course-selection

[wooden laurel]

Planning on taking 5 aps

Micro macro Econ psychology and by the end of year 11 and then hopefully calc and stats or apes

Taking IB and IGSCE

For my extra curricular
I trade crypto forex and commodities
I traded nfts and made like 19000$ - blockchain project trader
I was a nft analyst ( blockchain product analyst) which comes under research and I made many ppl up to 20,000

Top 250 in my country for Fortnite competitive and also was top .5% in the world last month

I did 3 seasons of football in juventus and west ham

And I’m in year 10

I live in Dubai my moms an artist and my dad works as a head in london stock exchange

I thjnk economics should be good for me right? That’s what I was looking for

[deep shuttle]

yea I’ve got a couple

really? Isn’t academic rigor extremely important for college decisions though?

[magic orbit]

comp sci a over comp sci principle

comp sci a is all about the java language so you are actually learning a language and how to code

while comp sci principle is more about logic and how computer works

p.s. colleges dont really take comp sci principle as credit, mainly comp sci a (not all, but top colleges only accepts comp sci a)

[mint zodiac]

CB has found theres easentially no difference in taking 7 vs 17 APs once you reach your second year of college

[fickle osprey]

yup

but you shouldnt be doing it for college

then you wont be motivated to go 4 years

my friend who played the violin since she was 3, racked up many awards and she plans on going a music group in college

initially she wasnt interested in doing so in her frieshman year, but you cant just drop 12 years of violin by the end of highschool

[hushed ice]

Update: I picked AP everything

[deep shuttle]

whats CB? im kinda stupid

what about band

[mint zodiac]

CollegeBoard

[deep shuttle]

OH

alright thanks!

[midnight wraith]

How hard is AP bio because im taking it on top of AP precalc and I dont wanna lose my sanity too much

[deep shuttle]

"too much" oh dear

[inner tiger]

Is it really necessary to do 4 years of languages for Ivy League? A lot of people say I should do Chinese 1,2, 3 honors, and Chinese ap for all 4 years of high school (I have to do Chinese 1 and 2, it’s a grad requirement) but I can’t take all the classes that I’m interested in, such as ap art 2d, choir, ap euro, and ap drawing if I take Chinese 3 and ap

[neat grotto]

taking ap bio rn and its not too bad

but it depends on the teacher really

I just think the work load is annoying

[midnight wraith]

I just wanna know if I will be able to have time to do other things other than homework and studying

[neat grotto]

how many aps you taking?

im only taking ap calc ab and ap bio

so bio for me is manageable

[old kernel]

opinions on taking ap art history sophmore year?

[midnight wraith]

Ap bio and ap precalc

[cinder gorge]

Just self study

Are you a native speaker?

[fickle osprey]

why are you taking that...?

if your taking that for the sake of taking an ap, then just know that will not improve anything whatsoever

[inner tiger]

Yeah but I’m not very fluent at it

My parents are fluent in chiense

Chinese

[cinder gorge]

just self study

[cinder gorge]

free tutoring

just like take the AP exam

Its a waste of time to take at school

[mint zodiac]

Defo depends on teacher. In my ap bio class, multiple students have begun to look into threatening suicide to get committed to get out of work for a few weeks.

Other people have had it as their most enjoyable class

[cinder gorge]

bruh why is everyone threatening suicide these days💀

like no joke, 1/4 of the people in my school said this before

[neat grotto]

your fine then

[full tinsel]

That's crazy

How bad is AP Spanish Lang?

[mint zodiac]

no idea

[full tinsel]

How bad is my junior schedule?
AP World History
AP Lang
AP Precalc
Advanced Topics in Chem
AP Chem
AP Physics I
Honors Wind Ensemble
Honors Spanish IV

[normal ember]

5 APs is not going to be fun

if you really think you can handle it then go for it

just be prepared

[robust canopy]

My teacher stopped making then reading required so I just stopped reading them and I'm still doing fine 💀

Like honestly AP Bio doesn't take that much work to get down

[robust canopy]

depends but 2 AP sciences is a deadly mix

[mint zodiac]

The week before christmas break she gave us 3 packets and a poster assignment

She gave us the poster assignment on thursday and it was due by the start of class Friday

[robust canopy]

Teachers fr make classes super hard for no reason

[full tinsel]

Nah sounds great

5 APs sounds fun

My main strategy is to overestimate the difficulty

Currently in APUSH and AP CSP

[rotund stag]

This is my probable schedule for sophmore yr
AP Physics 1

AP Precalc

AP World

AP CSP

10th Honors LIt

Honors Chem

Wind Ensemble (Top Band)

im also doing a decent amount of ecs

[brazen trout]

AP precalc wasnt a thing when I took precalc so i cant comment on it

World history is pretty easy

now that I am in collge looking back physics 1 is easy if you just memorize formulas

and are decent at basic algebra

and CSP was pretty easy too

Honors chem is also a joke (compared to AP chem) but it provides a good basics foundation

[full tinsel]

AP Precalc from wut I heard is not too hard

[rotund stag]

Do u think it’s too much because I’ve asked a bunch of people and I’ve gotten mixed answers

[full parrot]

Is it okay to have multiple 4.0 weighted classes if they’re for things like band or sports? Or should I drop those and try to focus on just academics?

