year. This is the very first time in my high school career that I felt a genuine interest from my teacher and want to ride along with the student's journey instead being there because it's a job duty.

I am about to reveal a secret that very few close friends did not know about me. I did not consider myself a "smart" student in my class. For example, we had one student got accepted to MIT and my nemesis went to NC State. You are probably wondered who is my "nemesis" that I am referring to? I do not know about you but our class is very competitive group of students. There was a girl that lived within my same neighborhood and was in the same AP Chemistry class that I am. For starters, her personality was very annoying. She always think she had the right answer and she will let you know without any doubt. From that moment on, I made a secret promise with myself to be a better person and beat her at her own game. As months passed and on the day of to take the exam, I was scared since I woke up late. I was rushing to get out of the door and get to the testing center before it was too late. As you might expected, my nerves was fluctuating as each second vanished. I had to tell myself that I arrived and that you can do it. I believed I had to repeat this phrase in my head about thousand times over and over until I made myself believed it. I knew once I opened the exam, I knew I will passed it. This day was a compilation of long night and moments when I even doubt myself.

I hope when you finished reading my story that you have a sense of inspiration but more importantly that you believed in your ability to accomplished anything. With that being said, like the blog titled "It's Now or Never," just like I made an internal decision to pass this AP Chemistry exam you can have that opportunity happened to you. If you would like to receive a initial free consultation personally from me, just go to the "Contact" forum on the right hand side of this website and provide your information.

Best regards,


YOKO HELPER, Founder