course-selection

[gloomy lotus]

I'd recommend science/history APs if possible

[compact ore]

what about once i get to 11th? ik its thinking early but i dont know

[gloomy lotus]

then I'd recommend taking classes that are harder and better for your major

do you have any idea what you plan to major in?

[compact ore]

not really but im interested in STEM related things (excluding health)

ive been considering it

[gloomy lotus]

then calc is basically a must junior year

if you're into the sciences, taking AP bio/AP Chem would be a great option along with any physics classes

if you want, you can take an introductory physics class soph. year

[compact ore]

im interested in math mostly

[soft jacinth]

^

[tiny garnet]

Opinions on concurrent enrollment (CE) as opposed to or in conjunction with AP classes? Like how much less does a CE count as opposed to an AP of the same class?

[feral lava]

Is this a good schedule for 9th grade

• Chem
• Alg 2
• WHAP
• Eng 1
• Orchestra
• CSA
• HUG
• German 1/2 (1 and 2 in both years)
• Study Hall

*My school offer's four electives and chem or alg2 will be a zero hour

[ashen oasis]

Yooo german 😄

[wise forge]

CE gives you guaranteed credit in state schools, but not credit at your high school, so AP Classes have the opportunity to give you both high school and college credit.

I’ve done concurrent enrollment and I still have to take the easier high school classes of the college classes i’ve taken already which kind of sucks.

CE is cheaper than AP and easier.

[muted smelt]

Is IB worth it or should I take all APs? I am looking for which one betters my chances into colleges, and gives me more time to do extracurriculars (schools i want are ucla, Berkeley, usc)

[austere tulip]

Ok so I’d recommend IB if you have the option because IB is more of a full fledged program

You also get to do some creative project building and research

And your exam isn’t one final end of the year thing

Ap is great

But I would do Ib if I had the choice

[sharp wigeon]

both are good since uc'

care a lot about course rigor

ib is usually considered more rigorous, especially hl classes. but the difference is honestly nominal, a higher gpa taking ap classes would definitely look better though than suffering through ib with a comparatively lower gpa

i guess to give my own personal anecdote on it, i was in a similar situation to you and i decided to choose ap to have more time to focus on ec's even though my school offers ib. i did make ucla and berkeley and i think i was only able to do so because i had more time to focus on ec's than the people in ib who were doing stuff i considered honestly pretty useless but that's just my isolated situation

[snow charm]

Hey guys. I’m moving and I’m currently a freshman in HS. I’m taking this course called “honors integrated geometry, algebra II, and Pre calculus(part 1). Theres 2 parts of this taken in 2 years. In my other school, there isn’t any HiGap

What are my alternatives?

Also, I’m having all A’s in my classes, but in one of my classes this semester I may be getting an A-. Will this impact me getting into top grade schools? I currently have a perfect GOA

*GPA

[sharp wigeon]

no, an A- is not going to affect your chances 😭

especially in 9th grade or ever

as for your alternatives idk what courses your school offers so i couldnt tell you

im not sure how much of each course your current math course takes but if the pre calc stuff is easy you can look into taking ap calc next year if your school offers it

[snow charm]

Okay thank you!

[snow charm]

Phew!

[sharp wigeon]

your school probably does gpa on a 100 scale right?

[snow charm]

No

4.0 currently

In my current school

[sharp wigeon]

oh yah if not 100 scale not at all

most colleges recalculate gpa anuyway

[snow charm]

Oh

Alright

Because my other school is gonna use percentages

My new school does percentages

Instead of A’s

They have a 4.0 scale and a 6.0 scale

[muted smelt]

Thank you so much!!

[sharp wigeon]

np

[tough sun]

Hy qt

[soft jacinth]

Since I got my Junior Yr schedule outta the way lets look at senior yr. Idk what College I wanna go to im still a sophomore and I’m a pretty freakin good student imo. At this point (just before senior yr) I would’ve taken 4 AP’s in junior yr alone so I would have some experience with them.

Here it is:
-Calculus 1 (AB is not offered) (This is also required for taking BC)
-Calc BC
-APUSH
-AP Macro
-Global Issues (this class is required for grad)
-APES
-Inorganic Chemistry
-Physics (AP physics isn’t offered)
-AP Lang and Comp
-PE 10-12

[sharp wigeon]

youre taking 10 classes?

[soft jacinth]

Thats around what the average student takes at my school, its just how it works tbh

Anywhere from 8-16 classes is possible

[tough sun]

😔

[tender grail]

Dang.. can I ask what you took this year?

[soft jacinth]

I honestly don’t wanna talk abt it, it could’ve been way better 😔😔

[marble fossil]

Hey

[remote elbow]

Same here

[remote elbow]

Your junior year schedule looks pretty good to me. It's absolutely academically challenging but are helpful to build up the foundation you need for your future.

[remote elbow]

IB. Countless of universities around the world exempts IB students from too many requirements during university admission/enrollments. In fact, successful university admission are higher for IB students. There's also extracurriculars and community services you can do in an IB program because they're pretty much compulsory.

[vagrant harness]

Is taking no honors classes for freshman year ok?

[dull moss]

Yall dont take Pcmb or Pcmc

in class 11

its horror

[sharp wigeon]

what are they exempted from?

[remote elbow]

It's fine, because you're not obligated to take honors classes anyways. Maybe you can take your freshman year time to relax and build up skills/foundations you need for the following years to come while still at school.

[muted smelt]

What types of extracirriculars?

[remote elbow]

Like SAT, language proficiency test, general education requirements, admission interviews, elective course requirements and etc (because it's an exhaustive list).

[muted smelt]

Also, if I take IB I have to take certain courses which I don't want to take (Psych HL 1 & 2, AP ES at my school, etc.)

[sharp wigeon]

stuff like language proficiency and ge's would be enforced on a school by school basis. as for sat and admission interviews that doesn't really make sense, most schools are test optional now so you can choose to report your sat score. also admission itnerviews are generally something you would want to do

[remote elbow]

i'll dm

[muted smelt]

ok

[sharp wigeon]

well language profieincy i dont doubt actually

[remote elbow]

i might have explained it wrong but technically they do rigorous and advanced classes, which is why it's time consuming and harder than other educational programs. they can bypass other requirements from what i read. u can search it up and explain how i got it wrong 💁‍♂️

[sharp wigeon]

i dont see how rigorous and advanced doesnt apply to ap classes too though. idk if youre in ib but completing the ib diploma is a major time sink even going into the 2nd semester of senior year because you have to do your ee and ia's. i just think there are better things you could be doing with your time as opposed to completing the diploma requirements. if you think your time management is good enough to do both then yah 100% do ib

[remote elbow]

Have you been in an IB program?

[muted smelt]

Does taking all APs take the same amount of time as IB? Since they are both rigorous? Or is there something that sets IB different?

[sharp wigeon]

yah

[remote elbow]

the dp?

[sharp wigeon]

but i dropped it because i thought it was a waste of my time

yes

[vagrant harness]

For high school I only have 8 periods, is that good or bad?

[remote elbow]

idk man, foosball is right tho, you can choose either one of those, or if you're really good at studying and time management, then do both.

[sharp wigeon]

ib you have to do an extended essay which is whatever i know a lot of my friends just bs'd theres and it was fine but you also have to do internal assessments where you have to do research into a subject i think in one of your hl classes? and then write a paper on it. also ib exams are singificantly more difficult from what ive heard than ap exams and if you dont do well in the program you could not receive your ibdp

i take ibhl math because its just the highest that my school offers so im semi familiar with what they do except i dont really have to do all of the diploma stuff

i guess i should put a referendum on my statement to say if you think you can balance the rigor of completing the ib diploma as well as doing good quality ec's/whatever else you want to use your time for, then the course rigor of your schedule will look better for colleges

[muted smelt]

are all APs seen as the same course rigor?

[sharp wigeon]

i cant really say, but probably. courses like calc bc, the physics path, chem, etc are a lot harder than others and im sure colleges know this too. generally though ive heard people refer to course rigor just by the number of ap's theyre taking at once though

[rare coral]

humm

[arctic ibex]

I think the IB program has extracurriculars implemented in as well. Without those extracurriculars you can't get the diploma. It is called CAS i believe

[dusty ivy]

how much harder is apush than normal ush

[hollow quail]

whats subjects u need to study in cambridge igcse to have a good setup for CS or Software engineering majors in top unis?