[hardy raft]

If I take Spanish 3 sophomore and want to go into engineering is that enough language

[sick basin]

@hardy raft I think there are some students who take 3 years of language have taken enough, but since you’re a sophomore in Spanish 3, you might not have to take language

[full tinsel]

AP CSP and Precalc are ok

AP Worls might be ok

The only stinker is prob AP Physics I

[bitter ore]

How much work is AP world compared to AP gov

[final helm]

More

Should I take business applications or intro to business

[bitter ore]

im in intro to business

[final helm]

Cuz business applications is more tech but intro to business teaches life skills

[bitter ore]

my teacher is god awful she just sits at her desk the whole time and never teaches but its really easy and gives a good base

[final helm]

Cuz our school doesn’t have an intro to tech

[bitter ore]

well mine is like Bussiness essentials

but same thing

[final helm]

Oh

[bitter ore]

its easy

[final helm]

I don’t want easy

[bitter ore]

free honors A if u have a goo teacher

[final helm]

I want something valuable

[bitter ore]

it is valuable in my opinion

[final helm]

Wait it’s honors?

For our school the only honors in 9th is English

[bitter ore]

oh you must be different because i take all honors and one AP as freshman

[mossy pollen]

anyone know what sorts of classes i have to do in order to do aerospace engineering?

[unborn girder]

physics

hard math

[mossy pollen]

anything else specifically?

[unborn girder]

depends on what your school offers

do all math and physics

[mossy pollen]

essentially everything, from essentials to honours

[unborn girder]

ok but the topics

[mossy pollen]

Maths we have Essential Maths, General Maths, Advanced Maths, and Honours Maths
Science we have Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Geography / History we have Ancient History, Philosiphy, Recent History, and General History
English we have Essential English, General English, and Honours English

[unborn girder]

^

and other electives

[mossy pollen]

Alright, we also have introduction to engineering which im doing so should help as well

[unborn girder]

yes

[mossy pollen]

thanks for the help

[unborn girder]

ya np

[thorn pulsar]

Anyone help me what I should take to become a police man

[full tinsel]

AP Psychology

AP Stat

[full tinsel]

Like foresnics or like an investigator

[cinder gorge]

How do I check if a AP testing centre is legit

I paid like 400 and haven’t heard back

@pearl mesa

[pearl mesa]

If you registered through college board, it is legit

It may take some time to hear back from them because of the sheer number of tests and students they could be recieving

[cinder gorge]

Its external

How do you even register on college board

[pearl mesa]

Where did you sign up from?

[pearl mesa]

With your school

But you're not doing it with your school

You're self studying right?

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

A testing centre’s website

[pearl mesa]

You can email them or call them, but I would give it time before assuming that it is not legit

[cinder gorge]

If its not legit

Do I report them

[pearl mesa]

Yes

[final helm]

So which is better to take, intro to business, or business applications?

I’m registering for 9th

[errant sedge]

yo should I take AP Physics or on level physics in 11 grade?

[cedar fjord]

Hey how hard is ap spanish lit? Would it be a good idea to take it in my freshman year?

[unborn girder]

no

[final helm]

AP physics is pretty hard, so if you think you can handle it and are pretty good at science then u should take it

[final helm]

Definelty not

[cedar fjord]

I mean, im a native spanish speaker, but I didnt know how hard were going to be the books or lectures

[final helm]

I would still wait

Freshman is crazy to take Spanish lit

[maiden oak]

what do you wanna major in?

[final helm]

How can u take that much APs freshman year

If u wanna major in business take intro to business/business applications

Also cs just take tech and coding classes

Yeah FBLA is good

Atleast take 1 business related elective

Because colleges look at the classes u took I’m pretty sure

[woeful glen]

i have that many too

2 right?

[robust canopy]

Easy

Just memorize a bunch of terms and be able to explain some concepts

[tacit herald]

Guys should I learnt html or web dev first?

[magic orbit]

this is more for #comp-sci-help

but html and web dev are the same category; html is 1/3 of the coding language you need to use in web dev

[robust canopy]

Helps if you wanna go into STEM

[tacit herald]

Thanks

Is that a stupid question?🤦‍♀️

Cus I asked some of my seniors that, do u think that they might think that I'm dumb or something 🤦‍♀️

[full tinsel]

Could also be so if there are science requirements at your school, they can get those done quickly

[cinder gorge]

@pearl mesa I sent the website’s email 2 emails and they didn’t respond even after 1 day

[fickle briar]

Do you guys think I should take the following classes in my sophomore year?
-AP Bio
-AP Psych
-AP Physics I
-AP Pre Calc
-AP Stats
-AICE Lang
-Anatomy & Physiology Honors

[unborn girder]

perhaps

you should clarify to them your question

or do some research on frameworks and ask them which one is hte best

[verbal hearth]

AP French

[tacit herald]

K thanks let's hope it'll save my face🤞

[empty hemlock]

guys my counselor screwed me over, my credits from 9th grade didn't transfer from india until a week ago, which includes my health credit. I was plannign on taking health next semester, but since it got transferred, I can't take health. I was automatically put into african studies, I can't change it. I'm planning to major in STEM, so this doesn't help at all, what should I do?

