course-selection

[austere tulip]

German

Latin

[fickle rivet]

French is common in big schools

[austere tulip]

And Spanish

But it doesn’t offer Italian and all the other languages

[fickle rivet]

Italian is irrelevant

[austere tulip]

Otherwise I think it offers everything else

Oh yeah

It doesn’t offer@comp gov

As well

[fickle rivet]

who tf offers comp gov

[frail stump]

😭

[fickle rivet]

like 5 people take comp gov

[fickle rivet]

lmao

AP Art history

two most useless subjects combined

[frail stump]

LIKE WHY????

A WHOLE YEAR CLASS ON THIS???

[fickle rivet]

ok the CP at the end is a bit weird

especially on the last one

[frail stump]

LMAO they shouldve had used better

better... idk words?

[frail stump]

it stands for college prep but it is really just grade level

[fickle rivet]

ye

[austere tulip]

Wow

[frail stump]

not to mention "Floral design"

[austere tulip]

U guys have so many specific courses

[fickle rivet]

I don’t have irrelevant agricultural courses lol

[austere tulip]

U got that from roasting every Ap

[fickle rivet]

yes

funny vid

ap art history is actually hard

[austere tulip]

Yeah

Ik

Cuz it has a large time period

[frail stump]

like thats the difference

oh wait

nvm i just read it

[fickle rivet]

anyways

at least ur not like that one guy

this guy

literal death schedule

[frail stump]

"AB is for kids who are too scared to go into BC"
"BC is for kids who just wanna show off on the AB kids" 😭

[fickle rivet]

I think ima take bc

[austere tulip]

Yeah

Lol

Imma take Bc too

[fickle rivet]

next year

[austere tulip]

Also

What year is Deborah

Dborja*

Oh sorry

W*

[fickle rivet]

autocorrect be like

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[frail stump]

my school doesnt even offer
ap physics c
ap music theory
ap macroeconomics
honors chem
0 period idek
ap research
or any seminar

[austere tulip]

Ohh

[frail stump]

LMAO im a sophomore

[austere tulip]

Then what 14 courses r u going to take

[frail stump]

im taking AB as sophomore which is nice so far

[fickle rivet]

I wanna take physics c but I wanna go into med field and only have a year left so I have to take bio

[austere tulip]

That’s pretty good

[fickle rivet]

also physics c is probably gonna be hard cuz I’m bad at math

[austere tulip]

But tbh econs not that good

[fickle rivet]

should I self study macro

[frail stump]

Sophomore(right now):
Adv Eng 10
AP Human Geography
Body Building(just weight lifting PE)
CP CHEM(i should be in AP i requested it and all my friends who requested it the same way I did got it but i guess they "got full")
Studio Art(forced into this elective, I wanted AP COMP SCI)
AP World History
AP Calculus AB

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

That’s pretty good

[fickle rivet]

hacks

[frail stump]

Junior:
APUSH(or CPUSH i havent decided)
AP English Language
AP CALC BC
Spanish 2
AP comp sci principles
AP CHEM
AP Physics 1

[fickle rivet]

my sophomore year is trash compared to urs lol

[fickle rivet]

do u have labs

I know at my school I need a study hall period for the higher ap sciences like chem

[frail stump]

Senior:
Civics/Econ(Forced by school for all students)
AP Eng Lit. & Comp
Spanish 3 honors(idk if i should do 3rd year spanish, might replace it with a worthy AP)
AP Comp Sci A
AP Stats
AP Biology
AP physics 2

[fickle rivet]

why does your school offer physics 2 and not c

that’s so dumb

[frail stump]

i dont think so? it might come around next year or senior year. We just got a couple new classes like AP HUG and... well AP arts&history of floral.... why. such. a. useless. class.

and other grade level or cp courses too

[frail stump]

i thought c was after 2?

[fickle rivet]

u can go directly from 1 to c

[frail stump]

i guess its because not enough teachers maybe

[frail stump]

mmm interesting

[fickle rivet]

2 is just the middle man for no reason

[frail stump]

what was ur sophomore year like

[fickle rivet]

two aps 💀

1 honors

[frail stump]

so kind of like pre-calc ? 😭

[fickle rivet]

ye

[frail stump]

everyone, including me, just skipped precalc

im in california

[fickle rivet]

ohh

[frail stump]

so we dont do like algebra 1

or 2 or geometry

[fickle rivet]

lucky

what

[frail stump]

we just have everything in a bundle

[fickle rivet]

oh integrated?

[frail stump]

so we have Integrated math 1

yesyes

1, 2, and 3

i did two my freshman year

[fickle rivet]

dumb name convention

[frail stump]

IM2

[fickle rivet]

but I get it

[frail stump]

i did im3 over summer, 100% on the course it was so easy, took it through BYU great choice

i aced precalc exam

did well on calculus readiness exam

and got into calc ab

[fickle rivet]

wait does ur school allow to go to bc from pre calc

[frail stump]

welllll yes but thats like stepping back down

[fickle rivet]

wdym

[frail stump]

because calculus bc is after ab

ab calc is after precalc

lemme diagram

[fickle rivet]

bc is like ab but two chapters more lol

and a bit faster

well for you

you have the time

[frail stump]

IM1,2, and 3 ---> Precalc ---> AB ---> BC
|___>AP STATS

these are like the two routes

stats route or calc route

[frail stump]

yesyes totally

thats whta everyone says LMAO

[fickle rivet]

it is though

[frail stump]

half of bc is just AB

[fickle rivet]

more like 8/10s

trust me it’s not much

u just gotta be god tier

at math

[frail stump]

yeahhh, i have done bc yet as yk so i cant really give much more input on that

[fickle rivet]

it’s the same textbook too

[frail stump]

im pretty good at calculus, i love math its my favorite subject always has been

[frail stump]

this is what we use for AB

[fickle rivet]

ye

[frail stump]

im pretty sure we use this for BC(?)