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah we have CAS, Creativity, Activity, Service where we have to just find goals and accomplish them by documenting the process

pretty boring honestly

[feral lava]

For us you get into IB Program by luck (they literally pull your name out of a wheel)

[red path]

I go to an IB school but I don’t really know what that means, can someone explain?

[sharp wigeon]

That depends on the teacher at your school

[sharp wigeon]

It’s a program where you complete the requirements and receive a ib diploma. Requirements are like do the ib classes and a certain amount of hl classes, write an extended essay, do a couple of ia’s, etc. your school probably has resources on it or you could just ask your counselor

[oak cairn]

Has anyone here taken AP chemistry?

[tiny garnet]

I get high school credit for my CEs

[sharp wigeon]

Yah

[oak cairn]

I take it next year

How are you doing with it?

[sharp wigeon]

It’s hard but manageable

The difficulty of the class kind of depends on your teacher, I’ve heard people say it’s really hard but with my teacher he was pretty chill and honestly not that great 😭 so I thought it was fairly easy

If you did well in base level chem or like honors chem and you’re confident in your ability I don’t think it’ll be too hard

[oak cairn]

Ok thank you so much

[wise forge]

oh. My school thinks they’re better than any college so no credit for me 💀.

[tulip elm]

I am going to be a junior. My school doesn't offer German but I have an option to pursue German out of school (via community college). I heard that colleges like to see atleast 3 years of world language. I am worried that doing German this way would be very time consuming and I wanted to know if it is worth doing it that way.

[austere tulip]

If you really like German then yes it’s fine

[soft jacinth]

Are these classes good

[austere tulip]

That’s good

[soft jacinth]

Ty

[austere tulip]

If you have all the classes you like it’s good

Do you not have a language?

Other than English

[soft jacinth]

I hate it. I understand its good for college but I can’t stand it

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

[soft jacinth]

I hate learning it

Yea 😂

[tiny garnet]

Oof

[agile belfry]

Is apcsa hard. I plan to take it without principles

[austere tulip]

Nope it

it isn't difficult

In fact you don't even need principles

[snow charm]

Hey guys, I’m a freshman currently but I’m planning on taking Intro to computer programming next year, as well as AP Biology (my teacher recommended me to take it). Should I skip the AP bio this year and wait for next year or what? I want to take st least 2 APS but at the Same time I don’t wanna stress myself out as I’m moving

Also, I’m moving and the school I’m going to is SUPER competitive. Will this hamper my chance of getting into a good college (I’m moving to Texas)

[austere tulip]

That’s fine two APs isn’t bad

[austere tulip]

Nope

Just try your best

You don’t have to get valedictorian

[hollow cave]

is IncubatorEDU a good class to take if its a full year? it sounded like a good entrepreneurship business course but i wanted to get some opinions on it

for next year, junior year

[solemn plover]

Well, have you done your research?

[snow charm]

Got it thanks

[snow charm]

Wdym? Was that meant for me?

[solemn plover]

Yes

[red path]

Kk thx👍

[fringe barn]

3 summer classes too many not enough or just right?

Half of summer on alg 1 half on geometry and coding all the way through

[orchid tide]

Seems about right

[austere tulip]

That's fine

Lol I tried to take ONE course from my community college and it cost me 450 dollars

They're not very lenient on dual enrollment

[tropic mirage]

I am a kumon math program completer, would it be good if i take ap calc ab next year (gr. 9)?

[hidden lotus]

I’m going to be moving into my sophomore year after this summer break, and I need to know what classes I should take if I’m going to go into Law Enforcement
As of now, next year I’m taking:
Algebra 2
CP Bio
CP English
Driver’s education
9/10 grade gym
Government
(Attempt to take) Online German 2
VoTech: Protective Services
There wasn’t much I saw that could help me get experience in the Law Enforcement environment, except for the VoTech. Does anyone know any classes I could take as I go through my Junior/Senior year?
(Also I plan on going to one of two colleges, either Rice University in Texas, or LSU, if anyone knows If either one of those colleges have a program for Law Enforcement, that would help too)

[wanton talon]

Is AP stats easy and should I take it at the same time as dual enrollment Multivariable calculus

[austere tulip]

That sounds good!

You have a good balances of AP/non-ap classes

Idk if you have already done it or are planning to do them

But I do recommend Ap/advanced Bio, and Human Anatomy(It isn't an AP but it's still helpful for your intended major)

[vital olive]

votech?

[hidden lotus]

It’s an extracurricular that allows easy access to the work force, stuff like HVAC, construction, protective services, medical Assistant, culinary arts etc. It’s 4 periods long, 164 minutes, 2 hours 44 minutes. It’s a PA thing

[hidden lotus]

.

[sharp wigeon]

I think you have a really interesting dream for your career

Do you wanna be like a cop or just work for the city? Or like detective?

[wanton talon]

Going into my senior year looking to do engineering or finance, wondering if this would be too much
AP Stats
AP English Literature
AP Spanish
AP Biology
Dual Enrollment Multivariable Calculus
Civics and Government
I want to do AP stats but I’m not sure if it would be too much along with Multivariable Calc also idk if I even want to take AP bio but my counselor says I should, opinions?

[gloomy lotus]

Stats is generally considered to be on the "easier" side of the AP Maths, if you have a strong background with math, it's doable

[wanton talon]

Alright thanks

I just don’t want to have too much on my plate and somehow fuck up and do badly in one of my clases

[gloomy lotus]

I think your schedule is pretty good so far

if you're able to remove an AP and replace it with something easier, you can definitely do that

your senior year is going to be spent on college apps, so you don't want to make it too stressful

[sharp wigeon]

If you can do mvr, being able to do stats along with it shouldn’t be very hard

As for the too much part, that kinda depends on you, the schedule seems manageable but lowkey seems like it’d be kind of hard to get the motivation to work in 2nd semester if you get senioritis

[vital olive]

ohh icic that’s pretty cool ngl

[vagrant harness]

This is what my courses looks like for freshman year of HS
Spanish 2
Concert band
History
Honors bio
Algebra 1
English and literature

[mellow lava]

Sophmore summer courses: English 10, Secondary Math 2, Biology, and Psychology. (All sem 1)

[wise forge]

bro

just stop

💀

we all know thats too much for a summer

also whats the point of thaking the first sem of all those courses during the summer

[austere tulip]

That sounds like you’re finishing a high school year during the summer

[mellow lava]

nah only half a year, its hard to explain how itll work but i’ll graduate a year early by doing half of all those courses over the summer

[austere tulip]

Ok

But why

It would better to get your transfer curriculum requirements done during those summers

And then you can skip a year of college

[mellow lava]

i- idk good question, im only a freshman. i move around a lot so it’s hard to have a set course to college and my career… the only thing i know is im becoming a nurse, but im not even sure what kind yet

[cinder gorge]

Is basic Physics in summer school hard

Like Grade 11 Physics

[hidden lotus]

Cop, plan on moving to Louisiana, somewhere around New Orleans, or one of the parishes around it

[royal swan]

If you want to be a police (peace) officer, Texas has a minimum age of 21 (some exceptions) and requires the completion of a licensing course at a law enforcement academy.

Rice and LSU don't have law enforcement academies. They are more common at community colleges.

[hidden lotus]

Dang alright, I’ll look for some community colleges in those regions I guess. Thanks for the info

[sand citrus]

11th grade courses:
APUSH
Ap Lang
Honors Spanish 4
Honors Environmental Science
Creative Writing 1 Honors
Algebra 2 CP

[thorny fable]

whats APUSH

[left coral]

ap us history

[thorny fable]

oooh that makes sense lol

[austere tulip]

Cool!

[sand citrus]

yes

[gloomy lotus]

Just so you know, you don't explicitly need to go to a law enforcement academy to be able to be a cop/go into law enforcement. Many majors feed into law enforcement like criminal justice, forensics, psychology, etc.

