course-selection

[icy iron]

Writings easy for me somehow 🧍🏻

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

You really couldn't get more rigorous than that besides maybe doing AP precalc or IBDP

[rough patio]

AP Precalc isn’t offered at my school sadly

[ripe geyser]

If this is the case then ping me for things related to the IB Diploma I got connections 💀

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

You can't get any more rigorous than that

Maybe drop AP Psych for something else if you really don't like psych or something

idk

[rough patio]

Cool. Thank you for the advice

[ripe geyser]

Oh yeah maybe, take a class or 2 at a local CC if you want some free college creds but that's a strong maybe

other than that have fun, I can't imagine being a full AP LOSER

Yeah go for it, you'll do well lol they're all easy

Granted, what are you gonna do next year?

[icy iron]

What's granted?

🧍🏻

[ripe geyser]

My dumbass

Dw

are you a senior?

or do you have more time in HS?

and if so what will you do next year?

[icy iron]

I'm a freshman 🧍🏻

[ripe geyser]

my brother in christ

[icy iron]

I'll do Chemistry, APWH, English II, Geometry, Orchestra, and Baseball.

lmao

[ripe geyser]

do not take 6 fucking APs sophomore year

wtf?

that's some stupid shit

alll the APs are easy but see if there's anything elses that interests you

if not then yeah go for it

[icy iron]

I won't don't worry..

[vital olive]

is there any actual art in ap art history

[icy iron]

I'll take them across high school.

[vital olive]

bc i kinda got like a D- in art seventh grade

and a B- eighth

but it’s the only good elective

bc ap

[wet rune]

i think its more like studying how art works and different eras of art

like no actual art

but facts about art

[ripe geyser]

I don't think so

it's more just the study of fancy art and shit

[vital olive]

bet

should i take it even if i hate art

it’s the only ap

everything else is unweighted

also we’re only allowed to take like 2 ap’s as a sophomore lol

bc that’s max

oh wait no 3 now

bc of ap precalc

[ripe geyser]

Ask counselor for a boost

or early on in the year ask for a boost

that's what I did

[vital olive]

i alr did

asked my counselor, not allowed

[ripe geyser]

in my school sophomores are only allowed AP World but I got AP Bio by telling asking my bio teacher to put me into AP Bio

[ripe geyser]

If your current teacher suggests that you go to a different class I think they'll allow it

so like legit: first day next year tell your bio teacher or something if you can go up to AP Bio

[icy iron]

I don't think we got AP bio here.

[wet rune]

we can take like unlimited aps sophomore year i think

[compact plaza]

we can only take 2

junior + senior year u can take 5 but standard is 4

[ripe geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/rotationplasty-cope-rotation-gif-22939853

[vital olive]

it’s illegal to take ap’s as a freshman here lol

it’s sad

[compact plaza]

bc the 5th is not convenient

[compact plaza]

good

[wet rune]

i dont actually know but im taking 3 next year hopefully, i really wanna skip alg 2

[wet rune]

you cacn take 2 i think

[ripe geyser]

don't

for the love of god STOP FUCKING SKIPPING ALGEBRA II

I may be infuriated at the # of people who think skipping algebra II is a good idea

may be

[wet rune]

im self studying and im working with my dad who is very qualled to teach math

like im going thru it at a good pace

[ripe geyser]

Skip geometry for all I care

just do not skip algebra II

it is the most intensive math class

[compact plaza]

yeah

[ripe geyser]

and is the most important in high school lmao

it's like trying to skip spanish 1 and immediately enter into spanish 4

that's how big of a jump we're talking when you skip algebra II

idc if your dad is a native spanish speaker, the spanish you learn in school is diferent than the one in the real world

same logic for algebra II

[wet rune]

my dad is a teacher 💀

at my school

[ripe geyser]

yeah

and your dad will most likely smack you for doing something that dumb 💀

you can not self learn logarithms fuck that shit

[compact plaza]

trust me dealing with a lack of algebraic competence

is very difficult

[ripe geyser]

yeah

especially in calculus

[compact plaza]

algebra is really fucking hard

REALLY hard

[ripe geyser]

the major difficulty in calculus is the algebra

[compact plaza]

when u do high level math

[wet rune]

im gonna study over the rest of the year and the summer to prep

[ripe geyser]

so if you skip algebra II, you're skipping the thing that leads up to the most difficult thing

[ripe geyser]

You are not

you and I both know damn well you aren't

💀

[wet rune]

also you have to get over 90% on the comprehensive final to pass

im determined

[ripe geyser]

Be determined in something else

it's a horrible idea

please do not do it

[compact plaza]

today in calc ab we had to find where $5\sin^2{(x)}\cos{(x)}$ is negative and all of my class couldnt do it analytically

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[compact plaza]

even after BOTH algebra 2 and precalculus

algebra is really hard

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

Trying to learn algebra 2 in 3 months is near impossible

[icy iron]

RIGHT 💀

[compact plaza]

not only this

but like

[ripe geyser]

there's also no benefit

[icy iron]

That's why I did CBEs to get my language credits.

[ripe geyser]

Calculus is meant to be your very last class

with Algebra II building up to it

[compact plaza]

my peers could not tell you that a function like $\ln{(7^x)}$ is linear

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

that almost fucked me up myself

[compact plaza]

once again

after alg 2 and precalc

[ripe geyser]

and I'm quite literally the best kid in my algebra II class

and I almost got tripped up by that

[compact plaza]

best as in most competent?