[fickle rivet]

Ron Larson mfs make all the textbooks

oh

my school just uses the same for both ab and bc

[frail stump]

Lmao

[frail stump]

oh thats so like cheap 😭

[fickle rivet]

anyways I’m est so ima head off

[frail stump]

my calculus class is only 45 minutes

because it is 7th period

i have it every single day tho

[fickle rivet]

rip

[frail stump]

so its kind of the same as the 1 hour and 30 minute regular block schedule courses

[fickle rivet]

what

1hr 30 min periods???? I

[frail stump]

yesyes

its so long

[fickle rivet]

id rather die

[frail stump]

8:30 until 10:00 first period

[fickle rivet]

wtf

[frail stump]

brunch is 15 minutes

lunch is 35

[fickle rivet]

ok I thought u said lunch was 15 mins

[frail stump]

and tutorial(idk if ur school has this) is 55 minutes

[fickle rivet]

id sue the school at that point

[frail stump]

or 45?

smt like that

[frail stump]

💀 hell nah

[fickle rivet]

the line better be 5 sec

[frail stump]

THE LINE IS SO LONG

[fickle rivet]

anyways bye

true

[frail stump]

okay okay

i gotta go too anyways

so yeah bye see you soon later maybe

[wise forge]

rearranged my 4 yr plan

[austere tulip]

That's good

However

I would recommend taking AP Spanish

sometime

[candid salmon]

hey so idk where to ask, but this seems like the right place.

rn I'm taking algebra but they said that they'll test me because I said I wanted to geometry. if I pass, and move on to geometry, what'll happen to the credit from algebra?

[cinder gorge]

Smell fart is the credit

[candid salmon]

.-.

[fickle rivet]

you pass the course and the credit is not distributed to u

it’s like a summer credit

if you took a summer course or something

because technically u didn’t complete their algebra

but u will complete their geometry

and go on to the next

[candid salmon]

ah ok ty

[cinder gorge]

LMAO.

Never seen that class before. Must have missed it.

[deft idol]

What is EDX

[proven swan]

Thinking of becoming a surgeon, neurosurgeon in fact. Think I could get into a good college but that’s not my concern. I don’t know what classes I should take. I mean there’s classes like Human Anatomy and Biology but does anyone think there would be better classes that would reinforce my record?

[urban flame]

well i don’t know what classes your school offers so it’s difficult to answer that question

[quick salmon]

I would think about what you wanna major in, in college and find classes related to that

[cinder gorge]

What year did you guys take algebra 1?

[fickle rivet]

5th grade

[wise forge]

why tho 💀

Im already taking a class over AP Spanish level lmao

oh that wasn't clear

Spanish 1-3 are at my CC so basically Span 1 is HS Span 1-2, Span 2 is HS Span 3-4 and Span 3 is about the level of AP Spanish or intermediate conversation.

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

Then maybe take the exam?

[wise forge]

why the exam tho

what does it do lol

[fickle rivet]

more credits

actually don’t do the exam unless u know how to do it

cuz sometimes college courses don’t align

[wise forge]

but i already have the credits it'd give lol

like I have the spanish credit that i'd get from the ap test, so it'd be useless

[austere tulip]

Seal of biliteracy?

But a lot of colleges won’t give credit for dual reneollement unless it is in the college where u enrolle in

[wise forge]

Ohhh yeah, the college im going to will accept my credit

Seal of biliteracy

that sounds neat

tbh im not learning much lol

[austere tulip]

So if u are looking at a prestigious college

[wise forge]

I learn enough to have a 105%

[austere tulip]

U might not have it

[wise forge]

I plan on going to UC Berkeley

so some what Prestigious

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[wise forge]

however, they will accept all of my units

[austere tulip]

Oh they will

That’s cool

[wise forge]

yeah

[austere tulip]

Ok

Then

[wise forge]

California Community Colleges are awesome lmao

[austere tulip]

Oh

That’s why

Ur in California

[wise forge]

the things they wont except are the AP Tests that go towards my major

[austere tulip]

Yeah

That’s normal

[wise forge]

so like APUSH and AP Gov and AP Stats and AP Econ

cant use the test scores

[austere tulip]

Yeah

I want to go to MiT

[wise forge]

Thats a good school lmao

for what?

[austere tulip]

But they will actually accept calc and physics

[wise forge]

physics C?

[austere tulip]

Yeah

They don’t accept 1 and 2

[wise forge]

what are you gonna major in?

[austere tulip]

For engineering

[wise forge]

ou

[austere tulip]

Probably electrical

Tho

I’m probably not gonna get it

In

[wise forge]

I was thinking of minoring in Aerospace engineering.

[austere tulip]

Yeah

I was thinking of minoring in comp sci

[wise forge]

ou

[austere tulip]

Aerospace engineering is cool

Tho

It’s a dream

[wise forge]

yeah

[austere tulip]

But I’m like 5% on going to mit

[wise forge]

I am majoring in Political Science tho lmao

people get so confused

[austere tulip]

Cuz like u need OP stats to get into mit

[wise forge]

yeh

[austere tulip]

And my extracurriculars are not the best

[wise forge]

You need to like cure cancer while taking 17 classes and going to harvard age 5

[austere tulip]

Yeah

Lol

[wise forge]

lmao

[austere tulip]

So I’m probably going to end up at UIUC

That’s like my 100% college

[wise forge]

do you have any like

[austere tulip]

Cuz I know I can actually get in

[wise forge]

in between lol

[austere tulip]

Uhhhh

Northwestern?

Yeah

I guess northwestern is my middle

[wise forge]

hm

idk Northwestern lol

idk i’m applying to Stanford and Cornell bc my mom wants me too, but i basically only plan on going to a UC lol

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

Wait

Follow up question

Are I taking fine arts

Cuz

U need to take it right

[wise forge]

3 a year

lmao

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

Yeah

[wise forge]

it’s not a requirement to graduate at my school but

I am in the top band and choir at my school n stuff

28 hours a week for band outside of school lmao

[austere tulip]

I’m going to apply to mit, northwestern, uiuc, and like another like really selective school

[wise forge]

hm

Yeah

[austere tulip]

I mean

I’ve seen

People apply to like 50 schools

[wise forge]

that’s a lot of schools

it’s expensive to apply to schools man

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[wise forge]

i can only get waivers for some

[austere tulip]

I heard a good number is 5

Or actually 6

[wise forge]

Yeah

[austere tulip]

3 selective ones

2 middle ones

And 1 easy one

[wise forge]

