course-selection

[vital olive]

bc i have to do it at home

[wise forge]

College is 110% easier than any HS Course

[vital olive]

especially if it's self paced

[cinder gorge]

even sa?

[vital olive]

it's why my schedule kinda sucks 💀 i'm trying to fit as much as i can into my actual school time

[wise forge]

whats sa

[cinder gorge]

special admit

[hushed rock]

Yo

[cinder gorge]

its where u actually go into the college to take the class

[hushed rock]

Are aps important?

[cinder gorge]

like in the lecture hall

[wise forge]

o h

thats easier

idk what DE is than

[hushed rock]

How many aps do I take?

[wise forge]

i thought thats what DE was

[cinder gorge]

dual enrolement

[wise forge]

2

2-5

[cinder gorge]

1000

[hushed rock]

The whole year?

Or all 4 years?

[vital olive]

does anyone like actually do self paced courses

[wise forge]

no like intotal over 4 years, 5 is a good schedule if you wanna relax and have a chill time

[cinder gorge]

btw r u sure college course is easy? cuz if its hard im literally gonna die under all this

[wise forge]

i do

[wise forge]

i take a bunch

and they are very easy

[hushed rock]

Fs

[cinder gorge]

ok

[hushed rock]

How many have u taken if u don’t mind me asking?

[vital olive]

how do you find the motivation to do self paced 💀

[wise forge]

if you wanna get into T20, take a lot more

[wise forge]

1

I plan on taking 5 in total

my school offers like 23

[hushed rock]

Which grade u in?

[wise forge]

10

[hushed rock]

Oh

I am in 10

I have taken 0

[vital olive]

like fr im taking one rn (i'm not interested at all so maybe that's part of the issue??) but is very annoying to try and keep up with virutal self paced bc i have no motivation to

[hushed rock]

[vital olive]

and no set guided time to do it

bc i have to do it at home

[wise forge]

hm

[hushed rock]

Is ap chem hard?

[wise forge]

i don't ?

[vital olive]

im confused

so you said yuo do them but you don't have the motivation to

😃

[wise forge]

yeah

it gets b a d

im burnt tf out rn

[cinder gorge]

do u think this is do-able?

de 2x means 2 per semester

[wise forge]

yes ik

is 2a on top of that

SA*

so 4 per sem

[vital olive]

i'm taking self paced precalc over this summer 💀

[cinder gorge]

i changed it, 1 sa per sesmter

so 2 de and 1 sa per semster

[vital olive]

i like math tho so

[wise forge]

no

no

bad

[vital olive]

i have to

[wise forge]

💀

[vital olive]

sorry 😟

[wise forge]

good luck

[cinder gorge]

what do u think

[vital olive]

nah but lowkey

[wise forge]

wait have you taken trig b4

[vital olive]

precalc is so easy

i've been self studying a bit when i actually feel like it

[wise forge]

i mean, idk how much time MB takes up for you, but for me it took up 28-38 hours a week depending on if it was Show season, so first sem, 3 might be too much.

[wise forge]

just learn trig

well

[cinder gorge]

mb?

[vital olive]

like the unit circle and all that

[wise forge]

my dad skipped precalc and it fucked him over

[vital olive]

marching band

[wise forge]

there is a l o t more

[vital olive]

i do marching band

[cinder gorge]

ok

[wise forge]

marching band

[vital olive]

drumline fr

[wise forge]

I did do marching band

i was kicked out of percussion

[cinder gorge]

what do u think

do-able?

[hushed rock]

Marching band is it good?

[cinder gorge]

no

[vital olive]

its tough

[cinder gorge]

but all As do-able?

[vital olive]

eh probably

if you managed your time wisely

[cinder gorge]

ok

[cinder gorge]

i have my strategies

[wise forge]

don't get too greedy

[vital olive]

like what more 😃

[wise forge]

💀

[vital olive]

i can learn it

probably

[cinder gorge]

wdym

[wise forge]

all of the trig identities, their derivatives. Some shit i haven't learned yet

[vital olive]

no deri in preclac

at least not here

it's interesting

[wise forge]

attempting to get straight As with only 2 college courses drove me to physical illness (but i still got Straight As)

[wise forge]

its part of precalc in general

[vital olive]

i've also been looking at the ap precalc textbook bc it's coming to our school next year

it's the stupidest course ever

but it's a thing now

[wise forge]

AP Precalc is literally a slower version of my schools course

[vital olive]

same

💀

[wise forge]

and it covers wayyy less content

[vital olive]

wait

do you have any like

actual good recommendations to selfstudy

[cinder gorge]

flashcards?

[vital olive]

nah like new stuff

i need to learn precalc before i take the course

or at least have a basic grasp of it

[cinder gorge]

khan

[vital olive]

even if you think it's super fast paced throw it at me i'm a rlly fast learner when it comes to math
i just don't have the mtivation to do things

[wise forge]

limits and derivatives

the powers rules

[vital olive]

like khan academy for example

i did it for like

a month

bc i'm taking the sat in june

and i took a practice test (i felt overconfident) and got like a 1350

so i did practice straight for a month bc no way i'm happy with a 1350

[wise forge]

double angle laws

[vital olive]

and then i got a 1520 and im like "eh good enough for a freshman" and then i stopped 💀

[wise forge]

do you know those?