[ripe geyser]

And I've been going at it for 6 months

[compact plaza]

im talking about in calc ab btw

[ripe geyser]

highest scorer, etc

[compact plaza]

u have to do a shit ton of algebra in calc ab

and calc bc

[ripe geyser]

I'm just talking about the log

[compact plaza]

and multivariable

[ripe geyser]

either way

[compact plaza]

and every math

every single one

[ripe geyser]

it's like trying to learn english by using a spanish text book

not a good idea

[compact plaza]

we arent telling you this because we dont think you are smart Pete

[ripe geyser]

it's possible

but there's no benefit

[wet rune]

i have 5 months to study

[vital olive]

alg 2 is easy

[compact plaza]

we are telling you this for your own mathematical good

[vital olive]

geo is harder than a2 imo

[wet rune]

im very confident in myself

[ripe geyser]

I do not care if you think synthetic division is easy

it's not

[ripe geyser]

Good

[wet rune]

like i have always been a fast learner

[ripe geyser]

Pete

[compact plaza]

we arent going to stop you

[vital olive]

a2 is like the free-est class ever

[ripe geyser]

take it from me

[compact plaza]

but i promise you

[ripe geyser]

I am quite literally a gifted child

[compact plaza]

the jump from algebra 1 to 2

[vital olive]

bro

[ripe geyser]

I have a little sheet that says it

[vital olive]

how do you guys think that a2 is hard i’m not even capping

[ripe geyser]

Algebra II will fuck you up if you try to learn it over the summer

[compact plaza]

pssh who cares about the stupid gifted shit

[ripe geyser]

Fuck Logarithm properties

[vital olive]

like, i’m not joking, a2 is easy.

and i’m not smart

[compact plaza]

i dont care if ur fucking Fermat, if he was a 14 year old kid

he would struggle too

[ripe geyser]

Fuck synthetic division

[vital olive]

uh

[ripe geyser]

Fuck graphing exponentials

[half ferry]

Long division🤮

[vital olive]

would i be insulting

[ripe geyser]

fuck transformation

[vital olive]

if i said

that all that’s kinda

[ripe geyser]

not long division

[vital olive]

easy

[ripe geyser]

I mean synthetic

[ripe geyser]

It is

[half ferry]

Synthetic is easy

[compact plaza]

its easy but ur saying this from a perspective after u know this stuff

you think u know it

[vital olive]

no even while i was learning it

[ripe geyser]

THe issue:
it's easy to mess up

[vital olive]

it want that hard

okay thee

true

[compact plaza]

but as soon as u have to use these techniques

[vital olive]

but if you just like

[compact plaza]

they are hidden

[vital olive]

know what you’re doing

[ripe geyser]

the major issue with algebra is that it's so easy to mess up

[vital olive]

you’re fine

[compact plaza]

yes it is

[ripe geyser]

and then it's a bunch of memorization

[vital olive]

you just need to not be stupid

[half ferry]

My teacher teaches it at the speed of an ap class

[compact plaza]

geniuses mess up math frequently

[ripe geyser]

and then you have the BS that is log properties

[compact plaza]

the log properties do make sense

but are hard to remember

[vital olive]

log properties are so easy

[ripe geyser]

log base a of b and log base c of d

loga(b)*logc(d)

[wet rune]

ONG

[ripe geyser]

what is that?

There's a general formula

[vital olive]

loga(b)+loga(c)

[ripe geyser]

and it'll piss you off

[vital olive]

boom

[wet rune]

also im good at quadratics and stuff, like i was good at alg 1

[ripe geyser]

addition?

[compact plaza]

alg 2 is much different

[ripe geyser]

me when I make multiplication into addition

[vital olive]

loga(bc)

no like

[ripe geyser]

no

[vital olive]

it’s a diff thing

[ripe geyser]

it's something else

[vital olive]

that i gave my answer to

[wet rune]

yeah

[vital olive]

no my thing wa not the answer

to your thing

my thing was my own thing

[ripe geyser]

alright

[vital olive]

demonstrating a log property

[ripe geyser]

what about the ting I gave you

loga(b)*logc(d)

that's a log property

[compact plaza]

if u wanna study alg 2 on ur own

im not stopping you

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

we won't stop you

but we will tell you that it's a stupid fucking idea

[compact plaza]

you seem determined enough to not care what others say, trust me ive been there

[ripe geyser]

and you probably shouldn't

[compact plaza]

but honestly

if ur that determined

[wet rune]

i know that, its just nice to hear what others think

[compact plaza]

maybe u will be fine

just know that

its hard

[ripe geyser]

Yeah

[compact plaza]

even when ur learning it itll seem easy

truly applied alg 2

[ripe geyser]

Also:
Just having the extra time to practice is useful

[compact plaza]

kicks ur ass

[ripe geyser]

Think of it taht way

you'll have way more time to practice algebra II if you take it over the course of a year rather than a summer

and since Algebra II is the basis that calc is on

it means that the base for you to learn calc is stronger

[vital olive]

wait which one

am i stupid

[ripe geyser]

loga(b)*logc(d)

you are

[vital olive]

yeah

which one

[ripe geyser]

multiplication of 2 logs with different bases

[vital olive]

shut up

bro

that’s literally change of base

[compact plaza]

change of base yeah

[ripe geyser]

you get:
((ln(a)/ln(b))/((ln(c)/ln(d))

[vital olive]

yeah

i thought you were asking smth else

[ripe geyser]

God I wish there was another way to write that

[compact plaza]

just use latex

[ripe geyser]

cause I want to make sure somebody doesn't fuck up their math career as a person who loves math lmao

[compact plaza]

yeah

[ripe geyser]

the fucking bot won't let me

[compact plaza]

oof

[ripe geyser]

$see

[compact plaza]

$see$

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[compact plaza]

easy mode

[ripe geyser]

oh waht the fuck

you were supposed to put a dollarsign after

[compact plaza]

yes

[ripe geyser]

did't know that

give me a second

[compact plaza]

open close statement

[ripe geyser]

$((ln(a)/ln(b))/((ln(c)/ln(d))$

[livid tundra]

Exotica

[ripe geyser]

oh that's ugly

idk latex

and i'm sure as hell not gonna learn it now

[compact plaza]

man thinking about what it takes to prove the quantity for rotational inertia of a sphere is painful

[ripe geyser]

imagine taking physics rn

and not next yaer

couldn't be me

[compact plaza]

$\frac{\frac{\ln{a}}{\ln{b}}}{\frac{\ln{c}}{\ln{d}}}}$

[vital olive]

what

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy
Compile Error! Click the reaction for more information.
(You may edit your message to recompile.)

