course-selection

[wise forge]

Many specialized pathways.

Science is a general term for many studies so I cant really say much on that

hope i could help

[sudden jay]

I need help deciding if i want to take AP Us history and honors american lit next year in 10th grade {currently freshman] my options are to take on level us history and english or i can take AP us history and honors american lit because they are bound together. i love goverment, history, and stuff like that but hate english. i don't currently know what to take

[cold glacier]

I intend to major in engineering. I am wondering if I should just take the AP Physics 1 & 2 classes offered by my school, or if I should take AP Physics C online.

[wet rune]

i would take the honors because its going to be more challenging but its gonna pay off and be a lot more rewarding

depends on the type of history too, and if you do a double major in history and like anthropology you can do stuff in museums

[wise forge]

thats beyond a history degree

i was refering to the B.A. in history

not two degrees

[wet rune]

ok makes sense lol

[sudden jay]

so probably take the APUSH and Honors american lit

[flint topaz]

apush honestly isnt that bad

[forest crystal]

WHAT

[flint topaz]

its just taking tons of notes and learning formulaic ways to answer certain questions

[flint topaz]

my teacher makes it reaaaallly easy

[forest crystal]

ohhh

[sudden jay]

im not worried about the APUSH i just dont know how hard the english is going to be

[flint topaz]

SAQs can be tricky at first but it just comes down to content knowledge and a simplistic formula

[sudden jay]

i have also done SAQs last year but those were probaly simpler

[flint topaz]

well english in apush doesnt follow the traditional way to answer normal english questions

[flint topaz]

wdym simpler

[sudden jay]

like less detail and words needed

[flint topaz]

saqs already dont require that much detail

its 3 sentences

first one describes a thing
second one gives context or perspective or author's purpose
third one connects the whole meaning back to the first sentence

ik it sounds a lil bit confusing

but u get the hang of it quick

[sudden jay]

yea writing papers/essays like that are pretty easy for me especially if i am interested in the topic

[flint topaz]

then apush is perfect

its all about convincing the graders you know what youre talking about

[sudden jay]

do you know what american lit is like/how hard it is

[flint topaz]

ive never heard of american lit so idk

[sudden jay]

ok

[wet rune]

nah DBQs are so much harder tbh

[flint topaz]

idk dbqs feel easier than saqs

cuz ur given the evidence

so youre brain would see smthn like "Thomas Jefferson" and ur brain starts to kick into gear

its just like "Document 1 is a yadda yadda, stating smthn boring. For context, it would be helpful to know yadda yadda. This shows that [smthn connecting it back to the thesis]. (Doc 1)"

once again its easy once u get into the swing of it all

[wet rune]

nah, i do soooo much better with SAQs/LEQ sort of stuff because DBQs will give you information that youve never seen before but you can just spew some bull in the free response ones

for me at least

[sudden jay]

both can be easier than the other depending on topic i feel

[flint topaz]

we've havent covered LEQs yet

halfway through the second quarter and no leq work

[wet rune]

we just got to one

about andrew jackson and i think i would rather die atp

its due tomorrow and i just finished the intro

[flint topaz]

where are u at in the us history lore?

[wet rune]

but also my teacher spread it between this tri and last tri so

[flint topaz]

ah good ol andy jackson

mr. king mob himself

[wet rune]

just got to the end of period 4, but still practicing some skills with the content

[flint topaz]

...period 4?

whats that?

[wet rune]

unit 4, idk

from 1800=1848

[flint topaz]

ohhhh

circa mexican cession

ok ok

[wet rune]

yeah close to that

where are you guys?

[flint topaz]

we just got past the civil war arc

https://tenor.com/view/gunna-fire-writing-heat-gif-25524005

[wet rune]

(also thinking about history as lore is so fucking fun)

[flint topaz]

masterful ending

[flint topaz]

my friends and i talk about it like its fnaf lore

great way to study

[wet rune]

im really excited for industrial revolution and the world wars

but im also really really good with the mid 19th century

[flint topaz]

youll get to antebellum industrialization really soon

[wet rune]

REAL (I know 0 lore about fnaf and i am a fake fnaf fan my life is a lie)

[wet rune]

thats the typa shit i love

[flint topaz]

ik it pretty well

[flint topaz]

yea youll learn all about that fun stuff

apush is a fun ap tbh

[wet rune]

it really is

[flint topaz]

especially with the right teacher, its an amazing ap

[wet rune]

and my class is really funny, its like my fav class most times

[flint topaz]

FO REAL

[wet rune]

and my teacher is really cool, shes so nice

[flint topaz]

i have a whole ass quote book for my teacher

hes the coolest dude

[wet rune]

"annuter dae, annuter victowee for da ogees" is our fav class quote rn

[flint topaz]

of all my APs this year (all three teachers are peak) my apush one gets a solid S tier

[wet rune]

lowkey my dad (whos my AP seminar teacher) is my least fav this year

[flint topaz]

you couldnt pay me enough to take ap seminar

[forest crystal]

real..

[wet rune]

C tier fr

[wet rune]

i mean its free

its so easy

[flint topaz]

our school has it to where the ap exam costs like double the other exams

[wet rune]

damn

[flint topaz]

its like 157 bucks or smthn

[wet rune]

ours only cost about 100

[flint topaz]

luckyyy

whats aps r u in rn?

[wet rune]

seminar and apush

i couldve taken comp sci but i dont like computers

im a himbo fr

[flint topaz]

i wanted to take comp sci

but ill be able to next year

i love code

[wet rune]

i hate it, but i LOVE history

like i hate that i wanna major in it and not something useful, but

lifes funky that way

[flint topaz]

i love apush but not enough for dat

[wet rune]

i need a 5 on this test

[flint topaz]

i need a 5 too

ive put too much into this to not get a 5

[wet rune]

and i need to take ap art history and ap euro, two such classes that arent offered at my school so we shall see how that works

[flint topaz]

ive almost filled a whole note book with just notes and we're essentially only halfway through

[wet rune]

or I could jsut go thru the university nearby and take art history classes/euro history classes

[flint topaz]

u gonna take ap world?