[abstract crag]

In my high school most sophomores take AP Bio so if you're confident in your ability to memorize terms go for it!

[lime skiff]

Is it bad to have only 2 years of a foreign language

[abstract crag]

not necessarily but it is preffered if you have 3

[unborn girder]

you should have 4 prefered
but 3 i think is a min for certain colleges

[final helm]

Do honors classes boost your gpa

[pearl mesa]

Depends on your school

Usually yes though

[final helm]

Ok

What APs are essential to take if I want to major in something stem related

[robust canopy]

AP sciences

AP math

take as many of these are you can and you're set

also ofc take other APs to be well-rounded

[abstract crag]

I think AP calc is definitely an AP you want to take if you're going into stem

[final helm]

Ok

[magic orbit]

ap calc 100%

[cinder gorge]

Do you guys think i should continue studying a major subject that i am not interested in during college years?
But there is no way to change it
I regret randomly choosing a major subject damn

[rotund stag]

rly depends on what exactly it is u want to do

[grave pilot]

ap calc ab or ap calc bc?

[magic orbit]

ab if you are not good at math, bc if you are good

[grave pilot]

what would be considered good?

[magic orbit]

like you can do the advance math, but you may struggle on some concepts

then you shoudl take ab

but if you are good at those advance math and not really struggling on the concepts

bc

[grave pilot]

I should probably wait until I do my semester of precalc to see

[vagrant solar]

What minors go along really well with an economics major that provide a ton more job prospects?

[brazen trout]

IS Comp sci

[cinder gorge]

Should I take AP stats, diff EQ/multi calc(offered as a one year course at my school), or linear algebra?

[brazen trout]

What do you wanna do as a major

[cinder gorge]

Junior:
AP Bio
APES
AP United States Government
AP Psychology
2 Credits of DE English
Pre-Calc Honors
AP Macro
International Econ
Independent Study: Italian
PE
Is this good enough for Georgetown or Boston College

Forgot to add high school gpa: Unweighted: 3.98 Weighted: 5.33 (school has weird system but i took a lot of honors and ap)

Goal is to go into business/finance and have 31 act with several national awards

Trying to get summer internship at credit union

Also for senior year should I take Calc AB with Stats or Calc BC. I will be taking AP physics next year and want to make sure it’s enough for colleges but not too much I can’t handle. I will be retaking the ACT goal of 32-33 in mind. I also go to one of the top public high schools in the country with heavy rigor and classes all taught by phd

My parents did not attend Top 30 schools and so I don’t know what is needed, I think I have a decent shot but admissions are just tough regardless. Please ping if you guys have thoughts to improve! 🩷💜🛼

^my worry with AB vs BC is my school is super rigorous and kids with 1500 sat struggle in AB calc idk how I will go. Plus I feel stats is better for finance/accounting

^ main question: do I have a chance at these insane schools & which math for senior year 💋 (sorry that’s a lot)

[final helm]

Depends on ur skill, but based on ur school and kids struggle with ab with 1500 sat I would reccomend ab

[cinder gorge]

Comp sci

[final helm]

Don’t take linear algebra

[cinder gorge]

Okay, I’m not terrible (probably top 10%) but math isn’t my favorite subject and I’d rather have time for more bio electives (ex. Neuroscience) and physics is basically another math

Okay Ty

[final helm]

Well then u might wanna do ab if u want to but u might be able to take bc

Since ur top 10%

[final helm]

Take ap stats

[cinder gorge]

neurosci? r u sure?

True, I don’t think id die but with college apps I don’t want to be overwhelmed

[cinder gorge]

Yea biology I kickass and neuro isn’t terrible

goodluck

physics scares me

i dropped my neurosci major for biochem

lmao

school requires us to take it tho

[cinder gorge]

Lol fair

Biochem?? smart people lol

Chem and me are beefing rn

But that’s super cool

Best of luck!

@cinder gorge

yup, thanks. i appreciate it

[distant inlet]

which is better in these:
AP comp sci A or AP comp sci principles
genetics or anatomy&physiology
AP art history worth it?
also is APUSH acc as hard as people make it seem?

