#course-selection

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pearl mesa
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ty anyways

signal saddle
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is it bad to take 2 APs as a freshman

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they are known to be some of the easiest

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but I was wondering about course rigor and stuff

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like i’m scared for the exams

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the APs are comp sci principles and human geo

austere tulip
austere tulip
signal saddle
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thanks!

tacit field
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i have the oppurtunity to take apwh online next year as a freshman should i take it? pls ping

pearl mesa
cedar jolt
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What happens if you don’t take any APs in your Junior Year??

paper torrent
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it wont look good

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if ur aim is for the better half of colleges

rigid forge
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my school offers only ap calc and english for grade 12 💀

paper torrent
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oh

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do as best as u can with what ur school allowes

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u can explain in college app

undone grove
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This is the description for my Honors Spanish IV class. Is this closer to AP Spanish Lit or AP Spanish Lang?

mighty hollow
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Has anyone taken AP Statistics? How is the courseload?

copper coral
copper coral
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But, AP Comp Sci is the easiest AP

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And Human Geo is one of the easiest as well

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Basically you are getting free GPA boosters

austere tulip
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Spanish lit is like literary analysis but In Spanish I’m pretty sure

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So it’s like ap English lit but in Spanish

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It’s for people who are very fluent or native in Spanish

frank citrus
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Would this be too much senior year?

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I’m planning on taking the SAT 2 more times. One in august and the other in September

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And I have a rough draft of my college essay along with the schools I’m applying to

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And I’m a club president

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I want to major science so

copper coral
frank citrus
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AP bio and chem are double period

copper coral
copper coral
copper coral
frank citrus
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I have 7 periods but 5 classes lol

copper coral
copper coral
copper coral
paper torrent
# frank citrus

bio is pretty easy, apes is easy, bc isnt that bad, should've done ap eng but its fine, ap chem prolly on the harder side but its pretty easy imo i aced the ap exam

frank citrus
wise forge
pearl mesa
vapid moon
vapid moon
wise forge
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bruh

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don't listen to Chriz

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Chrix

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keep ur senior year light

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thank me later

pearl mesa
# frank citrus

So in conclusion it's up to you. Nobody can really make that decision for you

vapid moon
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might as well save a few thousand $$$ along the way before collegeg

wise forge
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he shoulda thought about it before his senior year tbh

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but

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senior year is last year of fun

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take it

limpid tree
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Does anyone know the easiest AP classes to take

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for each subject, Such as math science, social studies etc.

pearl mesa
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Computer sciences tend to be easy AP classes

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CSA and CSP

limpid tree
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Im intrested in the medical path

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do you think AP bio is easy?

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or is it challenging

pearl mesa
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I couldnt tell you I’m taking it this coming year lol

limpid tree
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ahh

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what courses did you take previously

pearl mesa
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From what I’ve heard tho

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It’s not too bad

limpid tree
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alright

pearl mesa
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CSA, CSP, world history, apush, calc ab

limpid tree
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Im an incoming freshman, so the only AP class I can take is AP human Geo

pearl mesa
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That goes for most schools

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Freshman have limits

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I couldn’t take any ap classes as a freshman

limpid tree
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oof

pearl mesa
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I was also late to the college game

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Didn’t know ap classes were such a big deal until junior year after I had chosen my classes

limpid tree
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I am trying to plan a 4 year course for high

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but I have trouble on what coursses to selec t for future years

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such as 10th 11th and 12th grade

pearl mesa
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Well if you want to go medical

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AP bio

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AP chem

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Physics

limpid tree
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yeah

pearl mesa
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AP calc would help

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I’ve heard stats is a useful class

limpid tree
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Im trying to find a easy-going class

pearl mesa
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AP psych

limpid tree
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nothing too difficult

pearl mesa
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I hate to break it to you

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Medicine is not an easy path

limpid tree
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yeah I understand that

pearl mesa
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It could be beneficial to start getting used to harder classes

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Also if you’re looking to get into better colleges

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They’re looking for course rigor

limpid tree
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rigor?

pearl mesa
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Hard classes

limpid tree
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ah

pearl mesa
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Taking hard classes while still getting good grades

limpid tree
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I thought they would also focus on extra cirriculers

pearl mesa
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Aka AP and dual enrollment classes

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Yes absolutely

limpid tree
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ah

pearl mesa
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Since you’re a freshman

limpid tree
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Im taking band

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so yeah

pearl mesa
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That’s cool

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Joining some clubs would be good too

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Getting leadership is good as well

limpid tree
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Im thinking about joining a chess club

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I have decent knowlege about chess

pearl mesa
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Band could lead to eventually getting things like first chair, and going on to place at state and regional levels

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Chess club is a great club

limpid tree
pearl mesa
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Anything that you enjoy doing will make a great EC

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unfortunately colleges don’t care all that much about middle school

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But that’s still rlly good work

limpid tree
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yaeh lmao

pearl mesa
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Good signs for high school

limpid tree
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Gotta focus on high school regional process

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also @pearl mesa do you recommend taking Adv classes for freshman year

pearl mesa
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Most cases I’d say yes

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It’ll help boost your GPA

limpid tree
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Because my current schedule is:

Adv Bio
Adv Geometry
Adv English I
Band
AP Human Geo
Spanish II

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future schedule*

pearl mesa
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taking honors classes

limpid tree
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Our school doesnt have honor system

pearl mesa
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That’s alright

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I’d still say taking adv classes is a good thing

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Overall it’ll help better prepare you

limpid tree
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true

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the only class Im worried about is history