[wet rune]

ive been surprisingly good about notes

[wet rune]

i could, but i need to take gov and econ (my dad also teached this)

like ive got a whole ass plan and its NOT gonna be fun

[flint topaz]

im upset my school has that as a requirement

id rather a study hall

cuz im goin crazy on the aps next year

[wet rune]

cuz next year im planning on doing
AP lang
AP physics
AP econ
AP Research
AP French
AP Pre-calc
Band

and the year after
AP Gov
AP Calc
AP Chem
French 5
Band
AP Lit
and then idk what the last one will be, i might take some electives or maybe AP psych

[flint topaz]

im so upset i cant take calc bc next year

literally emailed my whole school's calc department seeing if i could

[flint topaz]

oo french

je mappelle Xx_OuiOuiBaguetteMan_xX

[wet rune]

fr

[flint topaz]

im in ap russian rn

[wet rune]

oooh thats fun!

[flint topaz]

ikr

[wet rune]

but also yale likes ap music theory so maybe ill take that

[flint topaz]

i wanna take ap music theory

but i cant fit it in my schedule

[wet rune]

that sucks

[flint topaz]

fr

[wet rune]

yale takes ap music theory, math, lang/lit, languages and art history

and physics

[flint topaz]

im assuming yale is ur dream school?

[wet rune]

right now it is, its kinda my dream ivy, but i have some backups (my safety is middlebury)

[flint topaz]

shoot for the stars dawg

[wet rune]

you too man

[flint topaz]

you never know

[flint topaz]

thx

[wet rune]

whats ur dream school?

[flint topaz]

MIT

all the way

[wet rune]

makes sense

[flint topaz]

goin for engineering

[wet rune]

thats really cool

one of my debate teammates is going to some crazy cool engineering school with whiteboards like EVERYWHERE

i dont remember which one it was

[flint topaz]

yea ill make a robot to conquer the world fix global warming

[wet rune]

oh for sure

[cinder gorge]

probably

[wet rune]

yeah 4 would cover some of the same stuff and you could most likely ask your teacher about additional resources

[cinder gorge]

You can self study the rest

[flint topaz]

id recommend checking collegeboard to see the content of the ap spanish exam

then self study yea

[wet rune]

collegeboard my behated

[flint topaz]

and checking past ap spanish exam pdf exams

i dont know, i take russian, not spanish

sorry

[cinder gorge]

just take it

If you have leftover material you can self study them

There are many good online resources

[wet rune]

(i fucking hate college board but i need to operate in their system to achieve my expectations)

[flint topaz]

frfr

its rigged but its possible to succeed at least

[cinder gorge]

Why is college board hated

[flint topaz]

cuz the SAT/ACT suck and im stupid

along with other stuff but idk

[cinder gorge]

just go test optional if u hate it that much

[flint topaz]

oh i dont hate them

im just inept

[wet rune]

also its putting a monetary value on knowlege which i think is stupid

a path of access that only some people can acheive

[cinder gorge]

Well, everything costs money

The college board needs money to operate

[flint topaz]

yea the psat was craaazy easy

i got a -520

[wet rune]

i totally respect your opinion, im not gonna argue about it cuz there are some values that I have that im pretty sure are different, but I think that assigning a monetary barrier to knowlege and achievement that only some can get to and some can access is really bad for like equity, especially with affirmative action being shot down. i just wish that instead of making knowlege private and hush hush it was celebrated and people wanted to help others learn a lot and work together to make everyone smarter

those are just my reasons for disliking it, you dont have to agree and i dont wanna argue

[cinder gorge]

Lol, I was just trying to state a fact such as that the college board (a private company) needs to actually make money to operate. I agree that learning should be accessible though. However, why is affirmative action being shot down a bad thing? That part was kinda confusing.

[wet rune]

just that some people who are disadvantaged in the current school system like latinos and black people are going to have a MUCH harder time getting into better schools now that they have an excuse to only accept the best people, but its a double edged sword insofar as like, colleges shouldnt just pick people out of need for diversity

[flint topaz]

yea im gonna milk my ethnicity on my commonapp

"i was born at a very young age 😔"

[cinder gorge]

Colleges already factor in your area and situation in admissions. For example, a person in a poorer area understandably has less access to opportunities. Therefore, admissions only compare those students to each other, not to someone from Phillips Exeter or Andover.

[cinder gorge]

Also, including your ethnicity in your essay if you are part of one of those groups is used now instead. It is a big factor in admissions as many top colleges have said.

[wet rune]

true

[cinder gorge]

Idk, I am personally quite against admission based on race though. Number of opportunities are more dependent on your environment and economic status than anything else.

[flint topaz]

yes but

imagine this

youre harvard

and you open up a letter

after thousands of other students

and ur tired as heck

[flint topaz]

"I'm black."

peak writing

[cinder gorge]

Lol

[cold glacier]

I intend to major in engineering. I am wondering if I should just take the AP Physics 1 & 2 classes offered by my school, or if I should take AP Physics C online.

[main plume]

In my experiance science classes never workout online

[main plume]

If you feel very confident in the class maybe take online, but science is a very what if type of subject, and it is always best to have an in person someone to talk to

[flint topaz]

dont take physics c online

[fervent jasper]

I was born at a very young age, unable to walk or talk for years

[flint topaz]

dawg years??

luckyyyyy

i just learned last week how to do my abcs

[wary swallow]

should i take ap comp sci principles first or ap comp sci A?