[vital olive]

i mean i know the concept

[wise forge]

l e a r n them

[vital olive]

power rules is alg 2

[wise forge]

memorize them

[vital olive]

limits ik the concept

[wise forge]

theres more

[vital olive]

derivatives arent that hard i think i learned them once and then forgot 💀

but i remember that they were easy

and double angle laws i've never heard of before

[vital olive]

wdym

[wise forge]

there was more powers rules that we learned in Precalc

[wise forge]

they are very important in calc

[vital olive]

such as ?

like

idk what to search up

"precalc power rules"

[wise forge]

idk

there we like someweird ones i forgot tbh

i kinda just do em now

[vital olive]

icic

i will take this information and probably forget it

but ty anyway

[wise forge]

Double Angle Laws >>>>

learn them

[vital olive]

so more power rules, derivatives, limits, double angle laws or whatever

[wise forge]

out of all of that, most important is double angle

yeah

and refresh on all identities

not just the ones you learned in GEo or Alg 2

[vital olive]

we don't learn trig identities in alg 2 💀

[wise forge]

all

[vital olive]

like

ik the basic ones duh

[wise forge]

wow

[vital olive]

sohcahtoa

and all that

that was geo

but nothign else

[wise forge]

o h

[vital olive]

ikr

my school is so good

i mean wait actualyl lemme check i may be wrong

[wise forge]

Cos(2x) = 1-2sin^2 (x)

shit like that

[vital olive]

it may be the last unit

yeah n

we have NOT learned that yet

ong

wait

nvm

we're learning it

like in 2 months

[wise forge]

oh

mk

well it is very important in calc lol

also all of thw laws of logarithms and stuff

exponents

[vital olive]

laws of logs is easy

and exponents

[wise forge]

ye

[vital olive]

i wish our schol let us skip smh

the only reason i'm doing this is bc it requires AB before BC

[wise forge]

ah

[vital olive]

and i want to take actual math

[wise forge]

well in that case you'll prob be fine

[vital olive]

yeah i'm taking AB next year hopefully

if my request for precalc over the summer goes through

[wise forge]

AB is easy from what i've heard

[vital olive]

(maybe) BC over the summer or self study or whatever

bc then i can take college math junior year 😃

fun

stanford precollegiate is rlly cool

[wise forge]

Limits as x approaches a constant and as x approaches infinity.

learn those

they are pretty simple to understand

just learn the graphs and how to work with them

[vital olive]

should i do BC os

after ab

(over the summer)

[wise forge]

no

take it jr year

[vital olive]

smh

no faith

😔

[wise forge]

no its just a bad idea in general

BC exam is in May, self studying in the summer isn't gonna help

you can't really take college maths higher without it

[vital olive]

i could self study BC while in AB

bc AB is kinda slow

and then take both AB and BC exams sophomore year

[wise forge]

no

you would just take BC exam

but that m a y work

[vital olive]

yay

omg

[wise forge]

but also it will be pretty hard

[vital olive]

problem solving

trust me

i can handle hard

[wise forge]

no

lol

[vital olive]

hopefully

[wise forge]

What are you gonna do sr year tho

they don't have much more maths to teach you

[vital olive]

they don't have math after bc at my hs

[wise forge]

well yeah, but if you go to a college, you;re limited to Lower Divisions courses, which is only 2 more semesters.

so after that, you can't really go above

[vital olive]

oh yheah abt that

i was planning to do this

https://ulo.stanford.edu/mathematics

and there's also a program at princeton (i'm in nj) where if you max out a class in hs (finish max level), you can take the college equivalent there with other undergraduates

so i can take calc @ princeton with other undergrads senior year

if i wanted to

also gives college credits duh

[wise forge]

hm

also, what do you want to major in?

[vital olive]

business

i just like math

[wise forge]

it might not be worth it to go higher in math

focus on business focused application math

[vital olive]

i feel like i have most of everything else planned out tho

like im following all of my passions and they all correlate to my major and will (hopefully) have a very noticeable impact

i just wanna actually take courses that interest me

which is math

[wise forge]

yeah

[vital olive]

my ecs are pretty good

my rigor is good

my grades are good enough

or will be at least

recc letters defo good

nothing i can do about essays

but like idk

i just like math

[wise forge]

🤷‍♀️

[somber harness]

imagine self studying ap calc in hs

now it's my turn to roast u haha

[somber harness]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

NO FAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[median fjord]

name?

PUPP?

[deep pier]

What ecs do you do?

[vital olive]

stfu

imagine being a WIND SEED

literally could not be me

[vital olive]

yeah

haha

L

take that

also check dms

[vital olive]

it’s somewhere on my spreadsheet lol i’ll check later but bc i’m doing it in 3 years i don’t have it memorized

[vital olive]

wayyyyy too many

[tough sun]

@vital olive hy

[vital olive]

what

[tough sun]

@vital olive suggest me ecs

[mint thorn]

you realize that by suggesting ecs you’re just going to be doing the same thing as everyone else right

[undone grove]

Do you think this schedule is manageable if I also do NHS and Hope Squad?

[gloomy lotus]

have you taken any prior form of chemistry?

I would not recommend jumping into AP chem with no knowledge of chem

[undone grove]

I am currently in Honors Chemistry.

[gloomy lotus]

Oh alright, that's good then

I think the schedule is definitely manageable, but AP chem along with Physics will be a challenge

[undone grove]

AP Physics is something I have been debating, but I think it would be better to do it and hopefully get college credit instead of having to do a physics course in college.

Because the major I want to do in college requires me to take a basic physics class that AP Physics can get me out of.

[gloomy lotus]

If you're going into a sciency major, doing AP physics is definitely worth it

itll take out atleast a semester's worth of college classes

[undone grove]

That includes medicine, right?

[gloomy lotus]

yeah

[scenic tree]

Physics is a pre-req to go into med school

[gloomy lotus]

^

[undone grove]

Alright.

Thank you!

[gloomy lotus]

Np, have a good day

[scenic tree]

I've also chosen to do AP Physics 1 next year

[undone grove]

You too.

[scenic tree]

if that's what your doing

[undone grove]

It is.

[scenic tree]

Nice

Good luck

to both of us then

[undone grove]

You too.

[proven stratus]

rip I'm doing precalc next year but my school not adopting the ap version 🫠

[austere tulip]

oof

[wise forge]

good

AP is slower and over all worse than most schools versions

[tough sun]

@radiant cape

?