Rice and LSU should all offer some of the majors and programs that I mentioned above. I know that you're really into law enforcement, but I encourage you to explore those majors as well, there's a ton of career paths you go through if you major in something like criminal justice or forensics

[hidden lotus]

Alright, out of all those you’ve mentioned, psychology seems the most appealing to me. I’ll do some research and make a decision from there. Thanks a lot

(I have no clue what psychology actually is but I’ve heard of it lol)

[molten locust]

Ok uh

Hello, I've been taking math courses online through state-based virtual school. I'm currently taking Algebra II with quite good grades in 8th grade, and I'm wondering what my next plan would be. In my high school, the next course I would be taking would be AP Precalculus (new for 23-24). While researching, I learned that I would be able to save a few blocks by taking regular Precalculus this summer and AP Calculus freshman year.

However, I learned that this would have its own issues. First, taking regular Precalculus may lead to me not being able to achieve Valedictorian at my high school, since the school awards AP courses with 10 extra points. Second, even if I do decide to risk Valedictorian, I would run out of math courses and thus not be able to take a math course in my sophomore year as my local college only offers dual enrollment for juniors and seniors. I've looked into options like AP Statistics, but I'm still unsure whether it's a good decision to skip a year of mathematic between AP Calculus and Linear Algebra.

(Btw I gotta make a decision pretty much by tomorrow morning)

[gloomy lotus]

Do you not have any sort calculus at your highschool to take after precalc?

Also I would not base your decisions over being "valedictorian". While the title definitely helps in college admissions, highschool is really unpredictable and you have no idea what could happen.

That being said, I would just stick to taking AP Precalc next year if you're good with math. Precalc is the foundation for a lot of maths like phyics, a bit of comp sci, and mainly calculus. The last thing you want to do is rush it

[molten locust]

AP Calculus would be my next course in freshman year if I decide to take Precalculus in the summer.

I'm in 8th grade moving onto freshman this fall

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah I wouldn't do that. Calculus is pretty difficult in the sense that it's based a lot off of precalc and there's a lot of new concepts like limits and integrals.

You want a solid foundation of precalc before moving on, and I'm not sure how much you'll be able to do in the 2-3 months summer offers

[molten locust]

I just felt like taking psychology and intro to healthcare science for the summer would be useless

[gloomy lotus]

taking calc sophomore year is already very ahead

[molten locust]

also another factor is my friend who's been taking the course with me

he and I would take Precalculus at different times

We made what's basically a study group so idk if it's a good idea to separate

Because he decided to take Precalculus over the summer

My school also won't let me take AP courses or any core classes other than math (for me) this summer

[gloomy lotus]

I mean nobody is stopping you from doing precalc over the summer and if you're really good at math, you can definitely give it a shot.

I'm just saying that calculus does require a strong amount of precalculus knowledge, so you definitely want to grasp the basics!

is there a reason you're so keen on taking summer courses?

[molten locust]

I just noticed that many of the people who went in good colleges did online courses over the summer, and since I've already been doing it, I thought it would be a good idea to take care of courses like Precalculus to make room for courses related to my major of choice

Also to make room for extracurriculars or smth

I want to go to an ivy league school too

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah I get what you mean, don't we all want to go to an ivy league?

There are many people who do online courses over the summer, but there's just as many who don't and go to a good school. Your college admission is based off of a TON of factors, and course rigor/classes are only a very small portion of that

If I was in your position, I would look into seeing what things you can do over the summer. Any programs/camps you can attend? Maybe work on a passion project of some sort? Or just explore your intended major/area of interest

[molten locust]

I also don't really wanna do this

I plan to volunteer for the red cross for now

[gloomy lotus]

If you did well in Alg. 2 and find math easy, you can definitely do precalc over the summer. Just get ready for calculus freshman year, it'll be a lot different than what you've learned so far

that's good!

[molten locust]

If I do decide to take AP Calculus in freshman year, would you recommend me taking AP Statistics sophomore year? (No DE until Junior+)

[left coral]

would taking spanish over the summer be worth it? rn as a freshman i'm in spanish 1, so the highest i can go is spanish 4

[feral bobcat]

I found taking Spanish over the summer to be very worth it. If you don’t plan to go beyond Spanish 3 then do it if you want some free time in your schedule. (My school doesn’t require you to do more than 3 years of a language)

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah I'd recommend that

stats is really easy if you already know precalc and calc

it's really just application of what you've learned

[jagged pewter]

should i major in public health sciences or biology for pre med to become a doctor?

[gloomy lotus]

My personal opinion is do precalc over the school year, get a solid foundation, and take AP Calc sophomore year

that's what I did and it worked out great

and AP Calc was still pretty tough for me, the concepts were new and required a lot of understanding

[molten locust]

I see your point actually

What course do you think are appropriate to take over the summer?

[gloomy lotus]

If you want to change career goals in the future, go public health sciences. If you're dead set on pre med, go bio. Bio major in college will give you basically all the required credits for pre med

[gloomy lotus]

I've never taken psych or intro to healthcare science so I really can't help you this. But honestly just choose the course you like. I'm not sure it'll play that big of a deal in college admissions, so expose yourself to different topics and interests

[feral bobcat]

@gloomy lotus
You seem like a great person to ask this. I’m trying to take calculus DE and I’m still wondering if I should go through with it. I have a good interest in math and found pre calc relatively easy (although I’m 80% sure my teacher was easier compared to other pre calc teachers in the school).

[left coral]

oh i see. It's just because if i take one spanish course over the summer, i could get to spanish 5 senior year, but i don't really know if the levels of spanish i end up doing will affect my chances at colleges

[jagged pewter]

so bio would be better for pre med if i am committed?

[feral bobcat]

From what my counselor said, “it looks better on applications” but depends on the college imo

I’m not an expert at college admissions but I would choose someone that goes above standard requirements as a student compared to an average student (if I were to admit someone for college)

[molten locust]

why didn't I think of Spanish 2

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah definitely go for it. Dual Enrollment is great because not only will you learn in a college setting (if you're going to CC for it), you'll also get opportunities at that college that other highschoolers won't like internships or research opportunities.

And since you said you did pretty good at precalc, Calc shouldn't be that bad. Calc is basically just pre-calc with a bit of algebra mixed in

[molten locust]

that's a great idea

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah

[left coral]

yea

[feral bobcat]

Cc?

[left coral]

i really wish i chose spanish 1 back in 7th grade

[gloomy lotus]

community college. Some dual enrollment classes are done in a community college

[left coral]

now all my friends r in spanish 3 and im here

[gloomy lotus]

most of the time, it's just at your highschool though

[jagged pewter]

thank youuuuu

[feral bobcat]

Ah yeah it’s a community college I’m going to

[gloomy lotus]

Oh yeah, then I'd def go for it

[feral bobcat]

I just wanted some final confidence

Also would you say taking 2 DE classes is hard?

It’s not until the middle of my calc class but I’m also taking Econ DE

[gloomy lotus]

It's definitely doable. DE Classes are on par or a bit harder than APs, so if you're able to handle multiple APs, two DE classes won't be a problem

[feral bobcat]

That’s exactly what my friend said lol

[feral bobcat]

Honestly I need the practice, I haven’t taken a single AP yet but I’m taking like 4 next year so I need to get used to it. Currently only in all honors so I think 2 DE classes will help me get started

Thanks for the help

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah go for it then, it'll be helpful in college admissions as well

np

[stray star]

hey, how can i self study ap courses and eventually take ap exams

my school doesnt offer them and I am hoping to self study

but i cant find where to take the exams

[sleek aspen]

You probably have to sign up on college board

[molten locust]

what's a light weight course (that I can take over the summer) that would help me progress through high school

[gloomy lotus]

Sign up for the test at your testing center

as for the resources, you'll probably get access to your APClassroom, collegeboard will have a ton of videos and practice to do

[royal swan]

There's other paths into law enforcement, but if you're specifically looking to be a cop (police/peace officer), as you mentioned, in Texas you must complete a basic licensing course (law enforcement academy) or academic alternative (currently listed as only ACC). It's the state law.
https://www.tcole.texas.gov/content/civilian-non-licensed-person

Louisiana requirements are slightly different but still require completing a course at a law enforcement academy.
https://lcle.la.gov/programs/post/

[sleek aspen]

I hear that Ap Human Geogrpahy is pretty easy. Although I don’t think many colleges offer that class over the summer.