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because I suck at it

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other subjects im good at

pearl mesa
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Online resources will be your best friend

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Especially for AP classes

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Curriculum is the same throughout every class

limpid tree
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what do you use for online resources?

pearl mesa
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So you’ll find resources everywhere

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Usually YouTube videos

limpid tree
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Ive been using quizlet

pearl mesa
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That works

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You’ll have to find what works for you

limpid tree
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ah

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also what do they mean by calculus ab and bc?

pearl mesa
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There’s no one right answer

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Calculus bc builds off ab concepts

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But a good portion of it is ab review

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Hence why there is a ‘b’ in both the names

limpid tree
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hmm

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so would you recommend taking AP calc

pearl mesa
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I would yes

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I would recommend taking as many AP classes as you can handle

limpid tree
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how about AP english lang

pearl mesa
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To get into a good college

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I’m not too familiar with it, only AP lit

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But I’d still say they’re both good classes to take

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Writing skills are very important especially when it comes down to writing essays for college

limpid tree
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true

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ngl My goal is to become a physician

pearl mesa
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Hard work but being a physician has its tarde offs

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It’s a really cool job

limpid tree
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Im willing to struggle to achieve my goals

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I want my major to either be chemistry, or biology

pearl mesa
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There’s a whole world of majors and things to learn

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I’m sure you’ll love it

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I want to major in biology as well

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Just I want to have a concentration in human biology

limpid tree
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oo

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Good luck

pearl mesa
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Ty

limpid tree
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@pearl mesa what does English I QUEST Mean

elder quartz
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People who have taken AP Physics I, how long does it take to finish the classwork after every class on average?

autumn remnant
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What courses in high school should I take for finance/econ major?

vocal canyon
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what courses does your school offer?

autumn remnant
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my school has econ, ap stats, ap calc AB and BC

vocal canyon
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i’d take econ and stats, and probably take calc

untold shard
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This right here

vocal canyon
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All four are good imo

autumn remnant
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but which calc

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bc for us they are different

vocal canyon
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What year of high school are you in

autumn remnant
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9th

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lol

vocal canyon
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I’d take the easier one first, then the harder one last when you’ve taken more math course thingmajigs

autumn remnant
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my math path is like this, so it is alg 2, then precalc, then calc AB or BC, then stats

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so I have to do one or the other

vocal canyon
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maybe calc bc

autumn remnant
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alr thanks

pearl mesa
pearl mesa
limpid tree
pearl mesa
obsidian trench
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should i do ap world freshman year

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i already registered but i can probably still change

austere tulip
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It seems scary and difficult but it’s not

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(Depends on your school tho)

obsidian trench
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But thank you

coarse wigeon
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I'm gonna be a freshman this upcoming year, and I can only take a semester of sports due to class restrictions

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Just wondering if thats okay or not

wet rune
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yeah thats totally fine

coarse wigeon
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Alr thx

untold shard
untold shard
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Idk how to spell sorry

icy portal
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Same lol

hexed hearth
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can i have one course meet say the D and E transfer requirements for CSU

buoyant lava
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I didn’t take any APs freshman year (there were two available, Human Geo and CSP). Usually at my school freshman take one of the two. I didn’t, but I’m taking 2 APs next year which is standard. Should I self study an ez one to make up freshman year?

pearl mesa
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You have 3 years to catch up

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As long as you’re taking the same as your classmates or more

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You’re in a good position

proven totem
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Just take CSP later

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In place of an elective

buoyant lava
half hinge
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what ap classes would you recommend for me to help show to the help show my love of cs to the admission officers

proven totem
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CSP CSA

pearl mesa
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^

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Those are the only ones but those are good

proven totem
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yeah everything else is bs

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for CS you have to learn yourself

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teach yourself programming thru an online course

pearl mesa
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Take CS courses your school offers

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You don’t need to take an online courses

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But things like hackathons

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Passion projects

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All good things to show your interest

buoyant lava
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What are some schools like caltech (as in they focus more on theoretical/pure concepts rather than applied concepts in STEM)?

lethal lichen
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I have a tricky situation I need help with: Next year I'm planning to take AP Lit, but that could only happen if I could get a 3 or better on the AP Lang exam, and unfortunately this year, I failed even though I studied really hard for it. I genuinely believe I can handle the course material, so what should I do?

lethal lichen
pearl mesa
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Well what’s stopping you from doing AP Lit?

lethal lichen
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I'm worried that my counselor might revoke my plans for next year and make me take a regular English class bc of my result

pearl mesa
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They won’t make you take a regular English class

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Your grade in the class will determine what class you take next

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Not your AP score

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I assume you’re taking an English class in school

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So your grade in that class will determine if you’re ready for next level

lethal lichen
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Well my school kinda has a weird system-for certain classes that are more advanced, on top of getting good grades, you also have to score a certain range to actually enroll in the class. For example if you want to take multivariate calc from calc bc, on top of passing calc bc, you would have to score a 4 or better on the bc exam

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For AP lit it's the same

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@pearl mesa

frail halo
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what courses should I pick for grade 10?

heady nimbus
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What courses are available

vocal canyon
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depends on your major and your school’s options

pearl mesa
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You could try self studying agn? But that seems to have proven not the right way for you to learn

hexed hearth
misty galleon
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I'm not sure if I should pick in between sports psychology, kinesiology or stress management since I need the credit for pe and all of them work for it?

pearl mesa
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We can’t tell you what you’d be interested in 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Psychology is about the kind

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Kinesiology is the way that muscles work