[median fjord]

Isn’t it bio

Or both

[scenic tree]

bio chem and physics

all required

and calc too i think

[median fjord]

Oh

[soft jacinth]

^

[tough sun]

#ap-exam-help

[soft jacinth]

What? No I was asking if the schedule was good

[ripe geyser]

Are math 4 and 5 meant to be 1 year long courses?

[soft jacinth]

Math 4 is half a year and Math 5 is half a year their taken in the same year

[ripe geyser]

aite uh I can't really say shit

This isn't a good indicator of your future or past cause I just don't know you that well

Nor do I know the requirements of your school or the wants of you

You just gave us a schedule and nothing else to base that off of. I can't say anything about that lol

[soft jacinth]

My apologies

I wanna major in math or social science, idk which yet probably math

Rn im a sophomore and yea

[ripe geyser]

Have you filled your requirements?

Have you taken a biology based course yet?

Actually what classes did you take before?

[soft jacinth]

Yes, and I’m taking another one the upcoming months

[ripe geyser]

Where do you want to go?

My only recommendations are AP English Language and AP Statistics because those 2 are really useful for every major

English Lang is not like the rest of the english courses you've taken, iirc you do not read any novels in Lang but instead you spend that time analyzing excerpts and articles and things like that

If you're gonna major in math then how come you aren't taking AP Physics? It would be a better course to take than Inorganic and AP Cchem

[soft jacinth]

Ap lang is extremely useful but I wouldn’t survive

[ripe geyser]

You absolutely would

[soft jacinth]

Ap physics isn’t a thing at our school

[ripe geyser]

Then how come you aren't taking any physics classes?

[soft jacinth]

Idk tbh

[ripe geyser]

Go take some form of physics class then Senior year

I also still encourage taking English Lang senior year, if you would like here is the syllabus your teacher is most likely going to use: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-english-literature-and-composition-course-and-exam-description.pdf

Determine from there if that seems a bit too hard for you to work through or not

That's the neat thing about AP Classes: You always exactly know what you're gonna be jumping into well before you even take the class

But yeah those are my recommendations:
Physics
AP English Language
AP Statistics

[soft jacinth]

Stats if definitely one I’m doing

Is*

So here’s the thing, at my school, APUSH, Calc bc and AP Chem are ALL taught at the same time of the school year which is 2nd semester, and ap lang is taught either 1st or second, depending on the year, so that could be up too 4 ap’s at the same time

Does that make sense?

[ripe geyser]

Most people in this serveer are taking 6 APs each semester lol

[soft jacinth]

Thats dumb imo

[ripe geyser]

Uh I definitely think it's possible, especially if you drop AP Chem

You took regular chem the year before, you don't really need AP Chem for a math or social science major

Physics and/or Psychology would service you better

[soft jacinth]

I took psychology

[ripe geyser]

Then yeah drop AP Chem in favor of Physics

[soft jacinth]

Umm, honestly the reason for taking Ap Bio and chem is cause I just think science is important

Ok I’ll consider it

[ripe geyser]

if you're trying to be a math major I got good news:
Physics is literally just the applications of math in the real world

It's one of the most important classes that a math major could possibly take lol

[soft jacinth]

Alright I’ll definitely think abt that

[sturdy terrace]

today i pick my classes lmk if this good or any other recommendations. Gonna take cp english 12, ap gov, ap macro, ap stats, cp physics and culinary 1. I wanna take 5 periods but my parents want me to take 6 should i just be a TA or do drawing

[ripe geyser]

Y'all know that you have to provide context to your schedules right?

Like I don't even know what you want to do in college, I don't know what classes you've taken before, I don't know what you're strong or weak in, I don't know where you want to go for college, nor do I know what the requirements of your school are

[austere tulip]

I recommend doing 6 classes unless you're really struggling with a workload

Taking an elective can give you some downtime

and in other ways can be more productive than a study hall

[austere tulip]

Get this pinned or something

CONTEXT

[signal merlin]

im going to 9th soon and plan to take ap classes throughout highschool, maybe ap hug, stats, bio, phyc, macro, or lang. i plan to go instate colleges to become an optometrist or any medical position. however, i do have more intrest to take extra curriclers and electives that are arts and community service mostly, rather than science and math

is that bad that im not taking anything similar to medical field if college admissions see it in the future

[scenic tree]

no

it shows a variety of interests

[signal merlin]

ok

ty

[scenic tree]

np

[mint thorn]

^^^ best thing said on this server

[fringe barn]

I was recommended to AVID even though I have a 3.95 . Is this bad

I am taking all honors next year also

I can take it in place of the required course college and career readiness. That course would be replaced with AVID

[ripe geyser]

what is AVID and why does your GPA matter?

[fringe barn]

It is for students with 2.0 to 3.5 gpa. And for students who quote from science teacher "need that push to become honors students"

[cinder gorge]

Mabey ur on the 504 or iep?

[fringe barn]

What does 504 and iep mean?

[cinder gorge]

Google it

[fringe barn]

Ok

[cinder gorge]

Search 504 plan and iep plan

Im on 504 so i get a few perks

[ripe geyser]

They're basically specific things given to students that are special needs

[fringe barn]

I'm not

[ripe geyser]

Was your GPA a 3.95 Unweighted or Weighted

[fringe barn]

Unweighted

We don't have weighted in middle school

Just unweighted

[ripe geyser]

Oh you're in middle school

[fringe barn]

8th grade

[ripe geyser]

If your teacher recommended it to you I encourage maybe reading about it for second and seeing if it's a good plan for you

[fringe barn]

Ok

[raven herald]

Are u supposed to choose ur field based on wut u want to become in future?