[humble smelt]

Yo if I take a bachelor in arts what jobs I can do?

[flint topaz]

comp sci principles then comp sci a

comp sci principles gives the very basics to code thatll help out in comp sci a

plus its just another suuper AP u can easily get a 5 on the exam

[wary swallow]

my school only offers an online course

thats better right?

[flint topaz]

online csp is definitely doable

its one of the easiest aps

especially if u do coding outside of the class then it gets even easier

if ur school just has csa, do the csa

oh damn

i honestly dont know what to do then

[cinder gorge]

Just exam

[flint topaz]

and those are hard to self study

[cinder gorge]

Many people self study them too

our school has 0 APs

There’s people who self study 15 aps

Including calc, phys c, chem, bio

[flint topaz]

those people are made of different stuff

[flint topaz]

id just go to them and ask for help

yes

[cinder gorge]

im self studying 5 APs this year im like dying 💀

i self studied it last year

Its not that hard

[flint topaz]

ive heard ap chem is brutal

[flint topaz]

wait actually?

[cinder gorge]

yeah

And i found calc to be pretty easy too idk

[flint topaz]

well u should take a normal chem

then next year take ap chem

[cinder gorge]

nah

Chem is fine

bio is actually kinda hard

[flint topaz]

it gets tedious lowkey

[flint topaz]

im scared of ap bio

and chem

[cinder gorge]

chem is easy

bio is a bit harder

i found ap calc to be the easiest though

[flint topaz]

which ap calc

bc or ab?

[cinder gorge]

bc ofc

[flint topaz]

if ur going into calc bc, no

[cinder gorge]

its only 2 units more

[flint topaz]

then its less bad

[cinder gorge]

you need 50 something percent on exam to get a 5

[cinder gorge]

not really

[flint topaz]

50 is a 3

[cinder gorge]

57% is a 5

[flint topaz]

57 gets you college credit

but not a 5

[cinder gorge]

no the cut off is around 57 for 5

trust me I literally did the exam

Its different for each AP

[flint topaz]

a 5 is like 70 tho, right?

[cinder gorge]

no

Thats for chem

And other APs

[flint topaz]

it's different among aps?

[cinder gorge]

Each AP has different cut off

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[flint topaz]

thats dum

yea

but it's needlessly complex

but that gives me hope for when i do take calc bc

yea

cuz its only smartasses in the classs

i wanna be part of that smartass aristocracy

[cinder gorge]

nah

ik a pretty dumb person who got 5 on bc in sophomore year

the smart people all did it in 8th and 9th grade💀

[flint topaz]

imagine doin the abbacadabba strat on a calc bc exam 💀

[rotund stag]

Does anybody know how difficult Ap Physics is gonna be if i take it as a sophmore

[flint topaz]

i heard its hard but if u like physics, i think you'll be fine

im taking it next year so idk

[cinder gorge]

chem before bio

bio needs chem foundations

i would say AP bio exam is harder than AP chem exam

[analog hill]

Heyy, I'm thinking about changing the course I am in, right now I'm in my second year of Latin and my scores aren't the best, but I don't know what to study next year, I was thinking human sciences maybe because the rest is kinda boring.

I don't know what I want

Like uni and stuff?

Euhh, Astronomy seems nice

[cinder gorge]

Is it a good idea to do Spanish all 4 years?

[analog hill]

But idk what I need to study to major in Astronomy

I could consider doing that

[analog hill]

In uni yes, now (I'm 8th grade) we don't

[cedar sparrow]

you think I should self-study an AP next year?

I would try to get a elective you'd be interested in taking and finishing off the requirements like pe or fine arts if you haven't already

Try to get all those tech, pe, fine arts, and all credits done by the end of 10th

then 11th and 12th you really choose your own path of where you wanna go

I also don't know what core classes or electives to take for 11th grade and my counselour is making us submit our requests next month 😭

I also still dunno what im planning on majoring in

Right now this is what it looks like:

AP Lang
APUSH
AP Physics 1
AP Pre Cal
AP Seminar
AP Psychology
accounting 1
practicum in marketing

I might just do on-level physics though

or instead may go to apes

[flint topaz]

if you dont have to, dont

[flint topaz]

especially with a schedule this rigorous

[cedar sparrow]

This is what I was gonna do next year

i might like take on level physics or histroy idk

wanna do 5 not 6 ap classes next year

and i may self-study ap pscyh

I feel like I need to get rid of one ap from the thing I sent above

I wanted to do 5 ap classes not 6

[cinder gorge]

yes

[cedar sparrow]

Well I'm not as smart as you though 😭

Also btw how hard is AP Pre Cal and AP Physics I

I heard those two are hella torture and you should drop out but if I get atleast a 3 or 4 on the exam I can possibly get credit

[wraith rover]

ap precalc sounds like a scam

and ap physics 1 isn’t that bad. the first few topics r relatively simple i’ve heard it gets harder as u go along

[cinder gorge]

rlly easy

[cinder gorge]

im not even smart

[cinder gorge]

lol be careful of ap psych

that was the only ap i messed up and got a 4 on💀

Out of like chem, and calc

[flint topaz]

meh, still an ap

i was a dumbass back then and didn't take school seriously then

i couldve taken alg 1 then

im still on a path to take calc bc but damn i wanna take multivar calc

thats sad

i can and am rn

its one of the 3 aps i can actually take

all 3?

likewise

ohhh

im in apush, apcsp, and ap russian

i mean it is

but like

rather than ur standard ap exam

i gotta take a "NEWL exam"

[flint topaz]

still sanctioned by the collegeboard

holy shit

holy shit

no shot

students at my school have it worst when they're taking ap precalc in senior year

i wish i could do that

i genuinely wish

u can skip ab yk

u cant like do stats?

i hated proofs

oh yea ur skipping precalc

nvm dont skip ab then

it is

idk probably gym

unless u can find some kind of bypass to ur gym requirement

[cinder gorge]

self study ap bio

[flint topaz]

ye thats what im doing cuz my school wont let me bypass that requirement with fencing

[flint topaz]

y'all throw that term around so carefree

like its not super hard

[cinder gorge]

?