[kindred mango]

you don't sign up on collegeboard, you sign up with a testing location and they sign you up.

[molten locust]

I was talking about state based virtual schools, so non-AP

[gloomy lotus]

Got it, I've never self-studied so I have no idea how these things work

[molten locust]

I've decided on Psychology and I can choose another one

[stray star]

the nearest testing center is 3 hours away lol

is there any way to do it online?

[molten locust]

I don't think you can take AP online unless I'm mistaken

Since they're usually hosted in high schools

[gloomy lotus]

Maybe check with your local highschool?

I think some APs can be done online, but pretty sure thats for international students

[stray star]

im in canada if that counts as international

[worthy oasis]

pick all the AP classes

dont stress just be better

get that 5.0

[molten locust]

@feral bobcat do you recommend me taking Spanish II over the summer

[stray star]

just be better

thats my motto

[worthy oasis]

fr

[stray star]

2nd place is 1st loser

[molten locust]

Is it a good idea to take AP Statistics and AP Precalculus (Probably similar to Accelerated Precalculus) at the same time

Likely in different semesters since our school has a block system

Just in the same school year

[flint wyvern]

i think youll be fine

[molten locust]

alr

[sharp wigeon]

does your school offer ap precalc?

[molten locust]

Mhm starting this fall

[sharp wigeon]

damn i cant believe they actually rolled it out

[molten locust]

yeah many people said it was stupid

10 extra points for me tho

[sharp wigeon]

id say take it cause course rigor and all that but that course is honestly such a scam, idk what college is gonna take pre calc credits and what theyd even do for you

[molten locust]

they won't

[sharp wigeon]

😭

at least you know

[molten locust]

at least I get 10 extra points toward valedictorian :)

[feral bobcat]

Oops my fault, I had to sign some papers for calc. Yeah I highly recommend you take Spanish 2 over the summer if you got nothing else going on. Even if you do have some other commitment over the summer, you should be fine since Spanish 2 is very simple as far as Spanish speaking goes (although I’m Hispanic so there’s some bias).

[cinder gorge]

1 course aint gonna decide the course rigor

And its more nepotism then anything imo

Like my councler is like “i have never had a student as much as a rigor as u and ur prob the one that ticks of the ‘most rigorous in my career’ in the college apps” when i clearly know people who has more rigor in their schedule

(Most of the rigor that i do comes from out of school)

[cinder gorge]

Consider bringing ur phone for the car ride

[cinder gorge]

Btw, in context; i talk to my councilor nearly everyday in regards of college questions n whatever and i run some stuff soo

And sometimes u can’t overpower people, it’s physically impossible, hence u can out smart them

[signal copper]

guys i have a hard time deciding between accounting and finance
which is a better major finance vs accounting
cfa or cpa
which is a better option from earning potential pov

in the context of canada

[blissful island]

Ok so I have a question for y'all

Last year when selecting my courses I decided to take AP Lang, and AP physics 1. I had no idea how rigorous physics would be so I declined to take

Ap US

I am looking to go into engineering at Stanford, and other then that I have within their avg grades and sat but I am just wondering if not taking AP US will screw me

Or is it like 'bro you missed only one AP class and it's not even related to engineering, chill out"

Also sorry I'd this is the wrong chat to put this in

[hidden lotus]

Thanks for this, I’ll look into what it’s all about

[gloomy lotus]

Not taking an AP class will never hurt you

but if you're going into engineering, the courses you do in hs should be somewhat related to engineering

[signal copper]

guys i have a hard time deciding between accounting and finance
which is a better major finance vs accounting
cfa or cpa
which is a better option from earning potential pov
in the context of canada

please reply

[cinder gorge]

I don’t know anything about finance or accounting I’m sorry

[royal swan]

I wouldn't be worried about missing an AP class. Instead, I would recommend focusing on a solid foundation of algebra and trigonometry to prepare for calculus. That will be a more significant factor in your success.

[feral lava]

Hello guys, my brother needs help, should he skip Physics 2 and go to Physics C?

[noble pendant]

Do colleges care that much abt AP Calc? Our school does offer it and I was wondering how much of a disadvantage I’d be at by not taking it

[vital olive]

depends on the major

[gloomy lotus]

It's very helpful to almost any major that you go into with the exception of a few humanities.

If you're going into some sort of STEM, Calculus is must-have, espcially for more presitigious insitituions

[vital olive]

oh wait

he's right

i completely forgot

yeah you basically need ap calc even if you're going into humanities

90% of harvard's incoming class has taken at least ap calc ab or above

[noble pendant]

Would they outright reject me for not taking it?

[vital olive]

well, what are you trying to major in?

and even still, even if they won't outright reject you, it will have a negative impact

[gloomy lotus]

Depends on your major. You probably won't get outright rejected for not taking it, but your chances will be diminished a bit

yeah like Mega said

[noble pendant]

Aerospace

Trynna major in that

[austere tulip]

Yeah u should take calc

If you think you’ll have trouble take AB

But take some form of ap calc

[noble pendant]

No like… idk if I’ll be eligible is the problem

At my school

Was just asking so I know if I need to take it outside of school

Will that still count? If I take AP calc outside of school

[austere tulip]

Why

Have you done precalc yet?

[noble pendant]

Not yet

I still got 2 years before I need to take ap calc

[austere tulip]

Ok

What math class are you doing right now

[noble pendant]

Geometry

[cinder gorge]

Then sa ur way thru

[austere tulip]

Oooh ok

So I recommend

[cinder gorge]

Thats what im doing

[austere tulip]

Take algebra II over the summer

[cinder gorge]

Just sa’ing everything

[austere tulip]

And then do Precalculus junior year

And then you will be eligible for ap calc

[noble pendant]

Got it

Thank u sm

I’ll try doing that

[cinder gorge]

Or u can do it in next yr fall and calc ab during the spring

And this summer is for the pre req

[austere tulip]

Huh????

Calc is a full year course

[cinder gorge]

College system

[cinder gorge]

For hs yes, for college no

[austere tulip]

Just curious

[noble pendant]

What does sa mean?

[cinder gorge]

Special admit

[austere tulip]

Does your school offer algebra II over the summer

Because try to do it through your school

[noble pendant]

No

[austere tulip]

If it doesn’t then try the college stuff He’s saying

[noble pendant]

Don’t think so

[austere tulip]

O

Does your school not do summer school?

[noble pendant]

I meant to say it offered a double up option this year

[austere tulip]

Oh

[noble pendant]

But I picked a science course in favor of doing that math

And no I don’t think our school would offer summer school for this unfortunately

[austere tulip]

Ok

So try doing it somewhere else

Check out your community college

[noble pendant]

So if I find an outside way to take algebra 2 this summer, I can take precalc junior and be eligible senior?

[austere tulip]

You have to ask your school

[noble pendant]

Alright

But thanks for the help

[austere tulip]

Because I tried to skip honors Chem this summer

[cinder gorge]

Just do the quicker path

[austere tulip]

But my school told me they wouldn’t accept outside pretend

Prereq*

[noble pendant]

Yeah idk if our school would accept it

[austere tulip]

Check with your counselor

If not

Beg your school

And if that doesn’t work

[cinder gorge]

Then do like ap bio/ap chem equivalence in college

[austere tulip]

Then too bad

You might be a bit behind

Id recommend self studying ap calc and taking the test if you want to

[cinder gorge]

Or cc is a better option

[noble pendant]

Will colleges accept it

If u j take the test

And not do the course

[cinder gorge]

Its a cc

[austere tulip]

Nope

Because their school might not accept credit

[austere tulip]

Yes the test will give you credit if you get a good score

[cinder gorge]

Its faster and theres a teacher, ifk how better it can get

[cinder gorge]

Hence looking into the college is important

[austere tulip]

First of all, dual enrollment not a possibility everywhere

[cinder gorge]

Not de, sa

[austere tulip]

Same thing

Special admit is even more limited

[cinder gorge]

No

[austere tulip]

It’s not everywhere

Like there’s no special admit here

[noble pendant]

I don’t think we have special admit

[cinder gorge]

De is more limited

[cinder gorge]

Then ask ur counclwr

[austere tulip]

Wdym there’s no special admit in so many places

[cinder gorge]

For us, sa has more option to classes then de

[austere tulip]

I mean if you can find a way to take calc in a college, do it

But realize that they will ask for prereqs

So the best option will be to self study and take the exam

[austere tulip]

Well that’s different

[noble pendant]

Can u duel enroll as a junior?