Or like wut I should I focus on before I choose that specific field

[ripe geyser]

Yeye

Don't worry about fields though you're not even a Junior lol

[gloomy kestrel]

idk what career i want to go in

[raven herald]

Literally me

[ripe geyser]

You still got 3 years perfection

and AF got a whole year

Y'all are fine

[broken cipher]

is 9/13 AP classes considered high academic rigor?

[ripe geyser]

High academic rigor is whatever the fuck your school considers high academic rigor

See pins

[broken cipher]

ohh ok

[raven herald]

I Am overthinking it lol

[ripe geyser]

you are

you have 3 fucking years lol

And even then a lot of unis don't actually let you pick a mjaor

Brown famously doesn't have majors, instead you get a certificate of education with a "focus" that you decide

And you also don't pick your focus until Junior year of college 💀

[raven herald]

Wuts a focus

[ripe geyser]

I just explained it

[raven herald]

Damn

[ripe geyser]

Brown University doesn't have degrees, instead you get a certificate of education with a "focus" on it

That's it

[raven herald]

O

Thx

[ripe geyser]

The Focus is the equivalent to a bachelors in x degree

Granted I could be wrong I do occasionally forgor 💀

[raven herald]

Ok

My school held a meeting about the freshmen thing or idk for the fields ig and I missed both of them

Since then I do be overthinking everything

[cinder gorge]

Guys I wanna do engineering in the Netherlands since I’m from the Netherlands. But I heard a lot of stories that after you have the (civil) engineering diploma you can do a lot in other countries and that it’s useful in other countries. Is that true?

[warped jewel]

[warped jewel]

ye

some company may hire civil engineers from overseas lol

[ripe geyser]

A lot do

[warped jewel]

engineers travel the world to do their job

yeah a lot

[ripe geyser]

There's a lack of civil engineers around the world

I think the only country that doesn't have a lack of Civil Engineers is like UAE lol

[warped jewel]

TRUE

[untold owl]

hi! is this a good schedule?

• PE 10 (required by state)
• driver's theory (required by state)
• algebra 2 cp (i'm a year ahead here)
• chemistry cp
• spanish 3 honors
• english 2 honors
• us history 1 honors
• ap seminar
• graphic design 2 (also a year ahead here)

potential classes:

• ap gov
• ap human geo
• social media marketing
• intro to foods (helps fill a grad req)

btw im a year ahead in graphic design and math, so i want to continue on the graphic design track if i am able, since i can get more advanced opportunities a year earlier than normal kids would

and just for some background, im taking ap world this year, however, the highest i can go for sophomore year is honors, and my schools levels are general, college prep, honors, and ap for select grades/classes

and im taking spanish 2 cp this year, however, my guidance counselor says im in this middle territory where i can really do either spanish 3 cp or spanish 3 honors

and my parents are supportive of the idea of spanish 3 honors

they were like "yeah you have the grades to support it, we say it's up to you"

so if we're counting, that's:

• 2 general classes (cause pe and health)
• 2 cp classes
• 3 honors
• 1 ap
  not counting electives

cept for ap seminar

[gloomy lotus]

Is this for sophomore year of hs?

[untold owl]

yep

and im also ahead in spanish too

so im already taking harder rigor in 3 classes, and even harder rigor in... 1

[gloomy lotus]

That's pretty good. It seems like your schedule is already a bit packed and I have no idea how courses work at your school, but I'd recommend taking another AP if possible

[untold owl]

yeah, im gonna try to

however, not many aps are offered for sophomores

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah that's fine. It's like that at my school too. If possible though, try taking some APs (The one's you mentioned are fine!)

[untold owl]

the ones for sophomores are:

• ap comp sci principles (can't take A unless ya did alg 2 honors and a compsci class)
• ap hug
• ap gov
• ap art history

and ap seminar

[untold owl]

yeah we only got like 5 aps available for sophomores

so its not great

[ripe geyser]

See pins for the AP exams

Also there is no benefit to taking APs that early

[ripe geyser]

That's more than the average school

[untold owl]

im goin into sophomore year 4 context

[ripe geyser]

The average school offers 0-1 APs for Sophomores

[untold owl]

yeah

[ripe geyser]

See pins

[untold owl]

im takin one ap as of rn

[ripe geyser]

Do not take all of those APs unless you really want to

[untold owl]

maybe two if i can sneak one in

ap seminar i really want

and i can only take two this year anyway

so

[ripe geyser]

My only thing is I guess maybe doing APUSH?

Idk that's all I can say

[untold owl]

cant, cause thats a junior and up thing

unless i get administrative approval, which is super hard to ge

[ripe geyser]

Ask your counselor about what is required for you to have the "most demanding schedule" box ticked off your school report form

There's no benefit to going over it

[untold owl]

ah alr

most of my classes are stayin consistent, and one's moving up

one's going down because there's no aps offered for social studies as like a core class

the ones that ARE offered are electives

[willow halo]

isn't 3.95 a high gpa? the best is a 4.0 though? how is that low?

[ripe geyser]

There's a thing called a weighted GPA which is not the same as an unweighted GPA

some classes will give you a +1 to your GPA causing you to get a higher GPA than usual

So an example, if I manage to get straight As in all of my courses I would graduate high school with a 4.51/4 GPA that is weighted, but my unweighted GPA would be a 3.75

[willow halo]

so, 3.95 is good when it's unweighted

I would think

cause that's high....

[ripe geyser]

Ye

[willow halo]

when you say strait a's, is it like, never getting anything wrong?

