course-selection

[cinder gorge]

y do they prefer it

[pliant vine]

Im not sure why youre asking all this, but its a stem school, one thats difficult to get into

[cinder gorge]

i wouldnt say difficult

the acceptance is 60%

[pliant vine]

3.85 + most students score a 30?

Idk man

thats pretty high

[cinder gorge]

30 on what

[pliant vine]

act

3.85 gpa too

[cinder gorge]

3.85 uw or w

[pliant vine]

uw

[cinder gorge]

what about w

[pliant vine]

weighted would be a 4.2

but colleges only take uw

but they do look at what you took

so taking calc, especially something like AP could increase your chances

along with leadership portions in clubs

[cinder gorge]

no

[cinder gorge]

ull be fine if u dont do calc

[cinder gorge]

thats not even that special

i have 3 of those

[pliant vine]

For something like Science Olympiad or Chess club? I would say thats pretty difficult to achieve

[cinder gorge]

ehh

its whatever

[placid mulch]

Are the following classes not overly unbalanced?
Fall: AP Calc AB, Honors Chem, AP Comp Sci Prinicples, Engligh 10 H
Spring: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, World History, and PE

[cinder gorge]

im pres + founder of link crew, treasurer of HOSA, and co-founder + vp of a medcial club

[cinder gorge]

ur fine

[placid mulch]

ok

[pliant vine]

W hosa

Love em

[cinder gorge]

good for u

[placid mulch]

My school counsellor said they were unbalenced so I needed to be sure

Thx

[cinder gorge]

ur schedule is whatever

[pliant vine]

Well depends on how well you can handle them tbh

Borger youre not really helping?

[placid mulch]

meaning?????????

[pliant vine]

You basing everything on how you can handle and not overall if its possible for others to endure as much stress

[placid mulch]

well I go to a school where there's been freshman who took Calc 3 (that's harder then AP Calc BC

\

[pliant vine]

Honors to AP is massive change, so I thi k that might be something

[cinder gorge]

its nothing special

[placid mulch]

so it's hard to compare

[cinder gorge]

cuz people arnt asking the right questions

[placid mulch]

Ok, thx for the elaboration

[cinder gorge]

ok? ik that my friend's cousin is doing calc bc as a 5th grader

[placid mulch]

My school has a mandatory Honors Chem pre req if you want to take AP Chem,

[pliant vine]

oh dang

[placid mulch]

cool. I'm not that smart

[placid mulch]

yea

[ripe geyser]

If that's all your APs then you'll be fine

[placid mulch]

At that time yes, but I'll have two before that

[cinder gorge]

ull be fine

[pliant vine]

Borger, dude, Its not helping when ppl are asking for advice and you just respond with “eh, its easy man bc my cousin who might be gifted can do it and so can you”

[cinder gorge]

like i said before, i dont think people r asking the right questions

[ripe geyser]

Yeah I saw this, uh I always encourage only getting to calc BC for your courses in high school if possible

[placid mulch]

Honestly Borger sounds like the people at my school

[cinder gorge]

good for u

[placid mulch]

oh lol Calc BC is like a social requirment at my school.

[pliant vine]

AP Comp A is considered easier but depends on what youll be doing tbh

[ripe geyser]

Have you taken calc AB yet? If not then I would push you to take that first before doing BC. Not cause BC is impossible without AB but more cause there seems to be a correlation between doing math above calc BC and not getting accepted into top institutions from my personal experience

[placid mulch]

Ok, what count as a good questions

[placid mulch]

k

[cinder gorge]

depends

[placid mulch]

yes I would have by that point

[placid mulch]

it's in fall

i have a 4x4 schedule

[ripe geyser]

Calc AB for you is 1 semester long?

[placid mulch]

So it's like college

[cinder gorge]

intresting

[placid mulch]

all classes are

[ripe geyser]

Huh

[pliant vine]

Awesome HS if Calc is 1 sem

[ripe geyser]

Most schools have calc AB last for a year

[placid mulch]

welll

[ripe geyser]

calc I is 1 semester

which is just a regular college year

[pliant vine]

In my hs we do all math in 1 year

not 1 sem

[ripe geyser]

In his case he's taking calc I for 1 semester then from the looks of it retaking calc I and then calc II (calc BC is calc 1 and calc 2)

[placid mulch]

It's cuz it gets crushed into one semester

[ripe geyser]

Are you perhaps going to take calc 3?

[placid mulch]

Next year

[ripe geyser]

Have you taken any kind of statistics yet?

[cinder gorge]

ngl... i could just de all my classes at this point, do u think its better then irl hs?

[placid mulch]

No, not really

if you don't count intergrated math

[ripe geyser]

I would encourage doing that after calc III

Even if it doesn't count for math

[placid mulch]

that's for senior year lol

[ripe geyser]

Stats is just really useful

[pliant vine]

We’re all US HSs right?

[placid mulch]

cool

[placid mulch]

yes

i thinl

[ripe geyser]

It's useful for not just college but really life as a whole so if you can take stats it'd definitely help you out

Yeye

We're all Murican

[pliant vine]

Dang bro💀

[cinder gorge]

im like hs + uni + cc, so idk

[pliant vine]

Yall have it exotic

[placid mulch]

dual enrollment?

[cinder gorge]

that too

[pliant vine]

see youll what we call “gifted”

[ripe geyser]

You are legally required to take 13 years of education in the united states lol

[placid mulch]

homeschooled?

[ripe geyser]

This is called being lucky and living in california

not gifted

[pliant vine]

🗿

[cinder gorge]

im not gifted, if u call my medical conditions gifted go ahead, all i do is just take advantage of every opportunity

[placid mulch]

haha so true

[pliant vine]

Midwestern pain

[cinder gorge]

no

[ripe geyser]

Lots of people in cali do college and high school at the same time

It's really easy to here

[cinder gorge]

doesnt de count as that

[placid mulch]

yea

I was considering it

[ripe geyser]

I don't think so?