[flint topaz]

self studying everything

[cinder gorge]

im self studying ap bio this year

Khan academy👍

[flint topaz]

ur a different specimen

[cinder gorge]

12th is useless since its not factored into admissions

heck im doing 0 aps in 12th

[lime skiff]

Do a sport

[flint topaz]

are you shitting me

[cinder gorge]

If ur self studying its not factored

They consider the course if u take it but not the exam

[flint topaz]

no i mean the whole 12th grade isnt factored

[flint topaz]

that's genuinely so dumb

cuz the heavy aps im doing is gonna be in 12th grade

[cinder gorge]

u know what would be cool?

[lime skiff]

12th grade matters

[flint topaz]

8???

[cinder gorge]

If apps are submitted in june and the AOs look at them over the summer

[flint topaz]

my school schedule will not fit 8 bells into a single day

[cinder gorge]

And in early september u get the results

[flint topaz]

we only have 7 bells in a given day

[lime skiff]

0 period to 7th

[cinder gorge]

we don’t have bells

[flint topaz]

wut

do u go to my school or smthn?

hustlers university

[cinder gorge]

should i self study ap music theory

[flint topaz]

honestly yea

[cinder gorge]

is self studying 6 APs a year too much💀

idk im cramming stuff so i don’t have to do aps in 12th since its useless them

our school has no aps

[flint topaz]

oh holy damn

[cinder gorge]

Well except calc

[flint topaz]

well that makes sense

[cinder gorge]

But i already did calc last year

no

our regular courses are just kinda hard

we have o-chem in regular chem💀

and anatomy and physiology for regular bio💀💀

[flint topaz]

my school only allows is access to APs at 10th and even then lots of aps are locked off due to prerequisites

no clue

[cinder gorge]

other school and testing centres

[flint topaz]

i can only take 3 this year 😔

but then next year, its a full course meal

senior year will be a delectable dish

[lime skiff]

Are you a junior?

[cinder gorge]

btw guys u should take both calc ab and bc exams since it counts as 2 APs

Its so free

[flint topaz]

sophomore

[cinder gorge]

basically 1 free AP

buy 1 get 1

[flint topaz]

isnt ab like a subscore if u take bc?

[cinder gorge]

yeah but it only counts as 1 ap

if u also take ab it counts as 2

[flint topaz]

i can't fit ab into an entire new year

[cinder gorge]

So u should do like ab in freshman

And do bc in sophomore

[lime skiff]

Wut

[cinder gorge]

u only need to learn 2 more units for bc

[flint topaz]

thats a wild ass take

[dim stump]

tbh calc is oossible as a freshman

[cinder gorge]

i have friends who did ab in 8th grade

and a bunch who did bc in 9th

[flint topaz]

yea but no freshman is doing that

[dim stump]

you just need a bit of algebra

[dim stump]

im freshman aged and doing it

[cinder gorge]

lots are

[flint topaz]

average* freshman

[dim stump]

its just a bit of algebra and a bit of critical thinking tbh

[flint topaz]

you all are crafted from some kind of vibranium

[dim stump]

if you understand the concepts of derivatives which is relatively simple you’re good

[flint topaz]

and my friends call me batshit crazy for my schedules

[cinder gorge]

the actual exam is rlly easy

[dim stump]

alg 2 is free tbh and trig takes like a month to learn if you actually out effort in understanding it and not just mechanically doing stuff

[flint topaz]

alg 2 is actually crazy easy

[dim stump]

i think where most people fall short is actually understanding what theyre doing in math

[cinder gorge]

meanwhile me who is self studying 5 aps and practices 3+ hours violin a day💀

[flint topaz]

im gonna rip off the bandaid: whats ur ethnicity

[cinder gorge]

asian

[dim stump]

whats ur schedule

bc people at my school also have stupid schedules as well lmao

like half the kids in my class can take up to MVC in senior year if they wanted to

[flint topaz]

for the courses that actually matter this year: AP Russian, APUSH, AP Comp Sci Principles, and my school's highest level of orchestra

[cinder gorge]

i don’t even care abt my school stuff anymore bc there’s no exams only quizzes and tests so i don’t ever study💀

[dim stump]

damn 😭

[flint topaz]

next year is almost exclusively APs

[dim stump]

next year im gonna fully dual enroll cuz i can do that lol

[flint topaz]

year after that is APs and a CCP course

[dim stump]

im gonna spam bio and chem classes

[cinder gorge]

today i was doing khan academy ap bio practice in class at school today and my computer was at maximum sound💀

[flint topaz]

idek what dat is

[cinder gorge]

Everyone looked at me weird

[dim stump]

taking college courses

like at a college

[flint topaz]

oh i tried doing that

[dim stump]

okay but doing khan academy at school is crazy

how do u have the motivation

[flint topaz]

to skip precalc

and take Calc BC next year

[cinder gorge]

Thats what other people said💀

i don’t have time at home

Because i need to practice 3 hours

I also wake up at 7 everyday to practice 1 hour before school💀💀💀

[flint topaz]

r u like planning to go to harvard or smthn??