[ripe geyser]

no

[compact plaza]

theres a better way to write this...

[ripe geyser]

thats a fuck up

[compact plaza]

ap physics c mechanics

[ripe geyser]

it's literally (lna*lnc)/(lnb**lnd)

[compact plaza]

shapes that are smooth in every direction are hard to do

i mean itd be easy to do a triple integral on a sphere

but then it doesnt work

[ripe geyser]

since the bases are the same I think you add?

no you don't

[ripe geyser]

imagine knowing how to do shell method

couldn't be me

[compact plaza]

nah shell method doesnt work either

[ripe geyser]

damn

[compact plaza]

at least if it does its not particularly useful

bc shell method makes u wanna do

[ripe geyser]

3d shapes right?

wait

[compact plaza]

$\frac{\dd V}{V_T} = \frac{\dd m}{m_T}$

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[ripe geyser]

ah

aite

set it up for shell method then idk

cope

[compact plaza]

thats shell method tho

for triple integral

[ripe geyser]

I'ma be honest I thought shell method was just an alternate way to do double integrals

[compact plaza]

u just convert dm to 3 coordinate differentials

[ripe geyser]

granted

I'm only taking algebra II

🧌

me when I spread MISINFORMATION that I HEARD ONCE on the internet because I like LYING

[compact plaza]

$\frac{\dd m}{m_T} = \frac{\partial x \partial y \partial z}{V_T}$

damn it

idk how to do partials

[ripe geyser]

copy paste the symbol

👍

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[compact plaza]

nice

[ripe geyser]

imagine knowing how to do that

couldn't be me

[compact plaza]

$I = \int r^2 \dd m = \frac{3m_T}{4\pi R^3} \int\int\int (x^2 + y^2 + z^2) \dd x , \dd y , \dd z$

[ripe geyser]

I got faith in the bot

is that the problem you got?

[compact plaza]

no

thats wrong

the concept is wrong

[ripe geyser]

wait why are there 3 improper integrals in front of each other?

hm

oh well loser shit

[compact plaza]

ehh i mean they are definite

but idc

[ripe geyser]

couldn't be me

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[ripe geyser]

Oh well

[compact plaza]

thats better lookin

[ripe geyser]

Ok wait

[compact plaza]

anyways

thats supposed to simplify to $\frac{2}{5}mR^2$

[livid tundra]

hiidostuff | '24 | STEM Guy

[compact plaza]

which it evidently doesnt

[ripe geyser]

Try harder loser

idk

[compact plaza]

😦

[ripe geyser]

I got betteer things to do than learn calculus rn

[compact plaza]

i might sum discs together

[ripe geyser]

I will learn this shit next year when

AEGH

[compact plaza]

are u doing calc bc next year??

[ripe geyser]

No

something worse

Math HL

[compact plaza]

what tat

[ripe geyser]

it's an IB class

you take it for 2 years

and it covers a bunch of shit

give me a second

[compact plaza]

oh

so prob calc ab and bc basically

[ripe geyser]

https://www.ibo.org/contentassets/5895a05412144fe890312bad52b17044/subject-brief-dp-math-analysis-and-approaches-en.pdf

[ripe geyser]

no therer's more

it's ab+bc+stats+geometry+functions+algebra

I'm taking HL pathway

[sand fern]

I'm missing context, but I've taken Calc AB and Im taking Calc BC right now so maybe I could be of some assistance?

[ripe geyser]

I think he's talking about physics C mechanics

but for him he's trying to find the rotational inertia of a sphere

I'm

crying at my class list

[sand fern]

Really? Well okay, thats a little different... also wait if he's doing that why is he in course selection lol

[ripe geyser]

cause I'm learning that

pain

[sand fern]

Eh, anyways, I had a question: should I do a fourth year of language if I'm aiming for UCs or Ivy Leagues?

[ripe geyser]

no, I will NOT be learning the wave model

I have to learn that

idk what it is

and I'm scared

[compact plaza]

We were talking about shit lol

I dont need help tho

[ripe geyser]

Probably not

you're fine

3 years is enough for most

I think UCs reccomends 3

[sand fern]

Good luck with that, sounds like a nightmare

[compact plaza]

Looks like a shitty class

[ripe geyser]

it's taken over the course of 2 years

[compact plaza]

Hmm

I mean ig that's better

[ripe geyser]

5/6 classes I have are going to be taken over the course of 2 years

not fun

[compact plaza]

But still so many different things

[muted quest]

Question if I take multiple year long classes as an example Spanish 2, Ap Psychology, Marketing and drawing and design what happens will I just be doing the same thing the whole year or do I have to choose 2 yearlong classes and 2 semester classes?

[ripe geyser]

If it makes it worse:
it's a zero period

I take that class every day before school starts

[compact plaza]

Before school???

[ripe geyser]

every fuckind day

[ripe geyser]

yeye

[compact plaza]

I have jazz band every other day before school

[ripe geyser]

7:02-8:25

every day besides monday

I learn physics

:')

I love physics though

so it's cool

I learn everything inside of both AP Cs + more

I don't think physics Cs goes over wave behaviour and nuclear/quantum physics do they?