Plus you need a certificate of secondary leave lol

[pliant vine]

man wth man

[ripe geyser]

So unless you can get that certificate you should stay

[pliant vine]

And I could only do both in Jr year

[ripe geyser]

• you'd not have a social life in college lol

[cinder gorge]

its just college + hs at the same time, no big deal

[pliant vine]

no free time

[cinder gorge]

so?

who cares

[ripe geyser]

If you get your associates by the time you graduate you'd be getting 2 years ahead of your peers so while you're 18 everyone else is 20-21

[cinder gorge]

i certainly dont

[pliant vine]

I like to not suffer in pain

[ripe geyser]

People are gonna be drinking and shit while you're just barely able to live by yourself

It's not gonna be a fun social life lol

[cinder gorge]

so true, CSULB is kinda fun cuz of it

no one cares what other people do + they leave u alone

[ripe geyser]

Not really painful

Most courses I'm taking are asynchronous I'm not sure about Duck

[cinder gorge]

i do 1 online

[pliant vine]

are the courses in cali really that simplified?

[ripe geyser]

So yeah I gotta finish an entire college semesters' worth of courses in about 8 weeks but after that I have the rest of the semester to do whatever the fuck I want

[cinder gorge]

wdym

[ripe geyser]

Fuck no

[placid mulch]

No

[ripe geyser]

You're taking content that's supposed to take a whole year to learn inside of high school and condensing it to 8 weeks

[cinder gorge]

tbh tho, i feel like accelerated courses is easier

[pliant vine]

So you’ll have around a couple days to grasp at a whole new subject

[ripe geyser]

That's because they are

[ripe geyser]

Yeye

[cinder gorge]

ez

[pliant vine]

Christ

[ripe geyser]

And you don't have access to a prof in my case

[cinder gorge]

its no big deal

[placid mulch]

they are

[cinder gorge]

not rlly

[ripe geyser]

So in my case as I'm taking an introductory chem course inside of my local CC, I have to learn all of the content inside of AP Chem + some more in about 8 weeks time

[pliant vine]

I would prefer to my calc work and have time to also finish some others and then chill for the rest of the day

but condensing something like AP US history into 8 weeks is crazy

[cinder gorge]

oh apush

im a TA for apush lol

[pliant vine]

TA?

[cinder gorge]

teacher's assistant

[pliant vine]

w

[cinder gorge]

Although im alr a "teacher" so idk

[pliant vine]

At this point its just flexing than anything

[placid mulch]

yea

[ripe geyser]

Well no

[cinder gorge]

idk

life hits u like a rock

[ripe geyser]

US History is a proper like 16 week long course

Instead for the 8 week long course we get a really specific part of US History

[pliant vine]

So not of all US history up to modern day?

[ripe geyser]

so an example:
At my local CC I believe we have a class called "black culture and life during the 60s"

That'd be our 8 week course

We cover less on the overall history of the US and more focus on really specific parts

[cinder gorge]

life is hard

[pliant vine]

Cuz our Apush class is a whole year and we go from 1620s to 2021

[ripe geyser]

Another course we had was something like "Life for the pioneers"

[ripe geyser]

Yeah that kind of stuff is covered in college, but that's a proper like 16 week long course

[pliant vine]

So it really is just simplified for yall💀

[cinder gorge]

college is easier than hs

imo

[pliant vine]

cuz our AP classes are just tauggt at the college level and get credit for doing so

[pliant vine]

looser schooling tbh

just project based and not homework

[cinder gorge]

huh?

[pliant vine]

More loose

[cinder gorge]

yeah cuz people dont care about other people

like i play with CSULB's orchestra and no one cares if i make a mistake or not, they expect it to be fixed

[ripe geyser]

We do too lol

We're literally doing college courses

[pliant vine]

BUT AT 8 WEEKS?!

[ripe geyser]

Actually you might be getting the over simplified education

[ripe geyser]

Yeah but on highly specific topics

[pliant vine]

and only at a certain period and not all

[ripe geyser]

You're covering about 400 years of history in a solid 32 weeks, we're covering 10 years in 8 weeks

[pliant vine]

we go from the first things that lead to the US and history

[ripe geyser]

We learn a lot more specific information and shit

[pliant vine]

Magna Carta and even before

[ripe geyser]

If you want an actual US history course the pathway would look like this:
US History before 1600s (18 weeks)
US History 1600s-present (18 weeks)

[pliant vine]

so how do you condense 400-600 years of history into 8 weeks

[ripe geyser]

We don't

[pliant vine]

🗿

[ripe geyser]

We condense it to 18 weeks

and we do it by having less courses lol

College kids only take like 4 classes a semester

High schoolers are taking about 6 on the lower end and 8 on the higher end

[pliant vine]

man yall schooling are REALLY flexible holy crap

[ripe geyser]

What?

No that's straight up how college works

Like you only take 4 courses per semester at college lol

[pliant vine]

Midwest systems are WAYY diffrwnt

wel

[cinder gorge]

i like college better then hs

[pliant vine]

that and we get less funding

[cinder gorge]

thats our school lol

[ripe geyser]

They're not you just haven't done much research lol

Most colleges don't have you take more than 4 or 5 courses a semester

So we spend wayyy more fucking time in our classes

[deep pier]

@ripe geyser dmed u smth! Help me with that

[pliant vine]

no We literally cant pick APush and have them “oh yeah can I do an 8 week course”

[ripe geyser]

I'm talking about college not hih school lol

our high schools here also have APUSH

[pliant vine]

Same with CCs here

We cant go to college until we get our diploma or GED

[ripe geyser]

I'm not taking APUSH but am instead taking IB History HL which covers all of APUSH in about 1 semester

[pliant vine]

and only certain schools allow to dual credit with CCs

[ripe geyser]

Note: IB History HL is a 2 year long course and we cover all of APUSH in 1 semester

[cinder gorge]

thats not true

[ripe geyser]

we still got 3 more semesters of learning to go

[pliant vine]

sadge we dont have IBs

[pliant vine]

I literally cant go until I grad…

[cinder gorge]

wdym by "go", go where

[ripe geyser]

Yeye a lot of college systems in the US don't let that happen

[cinder gorge]

cuz u can sa ur way to a cc rn

[ripe geyser]

You can't

[cinder gorge]

y not

[ripe geyser]

If you live in the wrong state you can't

[ripe geyser]

Some states just don't let you lol

[cinder gorge]

y not

[ripe geyser]

RI was like that

[ripe geyser]

You just can't

[cinder gorge]

ri?