UC Santa Barbra is my safety, I’m applying to UCLA and Cal, and then Cornell and Stanford. I have a scholarship to cal poly already so that could be my backup but they don’t have my major so

but i plan on 5

[austere tulip]

My high school doesn’t do much dual enrollment

[wise forge]

yeah

[austere tulip]

That’s pretty good

I mean my high school has this weird policy

Where u can get dual enrollment credit after finishing the course

But that’s at my community college

[wise forge]

hm

[austere tulip]

So idk if they will affect me

[wise forge]

go to your local cc on your own and enroll there like i did

my school doesn’t give credit or anything to college courses lol

[austere tulip]

But like

Does that take extra time

Out of school

[wise forge]

y e a h

[austere tulip]

Ohh

[wise forge]

it’s like more school lmao

[austere tulip]

When does ur school end

[wise forge]

that depends lmao

[austere tulip]

Like time

Not date

[wise forge]

for normal people it’s 3:19

my schedules a bit different bc i take an 8th period

[austere tulip]

So mine starts at 8:45 and ends at 3:25

[wise forge]

mine starts at 8:30 Mondays tuesdays and fridays and 8:46 on wednesdays and thursdays

[austere tulip]

But we have an early bird at 7:00

And zero hour

[wise forge]

we have 0 period at like 7 too

[austere tulip]

Do u guys have a block schedule

[wise forge]

on wednesdays and thursdays yes

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

[wise forge]

wed are even periods, thurs are odd

[austere tulip]

But our zero hour only has PE

[wise forge]

yeah

and jazz band for my school

[austere tulip]

And I will not get up if I were to have to do PE on the morning

That’s why I’m probably not gonna do that

[wise forge]

i did it in middle school lmao

[austere tulip]

Oh

[wise forge]

it was at 6:30 every morning

[austere tulip]

Oof

I might junior and senior year

So that I can take an extra course

[wise forge]

i took pe over the summer

[austere tulip]

Oh

We only have like repeat courses over the summer

[wise forge]

It’s california heat so it’s 105-110 the entire time but

[austere tulip]

Oof

[wise forge]

i pulled some strings

i was the only one there that didnt gail

[austere tulip]

Oh

[wise forge]

fail

[austere tulip]

We have to do PE during the school

But we can do health during the summer

But that just means e have to do more PE during the school

[wise forge]

i did health over summer freshman year

[austere tulip]

Cuz our state cares about our health

So we have to have physical education every year

[wise forge]

my district requires 4 years of pe while my state only requires it 2

[austere tulip]

Tho

I will take early bird science

Cuz the ap sciences are 67 min or so

Rather than 45

[wise forge]

yeah

i wish my school did a lab like that for apes or smth

[austere tulip]

Are u planning to do a research program

During the summer

[wise forge]

no

i don’t have time

[fickle rivet]

apes lab 💀

[austere tulip]

Lol

[wise forge]

during the summer i work, take 3 classes, continue with mock trial n stuff,

[austere tulip]

Ohh

U work

That’s still pretty cool

May I ask where

[wise forge]

depends, it’s just a summer job

[austere tulip]

And are the three classes summer classes

I’m planning to do a summer job

[wise forge]

at my college ye

[austere tulip]

Probably like tutoring or something

[wise forge]

they are very challenging and fast paced but i learn a lot

i took two this year and my third was an hs class for pe and loves them

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

Well anyways

Gtg

Nice chatting with u

[wise forge]

yep u to

[urban flame]

freshman year

[urban flame]

it’s a good job but not worth the pay , median salary is like 100k a year

[austere tulip]

Is that bad?

It’s the median salary

So it also goes up with experience

And that’s 6 figures as well

[cinder gorge]

I wanna go into computer science

[wind tapir]

Hi everyone, I am about to go into high school and want to know if an IB course helps you to get into a good college.

[austere tulip]

Well…

Taking an IB course proves that you can challenge youself

So yes

Take it

However

I would take the entire diploma program

Rather than just one course

[cinder gorge]

Wait "about to go into high school" bro idk where u live, but for me the school yr just started a few months ago.

[carmine lily]

Can anyone help me pick my courses for freshman year (i moved so instead of going to freshman year this year i'm just not going to school and preparing)

For context, i took spanish 2, biology, and algebra in 8th grade

I have the option of taking ap psychics 1 freshman year

but i also wanna continue spanish and double up on math (geometry and algebra 2)

and finallt as my commitment class for 4 years (and passion) i'm taking theatre

[mint thorn]

Don’t do this. It’s hell especially freshmen year

[fickle rivet]

bruh what school allows ap phys 1 in freshmen year

[carmine lily]

it's an "academy"

[carmine lily]

most people in the school do tho

[austere tulip]

There are actually some schools

[carmine lily]

the only school in the district who allows it

[fickle rivet]

if ur in the mindset of it then sure

[austere tulip]

My friends school has it

[carmine lily]

i'm not good at math but i am at science

[austere tulip]

Ok

So then don’t double up on math

[carmine lily]

oh and also, the ap hug teacher is absolutely horrible and fails everyone

[austere tulip]

Especially if you plan AP physics

[carmine lily]

should i take it or take just regular

[austere tulip]

Go ahead

Take AP physics

But

Then don’t double up on math

[carmine lily]

Don't you think it would be better to double up math

[austere tulip]

Well

U said ur not good at math

And u are going to take ap physics

Which is basically math

So

[carmine lily]

That's true too

[austere tulip]

You’ll be taking triple math really

[carmine lily]

but geomtry is super super easy

[fickle rivet]

wait how are u taking ap physics

[carmine lily]

everyone in that's chill agrees

school

[fickle rivet]

did u do geo and a2

[austere tulip]

And yeah

[carmine lily]

i've only done a1

[fickle rivet]

or at least a2

bru

[austere tulip]

For social studies take either Ap huh or AP world

And for elective

[carmine lily]

i'm a freshman (going into)

[austere tulip]

If you are considering stem then take some kind of stem

And take Spanish III

[carmine lily]

i don't think i can take ap world

[fickle rivet]

did u ace a1

[austere tulip]

That’s fine

Then Hug

[fickle rivet]

if u did then I think you’ll be fine

[austere tulip]

I’ve heard that’s easy

[carmine lily]

yeah but that's cuz the teacher just gave 100s but h had a tutor and u was fine

[fickle rivet]

ok

[fervent mantle]

I’m a freshman and i want to take AP classes but my school doesn’t have any AP classes

[carmine lily]

it was pretry easy tbh

[fervent mantle]

What should I do?