[cinder gorge]

U can de whenever

Im deing rn

[noble pendant]

Side question- if I have all honors/ap except for ap calc will that put me at a disadvantage?

[cinder gorge]

Wdym disadvantage

[noble pendant]

Like

Compared to others who’ve taken ap calc

[cinder gorge]

Ofc u lack knowledge but idk what ur exactly asking

[noble pendant]

Like I’ve heard that some colleges won’t even look at ur application if u haven’t taken ap calc

Is that true or nah

[sharp wigeon]

no 😭

[cinder gorge]

No

[austere tulip]

I think you can

[austere tulip]

No that's not true

But for your major it's a good thing to have taken calc by high school

[noble pendant]

Well that’s a relief lmao

Yeah ofc

I’ll see what I can do

Thank u all sm

Helped a ton

[cinder gorge]

Cc dont care what u took

[austere tulip]

Well the thing about Sa ing

[cinder gorge]

As long as u have at least a C- in all ur classes ull get accepted

[austere tulip]

Is that you would need the prereq to take the course

[cinder gorge]

Some of which is hs class

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

Hence planning is required

[austere tulip]

But the person wouldn't have finished precalc

before registering for calc

[cinder gorge]

So?

[austere tulip]

so they couldn't meet the prereqs

and would not be allowed to take the course

[cinder gorge]

Thats not even the pre req for college calc

[austere tulip]

precalc is

[cinder gorge]

Hs is different then college, do ur research

[cinder gorge]

There is no pre calc in college

And i can easily take calc ab next yr fall

[austere tulip]

lol then my cc is different

[cinder gorge]

Look into the major classes in ur cc

U should know more college stuff

[austere tulip]

No it has precalc as a prereq

I checke

Im taking a math course this year

they didn't even let me count alg ii as a prereq

they made me take a placement test

[cinder gorge]

Math 3 is the pre req for calc ab for me

For college

Not hs

For hs, i need to do pre calc

[austere tulip]

Math 3 is precalc

[cinder gorge]

Not for me

Its math 1 -> math 2 -> 3 -> pre calc -> calc ab

Bc if u do all honors

But i might as well do that in like 1 yr instead of 5

Via cc

[austere tulip]

oh ok

we don't have integrated math

we do alg i, geo, alg ii, precal, calc bc

[gloomy lotus]

yeah same

its alg 1, geometry, alg 2, precalc, and then you go to calc 1, calc AB or BC

[royal swan]

What university?

[royal swan]

Pre-calculus exists in college, but even if it doesn't (locally), college algebra and trigonometry are equally acceptable.

[wise forge]

pov my college with College Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre Calculus

[austere tulip]

Same

Also mx how much does each class cost at ur cc

I decided to take one class and it was 450

[wise forge]

what the fuck

[wise forge]

free

[cinder gorge]

Same

[wise forge]

the state covers tuition for all cali residents at my school

not just high school students

everyone

[stoic jungle]

Hi everybody

I have a question

Do you think I should take ap italian

I’ve had no formal education

In italian

But I have completed the duolingo tree

and I read an italian book

And I did it alright

It would be test only

[frozen coyote]

Are you fluent enough to hold conversation? To read and write?

[stoic jungle]

at another school

[frozen coyote]

autocorrect

[stoic jungle]

I’m not sure

Give me something to say

I know it’s hard over discord

[frozen coyote]

“I studied for the math exam yesterday”

[stoic jungle]

Maybe some italian can correct me

Ho studiato per l’esame di matematica ieri

[frozen coyote]

I know somebody who speaks Italian… let me verify this, lol

The AP Spanish exam is really easy, but I don’t know about the Italian one

[stoic jungle]

Credo che gli exami siano molti simili

I just struggle with distant past

[frozen coyote]

Okay, so you seem to have a good grip on where you can grow

Do you have time to practice outside of school?

[stoic jungle]

Non sono sicuro

credo che sì

Però

I can speak in english

If you would like

[frozen coyote]

I understand enough 👍

[stoic jungle]

ok bene

[frozen coyote]

Though I can’t properly judge the quality

You know what I mean? I understand what you’re saying, but I can’t tell@if it’s the most efficient

[stoic jungle]

Il prossimo anno è grado 11°

[stoic jungle]

Si, lo capisco

[frozen coyote]

Not sure if this is translated properly

[stoic jungle]

Cos’ha detto il tuo amico?

[frozen coyote]

Ohh, okay. Stressful year

[stoic jungle]

Sì, avrò molti compiti

[frozen coyote]

They learn Italian as a side hobby and had trouble following the sentence structure

They had to translate it online and it came out wrong

[stoic jungle]

What was the correct answer

Cos’era la risposta corretta

[frozen coyote]

Hmm… actually, I think you’re pretty much right

I’m looking into it closer

I’m semi fluent in Spanish, not Italian, so I can follow with error

[stoic jungle]

anch’io

[frozen coyote]

Have you taken any practice exams?

[frozen coyote]

So you know what I mean 👍

[stoic jungle]

sì, prenderò AP spanish in grado 12°

[frozen coyote]

AP Italian and then Spanish?

Is this because you’re passionate about it or for college?

[stoic jungle]

Il primo

Ma gli esami AP sono per università

[frozen coyote]

Right… the Spanish AP exam is easy, but idk about italian

Well, if I were you,

[stoic jungle]

e anche

[frozen coyote]

I’d look up an AP Italian exam and give it a try. You don’t have to do great, but you should be within a year’s reach of doing well

And if you do semi OK, and aren’t too worried about your busy schedule, I’d say go for it

[stoic jungle]

voglio applicare per delle università brittaniche

[frozen coyote]

Specifically because you’re passionate about learning

[stoic jungle]

È Nel Regno Unito

[frozen coyote]

Ooohh… I’m not familiar

Competitive colleges?

[stoic jungle]

Si mette molta importanza per AP note

[stoic jungle]

Sì, oxbridge

Ma non so se mi accetterebbero

(But I do not know if they would accept me)

Quello è perché voglio fare AP Italian in grado 11°

[frozen coyote]

Okay… sorry for the wait, im trying to look at the school mission statement and whatnot

[stoic jungle]

Non avrò molte note AP quando faccio domanda per le università

[frozen coyote]

Got it, that helps

Well

I’m honestly a part of the group that believes it’s almost always worth taking a hard class if you’re passionate

You can take an AP that you hate, and you’ll be miserably trying to receive a good grade

But if you’re passionate and learning on your own, AP Italian is doable

And could be a worthy asset in college applications

Are you applying for courses or studies that relate to languages? To any international work?

[stoic jungle]

Sì, sono molto apassionato di imparare lingue mondiale

[frozen coyote]

That’s great— this is something you want to show to colleges like Oxbridge, then

[stoic jungle]

Certamente

[frozen coyote]

Hah. At least italian has a lot of cognates, lol

[stoic jungle]

Sì. La grammatica è quasi lo stesso di Francia

[frozen coyote]

Do you know French???

[stoic jungle]

Un peu

no bastante de español y italiano

Wait that wasn’t correct

My french is A0

Italian is B1~B2, I would say

Spanish is a little more B2

[frozen coyote]

Ohh, okay. That’s really great!

Right

[stoic jungle]

Yeah

[frozen coyote]

I speak mostly Spanish, with slight experience in French

[stoic jungle]

I’m also learning tamil, a south indian language

[frozen coyote]

Zero Italian, but I can kinda understand

Really?

[stoic jungle]

Yeah there are many cognates

[frozen coyote]

Why tamil?

[stoic jungle]

I’m ethnically tamilian but I suck at the language : (

[frozen coyote]

(What made you choose it)

OHHH

[stoic jungle]

I want to improve at it

I took an online course in it

4 hours every sunday

And I hated it

[frozen coyote]

A h

[stoic jungle]

For this past year

Yeah

[frozen coyote]

Great effort, though!