[dim stump]

tbh precalc is harder than calc BC

[flint topaz]

oo what r u learning

[cinder gorge]

my parents want me to💀

[flint topaz]

insane take

[cinder gorge]

or yale

[dim stump]

im taking the equivalent of that this year and its free

trust

[cinder gorge]

yessss

pre calc is def harder

[flint topaz]

wow

we got some NERDS IN HERE

[dim stump]

holdon lemme pull up my planned schedule from sheets

u will see nerd 😭

[flint topaz]

yea i wanna go to MIT, im a nerd too 💀

[dim stump]

JUNIOR YEAR
MAC 2313 (calc 3) MAP 2302 (differential equations)
CHM 1045C (college chem 1) CHM 1046C (college chem 2)
BSC 1005 (college bio 1) BSC 1085C (anatomy and physiology 1
BSC 1005L (bio w/ lab) PHY 2049C (physics with calc 2)
PHY 2048C (physics with calc 1) ENC 1101* (english composition 1)
SENIOR YEAR
CHM 2210C (organic chem 1) POS 1041* (american govt)
ENC 1102* (english composition 2) PHI 2600* (ethics)
PHI 2010* (intro to philosophy) GEA 1000* (intro to geography)
SPN 1120* (spanish 1) SPN 1121* (spanish 2)
BSC 1086C (anatomy and physiology 2) CHM 2211C (organic chem 2)

[flint topaz]

so just boston

[cinder gorge]

last year our school had harvard, yale, and cornell admits

[dim stump]

bro what i wanna go to UF and thats it

😭😭😭

[flint topaz]

holy shit dude 💀💀

[dim stump]

dual enrollment is a beast

[flint topaz]

how long r ur school days 💀💀

[dim stump]

(also i managed to get myself into calc 1 and 2 sophomore year)

oh uh actually ill only have school 4 days a week in my junior and senior year

and school is from 9:00-3:20

so manageable

[cinder gorge]

differential equations and organic chem💀

[dim stump]

my dad can tutor me

😍

[cinder gorge]

who is ur dad

[dim stump]

a doctor

[cinder gorge]

oh

[dim stump]

LMFAO

bc i just need it to get my AA

tbh i dont care about going to top colleges that much

all those classes are out of my own itnerest

[flint topaz]

compared to my sorry ass list 💀

FUTURE COURSES
gym/health over the summer
Junior Year
AP PreCalculus
AP Physics 1
AP CSA
Orchestra
AP Lang
Econ/Gov (per semester)
AP Chemistry
MITES Summer Program
Linear Algebra (Self Study)
Senior Year
AP Statistics
AP Biology
College Engineering
AP Physics C
Orchestra
AP Lit
AP Calc BC

[dim stump]

ill be real happy with just UF (which i am guaranteed as a transfer)

[cinder gorge]

what is a top college

for u

[dim stump]

top 20 id say

[cinder gorge]

in the world?

[dim stump]

US

[lime skiff]

Are u in HS or college

[cinder gorge]

what about in the world

[dim stump]

thats just recommended for too colleges

[dim stump]

looking to stay domestic

[flint topaz]

yea im not in multivariable calc while curing cancer 😔

[dim stump]

HS

2 years of foreign lang is just recommended iirx

[flint topaz]

i love doing foreign language

[cinder gorge]

im pretty guaranteed to a 20 something ranked college in the world but i want to go to US and ivies💀

[flint topaz]

i hated latin

[dim stump]

im thinking about harvard + mit (just applying cuz my dad is from boston and he wants me to try) and JHU as my out of state colleges

and maybe USC bc im from LA (if j get national merit finalist)

but id be really happy staying in florida

[cinder gorge]

what should i do my ed or ea as

[dim stump]

idk bro im 14

lmfao

[cinder gorge]

yeah im also not at that age yet but u need to think about these things early 🗿

[dim stump]

what even is an ed

[cinder gorge]

Early decision

[flint topaz]

no damn way

[dim stump]

okay i thought it was something else

😭

[cinder gorge]

i could do yale, harvard, or jhu

Idk which

to apply ea or ed

[dim stump]

damn yall aiming high

[flint topaz]

dafuq do they feed you people

[dim stump]

rice

[cinder gorge]

100%

rice university💀

[flint topaz]

k not that kind of "you people"

[dim stump]

💀

[flint topaz]

but ik why im so far behind

i got the black debuff

[dim stump]

i might drop a semester of ochem

just bc its supposed to be like stupidly hard

[flint topaz]

no shot

[dim stump]

ill see how i do in gen chem next year first

[cinder gorge]

How many AOs are there for a university

[dim stump]

im doing it bc i like chem idk shit about course rigor or

[cinder gorge]

like 10?

[dim stump]

whatever college lingo there is

[cinder gorge]

guys

Can someone answer this

[flint topaz]

finally some terminology i can get behind

[flint topaz]

idk what an AO is

[cinder gorge]

admission officer

[flint topaz]

idk

[dim stump]

but again i might drop out of physics bc ive never taken physics before

😭

[cinder gorge]

But like

[flint topaz]

im gonna love physics

[cinder gorge]

How many

generally

For like stanford

[flint topaz]

google it i suppose

[dim stump]

oh stanford i know that one

my cousin applied there

(she got rejected)

[flint topaz]

u can get lots of info about colleges online

like common data sets

[cinder gorge]

it says 52

Ig i have a 1/52 chance i get in

since i know 1 admissions guy

[dim stump]

wtf yall have connections

goddamn how competitive

i heard in southern california from my family it was a bit competitive but

[cinder gorge]

ur the one taking differential equations in 11th grade and 2 semesters of ochem

💀

[dim stump]

BC I LIKE MATH AND CHEM

😭😭😭

[cinder gorge]

lol

I like chem but hate ochem

[dim stump]

plus im sure it wont affect my application too much like one of my cousins freaking did researxh

idk how rare that is but

[cinder gorge]

research is common

[dim stump]

huh .