[compact plaza]

No

Just mechanics and emag

No quantum

[ripe geyser]

oh so not fields or thermodynamics?

I thought fields were covered in emag and thermodynamics in mechanics?

[sonic acorn]

Any AP recommendations if i wanna go into Landscape Architecture?

[compact plaza]

Don't think so

Both are in app2 tho

[ripe geyser]

3d art and design

I think that's an AP right?

probably is

and if it's just architecture uh

literally anything art related lol

if you want to do engineering then AP maths and AP Physics

[sonic acorn]

Alright thanks!

[ripe geyser]

Damn I be covering 3 years of content in 2 years

🧠

that's just IB in general

[compact plaza]

Fields are too complex for phys c emag btw

[ripe geyser]

istg if I don't make it to a >20% acceptance rate for this shit I am going to weep

[compact plaza]

Maxwell equations are for calc 3

For some class u did in high school?

Definitely not a maker or breaker

[ripe geyser]

the full diploma

give me a second

https://pages.crimsoneducation.org/rs/039-NBM-750/images/FL-10-2018-ib-student-acceptance-rates-at-top-us-universities.pdf?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJaalltRTJOV0kzT1

theoretically with the IBDP I get to turn UChicago into a safety

of course

I don't actually get that

but it's still funny to say that

I do a little bit of torture

but yeah IBDP is dope

you take 3 HL classes and 3 SL classes (or 4 HLs and 2 SLs like I'm doing but I'm alsoa fucking nerd)

• you have to log all the times you work out, do something for the community, and do something creative

if you dodn't log enough items you don't get the diploma

you also have to do a project in one of those fields

if you don't you don't get the diploma

• you have to write a 4000 word essay

if you don't you don't get the diploma

• you have to take a theory of knowledge class

if you don't you don't get the diploma

so fun!

but

also 60% UChicago acceptance rate

[compact spindle]

hey can someone tell me if taking AP World History my sophmore year is worth it? I’m already going to be tackling all honors + a dual enrollement for college chemistry. Should I stick with AP World History or chose normal World History. I have never taken an AP before.

[ripe geyser]

It is

don't take regular world history

that shit is 10x more difficult than the AP class

[compact spindle]

oh really??

if you dont mind could you tell me why is it harder

ive heard AP is a lot more reading and individ work

[ripe geyser]

AP is a lot more reading but less homework

most actual history classes have you doing like presentations and shit

and a bunch of projects throughout the year

because of how fast pace AP world is, you quite literally have no time for that

so it's just reading and taking notes

that's all of your homework

you read for 8 hours a month and take notes

[compact spindle]

ooh alright, thank you !!

[muted quest]

Sorry that I’m asking a lot of questions but would Ap psychology be a semester thing or what? Also does “computer science principles” replace the requirement for “computer science discoveries”?

[ripe geyser]

1: no, there are no AP classes that are prescribed on a semester basis and there never will be
2: Probably, ask your counselor

[muted quest]

Okay thank you 🙏

[muted quest]

No but seriously thank you I finnaly figured out what ima do for sophomore year

[dull citrus]

Is technology good course to take?

[fallen bay]

Go for it I think its worth it.

[vital olive]

we have sem courses 🫢

[gloomy light]

Is AP Psychology a good class to take for my Sophomore year?

[ripe geyser]

Yeah I heard it was fairly east

[stone plank]

Just take world history regular

Like im doing next year as a 10th grader

[cinder gorge]

How are IVY courses for comp engineering

[ripe geyser]

do not

World History Regular fucks you over way more than AP World

The AP History classes are far easier than their non AP versions lmao

the histories are one of the few examples where AP classes are easier than their non AP versions (the other ones like this are the AP foreign languages and the AP arts)

[stone plank]

Wait

But ap classes are hard

How is it easier than regular

[ripe geyser]

for a really dumb reason

because of its pace

Also i'd say that every AP class is easier than it's non AP varitent

theres a lot of reasons why but going over AP world the reason why it's easier is becuase of how fast it goes

non AP world history goes at a snails pace because you have to do SO MANY FUCKING PROJECTS

however, with AP world just simply due to the rate you're going at, most likely the only homework you're going to get for the full year is reading and taking notes on the textbook

[stone plank]

Ok

[ripe geyser]

• its also standardized

which is the reason why I say there's an argument to be made for why AP is easier than non AP

Cause if let's say we're talking about the American revolution in world history, if you look up "American Revolution for high School world history" you're going to get an extremely variable amount of detailing

some schools talk about it a lot, others barely glare over it

and since the sources for those help sites are often students or teachers, they have no idea what degree of detail you need

however, for AP world since the degree of detail is always hte same, when you google "American Revolution AP World History" you're going to get the same information regardless of what site you pick

[worthy flare]

Is skipping Bio really that detrimental? My school acts like it’s a requirement for college even though my school doesn’t require it. Would a class like environmental science be a good sub or should I really take bio?

The way my school make course selection makes taking a co-enroll for science very hard, that’s why I want to skip

[ripe geyser]

Most schools require a year of a biological science so you should just take bio lmao. Especially as ES is probably more useless than Bio

[worthy flare]

I would have thought schools require Life Science and Laboratory Science, Life being Biology and/or ES and Lab being physics or chem

[ripe geyser]

Life science is a biological science

So ES counts

But it’s significantly more useless unless you want to get into ES

If you do then skip bio

If not then skip ES instead of bio

[worthy flare]

K

[native moon]

I am going to be a senior this coming fall and this is what I was thinking of taking: AP statistics, AP Econ. (One semester), Honors Physics, AP British and World Literature, Spanish III, Consumer behavior.