[fickle rivet]

respawn

[fervent mantle]

Bet

[austere tulip]

Umm try seeing if you can do dual enrollment

And then just take the exams

[fervent mantle]

Okay

[fickle rivet]

or self study

like 1 or 2

colleges will know u had no access to any

[fickle rivet]

wait ur doing geo and a2 in the same year?

[austere tulip]

I don’t think engineering counts as a science

Cu I’m taking digital electronics

Prow

Ptlw

And

[fickle rivet]

computer science 💀

[carmine lily]

that's what i'm asking y'all, everyone in the school usually does that if u didnt take geo in 8th grade

[austere tulip]

For us

They don’t count it as science

[fickle rivet]

I mean it’s a good idea but it requires a lot of effort

[carmine lily]

if u did take geo in 8th, you would take ap psychics

[fickle rivet]

two years in one

[carmine lily]

physics

[austere tulip]

Id say if you can handle it

Do it

That’s a math

[fickle rivet]

computer science should be a science!

[austere tulip]

No

[fickle rivet]

because science!

[austere tulip]

But it’s a math

For some reason

Like even collegboard lists it with math

[fickle rivet]

physics is also a math

college board is bad

[austere tulip]

I think by science

They mean that it has to be lab intensive

[carmine lily]

😭😭

[austere tulip]

Just take a normal science

Like bio

Chem and physics

And tbh

Id recommend PLTW rather than AP comp sci

[austere tulip]

Ok

So for you

Id say

If you can handle it

Take two maths

That’s good

[fickle rivet]

the only time people take two maths at my school is when they take precalc and ap stat

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[fickle rivet]

very true

[austere tulip]

I have a friend doubling up on geo and a2

[fickle rivet]

friend dead

[austere tulip]

He was originally taking both as honors

But he couldn’t handle it

[fickle rivet]

even more dead

[austere tulip]

So he made geometry regular

And now he can

[fickle rivet]

lmao my geo h teacher made the class 5 million times harder than regular

my lowest grade class

[austere tulip]

Well if your college won’t offer it then don’t take the exam

Wait

Is umichigan selective?

If it is then take the exam cuz u have a chance of going into another college which does accept it

Otherwise don’t

Oh ok

Then don’t take it

[fickle rivet]

I mean Econ exams are accepted at other colleges too in case u apply to others

but Econ is prob useless for where u want to apply

ap exams cost 📈

[austere tulip]

Well

If you’re gonna go on the cost

[fickle rivet]

lmao they should make that a question on the econ exam

[austere tulip]

That’s really not the whole story

A lot of colleges give scholarships

And like the average costs are in the 20k range

A lot of times less

Like mit

Which u said

(Every engineers dream)

Gives a lot of aid

[austere tulip]

Yessss

[fickle rivet]

bruh if u think about it

[austere tulip]

Yeah that’s true

It’s the same with my family

We don’t have low income

But ours isn’t so high that we can afford colleges

[fickle rivet]

college board makes upwards of 10 million per course just in exam fees

[austere tulip]

That’s what all middle class faces

[quiet arrow]

dude i’m in the same exact situation

it sucks

[fickle rivet]

and apush alone gives them $50 milllon

[quiet arrow]

like yes i have money but no

[austere tulip]

Like for every aid program ur income should be less than 65000

[fickle rivet]

“non profit”

[austere tulip]

But ours isn’t that low

[austere tulip]

Well they have to pay their testmakers and readers

[fickle rivet]

like 1 dollar an hour sure

[quiet arrow]

my dream school is free for under 100k

[austere tulip]

Exactly

But the problem is

[fickle rivet]

jk more like 30 an hour

[austere tulip]

It’s not that low for us

[quiet arrow]

problem is that it’s princeton and i’m not getting in

[austere tulip]

Yeah

Cuz really

[fickle rivet]

rip

[quiet arrow]

and i also still don’t make it into that range

[austere tulip]

The people in the 100-200 range

Have trouble

But they’re not actually rich

The poor people get aid and become rich

But talented middle class don’t

Cuz no aid

But to be fair to mit

Their average cost after aid is 14000

Or something

And that’s pretty good

And not to mention their top research programs are free

[proud lion]

what high school classes should i take if i want to become a biochemical engineer

[fickle rivet]

basically all math and sciences except like computer science and maybe like physics

[cinder gorge]

Biochemistry is Biology and Chemistry, so obviously these two sciences as well as Physics (all engineers take and need physics) and an advanced math class like AP calc would be nice, but totally optional

If you still have the time and option, I’d suggest taking physics in a different year than when you’re taking chemistry

If you’re taking an advanced math class, you could take it in the same year as physics

[proud lion]

i’m taking honors chem rn and apchem next year, so ap physics + ap calc senior year?

[lethal fulcrum]

physics uses a lot of advanced math (ap calc) so I’d personally suggest taking (chem or bio) + calc junior year and then taking physics and the other one senior year

[proud lion]

i think i’m gonna be in precalc next year😭

[cinder gorge]

if you're gonna take calc then u might also wanna take calc-based physics and not algebra-based physics

it will be easier imo

and in college you use calc for physics so it'll save you time

[proud lion]

alright thank u!!

[toxic seal]

im taking ap chem, ap calc bc, and ap physics 1, and spanish 4 this year. should i take ap physics c, multivar, ap spanish, ap bio, and ap stats and ap macro micro online next year?

[austere tulip]

why online

why not take it in school

[toxic seal]

so i can have free periods/replace them with other classes

[austere tulip]

ohhh...

Bu I feel like

u are taking every course online

I would recommend taking these courses during school and the other classes online

[wise forge]

take the classes you actually want to learn something in in person

[terse wasp]

This year I volenteered to help my schools theatre department for community service but I found myself enjoying it more than I thought I would I wanna take theatre next yr but that would interfere with my other plan of taking DIT so I can then persue APCSP bc that’s what I want to major in

Which class should I take?