[ripe geyser]

Rhode Island

[pliant vine]

MO, IL, MI non of those states allow it

[ripe geyser]

Like there's no reason, you just can't take a college education without first graduating high school or getting a GED

[cinder gorge]

cant u at least sa at like moorpark or something?

[ripe geyser]

He could attempt to SA at moorpark but his counselor would need to fill out a memorandum of understanding

Meaning that the counselor would know he's attempting to enroll at moorpark

[cinder gorge]

so?

[pliant vine]

STLCC is a good example, but they only allow some schools and you have to have a 3.5 goa just to go

[ripe geyser]

I think the law in question would prevent them from signing the MOU

[pliant vine]

and STLCC isnt state supported either

[ripe geyser]

So matcha wouldn't be able to enroll then

[pliant vine]

Tbh I would go if I could

But by law I have to have my diploma first

[cinder gorge]

then u can just sign up at a cc and take online classes

[cinder gorge]

did u ask ur councler y

[pliant vine]

“doesnt work like that buddy”

[ripe geyser]

@pliant vine if you'd like to try out these 8 week courses you can attempt to enroll at Moorpark college:
https://www.moorparkcollege.edu/departments/student-services/dual-enrollment

[pliant vine]

we ball

[cinder gorge]

y

[ripe geyser]

Illegal

[ripe geyser]

The fucking law

[pliant vine]

“diploma first then we go”

[ripe geyser]

@cinder gorge all community colleges for Matcha should be impossible for him to enroll into

It is quite literally just a law that's causing it

[pliant vine]

Only in some cities they allow it, but youll still be in HS and have a high GPA

[ripe geyser]

The counselor would not be allowed to aid matcha in getting into any colleges through dual enrollment or SA so as a result they would be unable to fill out the necessary forms

[ripe geyser]

It's also possible to just fake this form lol

[pliant vine]

And get arrested for doing so

[ripe geyser]

This is the troublsome form for Matcha https://www.moorparkcollege.edu/sites/moorparkcollege/files/Admissions/dualenrollment.pdf

[ripe geyser]

Only if you get caught

[pliant vine]

TRUE!!

[ripe geyser]

Granted for you to sign up for classes you need counselor approval...

[pliant vine]

oh crap its 1

got the ACT at 8

imma go

[ripe geyser]

Just ask your counselor about Moorpark, explain to them that it's a community college in california that accepts any students even if they do not have a diploma or GED and that you're interested in taking just a couple of courses there

[deep pier]

@ripe geyser

[fresh spade]

has anyone here taken a hs art class

is it any fun? i think im going to take it next year

[cinder gorge]

The art field is always fun

And tbh… the more advanced u get, the more fun it is

Like i play with CSULB university’s orchestra and its a blast during each rehersal

[gilded hornet]

i have taken arts

cbsee

india

[deep pier]

That's diff... He's talking abt performance art/fine arts.

Not the humanities stream

[gilded hornet]

oops sorry

[viral veldt]

Does anyone here have an interest in studying criminology?

[cinder gorge]

Y shoot for mars when theres farther planets?

what about the other galaxys?

[soft jacinth]

Junior yr of high:

-Math 4 and 5 Honors
-AP Statistics
-APES
-AP Bio
-Chemistry
-Lifes Issues
-AP Lang

Senior yr:
-APUSH
-AP Gov
-AP Macroeconomics
-Law
-Women and Gender Studies
-Global Issues
-Calc 1
-AP Calc BC
-Classical Mythology
-Grammar and writing skills
-Physics

Is this a good high school plan? Idk if I want college, my main interests are Math and History/Politics, I kinda like science too, English I’m decent at but hate, I haven’t taken any AP’s yet bc I’m a sophomore, all these classes will meet my requirements for graduation

Bro

@wise forge

[vocal locust]

pls don’t ping our staff (unless they asked) for this kind of stuff

🫶

[soft jacinth]

Bro

Someone said the N word

Thats why I pinged him

[vocal locust]

alr

[soft jacinth]

Jeez

[vocal locust]

you don’t need the attitude

mistakes happen and i wasn’t rude

id prefer the same thing back

[soft jacinth]

I didn’t give attitude?

[vocal locust]

alr my bad

sorry

[soft jacinth]

I accept the apology

[olive thistle]

The attitude don't need you

[vocal locust]

slay

[olive thistle]

Yas queen

[marsh anvil]

Hi! So I just got into my major in industrial and systems engineering and the presentation for the major was pretty interesting but I looked at the environmental engineering presentation as well and it seemed pretty interesting too... and I'm not a math person so I wanted to know which major would u choose if u were in my shoes... I just want to know ur opinion!

[left coral]

wanted to know if this schedule is good for next year. Im planning on going into CS, and as for college don't really know where yet, but im trying my best in high school. As for my graduation requirements im prety much on track with that.

-Spanish 2
-Cybersecurity Operations

• AP Precalculus
• AP world history
• English honors
• AP/DE bio
• Health and PE

[formal charm]

What year is this?

[cinder gorge]

Trash

[soft jacinth]

^

[cinder gorge]

trash

[soft jacinth]

Elaborate

[cinder gorge]

is that all the classes ur gonna do?

u have 24hrs in a day and thats all ur gonna do?

[soft jacinth]

What

[cinder gorge]

no de? no online? no summer? no sa? no 0 per?

[austere tulip]

Well the thing is for this you have to fill out the MOU form

and that means asking your college or school

and usually, they would recommend your local cc

but yeah we don't have as many asynchronous course options. And ou courses last an entire semester

[austere tulip]

It's a good schedule.