[cinder gorge]

Unless its top tier research

With some famous professor

[cinder gorge]

Last year a person in our school did top tier research with some famous guy and got into harvard

[dim stump]

whattt

[cinder gorge]

but regular research is pretty useless

[dim stump]

how do yall find this stuff

[cinder gorge]

we have around 10 something ivy admits each year

[dim stump]

a relative of mine got into MIT and i think he did woodworking and some volunteering

and thats it

???

[cinder gorge]

and the parents go bother the people that went

[cinder gorge]

he is lying

[dim stump]

no

he goes there

i visited his dorm

😭

[cinder gorge]

he is lying about ecs

he prob at least got some math comp

[dim stump]

amcs are so confusing

i looked at them once

its not what i was expecting lmao

[cinder gorge]

ur cousin at mit probably got at least into aime or usamo

[dim stump]

but they seem funt bh

i dont think so

he had a 1380 SAT

and that i know

[cinder gorge]

tf

does he major in english

[dim stump]

no mecheanical engineering

[cinder gorge]

or something at mit

bruh

Tf

[dim stump]

he did do multivariable calcylus and differential ewuations in HS tho

[cinder gorge]

physics comp?

did he do physics olympiad

[dim stump]

idk man

he lives in the LA metro

i live in rural florida lmao

[cinder gorge]

Thats most schools

Our school doesn’t even have bc

[dim stump]

maybe he has a linkedin hold on

my “college success” class made everyone make linkedins lmao

[flint topaz]

DAYUM

[cinder gorge]

idk everyone i know got over 1500😭

[flint topaz]

my last act was 15
you all may laugh

[cinder gorge]

and we don’t even have aps

[flint topaz]

k well ap knowledge isnt on the sat

[cinder gorge]

how is it that everyone ik at my school get like 1500+ sat and self study like 15 aps

[flint topaz]

imma go on a limb and just say asian

no shit

[cinder gorge]

💀

no

Its public or else it would have aps💀

[flint topaz]

my school is public and has APs

[dim stump]

my sxhool is charter and doesnt have APs

[cinder gorge]

well i am not in the US

💀

[dim stump]

isnt UCLA a good school

two of my cousins go there

[flint topaz]

canada?

[cinder gorge]

yeah a bunch of people from our school went

[flint topaz]

maple syrup?

[cinder gorge]

yes

yes

[flint topaz]

what do they put in yall's maple syrups?

[cinder gorge]

i left a jar of maple syrup untouched for too long and it grew mold

🗿

[dim stump]

come down to the gulf coast the fish makes you smart

omega 3s 😎

[cinder gorge]

no

[dim stump]

let me guess

uhhp

[cinder gorge]

bruh thats in quebec

[dim stump]

texas since its the most populated

montreal is a city i thought

[cinder gorge]

My French is very bad

[cinder gorge]

quebec is a province

[dim stump]

isnt there like northwest territories nunavut alberta saskatchewan british columbia manitoba ontario

and like

prince edward island

[cinder gorge]

yes

[dim stump]

nova scotia

and newdpuldnad and labrafdorp

[cinder gorge]

where do u think have the most asian people?

[dim stump]

british columbia

bc west coast

[cinder gorge]

yeah

nice ur geography is pretty good

[dim stump]

im decent at geography

idk how that will practically help me in life but

💀

[flint topaz]

i think i gotta move to canada if ur this damn smart

[dim stump]

i dont wanna

[flint topaz]

uh california

the end

[dim stump]

whats the capital of brunei

[cinder gorge]

I accidentally memorized every country in europe including microstates when i was in 9th grade bc i was staring at it for too long💀

[dim stump]

they produce a lot of oil 😭

[flint topaz]

accidentally?

[dim stump]

the one AP class i would enjoy taking is like APHUG probably

[flint topaz]

alr get this mf out

[cinder gorge]

yeah i was looking at it for fun

[flint topaz]

i want a college level hug

[cinder gorge]

i only rmb half the capital cities tho

[dim stump]

name every french region

[cinder gorge]

bruh

[dim stump]

oh

[cinder gorge]

nah

[dim stump]

i dont know much of that either 😭

[flint topaz]

paris, versailles, revolution

[cinder gorge]

lol

[dim stump]

theres like ile de france grand est occitane something something normandy brittany

💀

[cinder gorge]

i only know alsace-lorraine bc ww1

[dim stump]

nvm those are provinces

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[dim stump]

normandy and brittany and alsace-lorraine

[cinder gorge]

Oh yeah and those ones

[flint topaz]

dont spoil, im only just now passing the civil war

[cinder gorge]

And basque i think

[dim stump]

idk my geography skills are rusty

[flint topaz]

ik that africa is a country

[dim stump]

do yall have like a geography class

thats like political geography

or would that just be history

😭

[cinder gorge]

same

[cinder gorge]

we have human geo

[flint topaz]

atp id be surprised if u didnt not know anything

ur like some oracle or smthn

[cinder gorge]

bruh no

[cinder gorge]

im kinda incompetent

at stuff

[flint topaz]

i wanna know: Who was the one who asked?