I really only need one semester of history and one year left of English finish my credits required to graduate but i have to take a minimum of 4 classes next year (school requirements) and I’m looking into business/marketing so I might take consumer behavior. As well just doing recommended a-g requirements. Also I am a college student so I’ll be taking two classes on top of my course selection above. Is it too many classes for senior? I am trying just to raise my gpa as much as possible since it is going to be my last year

[rough patio]

Has anyone taken a VHS course. If so could u give me some guidance

[austere tulip]

ok, first of all, that's wrong

Ap government

1 semester

There's two of them

Ap US gov

and Ap Comp gov

and then Ap microecon and AP macroecon

one sem each

there's 4 classes prescribed on a semester basis

[austere tulip]

this is good, considering you're doing classes from a college as well

THo i'm curious

what's AP British???

[ripe geyser]

Oh yeah I forgot.
My school did things differently where US Gov and Comp Gov are 1 full year and micro+macro econ are 1 full year

[lone lion]

ap british 😭 -

[austere tulip]

idk they said that above

I was so confused

[lone lion]

yheah idk

[cinder gorge]

I wanted to take these classes in Junior year, any opinions? I want to try and get into a good college.
AP Prep English
AP Calc BC
AP US History
AP Computer Science Applications
AP Chem
AP physics 2
Honors Debate
Forensics (debate related)
Chamber Orchestra
Spanish 2

[austere tulip]

that's a very full schdule

but it should be fine

[compact plaza]

10 classes??

[austere tulip]

ap cs not too hard

[compact plaza]

Idk how u manage that but

[austere tulip]

ap chem and physics will be hard to handle together

[cinder gorge]

Honors Debate and forensics are different sems

[austere tulip]

oh ok

[cinder gorge]

balance it out

[compact plaza]

AP Physics 2 is definitely the hardest AP class on there

Maybe APUSH

[cinder gorge]

Yea but I'm a physics nerd so I'd like to learn it lol

[austere tulip]

I think that's a good schedule

if u have a previous history

of doing good in lots of classes

with lots of aps

then go ahead

[cinder gorge]

Ok great thx

[austere tulip]

some of those classes sholdn't be too hard. Especially since ur a physics nerd, calc, physics, and chem shouldn't be too difficult

apush I've heard has lots of hmwk

[cinder gorge]

I can handle it after all I don't do anything lol

[compact plaza]

I mean my APUSH class has reading hw but I don't do it

[austere tulip]

but you're in 9th right now?

so in 10th are you going to do some aps?

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[austere tulip]

ok good

that'll prep

[cinder gorge]

2 of them which I can only do 3 in total for sophomore year

[austere tulip]

oh ok

[cinder gorge]

I can't do the 3rd bc my schedule 😭

[austere tulip]

so debate's a class for u?

[cinder gorge]

Yea

[compact plaza]

2 is good for sophomore year anyways

[cinder gorge]

Ok nice 👍

[compact plaza]

Imo 6 is too many for junior year

But whatever

[austere tulip]

no that's fine

i'm doing 6

[compact plaza]

I mean

[austere tulip]

and usually junior year is the hardest year

[compact plaza]

For me it's senior year

[austere tulip]

plus like it also matters on the aps

[compact plaza]

4 APs is def good enough tho

I mean I was talking to an MIT admit and the course rigor + GPA I have vs what I'm able to do is good

[austere tulip]

yeah that's good

[compact plaza]

Ig for my school tho

The max amount of APs u can do is like

9 or 10 over ur whole high school career

[austere tulip]

we don't have limits at our school

[compact plaza]

That's just how many APs we have

[austere tulip]

i mean it's set up in a way you probably can't do more than like 14

but there's no formal limits

[compact plaza]

My school just doesn't let freshies take any

[cinder gorge]

Yea there is no limits for us either

[austere tulip]

like I think that's equivalent to censorship(u might disagree with me)

like if someone wants to max their education

why are they being stopped?

[compact plaza]

Seeing that's not the definition of censorship I definitely agree

[cinder gorge]

Frfr

[austere tulip]

it's their choice

[compact plaza]

Bc freshman don't get high school

And our school doesn't want high schoolers to screw themselves over potentially

[austere tulip]

i mean there's also some really easy ap classes

like HUg

CSP

[cinder gorge]

Fair point but what if there are high schoolers that already are smart enough to take AP classes

[austere tulip]

that too

[compact plaza]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

Like I'm really good at computer science but they won't let me take APCSP or APCSA when I already know both the languages they teach

[austere tulip]

why not

[compact plaza]

I'm fine with not being allowed to take APs in freshman year tho

[austere tulip]

also csp doesn't really teach a language

[cinder gorge]

Bc I'm a freshie

[austere tulip]

its more general coding

[cinder gorge]

Yea

[compact plaza]

Definitely better things to do with ur freshman year

[austere tulip]

oh

Well I'm not doing csp

cuz I feel like it's useless

i'm probably going to do csa

[compact plaza]

My school doesn't have AP CompSci

[cinder gorge]

That's what I was saying but then my cs teacher said I should probably do it 😭

[austere tulip]

lol

people really overestimate ap classes

[cinder gorge]

Yea

[austere tulip]

are u doing any aps this year?