[robust canopy]

AP comp sci A
Take whichever you like more
What is your major?
Depends on teacher

[distant inlet]

im most likely going on premed track, idk what major yet

[cinder gorge]

Apush is tough but worth it

YouTube certainly helps

Art history is hard but if that’s your thing go for it

Genetics depending on the teacher can be ROUGH. Anatomy is a lot of memorization but if you are interested in premed you’ll probably end up taking both at some point

You are capable of more than you think, so challenge yourself, take some risk but don’t overdo it

[neat grotto]

apush is not hard

its just the work load thats bad

this was my first history ap and I got like a 3 on the ap exam. I wasn't the best at apush

[final helm]

Is ap world history worth it

[neat grotto]

worth it in what sense?

[final helm]

Is it too hard

Is it hard

[grave pilot]

apush is easy so far

just the book is boring

watch heimlers history if confused

[neat grotto]

amsco?

[humble crow]

yes, if ur ecs match this then ye

[grave pilot]

the other one

henretta

[neat grotto]

no clue what that is

[grave pilot]

this one

[cinder gorge]

Sweet, thx

Apush is one of those subjects if you study daily and practice you will be fine, where people mess up is when they don’t put in the work, if you are diligent it will be fine.

Also form a solid study group. One of the main reasons I did well was because I quizzed my friends and vice versa so got double the knowledge

[neat grotto]

aint gon lie I asked all my friends that had apush periods before what was on the test and quiz lol

[cinder gorge]

Oh haha yea didn’t do that 🤣

But If it works it’s works ig

[humble crow]

should i take lang or lit next year

which one is easier

[tardy glen]

most consider ap lang easier compared to ap lit

[distant inlet]

whats the difference between ap lang and lit?

[tardy glen]

from what I've heard, ap lit has more intensive reading

[craggy sky]

Should I take AP Environmental or Honors physics? Our school doesn’t offer any AP physics. Also I want to go into computer science.

[distant inlet]

honors physics, for comp sci i dont think environmental is goning to help much and physics comes in a lot of college classes for CS i think

if you want to do AP environmental science, best to self-study it and take the AP exam as it's a pretty easy AP from what i heard

[cinder gorge]

physics

[craggy sky]

Ok thanks

[cinder gorge]

unless u wanna ez waighted gpa

[humble crow]

alr

[cinder gorge]

i would disagree

ap lang is hell

[humble crow]

dam

[tardy glen]

also, students usually take ap lang in junior year and ap lit in senior year

[humble crow]

ok thas good

then ill take lang next year

[tardy glen]

i took ap lang already, but I don't think I'm interested enough in literature to take ap lit

[robust canopy]

depends on teacher

In my ap lang class we barely did anything

[final helm]

Isn’t AP lang more writing

And AP lit is more analyzing text

[mental steeple]

should I take ES senior year

[cinder gorge]

Environmental?

[cinder gorge]

I took apes, finished with a 91 because it’s easy material but my teacher was hell. She made it as bad as ap chem but honestly it’s def a gpa blast

Boast*

[mental steeple]

yeah

[mental steeple]

Alrighty, ty

[robust canopy]

all I rember from AP lang is "rhetoric"

whatever tf that is

I failed the AP test

(4)

[final helm]

Isn’t that kinda good

[cinder gorge]

well, its like meh

My friends got 4

and they have like a 80 something in english

At school

[cedar sparrow]

Hey yall its the time sadly I have to pick my courses for next year so early but it is what it is

I was wanting some advice on how many APs I should take next year. I will be in 11th Grade next year and I also want to get into a good college so just any advice for what aps I should take that would help me boost my gpa and help me get a good grade.

I am aiming to major into business/finance or computer science

[cinder gorge]

4 is pretty good most top 20 schools will take it

[cedar sparrow]

my school practically also offers most of the aps so

[cinder gorge]

that translates to like a 80 something

at our school at least

[cinder gorge]

Currently a junior interested in finance. Take AP macro, micro, stats, comp sci, calc ab or bc

[cedar sparrow]

currently a sophmore

but will become a junior

[cinder gorge]

Still pretty good

[cedar sparrow]

hmm okay thanks!!

[cinder gorge]

it destroys ur gpa

And ull never go to a t20 school🗿

Shouldn’t your grade be from the class?

AP grade doesn’t matter

[cinder gorge]

no we don’t have a AP english, we have regular english but its like legit harder. (Im not american)

Most colleges don’t care about that plus you don’t know my scores, sat, anything so don’t make assumptions plz

The students just self study the ap exam

[cinder gorge]

oh i wasn’t talking about u

only about like my school

A 4 is regarded as excellent by most institutions

What country ru from? Is English a first language

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[cinder gorge]

Okay

Canada

Don’t worry just look at the colleges AP policy

If they take 4’s submit if they don’t, don’t

I wouldn’t submit 3 if going for Yale or Northwestern but UConn or UMass would take it with open arms

[cinder gorge]

I’m American, dream school Mcgill

Family is French Canadian

[cinder gorge]

bruh thats not a good school

Im saying this as a canadian

Our rankings are inflated

why? It’s pretty highly ranked and several friends went there got a job instantly and loved it

[cinder gorge]

like i said

Our rankings are inflated

And you don’t think Ivy Leagues are too??