[cinder gorge]

Here are the classes I am taking freshman yr of high school and my semester 1 grades beside them. Some of the ppl in my class are either taking algebra 2 or honors chem. If I didn't already take those courses this yr, but will the following yr (sophomore), does that lower my chance of getting into a good college/university?

[cinder gorge]

No, that doesn’t lower your chances of getting into a good college.

[cinder gorge]

Oh ok, thanks for clearing that up!

[fickle rivet]

as long as u get past precalc which u probably will considering your summer plans then you should be fine in having a better chance for a good college

[quick ivy]

is it a wise idea to take AP chem and AP physics 1 next year

at the same time

[fickle rivet]

no

unless u can handle it

[whole wigeon]

Should i take an ap course if it will appear as a regular course on my transcript?
The ap courses are weird cause they evaluate you based on the provincial curriculum but prepare you for the ap test

[wise forge]

yes if you want the credit, no if you want the bragging rights

[whole wigeon]

what will i brag about?

[wise forge]

on your college application

[whole wigeon]

that answers where. But what will I say, if I dont take the ap course?

[wise forge]

idk i was referring to it just being on your transcript lol

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, I'll be taking AP Calc BC or Stats or smth in 12th grade

[jaunty egret]

I’m a freshman and i’m interested in computer science. Would it be a bad idea to take AP computer science A next year along with my regular math class, honors algebra 2? Will it be too hard to take as a softmore?

[mystic river]

Currently a freshman in honors algebra 2, and I'm here to tell you that you don't have to worry at all about algebra 2

It's really simple(speaking from experiences in the class at my school) and is very similar to algebra 1

I think managing ap comp sci a with that is very much possible

[jaunty egret]

Thank you. I’m not really all that worried about Algebra 2, though, from what I heard its not that bad. I was just wondering if comp sci was really hard and if it would just stress me out over math if I take two math classes

[mystic river]

I don't think you should worry about comp sci a, it's a pretty easy ap class from what I've heard

[fickle rivet]

lmao csp is literal 5th grade stuff

unless ur teacher makes it hard for some reason

[fickle niche]

Does your school offer regular compsci classes

if they do, they’re probably the classes that get you ready for AP so take those first

I’m not completely sure if you should jump head into ap compsci

[fickle rivet]

bruh u don’t need anything for ap csp

[fickle niche]

in my school you do

[fickle rivet]

unless ur really bad at coding

yea at my school you do too

i took csp last year

[fickle niche]

you need to take comp sci 1-3 before taking AP

[fickle rivet]

it’s easier than non ap classes

it’s literally 5 units

[fickle niche]

anyway if you’re talking workload Natha, I don’t believe it would be too bad

[fickle rivet]

bruh u have to take 3 levels of it?

[fickle niche]

yeah but you can take 1+2 together if you’re in the honors track

[fickle rivet]

bruh u have honors comp sci

[fickle niche]

yeah

[fickle rivet]

lmao

[fickle niche]

we have a lot of stuff

[fickle rivet]

honors gym

[fickle niche]

not that many lol

[fickle rivet]

no ap gym

[fickle niche]

ap lunch course 😋

[fickle rivet]

Gordon Ramsay rates the food

most ppl get a 1

[jaunty egret]

On the course selection sheet it only shows AP Comp sci A and Ap Comp Sci principles

[jaunty egret]

are you expected to know a lot about coding to take it

[wispy galleon]

how does taking an ap class compare to just taking an ap exam?

Would colleges prefer the class?

[quiet arrow]

ap culinary be sick though

[fickle rivet]

no

I mean u have to at least know how to block code

at minimum when you progress through the course

[bitter shell]

just in case anyone is wondering if AP Stats is too hard, this is what my class is doing rn

most of it so far is just review of algebra 2

[cinder gorge]

are honors classes weighted the same as pre ap?

and are pre ap classes weighted the same as ap?

[bitter shell]

based on this source, they're weighted like an honors class, not an ap class

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjGz-as6_36AhU7EFkFHdcpAW0QFnoECA4QAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.annaisd.org%2Fcms%2Flib%2FTX50000652%2FCentricity%2FDomain%2F130%2FUnderstanding%2520Pre-AP%2520AP%2520Presentation%2520PDF.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2bkvcYMaE7fiSNAB6kVQgU

[cinder gorge]

oh ok, thanks bro

i needed it to know what weight to select on the gpa calculator

[cinder gorge]

lol

[eternal ice]

There’s an ap lunch??!!!!!

[nova kayak]

Ap dismissal

[fickle niche]

pre-ap classes are just honors classes they’re not officially ap

[quick ivy]

don't take this as fact btw, every school has different methods for calculating it

i'd email a counselor if you're trying to figure out how your gpa stacks up

[cinder gorge]

good idea

thanks

[fringe barn]

Hey what do you guys think of my schedule for 9th grade next year

Honor algebra 2
Honor world history
Honors English one (maybe two I'm talking to my Ela teacher about it)
PE
French
Drama one
Intro to business

I don't know what to do for my science credit any ideas

Also I'm doing economics / business administration as my major in college

[fickle rivet]

bruh how u gonna go into English 2 in 9th

[fickle rivet]

honors bio?

[fringe barn]

Because I might do an English class over summer

At my school you can do one class over summer and cram it all

So I might cram all of English one and then do English 2 my freshman

[fickle rivet]

wouldn’t u be with 10th graders tho

[fringe barn]

Yeah I'm going to be with 10th graders when I'm doing algebra 2 also

I'm essentially skipping a grade of that class

[fickle rivet]

that’s true but math is different

English idk

not a lot of schools do that ig

[fringe barn]

That's why I'm talking to my English teacher about if I should do it over summer or not

[fickle rivet]

do other ppl do that

[fringe barn]

A few

But not many

[fickle rivet]

I mean u can also do a2 over the summer instead

[fringe barn]

Very true

[fickle rivet]

cuz idk how beneficial English over the summer will be

[fringe barn]

True

[fickle rivet]

unless u plan to not take a year of English

[fringe barn]

If I were to do algebra 2 over summer I could go to Rowan (my local college) to do calculus 2

[fickle rivet]

bruh

do you not have to do precalc

[fringe barn]

In my senior year

[fickle rivet]

o

nvm

wait ru in nj

[fringe barn]

Yea

[fickle rivet]

same

[fringe barn]

Nice

[fickle rivet]

but yeah if u do algebra 2 over the summer (not too hard if ur good at math) then u should be able to get way ahead

cuz some people are just starting algebra 1 in 9th lol

pre calc is also just a summary of algebra 2 anyways

@fringe barn

English over the summer seems excessive

also consider bio

[severe meadow]

Agreed 💯

[grave surge]

i did bio for 9th grade.