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Stress management seems self explainable

misty galleon
pearl mesa
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Unless you plan to take AP psych

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Kinesiology could come in handy if you plan to take an anatomy class

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But overall just choose what you’d like

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What you’re interested in learning more about

misty galleon
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I have taken general human anatomy and physiology recently

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I'm planning on majoring in cognitive sciences tho so I wasn't sure if I should take sports psychology since it's a type of psychology class or if it wouldn't really matter

pearl mesa
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Oh I didn’t realize it said sports psychology

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I don’t think it really matters

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But if you want to go into cognitive sciences

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Stands to reason you might enjoy sports psychology more?

misty galleon
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Oh true

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Sorry I don't really think abt classes if I would enjoy them or not just what I need to take yk

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But it does sound like fun so I think I would take that

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Thank you tho ^⁠_⁠^

buoyant lava
hexed hearth
vapid moon
hexed hearth
vapid moon
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check with ur cc if u acturally need it to fufill the igetc

hexed hearth
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im working towards a AS-T in math and AA in engineering and know I need for them

pulsar gale
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how do people calculate UW GPA? i dont rly understand how numerical grades transfer into UW GPA

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if anbody could tell me if their is a universal conversion that i dont know that would be great

pearl mesa
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But each school does it differently

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There’s not really a universal conversion that I’m aware of

pulsar gale
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hm ok

pearl mesa
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Ik there are guides online tho

pulsar gale
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for my school from what i understand a 98 gives u 3.9 gpa points

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and it decreases by 0.05 for every numerical value

pearl mesa
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Every college is going to recalculate your gpa

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So it doesn’t matter a whole lot

pulsar gale
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ok

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what about the credits on this, is that jus the amount of years that u took that course?

pearl mesa
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Just get it as high as possible

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I assume so

pulsar gale
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ok also if i have shud jus avg my sem grades for my overall grades

vital olive
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in fact i've never heard of that

pulsar gale
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idk i go to the biggest hs in texas and from what ive understand w my counselours and friends thats how it is

vital olive
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UW gpa is usually calc as 93-100 is 4.0, 90-93 is 3.7, 87-89 is 3.3, 83-86 is a 3.0, and so on

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im assuming you don't have below a b

pulsar gale
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ive had one 88 and a 78

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everything else is 94+

vital olive
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a 78 is a 2.3

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you just want to convert all your things to 4.0 scale and then average them

pulsar gale
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oh i jus meant indiviual semester

vital olive
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if its dependent on school idk that tho

pulsar gale
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ohhh so if u fit in that range u jus add that up and divide it by the sum

vital olive
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bcs my school does yearlong

pulsar gale
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wowww

vital olive
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no semester gpa

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so like lets say i got a 92,93,94,95, and 96

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3.7+4.0+4.0+4.0+4.0

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/5

pulsar gale
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thanks so much

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yea my school is def not like that

vital olive
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most schools are like what i described

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generally

pulsar gale
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wow that would be great if my school had that 💀

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my UW that my school calced is a 3.7 based on there scale

mint current
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there's an option at my schools to just take BC calc instead of taking AB and then BC, considering this option, thoughts?

pulsar gale
pulsar gale
pulsar gale
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hm ok

vital olive
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many calcualte differetly

pulsar gale
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ok thanks

sudden sorrel
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Yeah my school calculates differently. An A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1 and F = 0. For AP you just add 1 point. Then you divide by how many classes you took each semester

wise forge
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aps don’t give the extra point at my semester u less you get a B or higher

spiral linden
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can you take the AP exam for a subject in middle school if you didnt take the class, do colleges still accept score before hs?

autumn remnant
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wait actually?

sudden sorrel
vital olive
autumn remnant
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holy

heady nimbus
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are 4 ap's too much?

wise forge
heady nimbus
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apush, ap lang, ap physics 1, ap bio

wise forge
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ez

heady nimbus
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Alr cool

halcyon rapids
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Does Biogenetic research or something like that help with premed?

cinder gorge
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guys I have interest in many fields like mathematics, physics, environmental science and sometimes chemistry what should I do I am really really confused between these 4 options and its nearly impossible for me to sacrifice one of them

hallow ridge
tawny field
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So I'm starting to think about courses since I'm close to college and I really thought I wanted to do information technologies, but now I'm thinking about it and I'm not at an above average grade for it, but I'm really good with speech and drama. I honestly don't know if I should rather go down that route or stick with IT. Would it be a mistake to swap out IT for speech and drama?

pearl mesa
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If you like it then a switch

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We can’t tell you what your interests are 🤷🏽‍♂️

obsidian trench
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ik this is mostly a college chat BUT

hello

i’ll be a freshman next year and i’m taking ap world. i’m considering self studying ap gov. i did three mcq ap gov tests, one was from then college board and the other two were from textbooks and i got 87-89% on all of them.

should i do it?

proven totem
cinder gorge
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Can anyone explain
About the
NIT AND IIT

visual latch
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Question: So my school offers AP Chemistry sophomore year, and I'm not sure whether I should take that or honors, since it's recommended to take a high school level class before you take ap chem. Upperclassmen say it's really hard and require serious dedication. I do a bunch of extracurriculars and so I don't want to be overwhelmed, but also I feel as if it would also be a missed opportunity because I'm only going to be taking one other AP class, European History, and if I decide to take it later in high school after I have the prerequisite understanding, I would probably be doing 4-5 other ap classes as well and a lot busier. If anyone had any advice I would greatly appreciate but I'm really not sure what to do because there's a lot of what-ifs. Thanks!