[cinder gorge]

they are much better and more selective

look

For canadian schools

Just have a good gpa and more than like 1450 sat and ur guaranteed in

Rank isn’t everything. I could probably get into an Ivy with my connections and profile but those schools are nuts and pressure cookers. Most of my friends went to Dartmouth or Yale and hated it

Much rather go UToronto or Trinity in Dublin or even Cambridge

My dad taught at one of those schools and the classes are so big you don’t learn anything

[cinder gorge]

well, canadian schools are way less selective

With much higher dropout rates

and also the professors are not top notch and give low marks

American schools aren’t all their cracked up to be tho

The amount of scandals right now are crazy

[cinder gorge]

They’re much more selective

[cinder gorge]

bro you think there’s no scandals here?

people always think other countries are better

Ehh look at American pool, the amount of kids applying to those schools with no shot is insane

Lowers the rate significantly

Test optional has wrecked havoc on American admissions

[cinder gorge]

the kids applying to UofT and mcgill are trash here💀

half our graduating class got in

to those schools

[cinder gorge]

US isn’t terrible by any means but people glamorize the education too much

[cinder gorge]

Is your school high ranks

[cinder gorge]

its a public school

But its full of asians

I go to public school but it’s one of the best in the country and you have to apply meaning the dumb kids get weeded out raising the sat score

[cinder gorge]

Similar

[cinder gorge]

do u know what’s considered a good SAT score for canadian top universities? 1450

Thats very low

It’s 96th percentile

only second tier students at our school go to canadian schools

they haven’t done a single AP in their life💀

Same at my school dumb kids stay instate with full rides, cream of the crop get into Yale, Penn, etc

Ap overated

[cinder gorge]

We got Yale, Stanford, Harvard, and a bunch of UCLAs NYUs and Johns Hopkins

I’m taking all colleges classes so much harder than AP and learned so much more

[cinder gorge]

True AP is kinda a joke, our school courses are legit harder

[cinder gorge]

John Hopkins super popular at my school with all the premed kids

[cinder gorge]

Lol I want to go there

That’s neat

UCLA is up there for me

We had one girl get into NYU and Penn but stay in state for money

Is university in canda super expensive

Ours is literally 80k

[cinder gorge]

No its cheap

Like 15k

WHAT

I WISH

Well at least for canadians

Idk for international students

yea, is your schools one of the better ones in the providence or nation

Or are Canadians jsut that much smarter than Americans

We are super dumb lol

[cinder gorge]

Bro our school got locked down bc someone brought a gun

today

its like american simulator💀

FR

considering I’m in the most pro gun area of the country we haven’t had a shooting yet somehow

I will say American healthcare is bad but way better than canada

[cinder gorge]

It doesn’t really matter the laws, its always that one idiot/weirdo that decides to pull out a gun at school💀

That’s the one thing I feel like we have up on you guys

[cinder gorge]

True

[cinder gorge]

FR

We wait a year

To see a doctor💀💀💀

IK

it’s kind of funny

Ours is through the roof but we at least get seen

[cinder gorge]

Like a lot of people literally die on the waitlist before being seen here💀

Also someone ik got killed because of a botched fricking EYE SURGERY

I’ve heard you guys have pretty bad taxes too but idk if there’s truth to that

[cinder gorge]

HOW

[cinder gorge]

Apparently the laser got aimed towards their liver

Instead of their eyes

How tf does that happen

Wild

[cinder gorge]

Maybe the doctors are on weed💀

[cinder gorge]

50% essentially socialism

unrelated note but if you even go to New York prepare to smell like weed for a week, it’s so bad

[cinder gorge]

Yikes

I’m sure canda has the same tho

[cinder gorge]

Bro I guarantee I smell more weed here than in new york💀

[full tinsel]

Alr wut's goin on

Spill the frijoles

[cinder gorge]

no trust it’s like so much worse than Ontario, idk about other areas

[cinder gorge]

Im not in ontario

Nova Scotia wasn’t bad tho

Idk where ru

[long meadow]

yo yall think one bad freshman semester will hurt my chances bad?

[cinder gorge]

How bad

[long meadow]

like one high B and low As

i know i can do much better

[cinder gorge]

Ur good, just show improvement, what was B in

[long meadow]

english 😭

89 so far

[cinder gorge]

Most colleges don’t consider most freshman grades

[long meadow]

oh

[cinder gorge]

Get it up, improvement is all that matters

Past in past

[cinder gorge]

I walk in a forest and I smell weed💀

[long meadow]

alright

thanks

[cinder gorge]

NP

[cinder gorge]

Haha

[quick lantern]

I'd like to know what this channel is used for.

[cinder gorge]

Course Selection and/or Us vs Canada

[quick lantern]

Nice.

What do we talk about?