[stoic jungle]

I’m trying to find a method that works for me

[stoic jungle]

Thanks!

[frozen coyote]

That’s also really good. Do you learn best in any ways?

I find that I learn best by writing and talking

[stoic jungle]

For stuff like spanish and italian, since I’m already advanced, I learn most with interactions from native speakers

[frozen coyote]

Okay, that’s really good.

[stoic jungle]

Except for some stuff that I haven’t fully learned yet like subjunctive

For tamil I can understand it perfectly

And I know the script

[frozen coyote]

Ah! So maybe you aren’t so bad after all

That’s amazing

[stoic jungle]

But I suck at writing and speakinf

And my family speaks tanglish which is a portmanteau of tamil and english

So I don’t even know some words in more formal tamil

Since colloquial and formal are very different in the language

Would you like to dm? I have to go to sleep now so maybe later.

[frozen coyote]

Sure! That works

Either way, I think what you’re doing is great

[stoic jungle]

I would love to continue this convo

Thanks 🙂

How about you?

[frozen coyote]

Language?

[stoic jungle]

How do u learn best?

[frozen coyote]

Ohh. Well, I usually am fond of speaking and writing

Though honestly, I need more practice listening

[stoic jungle]

Oh my bad. You already said that

[frozen coyote]

You’re fine!

[stoic jungle]

Yes!!! Spanish speakers talk so quickly lol

Especially dominicans

[frozen coyote]

Quite a bit. Friends have to slow down for me slightly

[stoic jungle]

Me too

[frozen coyote]

Though I’m naturally a fast speaker, so aside from the struggle to follow, I quite enjoy it lol

[stoic jungle]

Yeah I think for a bit, then I speak really quickly, so they assume I can understand really quickly

[frozen coyote]

Exactly! I personally find that when unsure, I err on the side of caution and speak a bit slower. But when a subject comes around that I enjoy or am a bit more fluent in, I speak fast as well

[stoic jungle]

Me too!

I just get excited I think

[frozen coyote]

Oh, definitely!

The learning finally pays off

[stoic jungle]

It’s nice to read something without having to think twice about it

[frozen coyote]

Haha, true. And at some point with most languages, they just click

[stoic jungle]

Yup. Exchange students at my school speak english almost natively

THey are kind of inspirations

[stoic jungle]

Like Khoisan

[frozen coyote]

You really are affluent in learning languages!

[stoic jungle]

Thanks 🙂 it was also impressive how quickly you deciphered my italian

[frozen coyote]

Ah, thank you! I have to understand basic ideas because I sing in Italian!

[stoic jungle]

So much music is written in italian. That’s part of the reason I started learning it

It’s just so sing songy

[frozen coyote]

Really? I picked up a bit from signing

That’s nice to hear! We have similar origins with the language, lol

[stoic jungle]

More classical/opera studf

[frozen coyote]

Yes, exactly!

[stoic jungle]

Ok I added you as a discord friend, but I do have to get going now

It was really nice to talk with you

[frozen coyote]

You as well! Have a nice night.

[stoic jungle]

Maybe we can continue this conversation another day : )

[frozen coyote]

I’d be glad!

[stoic jungle]

You too!

[cinder gorge]

What do you need to be good at if you want to be a lawyer?

[dusty lake]

Watching news !!

[mint thorn]

To be convincing

[rare merlin]

What do you need to be good at if you want to either be a house renovator or soccer coach?

or sports journalism?

[feral bobcat]

Isn’t the entire dictionary fair game for second language AP exams?

[native moon]

If I did not do well on Spanish 2 (I think I got a c) one year should I take a college class for Spanish 2 this summer and do well in that class to show improvement to colleges? Or do languages not matter that much-

[mighty mist]

That could be a good option. Colleges will care about that grade. Language classes do matter

[rare merlin]

someone?

and the other 2?

[native moon]

Okay thanks

[mint thorn]

Sports coach usually requires for you to be really good at that sport

Journalism just means that you have to know what you’re doing

[rare merlin]

k

[austere tulip]

Is it fine if I go for a certifications degree and not an associate's degree

The certification would be in Computer Information Technology

It would have only major specific classes and no other core classes

[sly yarrow]

Im debating either talking honors calculus or ap env. as a senior, not enjoying precalc rn, gonna major in bio/biotech, alr taking ap stats and ap chem, idk which one to pick.

at my school apes is way too hard for absolutely no reason too

[wanton talon]

I recommend you take calculus it’s something that you will probably need no matter your major

[vital olive]

if you're going for top schools go for calc

[sly yarrow]

i c, i talked to my friends, and they said the same thing. thanks for the info, im going to meet with my counselor tmrw

[royal swan]

Pre-calculus has little to no actual calculus, so I wouldn't let that completely discourage you.

It might be helpful to take calculus now depending on your goals, but if you don't, it's not that big of a deal. You'll just take it in college.

[royal swan]

By certification degree, you mean a certificate, right? What's your plan after the certificate?

[austere tulip]

It's like a degree from my CC

It's like an associates except you only take the classes from the subject you want to take

no other like humanities or english reqs

[royal swan]

Do you have a link to the program?

[austere tulip]

it would be a dox

[royal swan]

Ok, from what I can tell in the screenshot, it's a certificate and not a degree (despite what it says).

This is my opinion. Certificates don't have much value. They're typically only a few classes, and it will depend on your goals to determine if it's worth it.

[austere tulip]

ok

Becausee I def don't have enough time in high school to do an AS

So I thought I would just do a certificate

[royal swan]

What are your goals? That's the big factor.

[austere tulip]

Dream college --> MIT. If not, some kind of tech/CS college

career goals: something with IT or Electrical Engineering

[solar vault]

what are some really good ap classes for a good understanding of electrical engineering?

is taking ap computer science principles really going to help in my electrical engineering path?

[sharp wigeon]

no ap class youre gonna take is going to give you a good understanding of electrical engineering, i think the most helpful ones would probably be calc ab/bc and physics c e&m though. if youre aiming for top eecs schools though consider just taking as much ap classes as possible that you know you can maintain a good gpa in as its usually a pretty competitive major

[fluid silo]

Hey guys I need some advice with choosing courses, somebody help lol

[fluid silo]

this could be a good course

[sharp wigeon]

if your school has one probably the best person to ask would be your school counselor, but id be happy to give my not so reliable opinion

[fluid silo]

Okay so I'm so stressed about this right now

I'm currently in Algebra 2

I want to take ap calc ab next year

the only way I can do that is to take pre-calc at cc this summer

my problem is that im not prepared for pre-calc at all

i tried to take their short 7-week course with college algebra and trigonometry & withdrew because it was that hard

so now I'm preparing for pre-calc but i'm really stressed

so my two choices are: take pre-calc this summer, ap calc junior year OR take calc, linear, algebra, calc 2 & 3 at cc next year (CLEP exams)

[sharp wigeon]

why does the second option include you taking linear algebra and calc 2/3 those are super hard courses 😭

[fluid silo]

because i want to go into engineering & i have lots of time to prepare and self-learn

[fluid silo]

and because it boosts my gpa

[sharp wigeon]

i think you should just take precalc this summer and ap calc junior year as its a good course to have on your transcript and will probably be useful if youre majoring in stem. in my honest opinion, i think precalc is a harder course than calc ab so if you get through this summer you should be fine

[fluid silo]

i'm just rambling lol

[fluid silo]

really?

[sharp wigeon]

yah, if precalc for me wasnt during covid idk if i wouldve gotten an A tbh

[fluid silo]

tbh pre calc seems really hard, what i hate about my cc is that they use a special platform, so i can't prepare with khan academy (my go-to for math) because it's so different

but i can prepare for calc ab with khan academy

[sharp wigeon]

the thing with calc ab is that you only really need to understand how to do derivatives and integrals and youre fine. i think pre calc is much more expansive in what it covers and some of the stuff to me i just straight up didnt get 😭

kind of came back to bite me in the ass when i did polar stuff in calc bc but its whatever

[fluid silo]

lool maybe i should take ap precalc

that won't be offered at my school but i can self study for the exam

[sharp wigeon]

i dont think theres really any point in doing that, especially if you plan on taking higher levels of calculus. the exam credit already doesnt do much and itll do even less if you have good scores in higher levels of math

[fluid silo]

okay, thank you for your advice!