pearl mesa
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It is a lot of work

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But it’s up to you to decide if you can handle it with your other activites

visual latch
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if you took the course, how many hours did you spend daily studying/working for the class? And would you say it's definitely necessary to take a prior chemistry class?

pearl mesa
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I never took the class though, I’ve only had friends who did

gloomy lotus
proven totem
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just self study regular chem

tulip geode
pearl mesa
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I wouldn’t recommend dropping classes especially if they stay on your transcript

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If you can avoid it, it’s be preferable

untold shard
obsidian trench
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Well I changed my mind because earlier I forgot that I need to take gov to graduate

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So I might as well just have an easy class

mental trail
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All students at ur school take gov?

obsidian trench
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Have to

broken shoal
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yh

obsidian trench
serene locust
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I was wondering for my school we are required to take 4 years of science in high school and i chose to do APES and AP Bio which are the only 2 science APs offered. I just don’t know which to take which yr?
Jr yr I am taking PreCalc Honors, AP Lang, French IV Honors, APUSH.
Sr yr I am taking AP Calc AB, CC English, AP French, and AP Gov.

visual latch
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thanks for all the feedback and insight by the way :)

visual latch
proven totem
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academy

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best website ever

visual latch
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👍

proven totem
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is AP Art history hard (as someone who knows nothing about art)

untold shard
proven totem
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and not all schools offer ap precalc

untold shard
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To see if he can

untold shard
proven totem
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ok

pearl mesa
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I don’t recommend taking BC without taking AB

sage inlet
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Would it be ok to take pre calc before BC?

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I’d like to know bc I’m considering pre calc in my sophomore yr

royal swan
sage inlet
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Ok thank you

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So I’d like to either take AP Statistics or pre calc next year (sophomore yr) and BC in Junior yr

pearl mesa
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I never took pre calc bc it wasn’t a class offered but I’m finding that calc AB will help a lot before BC

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But maybe pre calc will be sufficient 🤷🏽‍♂️

sharp wigeon
# pearl mesa I don’t recommend taking BC without taking AB

i kind of disagree with this, like 60% of the bc curriculum is just the stuff you would cover in calc ab so the class is mostly just review and i would say most if not all bc concepts dont really require prerequisite ab knowledge that isnt already covered or reviewed in the bc curriculum

pearl mesa
spiral linden
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just spend like 15 minutes practicing calc AB everyday in the summer and you should be able to take BC without too much struggle

daring jay
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And I mean look I’m not a good source tbf

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I took AB in 7th grade and BC in 8th

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However I feel like the added content in BC could typically just be taught in line with AB given enough time

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In the end it’s just an additional two units (infinite series and parametric/polars)

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And then a bunch of other stuff sort of mixed in there without any real theme

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All depends on your background in mathematics

gloomy lotus
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basically if you did good in pre-calc and algebra 2, go straight to BC

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that's what all my friends have done and it's worked out fine for them

stiff trout
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hi, i’m gonna be a sophomore next year and am taking precalc

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should i take bc or ab after that

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and if i take ab at school and pass the ab test can i take the bc test without taking it at school?

proven totem
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And u might wanna take calc III in senior if ur majoring in something like math

solar vault
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do you guys think i should do dual enrollment for college credit to skip the humanities classes or to do dual enrollment for what i am interested such as electrical and electronics engineering?

pearl mesa
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And even if you’re not, I’d still say it’s a good idea because it shows course rigor

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You can take the class but not sign up for dual enrollment

untold shard
pearl mesa
unique trail
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in 11th grade right now and took math,economics,statistics,business and accounts as my electives.i'm also doing law courses on the side. what are the best courses i can take for undergrad

deep pier
gleaming trout
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Who is in freshman

stiff trout
proven totem
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Some fields of CS like machine learning use calculus

stiff trout
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alr

buoyant lava
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Should I take multi variable calculus?

carmine lily
proven totem
placid nexus
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Hi

royal swan
soft jacinth
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I know I want to go to college I just don’t know which one and I know I want to major in math. I have never taken an AP course or honors course.

-AP Biology
-Chemistry
-Organic Chemistry
-Math 4 and 5 Honors (Trigonometry and precalc)
-AP Macroeconomics
-Self study AP World History and take the test (with teacher help) (its not offered at my school, which is why im self studying)
-AP Language and Composition
-This life issues class

None of these classes are “required” to graduate, however I do need more credits so it doesn’t matter. I love math and social studies and I am getting better at english. Science is probably my worst subject but I’m willing to learn and get better. Im taking almost no social studies because I want to prepare for the act. Is this a good schedule? (Im a Junior)

soft jacinth
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Can’t yet, have to take it as a senior

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Awesome

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Is 4 ap’s a good amount?

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I wanted more but it just won’t work out

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Take as many as possible

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Ok yea, I switched my schedule to one with ap bio. With or without it, it would result in 10 Ap’s so yes thats good

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Ty

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And thats just in 2 years so I think thats pretty good

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My school offers like 14 I think, so I believe 10 is a good number,

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True, the ap’s im not taking that my school has is, Comp sci A and principles, Psych, and Art and Design and chem

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The really hard ones I plan on doing are Bio, Calc Bc, Lit, self studying APWH, and APUSH is arguably quite difficult

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So I feel like I’m challenging myself (:

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The teacher at my school that teaches it is horrible. He teaches math and comp sci, I had him for math and I hated him with a passion, and the comp sci kids hate them even more

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Besides, I don’t really care abt it, So imma pass completely

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I would take AP Chem but I need to take Inorganic Chem as a requirement, but I can’t fit it in my schedule