[cinder gorge]

what course you are taking and ask for suggestions

[long meadow]

oh yea I also had another question

[cinder gorge]

how to get into good schools

Yea

[long meadow]

realistically is AP better or dual credit

[quick lantern]

Nice.

[long meadow]

im currently freshman

so I still have some time befote deciding

im taking AP human geo rn though

[cinder gorge]

AP is better for colleges admits but I personally like DE way better. I took AP human and it’s barely an AP. ap bio and apush will kill you if ap calc doesn’t

I take a mix of both. 4 AP 4 DE Rest Hobors

Honors*

[long meadow]

i see

although my high school

offers a lot more ap than de

[cinder gorge]

Ap calc is easy tho

[long meadow]

most the de are like english which i am not the best at

[long meadow]

i do find math pretty easy

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Colleges consider courses available in the context of your high school, talk to your teachers and college counselor

i got like a 5 from doing basically nothing

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Not the way my school teachers it lol it’s a mix of calc, trig, linear algebra, and quantum physics

💀

[long meadow]

bruh

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tf

I’m deadass

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where did quantum physics come from

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Our math teacher uses Math Contest questions

1500 sat kids fail out of the school bc of it

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Hell if I know

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1550 kids struggle with our math courses💀

[long meadow]

alr thx for the help 👍

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If you get below a C it’s grounds for dismissal but it’s all college courses and they are so dang hard

And AP calc 5 freshman kids also struggle

in our math courses

We had German foreign exchange students crying over our math and America is supposed to be the dumb country

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Dang

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Well, if you get chinese or Indians its going to be a whole different story

💀

their math classes are…

Even they fail out lol

[cinder gorge]

nah bro they learn calc in 8th

bro my friends dad went to Princeton and failed out, she’s a Chinese immigrant

1580 sat

Maybe an outlier idk

a 10 year old indian kid went to our school and destroyed all the tests and graduated like when he was 11

maybe he’s a genius idk

That’s wild

What year ru

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same as u

1.5 years left!!!

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Its usually the like less good chinese kids that come here

Like the genius ones are like

bruuh

Actually insane

fr

like u know they have a gaokao

and the ones that like don’t do so well try to redo high school here

One of my classmates won a calc challenge against college students as a freshmen like WTF

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How

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they just get held back a grade

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bruh a kid from a nearby school qualified for the IMO

and got 1st in the country

dang

there’s too much smart people💀😭

We had one qualify for bio and history but never math

YESSS

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Math is insanely hard

BUT ALSO A LOT OF DUMB

I swear it’s genetics or immigrant parents or both

bruh i had a friend who like just finished calc in 8th

I have immigrant parents but like the genes didn’t workout

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😦 damn

And just completed lin alg courses and mutlivariable in 9th and 10

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he only got 2nd in province tho

Yea community school looks great

and didn’t qualify for the canadian olympiad

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Wow

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bro can do integration by parts in 2 seconds in his head

cries in dummy math

HOW IS HE SO SMART

idk man

Im kinda getting depressed over so many of these people ngl💀😭

no fr

then there’s also that kid ik who went to uni by 13/14

My parents won’t stop comparing me to him💀

All of my classmates are like: youre so smart your set for Ivy League but I’m really like you guys don’t know the insane standards

I don’t have a chance

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it’s crazy

Maybe it’s just because I’m around a lot of smart people but imposter syndrome goes hard

the only thing Ive got going for me is ECs

SAME

I qualified for International violin comp today

Congrats!

What else do you ha

I was kinda nervous bc it was like my only shot

At a really good ec

YOU DID IT TH

[cinder gorge]

nothing spectacular like some math comps, volunteering, and also viola💀

[grave pilot]

why are ib exams so expensive

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Yeah I’ve got a few of those but my national Greek awards should help some

Hoping that pulls me through tho

luckily i have a 4.0 among all those competitive people in my school

And like 97% average

YAY! I’m at 3.98 idk how tho I make all A’s

96 average:(

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Bruh how?

U should have a 4.0

Fr

why a 3.98?

[grave pilot]

prob one b?

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Idk I don’t think a 91 would do it

But I have a 5.3 will the weight because I took a lot of advanced

my lowest is a 92

Will colleges see difference with 3.98 and 4.0 tho

in english

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no

Same 91 in ecology and English

But killer grade in bio and math

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my bio mark dropped from 100 to 99

im sad💀

I would cry ngl

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what do you have

for bio

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That’s so valid

A 94 but it’s the highest level and one of the highest grades. In honors bio tho I had a 99.4

The only reason i have a high average is bc im pretty consistent with all my courses and have like a 98-99 for all of them

Except english

That’s fair, I used to be like that but because I switched to the elite boarding schools classes got wayy harder

I’m at the top but the numbers don’t look as good

this is in spite of practicing 3-4 hours of viola and violin each day and self studying 4 APs every year💀💀

VALID

Dance and Bio take up so much time

[cinder gorge]

ur in a boarding school?