[dim stump]

outside of STEM im clueless

im hot ass at history

[cinder gorge]

i love history💀

[flint topaz]

What is the one piece

[flint topaz]

my teacher makes it fun

[cinder gorge]

i read random wiki docs about random events in the middle ages for fun

[dim stump]

my teacher just regurgitates facts in lectures

[cinder gorge]

probably got through like hundreds of them💀

[dim stump]

i just memorize the kahoots she gives out and pass with like an 84 on the tes

😁

[cinder gorge]

idk why i try hard and sweat so much at kahoots 💀

[dim stump]

i dont

i just watch like netflix

[cinder gorge]

like i rlly want to win each kahoot💀

[flint topaz]

me neither

[dim stump]

and ansrer aversagely

[cinder gorge]

our teacher gives nothing but the students try hard anyways

[flint topaz]

gimkit lowkey sucks

kahoot has those weird kiddy avatars

yea only up was alright

my english teacher uses it for vocab

oh yea i remember quizlet lives

ur still in school?

oh differing timezones

im dum

oh the literal gym

[dim stump]

i just got home fromntue gym lmao

[flint topaz]

do u guys drive or smthn?

[dim stump]

nah i carpool eith a friend

[flint topaz]

ah

[dim stump]

i wont he able to drive till my mid junior year

😭

[flint topaz]

the only gym i get is training to be the best swordsman

dattebayo

[dim stump]

what

what does that even mean

[flint topaz]

im a fencer

shit joke

what?

luckyyy

[dim stump]

thats normal

its just i skipped freshman year so im a year younger than most in my grade

[flint topaz]

once i start drivin, im gonna get me a bottle of jack daniels and put the petal to the metal

[flint topaz]

im not surprised

again, im not surprised

ive learned anything in this server is possible

[dim stump]

tbh like almost everyone at my middle school had the credits to slip freshman year

[flint topaz]

shove him in a locker

take his lunch money

give em a wedgie

heyoooo

we got someone in my orchestra who can fit inside a violin locker

yea theyre tiny asf

[idle cedar]

which junior yr course schedule is better since I want to be a neuroscience pre-med and go to a bsmd? A or B?

A:

AP Lang
AP Chem
AP Calc BC
AP World
Newspaper
Magnet Humanities Research
Neuroscience/Intro to Biochemistry
Immunology/Intro to Genetic Analysis

B:
AP Lang
AP Chem
AP Calc BC
AP World
Newspaper
Magnet Humanities Research
AP Macroecon/AP Microecon
Neuroscience/Immunology

[cinder gorge]

A

Have u done ap bio alr?

[idle cedar]

yeah

doing it rn

[tepid mulch]

For aerospace engineering, should I take AP Physics 1 or AP Physics C Mechanics

[flint topaz]

physics 1 first then physics c

[tepid mulch]

Alright thank you

Yes it does

[deft maple]

I don’t think so

[deft maple]

AP physics is algebra based so I wouldn’t recommend it but I would recommend AP Physics C E&M

Why would you need calc for computer science?

I can’t think of any courses at the top of my head

But you could take AP classes for gen ed requirements

Oof, that sounds hard

[dim stump]

calc is important for AI based things

[deft maple]

It most likely does

[dim stump]

optimization machine learning etc

comp sci in general is very math based too

heavy on linear algebra in some fields

[deft maple]

Did you not ask your guidance counselor yet?

[cinder gorge]

Whats standard junior year courses

[flint topaz]

there is no standard

its very subjective and based around you, your school, and your interests

its good to take APs in junior year if thats what you mean

[rotund stag]

im a sophmore next yr and im planning to take AP precalc, AP Physics 1, AP world, Ap CSP, Honors Lit, Honors Chem and Band. My ECs are marching band, FBLA, science olympiad, and chess is this too much

[flint topaz]

nah that's realistic

[rotund stag]

rly?

[flint topaz]

as long as you manage your time well and use ur resources well yea

always make sure u aren't falling behind under any circumstances

[rotund stag]

r the classes realistic

[flint topaz]

plus ap csp is a breeze

[rotund stag]

like ik ap physics is pretty hard

and same w precalc and world

[flint topaz]

ap physics is the hardest thing on that schedule

ive heard mixed things about world

i personally am in apush so idk about world

[rotund stag]

the problem is marching band takes up a lot of my time a

[flint topaz]

itll be a challenge definitely

but its possible

[cinder gorge]

Standard

[flint topaz]

there is no standard to your schedule

[cinder gorge]

For a junior whos not behind or forward

[flint topaz]

thats not helping me out a lot here

does ur school have AP classes?

[cinder gorge]

Ik standard math for junior is algebra 2

Yes

[flint topaz]

k so shoot for taking AP precalc or some kind of precalc junior year

if you plan on taking calculus at some point in your high school career

but as far as every other course, there is no definitive standard

its all about how rigorous you want your junior/senior years to be

as i assume youre a sophomore

[cinder gorge]

ok

No im freshman wanting to take standard junior classes in freshman

[flint topaz]

ah

define standard

like AP courses?

or a more lax approach?

[cinder gorge]

Classes got randomly selected so theyre standard freshman courses

Algebra 1, Biology, Human Geography

[flint topaz]

oh so you have no control over your future schedules?

[cinder gorge]

I mean I can

If i test out

[flint topaz]

well what i can suggest for some kind of "standard" is taking a calculus course (AP Calculus AB or BC), probably an AP science like bio, chem, physics, or environmental science, and maybe an english AP like lang or lit sometime in your hs career

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[flint topaz]

but once again, its still very subjective

[cinder gorge]

What ordwer is calculus 1 2 3 ab bc taken

[flint topaz]

at my school at least its
Alg 1
Geometry
Alg 2
Precalculus (AP or normal)
then u can choose AP Calc AB or BC

AB is like BC but less rigorous

[cinder gorge]

Ok

Thanks

[flint topaz]

anytime

[cinder gorge]

Whats after bc

[flint topaz]

if ur school offers it: Multivariable Calculus

but most times youll be a senior when you take Calc BC

[cinder gorge]

Ok

Thank you

[flint topaz]

also a foreign language like spanish

[cinder gorge]

Yes

How do i get into acceleraated courses

[flint topaz]

AA courses?