[buoyant ravine]

hos many aps do you take for ivy league levels

[fickle rivet]

yos have to take 0 for Ivy league levels

but in reality like 2-8 depending on how many ur school offers

[buoyant ravine]

wdym

[grave surge]

you technically can get in without taking ap courses. for example, my schools doesn't offer them, so i can't get the boosted gpa. however, you can self-study, and take the exams, which i hope to do.

[buoyant ravine]

im on pace to do like 8 my school offers like 27

im only taking ap gov now im thinking about doing dual enrollment but im not sure

[grave surge]

i don't think the ivies accept dual enrollment credits.

[buoyant ravine]

what about schools like emory

[grave surge]

they might, if they don't count towards both hs and college credit, but it's only a possibility (for ivies).

lemme look into emory rq.

emory says they only accept dual enrollment credit that does not count towards hs credit.

https://apply.emory.edu/apply/first-year/tips/credits.html

[buoyant ravine]

oh

[grave surge]

this should help about emory.

[buoyant ravine]

thanks

idk i might just do like 12 aps instead idk

[grave surge]

np !!

ap's only help if you get 4s and 5s on the exams tbh.

it may help your gpa look good, if you do well in the classes, but your application as a whole matters, not just grades.

[buoyant ravine]

for my school dual enrollments also counts as weighted

[buoyant ravine]

yep i know

[grave surge]

in that case, it wouldn't count towards credit.

[buoyant ravine]

wdym

[grave surge]

the dual enrollment classes probs won't count towards college credit, since they are being factored into your hs gpa.

[buoyant ravine]

yeah true

maybe the state schools

[grave surge]

however, it does show that you can handle the rigor of a college level class.

[grave surge]

im not sure it would work for state schools either.

[buoyant ravine]

oh its just the state

[buoyant ravine]

i might just do extra courses then

so the 7 regular hs classes and dual enrollment im not sure

[grave surge]

there's nothing wrong with taking ap's tho lol.

i just meant that you should consider the pros and cons.

[buoyant ravine]

oh in hs classes i meant mostly aps

im thinking ab taking

AP World
AP Bio (double period)
Latin 3
AP Calc AB
AP Physics (whichever idk)
AP Lang

[grave surge]

my friend told me to not take ap courses that would go towards your intended major for college. i believe he majored in bio for pre-med, and he couldn't get credit for bio and chem, even tho he did well on those exams.

[buoyant ravine]

then senior id take
AP Lit
AP Phyc
AP Env Sci
AP Chem (maybe idk)
AP Stat
possible AP Calc BC

[buoyant ravine]

would it look better on college aps tho

[grave surge]

it might. it could show that you're dedicated to bettering yourself as an intellectual.

but again, if you're looking at ivies or tier 2 schools, it's going to be harder to impress admissions officers and harder to receive college credit.

[tight wedge]

i need advice for what to do
next semester should i take chemistry honors and double up next year taking algebra ii and trigonometry or should i not take a science class this year and instead take algebra ii next semester and take chemistry and biology next year

[buoyant ravine]

trigs a class?

i thought its just pre calc

what are all your classes next semester?

[tight wedge]

yea

[buoyant ravine]

we dont have that at my school

[tight wedge]

first period english 10
second period ap world and public speaking (switches off)
third period choir and creative writing honors (switches off too)
fourth chemistry i honors

[tight wedge]

ite required to take calc and pre calc at my school ☹️

[buoyant ravine]

no math?

[tight wedge]

taking geometry this semester

[buoyant ravine]

oh

tbh its just me but id just not do trig cuz its in pre calc i think

at least some of it

[tight wedge]

i would but unfortunately its required for me

[buoyant ravine]

trigs required?

hm

[tight wedge]

the upside if i switch chem to algebra ii is i get to take ap calc senior year the downside is i miss a year of science and have to take chem as a junior in a class full of freshman

[buoyant ravine]

oh true

can you take it during the summer?

[tight wedge]

hmm idk ill ask my counselor

[grave surge]

i suppose it depends what your academic strengths are and if you want to take ap's or not.

[final junco]

Need someone to rate my rough draft on my courses for the rest of my highschool career, thanks

[fickle rivet]

ok

[wise forge]

lets see it

[cinder gorge]

Ye

[severe meadow]

Someone tell me if my course subjects are good for medicine.

1.) Chemistry
2.) Physics
3.) Biology
4.) Integrated Science
5.) Method Math
6.) English
7.) Psychology

[quasi ingot]

Throw in a World language it’s really helps alot

[wise forge]

lots of science in one year

but i mean, yeah

[severe meadow]

What do you mean?

[severe meadow]

Gotta do it for two years too. There is stage 1 and 2 for these.

[wise forge]

ah

[mint thorn]

You need a language class

Like a lot

Like in med school they offer language courses on the assumption you have done them before

[severe meadow]

so i have to take foreign language class? I'm working on it rn. but not at school. im learning foreign languages through discord because we can only do 6-8 subjects.

[mint thorn]

oh—

Well that doesn’t exactly count as a school credit

And most schools require you to have a certain amount of foreign laungage credits to fraud are

*to graduate

[zinc knoll]

Hi, I’m Going To Be Going In My GSCE Next Year and the Interest I Have For My Future it’s Digital Art/Graphic Designing Or Being A Business Woman (I’m still deciding) and I Don’t Really Know Which Subjects to Choose, Would Anyone Mind Helping? And I Need To Choose At least 8
The Subjects I’m Thinking Of Taking:

1. Business
2. Economics
3. Computer Science
4. Physics
5. Chemistry
6. Biology

[cinder gorge]

Those don’t ever work tbh I made one and broke it after 1 year lmao

[fickle rivet]

physc isn’t that good for med but if you have the time and nothing else to do then sure

[severe meadow]

Ohhh I see. I was told I need physics for med.