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And my school offers AP Chem and AP Bio every other year because of numbers, even tho AP Bio has like 40 kids registered into it. Really dumb imo

hushed magnet
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My school only offers 2

soft jacinth
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Take both then

hushed magnet
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Yea I alr did last year, i suppose it’s compensated bcuz mt scholl offers dual enrollment

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And I’ve taken 7 courses total

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And I’m a rising senior

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So I’ll be taking 5 college classes tmr completely next year

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Or ig in august💀

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Idk if I regret not taking Spanish or something

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I took it via the college for 2 years, but I could’ve did more than that😔

#

Damn that’s great

#

Instead of Spanish at the college, I took English courses and psych

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Yea that’s what I’m tryna do in the future

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Ap psych I’ve heard is super fun

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I didn’t take it, I took intro to psych via dual enrollment which is basically the equivalent

#

Great class

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Next year my senior schedule at the college is gonna be

  • creative writing
  • prob & stats
  • philosophy
  • infancy and childhood (psych)
  • tai chi lol
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Tai chi for my missing gym credit lmao

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I’m excited tho

#

I hate my highschool

#

I’m so glad I could just be at college full time

#

Mine is too but it’s like the people

#

The staff are insane

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Like my principal is insane I don’t get it

#

I’m a great student and she hates me cuz I don’t be glazing her

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🤷‍♀️

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Idk my school is jsut toooo personal

#

Are you validictiorian ?

#

My class rank is #5

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What’s ur gpa

#

So ur a sophmore ?

#

Ohh

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Damn

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Well u chillin

#

Keep working hard and at least you’re aware of all this college stuff early

#

Freshman year was fully Covid and I didn’t know anything about college tbh

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Goated nice

native blade
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Hey so uh I’m in grade 8 going to grade 9 next year do I get to pick aps in my grade or grade 10

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Oh k

hushed magnet
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@cinder gorge u seem like a really good student that’s gonna be hella busy and stressed out

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So continue that hardworking path but Fr rembeer

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To have fun

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Burning out in highschool just isn’t worth it

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Not saying u will or are

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But just advice to go out, have a life, and enjoy yourself as well as excel in school

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Cuz colleges are also looking for somebody that has fun too lol

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But yes ur doing great

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Keep it up and have fun this summer

viral pebble
#

How many Ap classes is too many in a year

mental trail
#

Depends on the difficulty of the APs

#

and also how much you can handle

viral pebble
mental trail
#

Personally I did 0/1/3/6 and senior year got a little intense so maybe like 2-4 a year

#

But I don’t know your capabilities

viral pebble
untold shard
untold shard
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Maybe you could do 4_6

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You need to formally remember everything you understand

placid nexus
#

I’m only have 5 classes so I’m just taking NJROTC English 4 American gov and Econ and intro to culinary arts and emergency medical responder and I’m a senior in high school

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Sadly no AP

pearl mesa
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Nvm figured it out 👍🏽

uncut tangle
#

I'm a rising sophomore, and am about to start my IB Diploma Programme. Would you recommend that I also partake in AP courses during the programme, or that I focus on the IB and my extracurriculars. I am planning on applying to US schools and am strong in academics, but have never taken an AP class, only taking the IGCSEs so far. My school does not provide AP support, so all of my preparation would have to be in the form of self-study. FYI, I am taking HL Math AA, HL Physics, HL History, and SL English A, SL Portuguese A and SL Chemistry. Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

placid nexus
#

In my opinion I think you should do some online AP courses and do the rest in person like your main subjects and extracurricular and electives

shut pagoda
#

do colleges actually care if I take ap classes or not?

placid nexus
#

College don’t care they only care for transcripts and other stuff like test scores and how you did

shut pagoda
#

okok thank you and also on the transcript will they notice if you chose to take less challenging classes for easier grades?

placid nexus
#

No it just tell them the classes you took

shut pagoda
#

okay thanks!

placid nexus
#

I’m prepared cause I’m taking English 4 FPFA NJROTC 4 American gov and Econ intro culinary arts And emergency medical responder

hearty tapir
#

Does this apply for any type of course selection?

pearl mesa
#

Not sure what you were being told but

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AP classes show rigor

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Colleges want to see that you're taking challenging classes

#

They'd rather see a B in an AP/honors class than an A in the easier version of that class

fallow linden
#

Whats AP

coral palm
fallow linden
#

Like higher higher level?

shut pagoda
hearty tapir
#

Does universities care if you took the IB programs ? What if you got a great mark but someone else in an IB program got a similar mark or even less? Is there a chance they have a higher chance of enrolling than me as a regular no-program student just because they are in an IB program despite the idea that their marks are lower than mine?

ancient bison
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@hearty tapir Everybody has the equality of opportunity, but not the equality of hard work. As long as you focus on doing you’re best in everything, then colleges will automatically want you. So to answer your question, no, because colleges also look at AP courses for rigor, and they are similar in rigor to IB

hearty tapir
ancient bison
#

How hard the class is

hearty tapir
#

Are there Ap classes for IB program students ? Wouldn't the AP classes be extreme then?

ancient bison
#

It’s not like that

hearty tapir
#

Oh?