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[flint topaz]

k so lets say im in algebra 1 rn

if i keep a high B or an A, then u can be eligible to go into geometry aa

[cinder gorge]

Yes

How fast is course progression in AA

[cinder gorge]

Or u can be a freshman

[flint topaz]

not everyone is built like u canadians

[flint topaz]

only slightly

[cinder gorge]

Dang

[flint topaz]

still boosts your gpa

so go for it

[cinder gorge]

For me i learn really quickly

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[cinder gorge]

but the thing is most people who do calc bc in like freshman just stop math for the rest of high school

[flint topaz]

then u forget it

L

[cinder gorge]

yeah lol💀

What if youre freshman but you max out all of your courses

Well we do pre calc in school after doing calc💀💀

Wtf

by ourselves

[flint topaz]

if you hypothetically were a freshman and taking crazy ass courses to "max out" then idk

most schools have grad requirements

so youd have to find a way to meet those requirements ig?

idk

[cinder gorge]

OK

THANK YOU

[flint topaz]

you guys are just different breeds

[cinder gorge]

Caps lock

[flint topaz]

YOURE WELCOME

[cinder gorge]

yes

[cinder gorge]

for some reason pre calc is harder than calc tho

[flint topaz]

i wouldnt know

i havent taken either

i take precalc next year

[cinder gorge]

did u take alg 2

[flint topaz]

im in alg 2 rn

as much as i wish i wasnt

cuz i could sleep in this class

then come test day get a 100

[cinder gorge]

U only need alg 2 for calc

[flint topaz]

like bc???

[cinder gorge]

Yes

bruh bc and ab doesn’t matter

[flint topaz]

dawg u settin me up for failure

[cinder gorge]

they’re almost the same diff

bc is only 2 more units

[flint topaz]

k but

bc is a cooler name

[cinder gorge]

Lol

Also the name of our province💀

[flint topaz]

imagine that CALCULUS BEFORE CHRIST EDITION

[flint topaz]

i dont speak maple syrup soarry

[cinder gorge]

lol

also like

90% of students here are dumb

the 10% is just like the rare exception

[flint topaz]

define dumb

[cinder gorge]

of asian kids

[flint topaz]

cuz dumb to u is like not knowing how to find an integral blindfolded

[cinder gorge]

normal classes, no aps, no sats, regular local university

[flint topaz]

k so actually mid

phew

meanwhile i got my sat in two weeks 👍

[cinder gorge]

our bathroom is also full of vapers

and someone set the trash can on fire💀

[flint topaz]

last last year some kids from a rival school waltzed up onto our school's campus and got into a fight

and just last year, a teacher got outed for saying the funny 5 letter word

beginning with n

[cinder gorge]

how is that legal

[flint topaz]

🤷

beats me

[cinder gorge]

bro a pe teacher here was fired for calling a student fat💀

[flint topaz]

yea that teacher is still at the school 💀

[cinder gorge]

kind of a overkill tbh💀

[cinder gorge]

How did that not make the news

[flint topaz]

idk

they kept it decently secret

but it spread like wildfire in the school

then it died

[cinder gorge]

lol

is there like

Really incompetent students at ur school

[flint topaz]

yes

[cinder gorge]

like they just don’t show up to class at all

[flint topaz]

yup

[cinder gorge]

bruh like that’s every school

there so many of them here

but the contrast is insane tho

[flint topaz]

but i can't really be talkin cuz all throughout my latin II days i was asleep throughout almost the entire year

[cinder gorge]

like 15 aps self study kid vs chronic absentee💀

[flint topaz]

duality of student

[cinder gorge]

whats the highest grade contrast in ur school

[flint topaz]

uhhhhh

[cinder gorge]

we have like 100% kids vs like 30% kids

[flint topaz]

i honestly dont know

[cinder gorge]

99% average vs like 50% average

[flint topaz]

ive peered around people's powerschool accounts this year and saw D's and F's

meanwhile im a good lil student with a 13% in english 👍

[cinder gorge]

actually?

[flint topaz]

no 💀

its a 96

[cinder gorge]

weve had a 50% English kid

[cinder gorge]

bruh thats better than me

[flint topaz]

i know my abcs 😎

what can i say

[cinder gorge]

my 93 english mark is kinda bad💀

i hate english

literally every single other course i have 98%+

[flint topaz]

my teacher just likes me cuz i did super well on an essay the the beginning of the year

im doing better in my ap russian class than english

i think that says something about my skills

[cinder gorge]

whats ur pe mark

[flint topaz]

pe?

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

Physical education

[flint topaz]

oh im not taking pe this year

[cinder gorge]

bruh

Is that allowed

[flint topaz]

im gonna do my school's summer gym program

[flint topaz]

yea

[cinder gorge]

last year pe teacher was nice

[flint topaz]

cuz my school wont let me bypass gym by doing fencing

[cinder gorge]

Gave me 99😎

im not even that athletic💀

[flint topaz]

one percent for every pushup i cant do 😎

[cinder gorge]

lol

[cinder gorge]

do u have a good mark in math?

[flint topaz]

yea

98

[cinder gorge]

yo same

[flint topaz]

yooooo

[cinder gorge]

It was last year

My parents are still complaining about it💀💀

why u no get 100🗿

[flint topaz]

most of my classes are actually 100 and above

theyre shockingly easy

like easier than easy

[cinder gorge]

our school is actually kinda hard

ap calc 5 score people sometimes fail tests in pre calc

💀

[flint topaz]

what

like what

am i screwed?

[cinder gorge]

like its kinda hard

At least in our school

[flint topaz]

ive been told precalc was a genuine walk in the park

at least at my school

[cinder gorge]

we have conics

and amc, calc questions in precalc

[cinder gorge]

It prob is