[fickle rivet]

psychology*

physics is ok but it really doesn’t have anything to do with med

[formal thicket]

Do I need to take maths for computer science?

[cinder gorge]

What maths?

[formal thicket]

I have options

Math and Psychology

Will it be better for the long run?

[lavish gate]

math will prolly be better for the long run, not so sure about psychology

[formal thicket]

K

Thanks

Are u cs major?

If so can u hop in to #majors

[quasi ingot]

Differently Take Spanish 1,2,3 and maybe AP Spanish

[severe meadow]

I dont enough courses left to do another subject. And my school doesn't offer Spanish lessons. What I do is learn Spanish from a friend and from discord.

[severe meadow]

Im not sure why u chose Bio and chem as the subjects you're thinking to take. But have you tried doing art or design? U said u want to do art or graphic designing or be a business woman.

[zinc knoll]

My Older Brother Said It was Best To Take All 3 Sciences and Art & design in my school is a bit complicated and I don’t really do traditional Art

[severe meadow]

Ohh I see. I thought every high school already has fashion classes cuz in my school we have one for fashion, fabrication and all sorts of that stuff. It's still wrong for me to assume though so I apologize. Maybe your older brother is right. ❤️

[zinc knoll]

It’s Alright, I Would Honestly Go For Fashion Classes if they were in my school, the art GSCE subject there is mostly about portfolio and drawing complex stuff

[fervent mantle]

Hi, I'm currently in grade 9, studying in Canada I'm a freshman and I want become a software engineer
What should I study in high school to become a successful one?

[quick ivy]

obviously if you're looking into software engineering you want to study computer science and coding classes as well as some math because computery stuff, at the very least up to the equivalent of pre-calc and if you're ahead/passionate about math some point ahead. the only classes i can say will help for sure in becoming a software engineer would probably be those comp sci classes, but if you want to become one i highly suggest doing your own freetime work in that field because coding is so accessible with the state of computers and the internet today.

[dire isle]

Take advanced math classes, do the ap comp sci courses, but rly just focus on getting into a college

Thats where youll learn the most

[severe meadow]

I hope your school can add more classes with each specialization so it can help all students prepare for uni ❤️

[severe meadow]

Anyways, good luck! You'll ace for sure !!!

[severe meadow]

You need to do higher maths and lots of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) classes for it. Here are the subjects to consider. I would also add that it is preferable to take coding classes too like what the others told you. These are subjects for high school.

[fickle rivet]

why would a software engineer need chemistry

[zinc knoll]

What Is More Better Subject For A Graphic Designer? Computer Science Or ICT?

[austere tulip]

Chemistry goes well with physics. And if you are really thinking about it, a software engineer wouldn't need physics because nothing is moving either. I guess it's just that it prepares you the best.

[fickle rivet]

maybe idk

[peak pawn]

Hey guys i was wondering if it is better to take AP physics 1-2 or Physics 1-2 Honors

I want to get into MIT

[fickle rivet]

ap physics

[mint thorn]

Why does everyone want to get into mit istg

Its a 4% acceptance rate

And like ONLY good for one

*one thing

[austere tulip]

It is the 2nd best college

[austere tulip]

and that one good thing is what most people want to be

[mint thorn]

That doesn’t mean that it’s the right fit for these people

[wise forge]

i’m just gonna paste my 4 year plan here for people looking for inspiration. (I occasionally do it to help)

Some of those classes are college classes at either my local uni or community college, if you want to know more about how, feel free to ping me or dm me

[cinder gorge]

what are courses i should take if im trying to become a doctor? im in 9th grade right now

[wise forge]

AP Bio, Anatomy

Calculus AB

AP Chem

[fickle rivet]

stats

[quasi ingot]

Or take another world language like German

[cinder gorge]

Thanks

[severe meadow]

both (just in case) my opinion though ❤️

[severe meadow]

I'm doing Mandarin and German ❤️

[peak pawn]

No it's not lmao it's good for stem, economics and business. And a TON of other stuff but in those two areas it is the best

[mint thorn]

Well it’s the best for stem essentially

Which is good

But certainly not great

[peak pawn]

Nono you can't just brush past that lmfao

[austere tulip]

Wdym stem is certainly not great?

Today's world is growiing

Why?

Because of technology

And the T in Stem is technology

technology uses math, science, and engineering

[mint thorn]

You still need humanities somewhat

Whereas mit is really lacking in that

[austere tulip]

Yeeah

mit

offers

humanities

for electives

[mint thorn]

So its best not to have all your eggs in one basket, no?

[austere tulip]

and what are humanities teaching you to do?

How will drawing help a growing society?

[mint thorn]

Gender studies?

Writing?

[austere tulip]

Yeah

but clearly

[mint thorn]

Luang ages?

*languages

[austere tulip]

people who want to go to mit are interested in stem

[mint thorn]

Yeah obviously but that’s my issue with it; its so hyper focused and they’re only good at stem

[austere tulip]

mit has some humanities courses

for electives

[mint thorn]

But you really need a college to be good at all things

[austere tulip]

the main focus is stem and businness

No

you don't

college

[mint thorn]

For it to be a balanced experience

[austere tulip]

is to focus on one particular path

High school

is what you are thinking of

explore different paths

I'm not discouraging anybody from taking humanities

but

there is eventually going to be a choice between humanities

and stem

[cinder gorge]

hello

What's your name @austere tulip ?

[mint thorn]

Yes obviously but having a society just based on stem is going to fail

Immensely

Studying the culture and social structure is essential to you know, have stem

[cinder gorge]

I see where this is going, but here's the thing, @austere tulip . STEM & Humanities are two completely different things. People choose their majors for their own personal reasons, some of those reasons include a high paid job (not necessarily just to earn a lot, but maybe also because they need the money to support their family well), experience, opportunities that career gives, skills you learn from it, etc.

Both of them are important, we can't have everyone choose STEM over Humanities because that's just wrong. Humanities expand our knowledge of human cultures and help us understand what binds us together and what differentiates us from one another. It helps us improve our creative thinking, communication, problem solving, relationship building, and more skills which many STEM fields require you to be proficient at (STEM doesn't help you improve these skills very well compared to Humanities).