[austere tulip]

Ignore

You're fine

You're doing enough

[soft jacinth]

W

[formal charm]

Yeah, thats plenty of AP's

[cinder gorge]

i dont think so

[formal charm]

but tailor your extracurriculars to something you're interested in

[austere tulip]

Where are you doing the anatomy online course?

Also like his schedule has many aps

it would probably be difficult to manage thatt

[formal charm]

I am doing student government and I kind of regret it because it does not reflect my passions

[austere tulip]

along with de and sa

[cinder gorge]

wdym where

its online

[austere tulip]

ik

but like what platform

[cinder gorge]

so at home ig?

[cinder gorge]

idk

canvas

[soft jacinth]

A lot of the classes im doing i am passionate abt

[formal charm]

yeah, and thats good. But your extracurriculars should reflect you as a person more so than your classes

[austere tulip]

huh?

NO I'm asking like who is offering the anatomy course to u

[soft jacinth]

Okiee

[cinder gorge]

the district

/school

[austere tulip]

Oh

Yeah our schol doesn't offer online

[formal charm]

district online courses are good

[austere tulip]

Wait duck how much time does de take per week for your district

[formal charm]

you can fit them in anywhere

[cinder gorge]

per class?

[austere tulip]

yeah

[wet vortex]

Is anyone here sitting for their A Levels? Specifically the May-June variant.

[soft jacinth]

Wait would AP Psychology be Managable senior year?

[cinder gorge]

1 hr

[austere tulip]

yeah I've heard it's free

[left coral]

sophomore

[soft jacinth]

Isn’t it just loads of memorizing

[formal charm]

for sophomore its good, if you don't plan on going to like MIT or Harvard you will be fine

[left coral]

oh

well

[formal charm]

just ramp it up a little for junior

[left coral]

i am trying to go to mit

[austere tulip]

yeah

[austere tulip]

wait why?

[soft jacinth]

Alrighty

[formal charm]

Ok, then you are going to have to ramp it up a lot for Junior

[austere tulip]

3 aps is decent soph year

[left coral]

my school doesn't really have too many aps for sophomore year

[formal charm]

It's not bad, just for harvard/mit your competition will have more

[formal charm]

put that in your application

or say that atleast

[cinder gorge]

u dont need to

[austere tulip]

huh

[cinder gorge]

they alr know

[austere tulip]

wdym

that is cap

[formal charm]

How???

[austere tulip]

Most sophomores do 1-2 Aps

[cinder gorge]

theres a program that they use (im not showing u)

[austere tulip]

a sophomore doing 3 aps is good

it's about rigor

it's not about having more courses

[left coral]

im thinking 5-6 aps junior year

nothing final yet tho

[cinder gorge]

lol

[violet dagger]

try not to die

[left coral]

yea

[cinder gorge]

what about ecs

[austere tulip]

yeah thats good

[formal charm]

yeah its good its just not 4% acceptance rate good

[austere tulip]

ok so for mit

What we look for

and one thing

continue working on individual prijects

projects

they love the maker portfolio

[formal charm]

Math and research for MIT imo

[left coral]

nah definetely for sure

i have some plans for the summer

[cinder gorge]

like?

[austere tulip]

@ripe geyser

Is there a way to get around asking your school to fill out the MOU form

also will you be getting an associates by the end

[austere tulip]

Also tell me more about the chem course I have to do it before soph year starts

[wise forge]

honetly, thats a lot to fo your senior year, so probable not a good idea.

it looks like you have a block schedule (4 classes a semester) ?

Make ur senior year easy to combat senior itis and to allow for college app time

those are like another fulltime class

[soft jacinth]

4 classes every quarter

Some classes are a semester and some there a few classes (like APUSH) thats a yr

[wise forge]

oh

so you guys switch classes every quarter?

for the most part anyway

[soft jacinth]

Depends on the class

[wise forge]

o

[soft jacinth]

If a class is 1 credit its a semester

If its 0.5 credits its a term/quarter /half of a semester

[wise forge]

ah

what state ya in if ya dont mind sharin?

NC

[soft jacinth]

Wis

[wise forge]

o

Developing intellectual

[soft jacinth]

Yes

[wise forge]

lol

hm

wait so you have to take 2 sem of math a year?

[soft jacinth]

I embarrass everyone in my math class aswell bc im a god

[soft jacinth]

Im choosing to take more math, as of rn I have more math credits there I need

End oh HS I’ll have 9 math credits, you only need 3 for graduation

[wise forge]

yeah

it must suck tho

cus you have to take all of those classes leading up to Calc

cus in college, you take like 2 sem b4 calc

and you have to take up to Math 5 honors

[soft jacinth]

Its okay

I love math

At least, I think its okay

[wise forge]

but it seems slow lol

if ya love math wouldn't you wanna take BC faster

or the equivalent thereof

i am taking BC Junior year

and Calc 3 and Linear ALg/Diff equations senior

[soft jacinth]

You have to take BC Senior year at my school, as Math 4 and 5 Honors are precalc courses and Calc 1 Is also required for leading up to it

[wise forge]

yeah

A full year of precalc 💀

its a 4 week class durin the summer at my local CC

lol

[soft jacinth]

Oh 😣

Well its the only way to take BC so 🫠🫠

[wise forge]

yeah

just sayin it sounds not ideal

nothin ya can really do about

it

[soft jacinth]

Yea

And I LOVE HISTORY/SS

So thats why I have a tonnn of that stuff

[wise forge]

yeahhh

[soft jacinth]

Btw AP Gov is required or you can take the baby version of it

[wise forge]

lol

AP Gov is awful

[soft jacinth]

Is it

[wise forge]

my school makes it a full year, and the class is super easy and boring, and i could pass the test rn

i could get a 5 without even taking a gov course

[soft jacinth]

Oh

[wise forge]

yeah

[soft jacinth]

I heard its of moderate diff

[wise forge]

I've just looked at the exam lol

idk teachers might make the class super bad

[cinder gorge]

is that even fun?