My friend plays cello and it’s the same

Isn’t tuition like 80k

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Yea public school but boarding, you get in by merit not money

You have the be the best in the state

Its like a 60k education for free

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Well exeter and andover kids are also cracked

I applied there lol

despite the money

Grade inflation goes crazy there

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Did u get in?

can’t afford

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but u got in?

a few but waitlisted too

I applied to a lot

A lot of my friends at my school applied there and got in but choose this one for the money

But they have scholarships

For andover and exeter

not for upepr middle

We could pay 30k and that’s it

They wouldn’t give rest

It all goes to poor kids

And upper class can pay in full

One girl got into Hotchkiss but was offered no aid

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what counts as upper class

150k-200k is upper middle; 300k and above is upper

My opinion at least

The gap there depends on where u live

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what if ur rich af in networth but not income💀

Too bad lmao

Loophole

and get aid

Haha ig

Does Canada have affirmative action out of curiosity

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It doesn’t even matter

In the US diversity is a major make or break issue

As long as u have a good gpa and sat ur set

I’m white so it kind of works against me and Asians

I wish it was that way

@cinder gorge Ur guaranteed into Canadian schools

based on ur stats

Thats good Ty

no way u get rejected ong

Id say you have a good shot at a few American

its easy to get into canadian schools

But they are still super selective

1500 sat and 4.0 get rejected everyday

They love rich international tho

It’s scary

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Everyone ik got over 1500 tho

their gpa is like pretty bad tho

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yo i have a shot💀

Ik a girl with 1590 and 3.2

How idk

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💀💀

If you got money and count for their international ratings they will eat that up

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I heard the trick is to not apply for any aid

And scholarships

Canada, China, UK? Don’t care your international and have money

Idk about that

But maybe

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bruh

Most are need blind tho

Or so they claim

I don’t trust them tho

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I heard they aren’t actually

idk i talked to a guy, his dad who knows a harvard ao said they aren’t actually need blind

They are more need aware

and they do consider if you apply for aid actually

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Yea

Idk what they say, they are a business trying to make money

Ofc they want rich kids

And legacy plays a huge role

Daddy’s donations fund their salary

or like better yet, ur dad donates a building for 40 million💀

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Yea my family has some money but not that much

We can donate a parking spot lol

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Lol, unless ur a billionaire

U aren’t going to spend 40 million dollars

On college💀

At that point idk if you even need college

Ur set for 3 generations

As long as you don’t piss it all away

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but they want to be set for 300 generations prob 💀

True

I feel like after 10 million you just have too much

Unlesss your investing

[cinder gorge]

not really

Or it’s networth

A skilled surgeon makes 1 mil a year

so they can make 10 mil in 10 years

Yea but that shouldn’t all go in the bank

It should be invested

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Yeah

Stock, real estate, etc

If u have 10 mil and u invest it well

U have 1 mil income

Also surgeons make that much

every year

[final helm]

What is AP seminar

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In the US it’s like 400k

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Awful class

Don’t recommend

[final helm]

But like what do u do in it

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bro what ik a opthalmologist who makes like 1 mil+ every year here

Pre tax tho

Tax is 50%

Here

DANG

CANADIAN TAX 😎

imagine lmao

[final helm]

What do u do in AP Seminar

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A lot of project based stuff

[final helm]

Like of what

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Tons of writing and presenting

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OUR income💀

[final helm]

Just like presentations

That’s so ez

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HAHA

WTF is a kilometer

🦅🇺🇸

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Technically yes but after taxes its more like $500k

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1000 meters

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True

it was a meme-

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Yeah but like

yk a smart way to grad debt free?

Metric system is better

👍👍

FR

join the military for 5 yrs and then u cna get ur BS, MS, Phd and MD for free

I prefer metric system but think Fahrenheit is still better

That’s my one contention

[final helm]

Fr

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bruh farenheit is confusing for me

but like

im not american so

ig its normal

I do like the 0 100 thing you guys have with Frozen and boiling tho

Cm makes so much sense than feet

Kelvin is kinda cool tho

Yea

I only use for chem

But it’s neat

I kind of hate we call football soccer tho that’s just dumb

Like logically doesn’t make sense

[cinder gorge]

We also call football soccer

💀

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FR

Just in general

ITS SO STUPID

A lot of my classmates are deliberately calling it football tho

I support the anti soccer movement

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same

the Italian foreign kids were so confused lol

Italy is a pretty cool country

It was actually so funny they signed up for the football team thinking it was ⚽️ and got handed a 🏈

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LOL

Faces were priceless

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YESS

I’m learning Italian

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Have u been there

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nice

No but dad is from there

I want to go there after college

[cinder gorge]

bruh so ur a native speaker?

Not me

He doesn’t teach u?