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Did you take IB program or no?

ancient bison
#

Im going into 9th, this is just info I’ve heard

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I know only that AP and IB are similar in rigor

hearty tapir
hearty tapir
ancient bison
#

For us, there is no test and I did not choose to do the IB Program

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For us, it’s just a random lottery, and if you’re chosen, you’re chosen to do IB

hearty tapir
#

Oh! Here, they require a test to get into IB program

hearty tapir
ancient bison
#

It’s not based on your skill or anything, it’s just randomly chosen

#

You have to register for it though

hearty tapir
hearty tapir
vagrant solar
#

Can anyone give me like a roadmap or explain on how to become an Astro physicist?

pearl mesa
royal swan
lethal lichen
#

Do you guys think taking ap lang as a senior is necessarily “bad” when most students at my school who got accepted to unis like john hopkins or cornell took ap lit instead?

placid nexus
gloomy lotus
#

take the class you feel you'll do the best with/you want to do

pearl mesa
#

They absolutely do care if you take the AP class

viral pebble
#

Is com sci a or principles easier

pearl mesa
#

Imo CSP was just a little bit easier than CSA

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But I also found CSA more interesting than CSP

placid nexus
#

CSA is more like into depth coding

old kernel
#

hi im taking both geometry honors and algebra 2 honors my freshman year do you think this will be hard for me?

pearl mesa
#

You’re taking two math classes

#

It’ll be harder than normal

#

But only you can decide if it’ll be hard for you

old kernel
#

alr ty

#

is geometry just a lot of proofs i have to memorize?

pearl mesa
#

Proofs are a big part yes

cinder gorge
#

do any of yall know if ap lang is hard

green iris
#

it's not the easiest but definitely easier than ap lit

solar vault
pearl mesa
solar vault
pearl mesa
#

That required creating an account with my local community college and singing up for their class

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And it’s not something my parents wanted to do nor pay for

#

So that’s always an option

#

It still shows good course rigor taking a dual enrollment class

#

Even if you don’t receive the college credit

solar vault
#

thanks for the info

#

that was good to know

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for us

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1 community college course is like 100 ish dollars

#

but the book and materials are given by the school

deft maple
austere tulip
austere tulip
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Mine is 500

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Per course

pearl mesa
proven totem
#

What pe should I take in freshman year

#

I suck at it so I want the class with the most theoritical stuff

placid nexus
#

Probably do like a sport or JROTC

proven totem
#

i dont play a sport

#

can i just take PE online

lapis phoenix
#

At least in my school you just gotta get dressed and you get an A

proven totem
#

bruh i hate doing the stuff we do in that class

#

its not about grades

#

its about the stuff we do there :(

green iris
#

if ur school has it takr jrotc

#

it's supposed to be physical but you rarely do physical stuff

proven totem
#

how often

green iris
#

especially if you have a jrotc instuctor like mine who forgets about the physical stuff a lot

#

like once a week

proven totem
#

ok

green iris
#

maybe less

proven totem
#

what do we do in that class

green iris
#

but i also have block scheduling so i only have the class twice a week

cinder gorge
#

I figure in freshman PE u would also have to take some form of nutrition or health class alongside it

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At least, that’s what I figure my school does

proven totem
#

nah my district doesn't do that thankfully

#

my previous district did though

cinder gorge
#

Anyway, good luck…I hate PE too

proven totem
#

thanks

cinder gorge
#

Np

vapid moon
proven totem
#

yeah

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i could die

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if i take football

left coral
#

then dont take football

proven totem
#

ok

left coral
#

wat options do u have

proven totem
left coral
#

ngl first 3 all sound the same

proven totem
#

should i just take it online/over the summer

#

its not very productive

left coral
#

if you really want to yeah

vapid moon
proven totem
left coral
#

what would you take instead though if u took it over the summer

proven totem
#

i gotta think about that

#

Honors Computer Science 1 probably

#

free 100

left coral
#

yeah take that then

#

bc usually people only take pe to get ahead

#

or get an elective in if they go to a special school or smth

proven totem
#

is there something wrong with taking Computer Science 1 tho?

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because there isnt much i can take in freshman

left coral
#

if its the highest you can go then no

proven totem
#

im also taking CSP

left coral
#

ur taking ap csp too right?

#

ye

proven totem
#

yeah

left coral
#

then you're fine

proven totem
#

alr thanks buddy

untold shard
#

My schedule for junior year:

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APUSH

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AP lang

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Chem H( taking a chem college class during summer so I can skip Chem and go to AP CHEM or AP bio)

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Pre calc H( chance of it being AP Pre calc)

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Art 2 studio art( I'm taking this so I can AP studio art my senior year cause colleges love creativity)

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Principles of biomedical science

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AP physics A

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Orchestra ( I NEED TO FUCKING LEARN THE VIOLIN FAST SO I CAN AUDITION)

#

Now I want to learn medical, engineering, law but I plan to do engineering should I drop bio med for an engineering class?

#

My electives in my freshman and sophomore year are all spread out across diff fields like law/order, IT, financial accounting

#

I just wanted to learn multiple fields and see what I liked but I don't think colleges will like this. I hears they want kids with a hard focus

gloomy lotus
#

we just have PE

#

and do basically nothing in that class

#

its a free block essentially

proven totem
#

Bruh

proven totem
#

is there some sort of high school class for guitar players

royal swan
untold shard
#

i want to get into princeton

royal swan
proven totem
untold shard
vocal canyon
dusky ember
#

True doe

dusky ember
#

shit ton of knowledge

#

it just that people compare education to a business nowadays

royal swan
untold shard
vocal canyon
#

lmao

dusky ember
#

That's crazy nah

untold shard
#

and when im older go learn law

dusky ember
#

isnt there bio engineering?

untold shard
#

btw yall know who Griffith is right?

dusky ember
#

yes

vocal canyon
dusky ember
#

you will fail tbh

untold shard
untold shard
dusky ember
#

Nanotechnology?