[wise forge]

idk

i've never taken it

i just know it is lol

[soft jacinth]

Okieee

Is APUSH fun

[wise forge]

I mean

i assume

i am a us history nerd

i can't take it sadly

but

i'd assume its fun

i tutor it

and its pretty easy

[soft jacinth]

Wwwwwww

I heard Macroe is supremely ez

[soft jacinth]

A lot of them are quarter classes

[limpid tree]

What History Classes should I take for my freshman and sophmore years

[charred berry]

You usually take US History in Soph year and for Freshman year I believe you can take MUN Global Issues class

[vital olive]

depends on school

never heard of MUN Global Issues

[elfin hill]

Should I take a third year of Spanish language it’s optional not sure any recommendations?

[charred berry]

Usually if you want to go straight to UC from high school they recommend three years of language classes, but ultimately it's up to you if you wanna take it

[elfin hill]

UC?

You mean college

[charred berry]

Universities of California

[elfin hill]

90% I’ll take a third year

If i get into Spanish honors then 100%

[charred berry]

Alright go for it mate

I hope it helped

U

[somber onyx]

Which AP Spanish class is better Lang or Literature

[meager trout]

Which science should I take, Biology, Chemistry, or Physics (you can suggest some combinations)

[somber onyx]

Depends on what you want to major in

I was thinking of doing AP Spanish Lang but not sure if Literature is a better since my school offers both of them

Okay thank you👍

[pale narwhal]

Is Triple Science, Computer Science, DT and German a solid choice for GCSEs?

I decided to drop geography but idk if that's a good choice

Deadline to choose options in 7 hrs

I'm rlly stuck

[soft jacinth]

God*

[austere tulip]

Well I really recommend lang first

unless you already know spanish

Because lit is like analysis of spanish literature, kind of like AP english lot

lit

[placid nexus]

I’m going to change my English 4 next year to AP English Lit

[austere tulip]

cool!

good idea

I hope you do well!

[placid nexus]

I will try to talk with my counselor cause I really want to take some AP courses

[olive thistle]

I'm in AP Lit right now, and I have really enjoyed it. Lots of analyzing different novels and passages. You have the freedom to dive as deep as you want into anything and write about how authors convey a specific theme or idea to their audience.

[placid nexus]

Nice

[gloomy lotus]

stats ftw

its a super helpful course you'll find being used in a lot of majors, especially STEM

[cunning seal]

As a rising freshman who has taken algebra 1 and geometry and is scheduled for gt bio next year would ap computer science principles be appropriate in fulfilling my tech credit? I want a slightly challenging class but I definitely dont feel like a career path in tech is for me

[feral lava]

Yeah CSP is good if you don't want to take a carrer in tech

Or else I would've recomended CSA

[cunning seal]

Would apcs be too difficult (as compared to apcsp)

[wise forge]

probably not tbh

[past canyon]

how hard is APUSH compared to APWH

[magic orbit]

apcsp is just stupid ngl

apcsa better

[austere tulip]

same with my school

[austere tulip]

it depends for the class based on school

but generally the exam for apush is more difficult

[native moon]

Is it too much to take 4 APs, and 2-3 dual enrollment (college courses) for senior year?

[mighty mist]

no though it depends on if you can handle it/how much work it is

[cinder gorge]

No

[south flicker]

Nah but depends on the aps

[wise forge]

yes

most of the time yes

unless you’re Borger, yes it’s too much

[soft jacinth]

While were on that topic, would AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Statistics, and AP Lang be considered too much

All in the same yr btw

[feral lava]

Not really, but it would depend on your strengths in those subjects

[soft jacinth]

Well, I really love math, really love Social Studies, Science is cool, not a huge fan of english

[feral lava]

Then I would go with those Aps because Lang isn't that hard

[soft jacinth]

Alright bet

[austere tulip]

Nope that should be fine!

i mean make sure that you have enough time for other things

that could depend on how difficult that is

[native moon]

I am planning on taking AP Econ (not gov cause I already got those credits), AP Precalc, AP English, and not sure what my fourth class would be yet (might just be an honors or another AP) and than 2-3 college dual enrollment courses

[gloomy lotus]

It's mainly just a free GPA boost from what i've heard

I may just take it senior year because ill take the GPA boost + I'm already taking 3 APs and completing the IB diploma that year as well 😭

[south flicker]

Ehhh you’ll be fine most likely as long as you’re good at managing work

I’ve got five aps next year one honors and a dual credit class

No biggie

As long as you can manage work

[south flicker]

Agreed

[wise forge]

Man, I wish I could just do a half day and do only dual enrollment

some people are lucky lol

[native moon]

Dang- respect 🫡

Wish you luck, and thanks

[paper pollen]

these are my 9th grade classes, what should i do in 10th grade? im probably gonna do alg 2 trig, AP comp sci principles, and AP world history. idk what else to do though, and how i can proceed with 11th and 12th grade classes after that

[magic orbit]

i recommend not taking apcsp since it's kinda a useless class tbh

unless u want college credit or a gpa boost ig u can take it

apcsa is much better

[hexed flower]

do yall think ap csp help with ap csa? i have no prior knowledge in coding so does it help set some foundation

[magic orbit]

nah u dont need prior knowledge for apcsa

[tardy token]

take french all 4 years

[magic orbit]

just standard algebra 1 is good enough

[hexed flower]

how hard is it without prior experience?

