Prom is an exciting time in many adolescents’ lives, but what happens when AP tests begin to conflict with it?
This year at RAHS, Prom is on May 10th, which has excited many Roseville students because of the warmer weather. However, this also means that it falls in the middle of AP testing that takes place from May 5th through the 16th.
Despite the warmer weather and pretty spring colors, many AP students are not pleased with having to share their time getting ready for prom with studying. But the bigger obstacle is the possibility that AP testing and Prom will directly conflict with how students will spend their time.
Students are already feeling the affects of this scheduling conflict. Samantha Mermelstein (12) shared, “The BC Calc test starts at 8 A.M. on the Monday after Prom, so the weekend I would typically spend studying for it directly overlaps with prom.”
Along with the BC Calc test, many other tests conflict with the Prom schedule. Grace Langeslay Macleod (11) said, “My APUSH test is the day before Prom, so that will be a lot to handle in one week.”
This overlap has caused students to grow bitter over the whole idea of Prom and the testing schedule. Many people also predict that it will worsen both of their experiences as a whole.
Mermelstein added, “I absolutely think my Prom and AP test experience will be worsened. Both Prom and AP tests are huge events that take up a huge amount of energy, so the fact that they overlap takes away a lot of peoples’ capacity to do either.”
AP tests already come with major responsibility from the hours of studying required, the school year-long material needing to be remembered, and the anxiety that appears with important exams. Whereas Prom is meant to serve as a time of fun experiences with friends and classmates.
Although it may be challenging, students are finding ways to cope with the change of plans. Langeslay Macleod added, “I think it will ultimately be fine. I’m going to try and prioritize studying for the test. I might just be a little tired for Prom.”