[ripe geyser]

That's a A average

[ripe geyser]

Changes from school to school

Straight As in my school would be a 90+ in each class (with some exceptions)

That does not mean an average of 90 on every assignment

Some classes have a thing where they will make assignments in one category have more weight than assignments in other categories

So like getting a 100% on a test has more weight than a 100% on a homework assignment

This is how I'm able to have a 94 in my Math class despite my homework grade being a D I think lol

[willow halo]

ohh, hehe

soo

I have to figure out how my school does it

[ripe geyser]

How your class does it

Different classes have different ways of grading

If I tried to do the same thing in my AP World History class I would have like a C cause my AP World teacher doesn't do that

And in my Algebra II class the requirements for an A is an 80 or above rather than a 90 or above

[willow halo]

🥹 this is geting sooo confusing

[ripe geyser]

It's not as confusing as you think it is

let me show you rq

So this is what I see in my Algebra II class

You can see how tests make up 50% of my grade, so when I got a 143/140 on my tests, I have a boost to that section of my grade

And if you also look the maximum amount of points for my tests is 140 and for my quizzes it's 400, but my maximum for homework is 2300

So if my practice assignments were given an equal amount of weight as my tests or quizzes I would have a C in that class rn, but because they're not I have an A in it instead

But if we look in my AP World History class, all assignments such as homework, tests, and classwork are thrown together and all receive the same amount of weighting

So it's only your total points that matters

(points are just how much an assignment is worth, some assignments have more points and others don't)

[willow halo]

ahhh, so much. If this is the case, does one small test bring your gpa down a lot?

[worthy flare]

Are these classes good for my sophomore year?

Academic World Lit

Academic Geometry

Honors Algebra II

Honors Biology

Honors World History

AP Computer Science A

[Elective] Astronomy I

[Elective] P.E.

[ripe geyser]

I'ma need a staff member to pin this message lol:
When you're posting "is this a good schedule" or questions like that you are not giving is nearly enough information on whether or not it is a good schedule. When asking questions like that please also include the following information:

What are your schools graduation requirements and which of them have you fulfilled?
What university do you want to go to?
What degree(s) are you interested in? If not interested in a degree then what field?
What are the other options for you and why are you interested in those options? If you aren't certain than give us some options of classes we can give you?
What AP, IB, or DE classes have you taken so far?

@wise forge my boy, I'm sorry to make you pin another message lol but I don't want to turn that message into a macro

[wise forge]

i got you

[ripe geyser]

🤝

mah boy

so now @worthy flare , see the newly pinned message that's literally just below your message lol

[pure hazel]

is AP world difficult? i know the difficulty kinda depends on each person but like from an objective perspective or on a scale of 1-10 how hard is it? some ppl have been telling me its easy and others saying its awful 😭

[ripe geyser]

My AP World is a solid 5/10. Average difficulty

but I also have a godly teacher though

[gloomy lotus]

Very teacher dependent like exotica said

I didn't find it that bad though and my teacher was pretty crap

was pretty interesting actually

[pure hazel]

ooh ok cool!

[ocean night]

would it be okay to do Ap calc A-B and then do Stats after

or should i continue on to BC

[empty berry]

It depends. Do you want a potentially more in depth study of calculus? BC is basically AB with more topics and is more fast paced and in depth

But I haven't taken them yet its just what I've heard from others

[median fjord]

it just depends on class, teacher, program

[ocean night]

tbh na

im just tryna do AB and then stats

[median fjord]

rel

real

bc is just basically part 2 of calculus

and ab is part 1

so bc u go over more concepts and maybe more difficult ones too

and more specific

[ocean night]

is it recommended

to do BC

because iw annna do Stats

[median fjord]

always good to know ab or related

[median fjord]

cant u do both?

[empty berry]

Colleges like BC more than stats

[median fjord]

yeah feel like bc is more general

and stats only apply for some programs

[ocean night]

i can take stats my senior year

if i fit it in correctly

[median fjord]

oh

then do stats senior year

[ocean night]

ig

ive heard its not too hard of a calss

class*

[median fjord]

if u see ur doing good with bc ten ur good with stats

if u arent doing good with bc then u know what to work on

[median fjord]

depends on u

[ocean night]

yeah

[median fjord]

When considering extracurricular there are lots of factors you should consider when choosing what kind of extracurricular you want.

1. Time: Do you have enough time to manage both your extracurriculars and academics?
2. What major? What do you want to major in? If you know, be as specific as possible.
3. What are some resources/platforms you tried finding extracurriculars?
4. What can you gain from this extracurricular?
5. What extracurriculars or aspect of the activity does university look at? Contribution? Community? Leadership? Teamwork? Impact? etc

[ripe geyser]

It's already pinned mah boy

[median fjord]

That’s scheduled

Schedule not ec

[placid nexus]

Does anybody know link crew

[cinder gorge]

yes

im the pres and founder for it at our school

[placid nexus]

I’m doing it next year

[cinder gorge]

great

[placid nexus]

If I get accept as a link crew leader

[cinder gorge]

just be nice and u prob will

[placid nexus]

What should I aspect

[cinder gorge]

aspect?

[median fjord]

Aspect?

Expect?

[placid nexus]

Yea sorry

Miss spell

Expect

[median fjord]

Idk just expect spending hours and time on it

And ur typical leadership roles

[cinder gorge]

u should expect to be interviewed, to contrubute to ur school and to devote some time to it

[placid nexus]

Alright

[cinder gorge]

if u have questions lmk

[placid nexus]

Are the interview questions about me

[cinder gorge]

kinda

their more generic and not specifically for u

[placid nexus]

And why should I be chosen to be in link crew

[cinder gorge]

idk if i can share our staff stuff like the questions but its kinda generic

[placid nexus]

Something like that

[cinder gorge]

yeah, something like that

[placid nexus]

Ok

I will get notice if I get accepted on April 13 or 15

[cinder gorge]

btw what activities do yall do in ur school?

just courious since every school is different

[placid nexus]

I involve in NJROTC

Which is my program

[cinder gorge]

?

ok?

i meant in link crew but ok

[placid nexus]

Like we do tours for the incoming freshmen

[cinder gorge]

thats it?