[sharp wigeon]

np 👍

i think you really should talk to your school counselor though they probably know more about you than i do

[tough sun]

@sharp wigeon hy

[royal swan]

CLEP only offers a calculus exam out of those I believe.

[royal swan]

What's the rush to take calculus?

[royal swan]

For electrical engineering, the certificate is pretty useless. For IT, it likely doesn't have much, if any, value. Certifications (e.g., CompTIA) or degrees are preferred.

[royal swan]

Those are two different fields, so while exposure to programming would help, it's not a focus of EE. You're better off preparing for calculus through a solid foundation in algebra and trigonometry.

If you've taken calculus and Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: E&M will give you a small sample of EE.

[austere tulip]

What’s the difference between a certificate and a certification

[austere tulip]

Yeh I’m planning to do them senior year

Thanks

[royal swan]

A certificate is an acknowledgement of completing a couple of classes in a broad subject.

A certification validates baseline knowledge in a specific area and is granted after passing an examination. Basically, certifications might help to open doors, but experience is generally considered more important in IT.
https://www.comptia.org/blog/best-it-certifications-for-beginners
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/certifications/

[solar vault]

My hs offers honors aerospace engineering course, can I take that if i'm wanting to go into ee?

[royal swan]

Yes, if you find it interesting.

[fluid silo]

engineering/top school admissions

[fluid silo]

yes that

's what i plan to do and then take calc 2 & the rest

[forest spoke]

AP Calcus AB, Chem H , Physics H, World History 2

and Naval Science 2

German 3

ok for 10th grade

and English 10 H

Is the rigor ok

[royal swan]

What's your intended major? What are your target schools?

[royal swan]

Has your understanding improved or habits changed since this course? You're describing something similar to a pre-calculus course during the summer.

[fluid silo]

I'm taking a Khan Academy course on precalculus now.

[fluid silo]

Intended major: CS/Math/Engineering Target Schools: Princeton, Duke, CMU

[royal swan]

What's your grade in algebra 2? How are you doing with trigonometry?

[fluid silo]

I currently have an A in algebra 2. I'm ok with trigonometry (6/10)

[cinder gorge]

no

[feral bobcat]

It is ok but not great imo. If you can I’d try to take 1 more AP

but other than that it looks good

[cinder gorge]

Do I have to take biology in highschool to get into Ivy Leagues

??

[austere tulip]

Yeah

Well not have to

But most people do

Take one year of bio one year of Chem and one year of physics

[snow charm]

Hi Guys, I'm a freshman in HS and I'm going to be moving this summer. My Current Biology teacher has recommended me to take AP Biology next year as a Sophomore, should I do it or should I wait until perhaps Senior Year to do it? I think that I personally am up for the task, but I want to ask someone who perhaps has some experience doing AP Biology because from what I've heard, it's really tough.

[austere tulip]

I don’t have experience doing ap bio but I recommend doing an ap science soph year because that preps you for more ap sciences later

Also gives you the opportunity to do more

[quaint solstice]

Top easy AP Classes ???

[cinder gorge]

What r u gonna do the other yrs?

[cinder gorge]

No

[cinder gorge]

@austere tulip Got it

[gloomy lotus]

subjectively, they would be APES, APCSP, even APCSA if you already took CSP

art and design, 2d art, etc.

[feral lava]

Since AP Precalc would add more points to you weighted GPA, is it worth taking?

[feral lava]

^

[cinder gorge]

What’s the IB Diploma like and what makes it rare? And also should I pursue it?

[austere tulip]

yeah

But like foosball said

I recommend taking the course

but not the exam

the course will give you the gpa

but the exam will give you nothig

[feral lava]

Yeah thats what I was thinking

[elfin python]

Hello, I’m currently an 8th grader and I was wondering whether it would be a good or bad idea for me to take orchestra next year. Currently, it’s labeled as an honors course gpa wise, and I do enjoy it a lot since I’d be doing it alongside my friends, and it’s fun overall. That said, there are some other stem electives that look interesting, and since my electives are already full with Spanish 2 and orchestra, I can’t take those. I’m not particularly amazing at orchestra, as I’m not even enrolled in lessons, yet im still okay, so I’m not sure whether pr not I should continue with it throughout high school. I really don’t want to regret choosing a course that could hold me back, so I was looking for some advice on what to do, as I’m open to either option.

Aside from Spanish and orchestra, I’m taking biology honors, English honors, alg2 honors, and US history honors. Our school doesn’t offer AP courses for freshman so that’s irrelevant btw

[austere tulip]

This is my own decision: I chose to give up band

And go to a stem elective

One reason for this was that music was something that was pursuable outside of school through private lessons, which was much easier than pursuing stem courses outside of school.

Another reason was like you said I wasn’t that good at music

And I didn’t feel like I would progress from it

And then a third reason: band is a bit commitment, it interferes with a lot of other stuff.

You have to attend concerts for a grade

Practice for hours outside of class

That said there are other good things about it and you might want to know the other side

[elfin python]

Yeah fair enough. As for music itself I am taking private lessons for piano

I’m still kind of torn though, because I don’t really know how much a stem elective will do

Because I’ve heard that colleges look for someone committed

So idk

[elfin python]

How is that going then? Would you say the stem elective is that significant?

[austere tulip]

What stem elective are you planning

[elfin python]

There are some CS courses

[austere tulip]

I liked it a lot

[elfin python]

I’m not sure yet

[austere tulip]

I’ve learned new things it was hands on so it was fun

[elfin python]

Cool

[austere tulip]

It was just more of an exploration class and I didn’t have to worry about the grade

As long as I put in effort

[elfin python]

Yeah

[tranquil sorrel]

Most schools don't offer it, but if your school offers it and you wanna go to university outside your country, go for it

[dark crag]

hey, i’m a rising senior and i’m taking AP Lit, AP comp sci, AP seminar, AP econ/honors gov, magnet course of engineering and an elective course but i’m still wondering if this is a good schedule?

Right now, i haven’t taken a pre calc course and currently thinking about when to take it (maybe DE, but that is my biggest concern/problem) but after that, i’m wondering what would be more beneficial for me to take and distance myself for applications and to give my schedule a rating?

[hollow finch]

Your schedule is good, classes arent too hard.

[dark crag]

sounds great, thank you so much for the rating bro, i really appreciate it 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[cinder gorge]

Ty

[snow charm]

Got it thank you!

[cinder gorge]

Should I take AP classes as well as IB classes?

[tranquil sorrel]

I would do it if I had opportunity because I like rigorous but you can do whatever you want. I don't know a lot about IB though because I never took it and I don't know people who took it

[cinder gorge]

Ah I see! Rigorous courses do impress colleges

Ty again

[proven totem]

So if I was gonna pursue music outside of school (I'm pursuing guitar) is it worth adding to my extracurriculars, if yes how do i show for it?

[velvet parcel]

If I fail the AP euro test, should I retake that one or drop orchestra show I can do apush for another chance for ap credit?

(The orchestra teacher probably will get a heart attack on that one because I'm one of the few good players 💀)

[austere tulip]

You don't have to show it. You just work towards it and describe it in your college apps. You don't have to have proof. However, it's a test of honesty. Colleges will sometimes verify ecs and if you lie you lose your chance.

[cinder gorge]

Don’t drop orchestra I say retake the ap euro and self study if you do end failing it

[gloomy lotus]

Being good and active in orchestra >>>> failing one AP class

if your orchestra likes your talents, she'll probably write you a great rec letter as well

just retake ap euro by self-studying if you'd like. You know most of the content, just revise and do it again if you're up for it

[velvet parcel]

Fair

I'll probably get section leader 3 times in a row 💀

[placid nexus]

Hello

I’m going to be a senior next year I’m the best buddies secretary which is a club I join my main courses are English gov and Econ my electives are culinary arts and emergency medical responder and i doing jrotc are these good classes

[gloomy lotus]

Whats ur intended major?

Also jrotc is a great class, very underrated as well

[native moon]

What are IB classes?

[left coral]

international bacceluraet

idk how to spell

[maiden crag]

IB is a curriculum focused on research based learning basically

[native moon]

Oh how do you take them? Is it just if your school offers them or?