[cinder gorge]

I'm still a freshie 😭

[austere tulip]

oof

its fine

your 6 aps make it up

[cinder gorge]

I'm doing all honors this year

[austere tulip]

yeah that's good

[compact plaza]

I'm doing 4 APs and 0 honors this year

There's honors English but scheduling issues 😎

[vital olive]

is it due to scheduling issues, or…

FL is kind of a problem- they don’t need 4 FL, but they want to see you max an FL (eg. take until AP)

history isn’t importsnt

honestly, if you wanna do business, Lit and Macro

but what classes do you really want to take?

bc ap phys c is still very good

[sharp echo]

Im planning ahead for when I get to highschool what are like the most rigorous classes a freshman can take

[vital olive]

honestly, idk as idk how rigorous cc is and i personally don’t have experience with it

[compact plaza]

APs if offered

[vital olive]

0 cp

at least

[sharp echo]

What can I do in middle school that will make my chances of getting AP classes higher

[spiral spoke]

Should I take geometry over the summer before 10th grade? I’m in on level math right now, and my school has the IB diploma. In order to do this, I would need to be in a higher math. Is there another math class I should take over the summer, or another way to get passed both algebra 2 and geometry by the end of 10th grade?

[ripe geyser]

Why not take AP English Lang this year and Lit next year?

The 2 are meant to pair with each other

[cinder gorge]

Chances of getting AP Classes higher? If you mean how can you prepare for AP classes in highschool then I would recommend trying to get all A's

[cinder gorge]

My school doesnt offer AP Lang sadly

[ripe geyser]

Both are possible, ask your guidance counselor for help

[sharp echo]

Luckily middle school is easy so shouldnt be a problem

[ripe geyser]

However, note that you don't need Alg. II if you're taking maths SL

either AA or AI SL

[sharp echo]

Thansk

[ripe geyser]

but if you're taking AI or AA at HL then yeah you're probably going to need it

[spiral spoke]

Thanks

[mellow night]

has anyone taken genocide? my counselor is recommending me to take that cause i have a blank spot in my course selection for my senior year.. its a semesters course

[sharp echo]

Wait you can just opt in? I thought you had to be selected

[cinder gorge]

I mean ig it kind of just depends on what you want to do. If you want better and more challenging math classes go for it like I did but if you dont want that then dont

[cinder gorge]

No you can just select the course you will never have to be selected by people

[sharp echo]

Thats crazy

[cinder gorge]

there might be prerequisites to some like AP Bio for my school says that you should have at least taken Honors Bio 1

but that all you can just simply select the course

[sharp echo]

Alright

[ripe geyser]

Nothing lmao

Most schools only offer 1 AP class in 9th grade so take that

AP is not all that different from a regular high school class

[sharp echo]

Alright

[ripe geyser]

it's just fast

including the difficulty progression

[sharp echo]

I thought honors was the fast one and AP is like a college course

[ripe geyser]

so if the difficulty of a class is a sigmoid curve, an AP class hits the critical point earlier than the non-AP equivalent

[cinder gorge]

Same thing but you get college credit for one and it is more difficult apparently

[ripe geyser]

Nope college is nothing like AP!

[ripe geyser]

the "more difficult" thing is debatable lmao

[cinder gorge]

if you take the test

[cinder gorge]

yea fair

[ripe geyser]

Either way

[sharp echo]

What on earth is a sigmoid curve

[ripe geyser]

S curve

gimmie a sec

If you shift that blue line to the right by like 2 you get a normal class

that blue line is an AP or honors class

so it's generally pretty easy first semester and then it fucks you over second semester

unlike a regular class which is pretty easy the first 3 quarters and then fucks you over the last quarter

So you're getting fucked for longer, that make sense?

[compact plaza]

^ Normal people call that logistic

Actually wait sigmoids might hit their capacity

Idk

[last portal]

Is career tech very important to do bc I don’t rly wanna do it my counselor recommends I take two periods CIS in junior and senior year but I rly wanna do language, my major in college is probably gonna be computer science. In stead of cis, can I do stuff online like learning python or other things and try to get internships for stuff

[cinder gorge]

You should probably try joining something like a coding club or something like that or if your school has a cs course take that. You can also study online but it would take a lot of time to actualy start understanding stuff so I always recommend a teacher

[hollow finch]

My honors classes were more difficult than my AP classes Ngl

[sharp echo]

Wow thats crazy

[hollow finch]

Cause they overestimate the difficulty of AP classes so they make their classes super hard as “preparation”

Precalculus Honors was harder than Calculus BC

Honors English 2 was way harder than AP Lang

[ripe geyser]

Probably if your counselor is reccomending it to you lol

[sharp echo]

Thank you

What subject is AP music theory im probably going to take it

[cinder gorge]

music

btw if u dont have any background knowledge in ap mt, it might be hard for u

[sharp echo]

Luckily i do

[cinder gorge]

how much?

[sharp echo]

Im a musician

I have a fairly good amount

[cinder gorge]

can u do this?

[sharp echo]

Nope

[cinder gorge]

then ull prob struggle

[sharp echo]

Oh

[cinder gorge]

ap mt is easy but takes a lot of time to get, like the materials

[sharp echo]

Yeah

Im pretty decent at learning

I might be fine

Music for me is an elective

[cinder gorge]

if i were u, i wouldnt do it

[sharp echo]

So im not sure how it will work

[cinder gorge]

so is for me

[sharp echo]

Oh

So AP mt is an elective?

[cinder gorge]

i do CM, so i have background knowledge on all this stuff

yeah

[sharp echo]

Whats CM?

[cinder gorge]

like abrsm

[sharp echo]

Oh okay

Well im still in middle i got time to learn it

Ig

[cinder gorge]

im playing stuff like this, so theory is a must

[sharp echo]

Practice scales

[cinder gorge]

no duh

ive been playing this kind of stuff for years

i dont need advice lmao

[sharp echo]

Oh cool

Mb i was tryna give advice

[cinder gorge]

no need

[sharp echo]

Im working on this

[cinder gorge]

percision?

[sharp echo]

This isnt that hard

No trumpet

[cinder gorge]

tempo?