#

I am aiming for this one

untold shard
#

See it's possible

dusky ember
#

GG you win

royal swan
untold shard
vocal canyon
#

I mean

dusky ember
#

I mean if your more engineering focused then probably researching abt medical equipment? There is a like term to this I forgot

vocal canyon
#

you probably are

#

don't wanna crush 2/3s of your dreams

#

but you do you 🤷‍♀️

dusky ember
#

probably just take a subject which makes you happy

#

still you do you

untold shard
vocal canyon
#

I felt like that at one point

#

where I was like "all these majors are so cool"

dusky ember
#

That's just curiousity?

vocal canyon
#

but in the end I thought about the job benefits

untold shard
dusky ember
#

💀

vocal canyon
#

I wanna major in C.S. so I can sit on my ass at home all day skull_cry

royal swan
dusky ember
#

Lol

untold shard
#

my main goal is not a job after college, but under a prestiougs university with lots of resources make an impact in the world, that improves people's lives

vocal canyon
#

med school is cool but

vocal canyon
#

I'd have trouble paying for normal college

dusky ember
vocal canyon
#

like med school gives you mountains of debt

dusky ember
#

depends on scholarship as well

untold shard
dusky ember
#

blud is manifesting

vocal canyon
#

I literally feel like I'm good enough to get into an ivy

#

maybe it's just my ego

dusky ember
#

What you age be?

vocal canyon
#

kinda mid 13

dusky ember
#

Damn blud you are way young

vocal canyon
#

it's 90% my ego

dusky ember
#

still its good

#

That's true desire and will help you focus

#

Tbh

untold shard
royal swan
dusky ember
#

yeah

untold shard
vocal canyon
#

I'm asian so my mom keeps trying to persuade me into med school

#

"heart surgeon"

dusky ember
#

Basically its like finding a needle in a stack of hay

dusky ember
vocal canyon
#

lol

dusky ember
#

my parents expected a nuclear scientist

#

And I didn't do shit

#

I am in 11th so it's young still

vocal canyon
#

nice

dusky ember
#

Am just pursue the research of mechanical engineering
And get 3-4 work experience
And do my master's for nanotechnology or robotics

vocal canyon
#

there are a lot of cool majors I want

#

but that "work from home" thing is keeping me in check

untold shard
#

man, you know my asian parents never taught me the violin at 4, never made me learn calc, 10, or try to push me to get into ivy, they expected the best i can do. (mainly A's), my dad thinks my dream of going to Princeton is stupid, but i kinda wish i had the sterotypical asian parents cause they invest so much into making sure their child gets accepted

vocal canyon
#

yea well

dusky ember
#

Nah my dad just said to be happy 💀 and he is asian

#

And alive

vocal canyon
#

actually

#

my asian parents are amazing

untold shard
vocal canyon
#

my mom encourages me so much

dusky ember
#

💀

vocal canyon
#

that's how I have my stupid gloaty ego thingmajig

dusky ember
#

💀

vocal canyon
royal swan
dusky ember
#

nah

#

I mean

#

I. Haven't looked at what they do and shit

#

Yeah the name is good yeah I like nuclear shit

untold shard
#

ik for a fact imma make my kid learn sports, music, and another language before they hit middle school, but unlike most brown parents imma make them have a social life

vocal canyon
#

almost drowned on my first swimming lesson

dusky ember
#

damn I am dumb as hell then

vocal canyon
#

idk how I remember that but yea

dusky ember
#

No swiming no music no shit
Just learn language for studying

#

English is my third language

vocal canyon
untold shard
dusky ember
#

Fr

#

Same

vocal canyon
#

all the fart jokes skull_cry

dusky ember
#

Nahhhh I just think what if we just take the uranim and made a bomb

#

all of it

dusky ember
#

Or maybe will it put us out of orbit by like 2 inches

untold shard
vocal canyon
#

omg that's funny

vocal canyon
dusky ember
#

Or it will harm the core?

rigid forge
untold shard
#

Oh wow

dusky ember
#

💀 y'all did that in kindergarten

#

Damn

vocal canyon
#

yea

dusky ember
#

We used to be so racist

#

💀

vocal canyon
#

💀

untold shard
vocal canyon
#

bro in kindergarten

#

if you even say the words "black" or "white"

#

we literally reported each other to the teacher

dusky ember
#

nah we used to Separate the blacks and fat and the disabled

vocal canyon
#

omg we used to fat shame so much in kindergarten

dusky ember
#

mostly the fats

vocal canyon
#

now I'm the one who's ashamed

#

😭

dusky ember
#

Nah just boxing bag them tbh

#

The evil fat ones

vocal canyon
#

omg bro

dusky ember
#

Not the kind like that one guy who eats like a elephant

vocal canyon
#

bro

#

2 of the class clowns at my school

#

are overweight 😭

#

I feel guilty for even saying that

dusky ember
#

Nah I am overweight so I can say this

#

Because my family is to

#

Genetics tbh

vocal canyon
#

bro I'm literally so underweight

#

it might be genetics too but prob not

#

honestly my friend can't even finish a normal burger and she's average 😭 I can finish a burger and a quarter

dusky ember
#

That's crazy

#

nah just be happy with life tbh

vocal canyon
#

my mom is so racist 💀

dusky ember
#

Forgive others and Study hard topics with friends

dusky ember
#

Racist is inversely proportional to popularity

vocal canyon
#

no but she's actually like racist racist

vocal canyon
dusky ember
#

what like chiming cong
Monkey?