[magic orbit]

not too hard tbh

think of that class as solving a puzzle

combining lines of code to solve the puzzle

apcsp is basically useless

only thing good is a gpa boost

but if ur gpa is already good enough i rather stay away from it

because colleges may not accept apcsp for college credit

[tardy token]

bro beefin with apcsp

[hexed flower]

what do u learn in csp

[magic orbit]

im not wrong, people also agreed eith me

[magic orbit]

idk i never took csp

but i did look at the overview of it

[tardy token]

im just trollin

[magic orbit]

it’s basically csa

[tardy token]

my school dont offer csa sadly

[magic orbit]

dam

[paper pollen]

what benefit does 4 years have on 3. my school says 2 is required and 3 is reccomended for college

[magic orbit]

different curriculum

if college recommends you to take 3

take 3

so you may have a better chance of getting into your favorite college

[tardy token]

3 will prolly be fine too

[gloomy lotus]

Depends where you are aiming/your college

but for the most part, if you want to go to a competitive college, taking 4 years is normal and should be expected

[paper pollen]

il prob see if i french is easy and if i want to continue learning it

cuz ive done a little on duolingo and i like it

[magic orbit]

mine is 2 years of languages and the rest goes to the elective credits

so yeah

[paper pollen]

i also might want to do something else in 12th grade instead of language

[magic orbit]

curriculum moment

[tardy token]

i hate french but i have to take it for 2 more years 😭

i didnt know colleges wanted you to take more than 2 years of forigen language

i was so dissapointed when i found out

[cinder gorge]

Not all

U can do none and go to cc

[tardy token]

yuh but im not bouta go to cc

im tryna get into u of m

[cinder gorge]

U of m?

[tardy token]

michigan

[mint thorn]

Switch the language if you hate it that much

[tardy token]

they dont require 4 years but itll look better on my app

[tardy token]

nah its not the language

i hated taking spanish in elementry

[cinder gorge]

Then dont take it?

[tardy token]

french is the best language, i just find language classes boring

[mint thorn]

switch to chineseeeee

[cinder gorge]

Best to u or what

[cinder gorge]

Lmaooo

[mint thorn]

and I mean boring is better than hard

[tardy token]

to me

[cinder gorge]

Chinese have over like 2k characters

[tardy token]

obv its not the best language in the world

[mint thorn]

more like 50k

[cinder gorge]

“Best” is very subjective

[tardy token]

my school dosent that

[mint thorn]

;-;

in any case

[tardy token]

nah its not a horrible classs

just my least favorite

[cinder gorge]

Then go to another school? Or cc or sa or de

[tardy token]

nah im not bouta switch over a lanaguage class lmao

[mint thorn]

what’s your stance on Michigan vs ohio

[tardy token]

michigan solos

ohio pack

[mint thorn]

damnnn okay

[median fjord]

french is shit language

[feral lava]

Will Taking German 1 and 2 in the same year, and skipping German 4 to take AP German be ok, since Harvard requires 4 years of a language

[full tinsel]

I'm doing something similar except with spanish III, IV, and AP Spanish.

[tardy token]

would you be taking german 1 first semester and german 2 2nd semester?

i wouldnt reccomend taking a 2nd year lanaguage class without prior knowlage in the class

[native moon]

Should I take AP Spanish ? Or Spanish III even if I got a low grade (c) in Spanish II………to possibly balance out my low grade

[full tinsel]

Honestly the only reason I'm going the Spanish route is to get into an Ivy League, and since Spanish is a beneficial language in case I want to learn other romantic languages

[cinder gorge]

Unless de?

Or sa

[cinder gorge]

did u get demoted?

lmao

muted now?

LMAOOO

[full tinsel]

Dang

[tough sun]

@ripe geyser lol muted?.

[vital olive]

FRRR AGAIN

[iron arch]

Can anyone help me select on what math class I should take next year? (Is this the channel to ask in?) Calc AB or BC

[magic orbit]

take AB if math isnt your strongest suit, but you want rigor

take BC if you are good at math

[iron arch]

What’s the big diff between them

[magic orbit]

BC has 2 extra lessons and some extra topics on lessons in compare to AB

so BC is a bit faster than AB

[iron arch]

How difficult are these classes?

[magic orbit]

calculus are fairly hard because it's a concept you never touch before

if math isnt your strongest suit

i rather take some easier class and take calc during uni/college

although, AB is a fairly useful class to take

so it's recommend to take AB if you dont want to take BC and you also want rigor

[iron arch]

Okay thank you

[magic orbit]

you're welcome

[wise forge]

I wanna take calc during high school so I can get a B or C and it won't count towards my college GPA lmao

it will be taken at a university still

but

yeah

[austere tulip]

what happened

[austere tulip]

wait really it won't count

Werne't u doing like BC

[cinder gorge]

Nothing

[wise forge]

ye

classes taken b4 transfer don’t count towards college gpa

so

bc not

[cinder gorge]

Does anyone know how much trig graphs are deeply focused on in honors precalculus?

Like how many units

[vagrant solar]

Does dual enrollment go towards ur college gpa?

[full tinsel]

I'm looking at wut I want to do towards Junior and Senior, but I can't decide if I want to take AP stat or AP Calc BC for one credit. I just want to know which course will be more useful in the future.

[magic orbit]

have u took AB?

[cinder gorge]

If you’re looking into a stem major at a competitive university, BC is def the way to go

If you feel as if you can’t get a B or A in the class, turn to AB

[wise forge]

depends on the transfer college

I know for a lot of UCs they don’t

[full tinsel]

Plan in taking AB

[olive thistle]

A lot of my friends are taking AP Calc AB this year and are looking like they are going to get high scores on the test. Had I had the opportunity I would've defintely taken an AP Calc class before the end of high school

[feral lava]

Yes

Thx

[paper pollen]

is taking geo over the summer hard

[vital olive]

nah

[paper pollen]

cuz i wanna take alg 2 trig for 9th grade but my parents are saying it could be hard

[vital olive]

i took it over summer from 8-9 and played coc in class the entire time and got a 93

[paper pollen]

i have 100% in alg 1 tho so im doing fine

[vital olive]

okay but fr i kinda self learned it before hand, you should have a basic understanding of geo

[paper pollen]

yeah im planning on finishing it on khan before the summer course

im at 38 rn

[vital olive]

honestly? i recommend fast tracking and getting a tutor and speed running the course with them if you’re not confident

it isn’t that hard though

especially if you’re a quick learner

and DEFINITELY worth it

[paper pollen]

im confident i can do it but my family is suspicious

[vital olive]

then prove it to them

my school required ab befor bc

[paper pollen]

im doing comp sci pathway so i feel like statistics and calc will both be important. the reason i wanna take alg 2 anyway is to fit them both in