Oops wrong person sorry

[native moon]

I meant to reply to you^

[maiden crag]

uhh, since its a curriculum like cgse, or igcse, or cambridge, your school offers them to you

i'm not really sure if there are courses if you want to do ib...

[maiden crag]

no worries

[native moon]

Ohhhhh okay thank you, I wasn’t sure if they were like APs or a whole separate thing

[maiden crag]

ahh, no worries !

[sharp wigeon]

ib classes are similar in difficulty if not harder at a hl level than their ap counterparts, there's also usually a lot more requirements/projects youll have to do if you plan on completing the ib diploma

[placid nexus]

I’m in high school I going to be a senior in high school

[cinder gorge]

is ib worth it

it might be a weird question sorry

i dont know much about ib

wish i could know more about ib, i really wanted to be a part of it but i had zero chance

[sharp wigeon]

i guess that kind of depends on your definition of "worth it" and for what. to interject with my own opinion, i used to be in ib but dropped out for no real good reason except i just didn't feel like doing it nor did i feel like it is was worth my time. the general consensus online and probably if you ask ib students is no and having an ib diploma only holds a lot of value if youre applying international. i personally think though if you go through with the program, it could be "worth it" in the sense that youll be really well prepared for college and youll probably have an easier time than other people

[cinder gorge]

but it doesn't offer a lot for national uni applications as i understand right?

[sharp wigeon]

like in the us?

[cinder gorge]

isnt ib global

[sharp wigeon]

it's a global program yeah

[cinder gorge]

i meant non-international applications by saying national

i suppose its prestigious in international applications

[sharp wigeon]

oh, i can't say for sure ive heard people say it's weighed the same level as like taking similar difficulty ap courses or slightly better but not a significant enough boost to warrant going through the whole program but that probably varies from college to college so i cant say for sure

[cinder gorge]

oh ok

an ap course is an advanced version of a topic right?

[sharp wigeon]

yah

[cinder gorge]

idk much

im not familiar with that system

[sharp wigeon]

the curriculum for ap's is standardized by an organization called collegeboard and the classes are designed to be harder than what schools would typically offer

[cinder gorge]

oh i know collegeboard

[sharp wigeon]

the point of taking ap's is to take an ap test at the end of the year that they say gets you college credits but it's honestly really iffy on wheter some colleges will take them and if the credits even count for anything important

[cinder gorge]

would you still be able to get a good score without taking an ap course?

[sharp wigeon]

good score in what?

[cinder gorge]

sat

[sharp wigeon]

oh yah definitely

i think there's some overlapping skills between some ap courses and the sat but a lot of the sat content isnt advanced enough to where you need to take an ap course to udnerstand it

[cinder gorge]

how does the essay thing work in sat?

[cinder gorge]

yeah once i was doing some research about sat math out of boredom

seemed very easy to me

[sharp wigeon]

the sat doesnt have an essay anymore

[cinder gorge]

oh really?

since when

[gloomy lotus]

It does offer a good amount in the USA

I'm currently in IB right now, and I'm pretty sure the acceptance rates for IB students are slightly higher than normal non-ib students

[sharp wigeon]

idk but its not something youd have to worry about

[gloomy lotus]

although acceptance rates aren't an accurate way to gauge anything

IBDP is very rigorous however

[sharp wigeon]

they are but normal non-ib students is kind of a large demographic

[gloomy lotus]

yeah

[cinder gorge]

what does sat include except maths and reading-writing

[gloomy lotus]

here's what I found online

[gloomy lotus]

Math calc, math no-calc, reading and writing

that's it

[cinder gorge]

nothing else?

[gloomy lotus]

nope

[cinder gorge]

no biology, history, physics anything?

[gloomy lotus]

nope

[cinder gorge]

oh

[sharp wigeon]

yah this seems about right

[cinder gorge]

its weird

[gloomy lotus]

I like it better that way honestly

I only have to focus on a few topics

to study

it's much easier to improve

[cinder gorge]

yeah i didnt say its bad

[sharp wigeon]

i think if you compared the number though to students who took an equivalent number of ap courses there would be a considerably smaller gap but a metric like that seems way too hard to gather data on

[cinder gorge]

i agree i think its kinda better too

altough idk im not sure

is ib common in the us?

[sharp wigeon]

somewhat

idk actually i live in california so i cant speak for the us as a whole

[gloomy lotus]

Not really

it's much much more popular in the asian/middle-eastern countries

but there's still plenty of US schools that do the IB program

[cinder gorge]

i get the asian part but middle east actually kinda surprised me

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah IB is pretty big there

a lot of my friends here in Virginia transferred from IB schools from places like Saudi

[cinder gorge]

didnt know that

are scholarships common among usa?

for college

[gloomy lotus]

yeah there's a lot here

it's all about searching in the right place

[cinder gorge]

how do they decide whether they are going to pay for that student or not

i mean what are the most common criterias

sat scores?

[gloomy lotus]

Depends on the scholarship, some are merit-based and some are need-based

merit based could depend on SAT, GPA, your ECs, etc.

need-based is based off of your families income I believe

bit more complicated than that, but that's the general overview

[cinder gorge]

i see

thanks for the info btw

[gloomy lotus]

np

[cinder gorge]

do you find sat difficult?

or is it considered as hard to prepare?

[gloomy lotus]

I've only taken it once so far and got a score I'm pretty happy with (1470). I got that score with just a few weeks of prep through Khanacademy and the released tests

it's not that hard

the thing about the sat is that the questions aren't that bad, they're just tricky

you just have to understand the patterns and the different types of problems

[supple eagle]

I'm taking my first SAT in june 🤞

sadly I'm targetting a higher score so it will be tougher 😦

[gloomy lotus]

goodluck!

[supple eagle]

thx

hopefully it will be my only one

[cinder gorge]

good luck

[supple eagle]

thx

[cinder gorge]

what is the highest score?

[supple eagle]

1600

[gloomy lotus]

since its the first test, try your best and once you get back your score, review your mistakes and see what you can do better if you get a score you don't like

[cinder gorge]

wow impressive

[gloomy lotus]

thanks lol, but for top colleges, 1500+ is considered "good"

[sharp wigeon]

if youre not applying to top of the top colleges then getting a scholarship in most instances is doable

[supple eagle]

yeah I've been grinding khan academy and taking their practice tests and the results have been mixed but the majority are 1530+ so we'll see

my reading is ass

it always tanks the score

I don't think I've ever gotten a math question wrong tho lmao

[supple eagle]

top of the top colleges have the best need based aid though

[gloomy lotus]

nice, 1530 is great for khan

ive been getting like 1450s ish

it's literally just the reading ;-;

[supple eagle]

is khan harder than the actual sat? I thought they were about the same

[supple eagle]

SAME

[cinder gorge]

what are the math topics?

[supple eagle]

up to algebra, a little geometry here and there

[gloomy lotus]

im getting like -10 wrong in reading

maybe more

i just don't get it lmao

[gloomy lotus]

pretty sure they abt the same level

the practice tests on khan are college-board made

[supple eagle]

same I sometimes get none wrong and som

[tiny glen]

Algebra 2?

[cinder gorge]

how can i find a sample question?

[gloomy lotus]

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/sat-practice-test-10.pdf

that's one

you can find a whole slew of them on the college board site

[cinder gorge]

thanks

[supple eagle]

nah not really

[jagged pewter]

should i take avid or computer science in my school

[worn sable]

for college summer classes should i take classes at my local CC, or my town college, or my state college? all of which are conveniently located near me. I plan on taking classes like chemistry so i do not have to take it as a junior next year and i can substitute it with AP chem instead, and maybe also astronomy/astrophysics cause i love that stuff.

[native moon]

Same!

[worn sable]

i did avid in my 8th grade for me it was a waste of time per say to me. if you like comp science you shoulddo it?

[worn sable]

are deadlines for the sat closed?

for june at least

[native moon]

Yes, I’m pretty sure, but you might be able to apply late still but it’s just more money

[worn sable]

hmm any later dates than june?

[native moon]

Next SAT should be in august I’m pretty sure around that time

I would wait until august if you can, and study all summer

[worn sable]

oh ok

thank you