vocal canyon
#

nah ching chong is what I say about myself

dusky ember
#

Banana enjoyer

vocal canyon
#

kinda

dusky ember
#

tree climber

vocal canyon
#

kinda

dusky ember
#

Oh nah she average then

#

Some people even say mountain people
Cave home

vital olive
vocal canyon
#

the U.S.

vital olive
#

because asian parents are fr racist 💀 😭

vocal canyon
vapid moon
#

some asians r too laid back and dont care

#

and some is what u say

untold shard
#

i don't think it is genunley correct

viral pebble
#

Is com sci a or principles a lower level?? Which class shouldn’t I take if I don’t have com sci experience

viral pebble
#

Oh Ty

proven totem
#

you should take CSP but you dont necessarily need much experience for CSA

#

just learn a bit of python or something

placid nexus
#

Hello

proven totem
#

hi

untold shard
signal merlin
#

im going to honors algebra for 8th grade (high school course; equivalent to algebra 1 i think?), does anyone know if itll be difficult

proven totem
#

nah

#

it was easy as f**k

#

i wish i had taken geometry

signal merlin
#

great, thanks

#

oh lol

proven totem
#

if you really want you can self study geometry in the summer after ur 8th grade

signal merlin
#

ooo i might try that

#

ty

untold shard
proven totem
#

what

untold shard
#

im so pissed in my 6th grade there was a test where you could take to skip pre algebra/advanced math 7th grade and go to algebra 1 my 7th grade

#

i never got my results back

#

but i wish i spoke to my consuler

#

im so retarted

vocal canyon
#

same

#

I mean but I was already in advanced math

#

it was the same with me for advanced advanced math

#

😭

signal merlin
#

man i knew people who did that.... i wish i did that too😭

viral pebble
vital olive
#

if your school offers it js take geo over the summer

vital olive
untold shard
carmine lily
#

like 1 1/2 week worth of work in one day

#

each semester is 11 days long

bright skiff
#

how do you do summer classes?

paper torrent
#

apply online

gloomy lotus
bright skiff
#

my school doesn’t sadly

hardy scaffold
elder flame
#

my school doesn’t offer an computer science classes, does anyone know of any courses that i can take/buy online that’ll teach me an easy to learn coding language like java from scratch.

rigid forge
#

look on coursera

old kernel
untold shard
#

granted some of my friends i woudn't have BUT STILL

#

I COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER

#

IM GONNA MAKE MY KID LEARN CALCULAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

#

anyway

signal merlin
#

im so mad that i didnt take spanish in my middle school years so i could have been ahead in highschool🥲

carmine lily
carmine lily
untold shard
carmine lily
untold shard
#

i never knew i could also i would never be approved

#

at my cc

carmine lily
#

aw

#

u could always double

#

up

untold shard
#

what i plan on doing is skipping AB and go straight to BC

#

cause it does both topics

carmine lily
#

my school doesn’t make you take AB 💀

#

rn my pathway is, algebra 2 in 9th, pre calc, AP Calc, multi variable calc or AP stats

bright skiff
#

I have two frees a day next year, are there any senior courses you would recommend a junior try to take?

placid nexus
#

I doing NJROTC 4 English 4 American gov and Econ and then intro culinary arts and emergency medical responder

cinder gorge
signal merlin
#

ok, ty!

bright skiff
#

I so relate, just talk to people at school, I skipped a year and that is rare where I go, especially for non-native speakers

crimson magnet
#

Hey, wanted to ask if my schedule for my first semester of college is any good? Any tips on changing it if it’s bad?

#

It’s for engineering

#

Planning to go for aerospace

untold shard
#

your schedule looks like

#

very light load

#

heavy load

#

very light load

#

very heavy load

#

....................................

#

so you would have

#

. extreme amount of free time

#

little free time

crimson magnet
#

Schedule goes vertical not horizontal

untold shard
#

extreme amount of ree time

untold shard
#

sorry

crimson magnet
untold shard
#

let me try again

crimson magnet
#

Lol no problem

untold shard
#

light load

#

semi-heavy load

#

-heavy load

#

semi-heavy load

#

light load

#

.................................

#

so

#

heavy amount of free time

#

marginal amount of free time

#

semi-little free time

#

marginal amount of free tie

#

heavy amount of free time

#

........................................

#

GIVEN THIS

#

alr im getting to it

#

it like a pyramid

#

it gets harder and harder to the top

#

and goes down

crimson magnet
#

Indeed, I tried to make my Monday and Friday easier

untold shard
#

the problem with this is, if you get behind on wednesday, then thursday won't give you enough free time, now understandbly you have the next couple of days, but you don't know how flexible your professoers are with deadlines

#

and wednesday does not look like it has easy classes

#

so what my point is

#

dump the easiest class

#

after or before wednesday

#

somewhere else

#

so you have more time

#

and

vapid moon
untold shard
#

its not too much of a load on your other weekday

crimson magnet
#

17

vapid moon
#

holy

crimson magnet
#

It’s the recommended amount to graduate on time

vapid moon
#

u might wanna lay back on ur 1st semester of college especially since u dont know what the demands r for the college

crimson magnet
#

Hmm true

vapid moon
untold shard
#

and ease load off of certain semesters

crimson magnet
#

Hmm true, but that’s more debt that I’m already having trouble thinking about

untold shard
#

btw is my suggestion retarted? i have no right to speak on your schedule considering im in highschool

crimson magnet
#

Nah it’s fair

untold shard
#

for me it was 757

#

for two classes