[cinder gorge]

this one is quarter = 104 btw in common time

[full cliff]

Is that the Concertino for Flute and Piano by Chaminade?

[cinder gorge]

u play flute?

[full cliff]

I play piano and accompanied someone who played that piece

[cinder gorge]

nice

[sharp echo]

Ah yes finally a place where there are other music nerds

Any of yall know carnival of venice

[cinder gorge]

chiminade is fun

[cinder gorge]

yeah

who doesnt

[sharp echo]

Mb

[cinder gorge]

i dont pay $70/hr lessons for nothing lol

[sharp echo]

Im used to hanging around middle schoolers

[sharp echo]

Oh you get lessons

Whats it like

[cinder gorge]

u learn

u get better

[sharp echo]

Is it worth the money

[cinder gorge]

depends

theres no direct answer

for me, it is

[sharp echo]

Nice

[full cliff]

Usually you could get a decent teacher for like under $80/hr, but it depends on your needs. (If you want lessons just to hone your skills, or if you want to go with a full commitment with a teacher, learn an entire private repertoire and use that for secondary competitions and performance opportunities outside of school)

[cinder gorge]

i do lessons for comps n stuff and for fun n stuff

[sharp echo]

Yeah I reckon I would do some comps

[cinder gorge]

u need to get good 1st

[sharp echo]

Im rather good for my age level

[cinder gorge]

age doesnt matter

[sharp echo]

What should i expect from a comp

[cinder gorge]

to loose if u base everything on age

[sharp echo]

Im not sure if im good

[full cliff]

Um expect to not win, expect to be humbled, but also expect to have really cool experiences as a lot of competitions let you play at some sort of venue, even if its a smaller one before they get to the big venue for the final round

[cinder gorge]

get a teacher

the 1st comp i went to humbled me

i got honorable mention

[sharp echo]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

stop saying "yeah" if u cant relate

[sharp echo]

Bro im sorry idk what else to say

[sharp echo]

Alright

[cinder gorge]

but basically, if u go to comps, u better have ur piece perfect to get a chance to win

[sharp echo]

Alright

Man I should probably pick up piccolo or c trumpet then

[cinder gorge]

like i didnt get a scholership, principle chair in the district honor band and a state honor mention for nothing

[sharp echo]

Woah

Thats cool

[cinder gorge]

Expect to spend hundreds to $$ on a piece

[sharp echo]

Yeah ik

[cinder gorge]

and theres also a fee for comps, from $20 to $500

[sharp echo]

Oh

Is the reward from comps exposure

[cinder gorge]

but most comps also require a pianist, so u need to hire someone, i paid $60/hr for mine

[sharp echo]

Sheesh

[cinder gorge]

ye and ego, cuz as a musician, everyone destroys u

feels good to win a few times

[sharp echo]

Id bet

[full cliff]

Just use me as your accompanist, +500 dollars in saved money

[cinder gorge]

how much u charge?

[sharp echo]

You live in cali?

[cinder gorge]

?

[full cliff]

Umm none so far because I've only accompanied for two people so far and they're my close friends so I didn't want to charge them

[cinder gorge]

yeah

[sharp echo]

Nice

Chair do you?

[cinder gorge]

i also play with a University's Orchestra but its whatever

[cinder gorge]

?

[full cliff]

I live in New Jersey

[sharp echo]

Oh

Damn paying for your plane ticket

[cinder gorge]

Actually, if u do need a pianist to go somewhere, ur expected to pay for their traveling n stuff

on top of rehersals

[sharp echo]

Yeah

It might be easier to get a friend to do it

I might know a couple pianists

[cinder gorge]

most of the time, their not good enough

[sharp echo]

Oh

How much do you practice each day

[cinder gorge]

if u want someone to play this, gl on finding someone for free

[cinder gorge]

day??? r u insane?

[sharp echo]

What

You dont practice daily?

And your that good??

[cinder gorge]

oh nvm

[sharp echo]

💀

[cinder gorge]

i thought u mean lessons

[compact plaza]

bunch of sixteenths

[cinder gorge]

but my days r very different so about 12hr a wk

[cinder gorge]

and 32nd

[compact plaza]

oh wait i see the 7lets

respect

[compact plaza]

yeah but its chromatic so

[cinder gorge]

true

[sharp echo]

I used to do around that cant anymore cuz of the hw which im probably gonna start focusing a lot more on

[compact plaza]

what do the lines in the note mean for trumpet?

[cinder gorge]

how do u practice

[compact plaza]

for percussion its a double bounce

[cinder gorge]

what lines

u mean double tongue?

[compact plaza]

the ones going through the stem

oh its double tongue

[sharp echo]

Double tonguing

[cinder gorge]

thats double tongue

[compact plaza]

makes sense

bc percussion its double bounce

lemme find the music im working on rn

[cinder gorge]

im working on like 3-4 pieces

3 concertros and chiminade

[sharp echo]

Nice

Im doing Goedicke concert etude and Carnival of venice

[cinder gorge]

theres like 10000 different varients of Carnival of venice

[sharp echo]

Right

Arbans carnival of venice

[sinful sky]

Debating on taking AP Physics E&M need some advice

[cinder gorge]

gl

[sinful sky]

Did u take it?