[paper pollen]

i dont think so

[austere tulip]

probably

[austere tulip]

id say honors precalc doesn't go over like the graph of trig functions a lot cuz that's alg ii, but it does do polar coordinates and parametrics

Bruh

Don't give this advice because of a weird superstition

There's no hate for advancing your education

[austere tulip]

well yeah. If you can get statistics in as an elective(so do two maths at once because stats is pretty easy). However, you could also i guess skip stats if u wanted to, because you'd learn the stats that u NEED in comp sci classes

[vital olive]

go BC and then calc 3

[austere tulip]

idk in my school

I mean people who've never gotten anything lower than As before have gotten Bs and Cs in that class

so its difficult for us at least

And what about the benefit of learning

Not everybody has time do it by themselves

I mean if it's available do it

Its as simple as taking the iniative

initiative*

Believing correlations is weird

And idk if the correlations are even accurate

Literally most of the people that are going to go to t20s from my school took Calc III

[pseudo barn]

is AP Physics 1 hard?

[orchid anvil]

AP Phys 1, 2, and C are prob the hardest tests yeah

but since they are so hard the curve is usually very forgiving

[pseudo barn]

I took Honors Physics this year (freshman), and I am entering AP Physics 1 next year. How difficult will it be?

[orchid anvil]

If you're taking honors phys i think you'll be good

usually the hardest part of physics is getting in the mindset of solving tough problems

so youll alr have experience with that

[pseudo barn]

oh ok. thanks!

[obsidian heath]

Is taking ap Chem without taking a prior Chem class okay?

[wanton talon]

Honestly it’s probably not a good idea

I haven’t taken ap Chem but I have taken honors Chem and I struggled granted it was during covid so I didn’t really learn anything

But idk how difficult ap chem is I would assume it’s very difficult especially with no chem experience

But do what you want to do

[full tinsel]

Ik for my county, we had to take Chem II as a prerequisite

[full tinsel]

Guys I'm still deciding in the future if I want to take AP Stat, AP Calc BC or AP Physics I. Which is most useful and which one is least useful?

[pseudo barn]

They all are good

[full tinsel]

Yes

I'm having trouvle deciding tho

Bit of a intellectual pickle

[pseudo barn]

my school requires taking Chem honors before AP cham

same with Bio

[full tinsel]

Bio is a requirement for me

[pseudo barn]

same

but for AP

Bio Honors is required

[full tinsel]

Even though I'm not interested in bio and would rather take Chem II

[pseudo barn]

i heard chem is the hardest AP

Chem and lit

[obsidian heath]

My school requires honors bio, alg2 and geo

[full tinsel]

I'm in Hon Chem I

And tbh

I'm getting the hang of concepts quite well

I honestly enjoy chem

[pseudo barn]

if you are good at Chem honors

[obsidian heath]

I might just do it since I have so much passion for the class but I'm just scared it might be too hard

[pseudo barn]

then defenitly take AP chem

[full tinsel]

If u have passion then u can succeed

[pseudo barn]

wait

do you have any prior

chem experience

[obsidian heath]

Not at all 😭

[pseudo barn]

oh

then over the summer

[full tinsel]

Oh

[pseudo barn]

i reccomend learning

a bit

you will probably struggle

if you don't

[full tinsel]

Speaking of learning over the summer

My Dad wants to teach me C+++ even tho I'll learn in AP CSP

[obsidian heath]

Yeah I mean I'm excpecting summer hw for the class

[pseudo barn]

yeah but those arent typically that hard

[obsidian heath]

Is there anything you would recommend me to do?

[pseudo barn]

but since you didnt learn chem i recomend taking a class

thats what im doing for AP Physics

even though i did honors

[full tinsel]

I took honors physics, I just had a teacher that taught it poorly

[pseudo barn]

same

my teacher is pretty bad

[full tinsel]

Physics is still on the radar for me

[pseudo barn]

and shes the same eatcher for AP

[obsidian heath]

I'm doing really well in alg2 honors rn, so is that skill set enough for ap chem

[pseudo barn]

im not sure

about the math aspects

[obsidian heath]

Or would it require calculus

[full tinsel]

Honestly

Math and Science are intertwined

[pseudo barn]

idek what kind of math is required for chem

[full tinsel]

Rn in Hon Chem I'd say at least Algebra I

But they're doing harder stuff in AP

[pseudo barn]

yeah

[obsidian heath]

Yeah as long as if there no calculus or pre calc I think it shouldn't be too hard hopefully

[pseudo barn]

there might be pre calc

[full tinsel]

I don't think it's super advanced

[pseudo barn]

Chem isnt as math based as physics

[full tinsel]

Yeah

U have to work about the math in Physics

[pseudo barn]

but tbh i have no idea what happens in chem

[full tinsel]

Worry*

Balence Chemical Equations

Valency

Reaction equations

[pseudo barn]

thats in AP?

[full tinsel]

Stoimetry

Wat I'm learning rn in Hon Chem

The foundations

[pseudo barn]

wait

is honors chem easy

[full tinsel]

Depends

For me, I'm a science person so I got onto it easily

[obsidian heath]

Is it manageable

[full tinsel]

I'd say so

For every chemical formula

[pseudo barn]

chem honors is completly different than AP

[full tinsel]

U must remember to always balence it

Yeah

[pseudo barn]

right?

cuz in physics honors

its the same curriculam as AP

but AP just harder

[full tinsel]

But the thing is

[pseudo barn]

and more in depth

[full tinsel]

Is that they tend to specialize

Such as Physics C: mechanics I think is one of them

Anyway

Chem I is half of it

The ful Chem curriculum is divided into Chem I and Chem II according to my teacher

[obsidian heath]

How hard

[full tinsel]

U'd probably have to do Chem I and Chem II

My school

I have to take both

Before AP

[obsidian heath]

My school does not require chem before ap chem

[full tinsel]

But I plan on AP Chem

Wat about physics?

[obsidian heath]

Makes sense

[full tinsel]

Wat about an AP Math course?