It's important people choose their major because it's their passionate, and not because of money or other things (unless absolutely necessary because they can't live without it).
You have to remember that you're going to work in that field for many years, and that will remain the case even if you retire early. Do the thing that makes you feel that spark you were born and know were meant to do, what makes you alive, giving you that lively spirit. Trust me, you really don't wanna major in the wrong field(s), live your life to the fullest!

And please, don't ever say STEM > Humanities. That's so wrong and it DOES NOT work that way.

[cinder gorge]

It's like saying bananas are better than apples

You can't compare them, they are two different things which give a different result.

Stereotypes are almost never right, and you should always research the topic before saying X is better than Y.

Sorry for typing this much, but I had to in order to properly explain why what you said is problematic

lol

[carmine lily]

Also, for my freshman year i can either take theatre spanish and double up on math by taking algebra. Or i can take spanish theatre and ap physics 1. in both instances i will be taking chem and ap human geo

[austere tulip]

No

I never said it was greater than humanities

I said

that you have to eventually make a choice betwee stem and humanities

and you cannot continue with bothh

and the uni in question here was mit

so I said that many people want to go to mit because they prefer stem over humanities

and don't get me wrong

I am a stem person

but I am INTERESTED in history

But the thing is, humanities does not have to form a career

even people doing stem can take some time to learn humanities

which colleges like mit offer

as electives

[nova kayak]

Should I take honors chemistry and ap physics 1 next year or ap physics 1 and an ap history class (Euro or human geo) or honors chem and an ap history class? I want to go into stem field but i also want to be balanced with my schedule. Is it worth it to take ap histories for a stem major?

[austere tulip]

Yes it is actually VERY worth it, because many colleges won't give you ap credit for your major, but will for side courses

and many colleges also require elective credit

By using these AP courses for elective credit, you can focus more on your major later

I would recommened going with Ap Physics 1 and an Ap history

[nova kayak]

Alright thanks!

[peak pawn]

So MIT isn't great because it lacks humanities? I just disagree man. No school is amazing at everything. MIT is good at multiple things, like Economics, Business, and STEM. it's great if you're going for that. If you're not, that doesn't make it a bad school it just makes it a bad choice. If you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree..

"balance" shouldn't be the goal of colleges

That's the goal of high school

Also is AP physics better or Physics Honors

My superintendent said physics honors but idk

[severe meadow]

Hi, is there anyone here from Western Australia and is currently in high school (between 10th - 12th grade)? I have a question about subject recommendations and it's really urgent! Please add/dm/ping me if you are!!! Really important!!!! ❤️

[split moth]

im a freshman going for some type of engineering major, next year im doing ap calc bc, should i take ap physics 1 or do physics c: mechanics?

[quiet arrow]

that is one of the most incorrect statements about college i think i’ve ever seen in my entire life

[mint thorn]

Why is it though? Obviously if you’re 100% geared towards one thing for your entire life that’s fine but most people aren’t

The majority of people discover what they want to do in college, and that’s hard to do if only one thing in a college is adequate

If a program is excellent it could get more people to do it instead of if the program was boring

[quiet arrow]

if someone is going to mit they are not majoring in fine arts

that’s all i’m going to say

[mint thorn]

No but like that’s my personal issue with mit

Its just that its extremely loaded on one side

But I feel like they need to put more funding to create a more rounded school

[austere tulip]

It's literally called an institute of technology

if you don't want to do technology

then there's still other prestigious unis

[severe meadow]

You can't say this as a fact. I met some people who didn't go to college but they're good at some stuff.

You're kind of saying that people should be good at everything when clearly we don't have to. No one is perfect to be good at everything.

College is not everything. Even schools are not everything. Sometimes colleges or schools are not meant for people. But that doesn't mean they lost their education.

Education is everywhere. And you can be good at a lot of things without schools.

[mint thorn]

The context of the sentence is that I’m saying colleges themselves should be good and well rounded, not that you have to go to college to be good

I fully understand that college isn’t needed to be a good person and have a high paying job

Also, this entire discussion was based off of a personal opinion

[severe meadow]

Why would you say colleges have to be well rounded? There are colleges that only want to focus on one area. Like MIT only focuses on STEM. It's kind of like a special uni at a particular area which is STEM.

[mint thorn]

Again, personal opinion

[severe meadow]

I know. That's why I'm curious. I'm not arguing.

Yeah that's your opinion but really there are universities that focus on one area because that's their speciality courses they can provide. And in my opinion, just cuz they only offer one area for their students, doesn't mean they aren't well rounded. It's their specialty.

[mint thorn]

I just think that statistically, the amount of people at mit means that there’s at least a couple people who got pushed there due to family pressure

And that they don’t want to do math but that’s the only thing the school has

And I know this is true because ive talked to a lot of student w

[austere tulip]

There's also science, economics, etc...

[mint thorn]

That’s all stem related

[austere tulip]

And also...families don't push their children to MIT

[mint thorn]

What if someone really wants to go into history?

[austere tulip]

it's

literally

[mint thorn]

Oh they 100% do

[austere tulip]

a prestigious school

[mint thorn]

The family pressure to go to a school like that is immense

[austere tulip]

They might push their students to go to Stem

but they can't MIT

because

its selection is like 5%

[mint thorn]

My parents know people who went to like Cornell and hated it because it was their families wish and not theirs

[austere tulip]

And they select the most interested bunch

[mint thorn]

Have you ever heard about Harvard or bust parents?

[austere tulip]

so like the probability that someone who doesn't want to go to mit gets into mit is very little

[mint thorn]

Mmm I think theres enough people

[austere tulip]

no

ONly

the people

[mint thorn]

You forget theres the back and side door into college where you can donate a lot of money

Like

A lot

[austere tulip]

not in mit

[mint thorn]

Also legacy

[austere tulip]

you're thinking of harvard

mit doesn't do legacies

[mint thorn]

Mit says they don’t take it, but my friend’s dad is friends with a lot of admissions officers and they do take it into consideration

[austere tulip]

they actually don't

they take your

extracurrciular

s*

academics

and your ability to change the world