[placid nexus]

No

We help out ASB

With assemblies

And stuff like that

I don’t remember

Cause it going to be my first year in link crew next year as a senior in high school

[wise forge]

i color coded my 4 yr plan again cus I was bored

[cinder gorge]

whats the red

[wise forge]

^ dual enrollment inelligble just means that the school I will take the course at possibly offers Dual Enrollment opporunities, but I would be inelligible due to my home school not allowing Dual Enrollment

[wise forge]

look at the key

[cinder gorge]

seems fine

[wise forge]

well i alr had it rating

was just showing off the colors

lmao

im just b o r e d

[cinder gorge]

my schedule needs to be upgraded but its gonna cost $$$$$

[wise forge]

lmfao

yeha

[cinder gorge]

cuz of the 11 unit limit

[wise forge]

yep

My senior year I can get an exception for free

[cinder gorge]

huh

[wise forge]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

i wish i had $$$

[wise forge]

Only if 1, I attend my home school for at least 2 academic classes, have the credits required to graduate by spring of junior year ( Which I will have all of them, so i could grad early if I wanted), and i don't drop below a C in any classes at my Home School

[wise forge]

same

I wanted to get an internship or take another class but I have to get a job

just because of how poor my family is

[cinder gorge]

what position

[wise forge]

wdym

[cinder gorge]

oh, im doing internship next yr

[cinder gorge]

what job position?

cahsier?

manager?

etc

[wise forge]

one that pays

lol

idrc

[cinder gorge]

ok

[wise forge]

yeah

i just eed $$$

n e e d

[cinder gorge]

same

and i need internships

and shadowing

and better ecs

[wise forge]

eh

[cinder gorge]

tbh... working all the time is kinda fun

it gives me something to do

[wise forge]

i got burnt out

that used to be me

[cinder gorge]

from?

[wise forge]

everything

[cinder gorge]

how

[wise forge]

I drove myself to illness last semester

[wise forge]

i wouldn't sleep for days at a time bc of lack of time, and I didn't eat more than 1 meal a day

• constant stress and work

[cinder gorge]

just do ur work at school

for me, i usally dont eat 3 meals

usally just 2 or 1

if its 1, i just shove my mouth with anything

[wise forge]

I packed my days too full

[cinder gorge]

which is?

can i see

[wise forge]

uhh

kinda?

Basically I did mock trial, marching band, chamber choir, concert choir, Aca dec, a few honor choirs, math team, and then a few concert band things but that required 1 meeting a week.

Marching band took up around 38 hours a week

Mocktrial 24

[cinder gorge]

Aca dec?

[wise forge]

Academic Decathalon

[cinder gorge]

k

y 2 choir?

[wise forge]

bc

im good at it

and they needed me

they still need me

[cinder gorge]

i c

[wise forge]

yeah

So I was overworked and then I drove myself to such bad illness i couldn't even use my phone

[cinder gorge]

thats good

this is y u always do what u enjoy

[wise forge]

no

[cinder gorge]

elebrate

[wise forge]

this is why you limit yourself

and you don't burn out

and almost have to take incompletes on half your courses

[cinder gorge]

idk

for me, i think of it as no łïmítś

[stuck smelt]

Any one is here who is preparing for neet?

[tough sun]

@stuck smelt

[tough sun]

I have 7 subject || physics chemistry math biology English Information practice and psychology. In my country Top 5 subject marks are counted. So, should I skip chemistry. And English is mandatory in all of the subject which I tell above. I want to pursue computer science, Ai, entrepreneurship.

[stuck smelt]

Not preparing for NEET?

[tough sun]

No only sat

[deep pier]

Psychology and informatics practices are the subjects that are considered additional/optional.
Chemistry, physics, maths, bio is your main subject and English is required tol

Too*

In your case 5 subjects will be main since u opted for pcmb

[tough sun]

But top 5 subject are counted

[deep pier]

And rest will be considered additional however their scores maybe considered while calculating overall percentage

[deep pier]

Pcmb and eng then ig

[tough sun]

No if you fail in any subject then optional are counted

[tough sun]

Incase of if you didn't gave any paper

https://www.quora.com/If-I-fail-in-physics-and-I-have-6-th-subject-will-they-consider-me-pass

[tough sun]

@ripe geyser

[tough sun]

@austere tulip

[ripe geyser]

See pins

[tough sun]

Done

[warped jewel]

do you actually need to take biology

it doesn't seem to fit what you're pursuing

bruh

[tough sun]

@warped jewel biology is optional

[deep pier]

Yeah sry I forgot abt that😅

[austere tulip]

i already told u about this

[tough sun]

What

[grand moon]

To all the fellew CSE students out there,
I have read about the the course and job related to CSE and many of them tell us, how CSE is just glaring at blue screen for hours and hours with difficult maths(although thats not a problem for me) but is it true? if it is, how much??

do you really have to work 8 hours daily just glaring at the screen, is it even worth it? Like they sound they are very frustrated from their jobs and say that they now hate their jobs but are trapped in a life long loop of doing the thingy

I am now considering if any other fields are any better?
I am for now aiming to be an game developer btw..

[cinder gorge]

U dont have to glare at a screen all day

U can make life interesting for u

[grand moon]

how?

going to parties? going on breaks?

I am not a club guy tbh

[compact plaza]

Oh boy, game developer... I would walk another path if I were u

[cinder gorge]

No

I meant like working while also making it inteesting

[grand moon]

why? any particular reason?

[compact plaza]

Prime example of overworked and underpaid

[grand moon]

oh, really?

[compact plaza]

Yes

For sure

You know how a lot of game companies produce low quality as of recent

Bc they are trying to meet a deadline

[grand moon]

hm, then what about others? website dev? app dev? frontend dev?

[compact plaza]

Idk

All of em are probably similar

[grand moon]

oh I didnt knew that

[grand moon]

well technically yea, cuz of coding and stuff

its not fixed yet but I was trying to figure out if CSE is even worth its hype and competitiveness?