[obsidian heath]

Yeah no, I would have to do ab and pre calc first

[full tinsel]

School doesn't offer AP Precalc

I'll just have to do it honors

[obsidian heath]

What sucks at my school is that you have to take ap calc ab with ap physics as a must

[full tinsel]

Then AP Calc AB

Wut if I did my AP Calcs and AP Chem in the same year?

Bruh

Oof

I'll see wut I can fit

But I will

[pseudo barn]

How hard is AP Lit

[full tinsel]

Do AP Spanish.

[pseudo barn]

i heard the test for that is really hard

[full tinsel]

Well

I did well in spanish

[obsidian heath]

Another thing, with ap chem, im also planning on taking apush or ap phyc, would I have time to sleep?

[full tinsel]

Same

AP Gov dry as a bone in homework

[vital olive]

louie 💀

[obsidian heath]

You must have a nice teacher 💀

[full tinsel]

Most of the homework we get is long term

Due in a week

Other than that

Fine.

[obsidian heath]

We have argumentative essay and mcq and 5 hour hw each week

[full tinsel]

AP Gov is the only AP I'm taking this year

[obsidian heath]

Same

[full tinsel]

Next year is AP US History and AP CSP

1 tech ed credit is required in my county to graduaye

AP Gov is mid

Stat will kill u

For AP Gov, you just memorize some documents

And Supreme Court cases

[obsidian heath]

So basically should I just fuc# around and find out by taking ap chem

[full tinsel]

Now that's a science experiment

[obsidian heath]

Yeah just expirement and see what happens

[full tinsel]

Oof

The strangest thing is

Collegeboard has no APs for health

Feels like there should be one

Idk

Human Anatomy

[pseudo barn]

easiest AP????

[obsidian heath]

Yea would make much sense

[pseudo barn]

Phys or CS

[full tinsel]

CSP

[pseudo barn]

whats CSP

[obsidian heath]

Ap physics c

[full tinsel]

I heard Music Theory is easy too

Ah

[pseudo barn]

AP Art History - Two of the most uselss classes combined into 1. class

[obsidian heath]

Nah business principles sounds hella suck

[full tinsel]

I hope our school offer AP Pre Calc soon

Even still

I need CSP for a requirement

[obsidian heath]

What's csp

[full tinsel]

Computer Science Princples

[pseudo barn]

my school doesnt have European History or Afro history

[full tinsel]

My world languages at school are spanish and french

[obsidian heath]

Lowkey wish my school offered ap euro

[full tinsel]

We have one french teacher who sucks

So AP Spanish it is!

[obsidian heath]

What Spanish are you in rn

[full tinsel]

I'm taking Spanish III next year

[obsidian heath]

Same, does your school have Spanish 4

[full tinsel]

Yes

[obsidian heath]

Wait so how would you do ap Spanish then

Becuase I want too but can't

[full tinsel]

I have to progress

[pseudo barn]

AP Spanish is impossible unless you can fluently speak

[full tinsel]

For my district, each one is a prequiste of the other

I alr took Spanish I and II

[obsidian heath]

Wouldn't you be taking Spanish 4 in senior year

[full tinsel]

No

I'm rn a freshman

[obsidian heath]

Oh your set then

[full tinsel]

I took II

Next year III

[pseudo barn]

i took spanish 1 in middle school

[full tinsel]

Same

[pseudo barn]

theres a spanish 3 honors that im in

next year

[full tinsel]

I got lucky bc right after that year they stopped thay

[pseudo barn]

this year i have spanish 2

[full tinsel]

Honestly I'm good at Spanish

I watch Spanish TV

Oof

I had a good Spanish II teacher

There is one teacher who hoards the Spanish III classes and is awful

The Spanish IV and AP are the same but I heard are decent

Don't take french in my school

Although the french teacher also teaches Spanish.

[obsidian heath]

Do ib classes give more than just college credit

Like more weight than ap

[full tinsel]

How can I take an IB class?

[obsidian heath]

Then what's the point of taking them if they are harder

Makes sense

God damn

[full tinsel]

Dang

Sign me up!

[obsidian heath]

Is there like an ap test

[full tinsel]

How exactly can you take an IB Class?

[obsidian heath]

You prob have to pass it right

[full tinsel]

I'm not one of those 900 😦

But hey

AP is still decent

I live out in the countryside

A shame

Dang

I want to go to Princeton

Very close to where I live

If I can jack up my GPA and take extracurriculars seriously, I think I have a shot.

[pseudo barn]

whats a good GPA

[cinder gorge]

4.8

[candid ferry]

Wdym less credit

[mint thorn]

Everyone technically has a shot

[candid ferry]

So would you say IB is worth it cause diploma?

Im an 8th grader rn so im trying to decide if I wanna go down AP or IB

[obsidian heath]

Seems to me like ib is better

But I've never taken it

But the advantages outweigh AP

[tough sun]

@ripe geyser why you got layoffs from the role and muted?.

[candid ferry]

In?

Can you like reply to it

So I can find

[austere tulip]

Wait doesn't IB also cost money tho

[candid ferry]

Time to do IB

Sounds cooler

[magic tulip]

Are these good classes for sophomore year if i want to get into a top school

i really want to go to princeton or a uc for computer science/engineering but idk if my classes are good enough

[cinder gorge]

Its whatever

[wise forge]

it’s honors and accelerated dam

i got one honors advanced class

[magic tulip]

i’m in this program where i’m required to be atleast honors level for every class i take and get a B average in the class or else i get kicked out

ok one sec thanks

my family’s extremely strict and bc of culture and religion i can’t move out until i’m married so i’m trying to get into a top uni far away so my parents will let me leave

they have it but i think it’s juniors and seniors only

i only chose to take it bc i was bored and had time for another elective ☠️

my family doesn’t gaf if the university is religiously friendly they’re not like that but they use religion to justify their cultural beliefs

[tough sun]

LAC has most?.

People will force you to do this stuff?.

Or in club ?.

All people do this or few do ?.

So should I drop out the plan of studying in usa colleges?.

[mighty mist]

More like peer pressure. Yes possibly if that is not what you want

[tough sun]

I have Italy University as a backup option