[cinder gorge]

no

[sharp echo]

Im sending prayers if youre taking AP phys

[compact plaza]

ok heres my music

the 200 bpm part is tough

especially 96-97

[cinder gorge]

ik

[sharp echo]

Wtf what is fffortisimo

How loud is that

[compact plaza]

fortississimo

[cinder gorge]

its just technique

[sinful sky]

I'm taking Physics 1 already

[compact plaza]

on marching snare FFF is more like visually loud

so like 18 inches stick height

using arm for visual effect

[vital olive]

oh nice

snare music hits hard

[cinder gorge]

very loud

[sharp echo]

Idrk much abt phys i just know its pretty hard

[vital olive]

you should've seen our line music last year lol

[sharp echo]

Not louder than my trumpet

[compact plaza]

ye its fun

[vital olive]

it was so weird

the bad basses like

died when we did polyrhythmic stuff

[compact plaza]

this is DCI music that i sent

i go to a small 2a so i prob dont play as hard of stuff for school as yall play

[vital olive]

bro i remember McNutt

hes like

the guy

who wrote our warm up music 💀

[vital olive]

better than nothing tbh

[compact plaza]

not surprised

big school moment

[compact plaza]

yeah of course

and our second movement was a drumline feature

so it went hard

[vital olive]

same 🤪

[sharp echo]

Nice

[vital olive]

no wait

like our fourth one was

we had 5 movements total

our fourth and fifth both had

[compact plaza]

we had 3

6 minute show

yall prob do BOA

[vital olive]

i think ours was longer

i don't remember how long though

[sharp echo]

Bro my orchestra conductor picked songs with no trumpet part

Im playing second violin, french horn, clarinet, and tenor sax parts

[compact plaza]

ive been looking for a snare piece to practice

do u know any good ones

[sharp echo]

Im curious

Does snare have solo repertoire

[last portal]

Ok

[full cliff]

Probably just a bunch of etudes and exercises

[sharp echo]

Oh

That makes sense

[hollow torrent]

is there any way i could redo high school classes after graduation? i am a senior in high school and i did not do good in some of my classes in 11th grade. if there is a way, would that count towards anything?

[vital olive]

did you fail? like, below a 64?

if you didn't, there's really no point in retaking

[hollow torrent]

i didnt fail the classes, i just got really bad grades on the tests. i dont know how i didnt fail the classes

[vital olive]

then there's not really a point

[compact plaza]

what grades

[hollow torrent]

like i failed the tests in apush

and ap psych

[compact plaza]

below a 3?

[hollow torrent]

yes

[compact plaza]

hmm

after graduation i doubt it could happen unfortunately

i mean even then, why would u want to

they will hold almost no relevance to your life

[hollow torrent]

yes but i feel like all hope is lost

im not going to get into the college that i want to get into

and also i dont feel as smart as other kids

[compact plaza]

AP grades = smart?

u just didnt study hard enough for it

now thats a lesson u were taught the hard way

use it correctly and work harder for future tests

simple as that

[hollow torrent]

yes but high school only happens once. and now i am not going to get into the college that i want to get into and there are no more opportunities or chances

[compact plaza]

ur a senior

going into undergrad

yes?

[hollow torrent]

yes

[ripe geyser]

Lemme show you something cool: it’s called community college

Lmao

Just go to a CC you’ll be fine

[compact plaza]

the college you go to for undergrad barely matters

if you do well in undergrad

and go to a good grad school

ur completely fine

[hollow torrent]

bro youre obsessed with cc

[ripe geyser]

Cause it's cheap as fuck

[hollow torrent]

no when i say obsessed i mean OBSESSED

[ripe geyser]

I made 16 messages that mention CC or community college

now 17

I have over 1k messages

simple maths say that around 1% of my messages are related to CC

[hollow torrent]

ya but each time i see a text from you its always about cc

[ripe geyser]

Queen when they become schizo

[ripe geyser]

queen not realizing that there is a thing called a coincidence

queen moment

[hollow torrent]

HAHAHAHAHA

[ripe geyser]

"Is this the real life" looking ass

[hollow torrent]

BRO WHST

HAHAHAHA

[ripe geyser]

https://tenor.com/view/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-gif-8575971

looking ass

[hollow torrent]

IM DYINGGGG

[ripe geyser]

Hi dying

I'm exotica

[tulip dawn]

hey anyone know if this looks good for my course card

[hollow torrent]

what is a course card

[ripe geyser]

a little card with all of your courses on it probably

like the classes picked out

[tulip dawn]

o it’s a paper thing we get for our courses for the next grade level

we got it on Tuesday and the guidance counselor still hasn’t met with me cuz I had questions so I’m asking here about it

[ripe geyser]

CAN'T FUCKING SEE SHIT

Uh looking at your course sheet so far it looks fine tbh

maybe drop Enviromental Science for the AP Varient since the AP variant is significantly easier than the non-ap variant

[hollow torrent]

hi nice to meet you

[ripe geyser]

@tulip dawn I would encourage dropping regular Enviromental Science for its AP variant and dropping one of your electives for a language course

most unis require at least 2 years of a foreign language to be completed as well as the US military academies

[tulip dawn]

oh ik I plan on taking a language online since middle and the highscjool guidances stated we can take a language course to complete that online course requirement aswell as a foreign language requirement

and I’m unsure if there is a ap version of environmental science as the guidance didnt state it when we were given the papers

I would take biology but I’m not sure if we’re aloud to yet

It was said we can take up to 3 or more possible online classes all 4 years

[ripe geyser]

ask your counselor

tell them you're interested in taking higher difficulty courses than is being offered

[tulip dawn]

I would, I’ve filled multiple applications to speak to them and they haven’t replied

And the course card is due tomorrow or the middle school principle chooses so

[ripe geyser]

You don't need an applicatin to speak to your counselor 💀

Just walk up to them when they're free

[cinder gorge]

U need help choosing?

[tulip dawn]

well not application I shouldn’t say but like we have to turn in this thing just to talk to them

[ripe geyser]

You probably don't

Well you do

but that's more for a proper 1 on 1 session

[tulip dawn]

it’s rare to talk to them outside their office