[compact plaza]

Financially yeah

[grand moon]

what about illustrators?

iik its not related to CSE

[placid nexus]

ERWC English class is going to be interesting next year

[grand moon]

whats ERWC?

[placid nexus]

Expository reading writing and creavity

[merry citrus]

Is just all essays

[placid nexus]

Oh no

I dropping that class

[merry citrus]

You should drop out in general

To help my class rank

[cinder gorge]

?

thats not how it work

[merry citrus]

The less people the better 🙌

[cinder gorge]

no

[onyx widget]

is there any california people here

[cinder gorge]

ye

[onyx widget]

i got into COSMOS

should i do that or bio over the summer

[cinder gorge]

does the cosmos cost $$$

yeah

i aint got $5k for 4 wks of something

[merry citrus]

And for 4wks 💀

[ripe geyser]

It's actually pretty prestigious I believe, it's just expensive but they offer financial aid and scholarships

[indigo beacon]

for senior year should i take pre calc or go straight to calc

oh wait nvm, i can take Calc A with pre calc, but should i do that or only pre calc

[ripe geyser]

Take precalc over the summer and go into calc

[indigo beacon]

Ill ask my school if thats a option

if i do that then i can do AP calc

and make that #4 AP

maybe add a 5th one

[lost heath]

Hii has anyone taken ap physics 1

upcoming Sophmore and i'm thinking about taking it but don't nkow

[ripe geyser]

Have you taken Algebra II and have you taken Chemistry yet?

Those are the 2 prerequisites

[lost heath]

No and No!!

I'm taking algebra 2 next year

but this will be my third year doing physics

I did physical science in 8th, honors conceptual physics right now and then i'm considering ap next year

[ripe geyser]

Do both first then

AP Physics 1 requires a strong background in chemistry for some reason lol

I haven't actually taken it but in most schools I've looked at they always say you need completion of algebra II (or concurrent enrollment) as well as completion of Chemistry

[lost heath]

will i not survive if i take them all at same time?

[ripe geyser]

take regular or honors chem first

[ripe geyser]

That's a really dumb fucking idea but you'll survive

The issue si that you'll barely survive lol

Well actually I'm not you

But there is a reason why they advise the completion of both first

[cedar plover]

i have faith in u ben alg 2 is easy to undeerstand

[ripe geyser]

No need to rush things, nobody really cares in the long run

[lost heath]

ayeee thx

[ripe geyser]

It's also annoying as fuck

[cedar plover]

i enjoyed it

[ripe geyser]

I didn't

Cause my teacher occasionally had us draw together things from the past

[lost heath]

What's the derivative of sine?

[cedar plover]

we like relearnt trig bcuz of covid

[ripe geyser]

Like solving $$log(\frac{x^2+3}{x-2})$$

[livid tundra]

Exotica

[cedar plover]

my geometry class was all on zoom 😦

[ripe geyser]

fuck solving this shit

[ripe geyser]

cosine I believe

[cedar plover]

it is

[cedar plover]

this never goes away

[ripe geyser]

Taking the log of a rational problem?

I do not really see the usage of such a weird thing

[buoyant vapor]

no

[merry citrus]

Okay but unit circle

[ripe geyser]

Granted it's not actually that difficult, to solve this you set it to equal 0 and then do {10^0} to cancel the log and you get $$\frac{x^2+3}{x-2}=1$$ which from there is actually fairly easy to solve

[cedar plover]

never memorized it and never will

[livid tundra]

Exotica
Compile Error! Click the reaction for more information.
(You may edit your message to recompile.)

[merry citrus]

Love that for you but I sadly cant say the same😭

[cedar plover]

i only remembered like 2 values for my calc test

[merry citrus]

And especially going to pre calc without barely remembering anything

[ripe geyser]

As in like the values for where the different radians are?

[buoyant vapor]

we were required to remember the table of values

[ripe geyser]

I also didn't memorize that shit

I converted it to tau and called it a day

[merry citrus]

Mhm

I dont have time for all that 😭

[ripe geyser]

"what's a quarter of the way through a circle?" "tau/4"

[merry citrus]

But atleast the teacher wasnt a total jerk

[ripe geyser]

Every time 2pi pops up you turn it into tau or you can just multiply it by 2pi on both sides lol

tau is just useful

[buoyant vapor]

my teacher is annoying tbh

what’s tau

[merry citrus]

I gave him a 8/10 on my last day of school gift tradition

[ripe geyser]

2pi=tau

it's the ratio of the radius over the circumpherence of a circle

aka what the fuck a Radian is

[buoyant vapor]

ohh yeah

[ripe geyser]

2pi radians is just how many times the radius covers the circumference of a circle

[buoyant vapor]

radians>degrees

[ripe geyser]

$${\tau}$$

[livid tundra]

Exotica

[ripe geyser]

that's mah boy tau

[cedar plover]

pi

[cinder gorge]

i forgot that i had to record tommorow lol, my practice session for today was 3hrs

[buoyant vapor]

i’ve never seen that in my life

but ok

[ripe geyser]

Euler defined tau as pi!

Euler's first definition of pi was 6.28

[merry citrus]

I once had a nightmare about alg 2 when I was a sophmore 😭

[buoyant vapor]

euler as in the euler constant guy?

[merry citrus]

I never knew school could haunt me

[ripe geyser]

Euler as in Leonhard Euler, the man who invented like 50% of maths lol

Yeah Euler constant

[cinder gorge]

music is hard

[merry citrus]

Just press your finger into holes🙄

[ripe geyser]

He has so many things named after him that there's a fucking wikipedia page for ti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Leonhard_Euler

[cinder gorge]

u wanna try?

[merry citrus]

Naw im good 😁

Sigh back to the weird shit

[buoyant vapor]

that’s why choirs better tbh

[cinder gorge]

i gotta record this tommorow, the hard part is at everywhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN4pvzT8C6k&ab_channel=ClassicalSheetMusic

[ripe geyser]

I'm absolutely going to get warned for that but I couldn't leave it be

[merry citrus]

You saw a chance and you took it bravo

[cinder gorge]

its prob gonna sound like crap tommorow cuz i i hadent touched it in a while

[merry citrus]

Do your lil music thing 🎼

[cinder gorge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuBeBjqKSGQ&ab_channel=RoyalOperaHouse

no

[wise forge]

pls

dont

[buoyant vapor]

i sent this to my friend she said it’s easy

maybe it’s a skill issue

😀

[wise forge]

i’m already fighting to keep your contributor role and you’re making my job hard

[cinder gorge]

she can play it?

[ripe geyser]

I am the most helpful but I cause problems, just like the way I like it

I want people to make sacrifices

[wise forge]

i like it too lmao

but the staff team doesn’t

[cinder gorge]

y not?

[ripe geyser]

Uh the staff team can suck on deez knuts

[wise forge]

i got I trouble for doin that shit too so i don’t talk in general much anymore

[cinder gorge]

lol

[wise forge]

real

[buoyant vapor]

she said she can with some practice

[buoyant vapor]

fr

[cinder gorge]

uh huh... has she preformed it yet?

[ripe geyser]

I be the cockiest mfer and do the most shit here they can cope harder

[buoyant vapor]

no but she said it’s pretty easy

“muscle memory”

[ripe geyser]

staff team on the immense amount of copium required to keep me in check

[ripe geyser]

how long does she have?

[halcyon bluff]

what level r u at

[ripe geyser]

Muscle memory takes a long ass time to develop

[cinder gorge]

wdym what level?

[halcyon bluff]

like intermediate or professional

[ripe geyser]

It changes from people to people but I had to go at a piece for a little over 4 months

[halcyon bluff]

also like do u not practice scales

[cinder gorge]

Obviously not pro, yet

[ripe geyser]

He wins state-wide competitions

Do not believe what he says

[cinder gorge]

i do

i have like 3 books dedicated to technique and scales lol

like 3-4 books

[buoyant vapor]

what instrument

[ripe geyser]

Trombone

[cinder gorge]

ew

[ripe geyser]

Actually that probably explains why it took that long to develop muscle memory

We have nowhere to fucking go for our notes we just sorta feel it out

[halcyon bluff]

yea

agreed

[cinder gorge]

flute is hard tho

[halcyon bluff]

yea

[cinder gorge]

Especially playing well

[halcyon bluff]

ok

[buoyant vapor]

i did flute in 5th grade

[cinder gorge]

nice

[buoyant vapor]

i couldn’t even make a sound hahah

hahahahhahahahahha

[cinder gorge]

do u want me to re-teach u?

[buoyant vapor]

no it’s ok

[halcyon bluff]

no thx

[buoyant vapor]

i have permanent trauma

[cinder gorge]

my rate is pretty low

[cinder gorge]

how so

[buoyant vapor]

it was kinda embarrassing

[cinder gorge]

so? no one even remebers that moment

[buoyant vapor]

everyone performed while i sat on the benches in the gym

yeah ik

[cinder gorge]

oh

[buoyant vapor]

but i just moved too

[cinder gorge]

rip

[buoyant vapor]

so i had an excuse

somewhat

[cinder gorge]

Jasmine Choi is soo good

[halcyon bluff]

yea

[cinder gorge]

like unreasonably good

[cinder gorge]

u play flute?

[halcyon bluff]

this hard?

it’s just triplets

[cinder gorge]

not rlly, if u want i can play it in vc

[halcyon bluff]

exactly

@buoyant vapor

[cinder gorge]

it might be hard for someone else but not exactly for me

[halcyon bluff]

Yes I wanna hear

[buoyant vapor]

omg i wanna hear fr

she’s the friend i’m talking about

[cinder gorge]

i sec

1 sec

can u hear?

[buoyant vapor]

yeah

[halcyon bluff]

Play the second line pls

[tough sun]

Piano?.

[halcyon bluff]

niceee

[cinder gorge]

im working on that piece and liebernmann concertreo

liebernamnn is soo fast tho

[cinder gorge]

btw sorry if it was bad, i practiced 3hrs today so my fingers is kinda dead @buoyant vapor

[buoyant vapor]

i think it sounded pretty good

and you don’t have to be sorry lol

[cinder gorge]

u know it?

if u dont know it, then where did the "wow" come from?

lol

?

???

[ripe geyser]

It's an easy class and it's a good introduction to APs but once you take any of the AP histories I do not encourage you take it

It's more a warm up for the AP histories

[austere tulip]

What's the purpose of this?

[wise forge]

that is just so random

[tough sun]

@austere tulip physics or chemistry what subject should I skip

[cinder gorge]

Isnt that a very self explanatory question?

[tough sun]

[robust carbon]

why would he be asking if he didn't know the answer

[cinder gorge]

Idk, cuz thats what a lot of people do

[robust carbon]

[foggy jolt]

how hard will it be to take ap physics c if i've only taken normal physics and not ap physics 1?

[austere tulip]

I DON'T KNOW U AT ALL

HOW CAN I SAY

[cinder gorge]

lol

[austere eagle]

Guys I managed to tweak my schedule a little

I should be taking AP English language, AP physics, french 2, math 3, pre calculus, drafting architecture 3, wind ensemble, and American history.

Next year I mean

[lunar maple]

Would 6 APs next year be too hard lol

Anyone who’s taking ap chem, how is it

[ripe geyser]

See pins

[austere tulip]

Good, but I recommend more APs

[austere tulip]

Matters on your ability

your previous academic history

also matters on the aps themselves

cuz ur 6 APs could be hug psych econ csp precalc apes, which are all jokes