I’m close tho

I’m learning with him

Nice

i went there twice but had no idea what the people were saying💀

I speak some Spanish, fluent Greek, semi fluent Italian and English

I had to google translate the menus when i was there

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wow nice

THATS HILARIOUS

I only speak english, some french, mandarin and cantonese

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I want to break American stereotypes about stupidity lol

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Wow

Ru part asian by a chance

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full asian

Which country

i was literally born in asia

Wow

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china

actually

Which region lol

Ohh

Gotcha

My dad went to Hong Kong and loved it but I’ve never been

Like my french is kinda bad so even if i went to france i prob can’t speak

He loved Hong Kong and Spain the msot of the whole world

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That’s fair

French pronunciation is rough

I had a Belgian teacher who spoke it and she said even she struggles sometimes (it’s her first language 💀)

[cinder gorge]

lol yeah

Learning French in Canada makes sense tho

We’re required to learn french at school tho

Especially depending on what providence ur in

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well we’re in a english speaking province and we still have to learn it

Some parts of Canada are like entirely French

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Quebec

I went there once

Yep

My exact tho

I never spoke a word of french there

💀

Lmao

That’s fair

even if i did they’ll probably request i speak in english

💀

like i can hear and understand conversations fine

Haha “your French is not French enough” bro I can only imagine

But you guys are probably nicer than the French

But like they’ll notice an accent

And probably like be mean to me💀

tbh I’ve never meet a mean Canadian unless I’m in Quebec

💀

[cinder gorge]

Sending virtual hug

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what

Bruh canadians aren’t even nice💀

its such a weird stereotype

Nova Scotia and New Brunswick seemed the most polite

Ik but it holds true to an extent

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meanwhile we deal with gun threats and garbage can fires in our school💀

Not all Americans are fat but literally all most all of us are

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Ru from one of them lol

im in like west coadt tho

[cinder gorge]

no

Ohh

Like B.C or Alberta?

[cinder gorge]

bc

Or is my geography off

[cinder gorge]

Its correct

but alberta is like prairies

wait you guys border Washington

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

(The state)

that’s neat

We normally visit Ontario or Quebec bc I live on east coast

my north american geography is kinda bad but somehow i know exactly where every single country is in europe even the microstates and capitals

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oh

I LOVE DOLLARAMA

[cinder gorge]

dollar store?

[cinder gorge]

I got Latin and Central America haha

Yes the Canadian one is so much better than ours

A guy gave me 20 bucks to spend their once

I think he was flirting but it was so funny

I can’t go to Canada without stopping their

There*

do u know the worst place to shop and spend money💀

Switzerland

WHY SO EXPENSIVE

TELL ME

FR

a chocolate bar is like 10 dollars there

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idk man

I went there

And like bro

An ice cream is more than 10€

it’s ridiculous I get the quality is good but like damn

At a fricking gas station

like a regular icecream

Haha I’d rather starve

do their salaries match it at least

[cinder gorge]

Also they have very precise speeding cameras and fined my parents for going 1km over the speed limit

💀

Or was the conversion rate jsut bad

[cinder gorge]

HAHA

THATS HILARIOUS

Never had that experience but my mom sometimes goes go mph over the speed limit

i went to like lucerne

Ohh

It was a very nice lake

And view

tho

[grave pilot]

lucerne is beautiful

I'd recommend interlaken

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I’ve heard

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are u swiss?

[grave pilot]

another cool town with lakes

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How long did you stay

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1day

[grave pilot]

nah I just went last year

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I was on my way from italy to germany

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was it for anything?

[grave pilot]

nope

just wanted to visit switzerland

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Germany is so gorgeous too. Frankfurt>>>

[grave pilot]

fun little summer break trip

[cinder gorge]

i like the little villages and houses on the hills and mountains

Very scenic

Ohh fun

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I went there

Idk i don’t like frankfurt

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Feels like a fairytale

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Really lol

i was bummed i didn’t get to visit berlin

[cinder gorge]

Its like a business centre

for finance

and stuff

Did you visit Brussels by any chance?

[cinder gorge]

naw

only germany italy and switzerland

I liked Frankfurt more than Berlin tbh

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Rlly?

Yea it’s in Belgium but close enough ig to stop by

did u get to try spaghettieis

[cinder gorge]

yeah ik

No I wish

We stayed for a couple of hours

didn’t get to do much

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oh bruh, it was a transfer?

Yea

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To where?

Wait did you ever visit PA in the states

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bro the only place i visited was seattle

Im going to honululu for winter break tho

To Hamburg

Munich to Berlin to Hamburg

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nah i basically only stayed at frankfurt💀

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I’ve always wanted to go

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flight and hotel prices are crazy these days

10k+ at least

I almost went for school trip but worried about locals so didn’t

for 3 people

Wow

That’s nuts ours was 3k

I’m doing a food science trip instead of Hawaii

School require us to take a class over break

[cinder gorge]

Bruh

It’s for a few weeks

But it’s better than math lol

Seattle isn’t the best representation of America tho lol

[cinder gorge]

i was like 8 when i visited

Worst big city lol behind Chicago

I don’t even remember much

Fair

But bc to Seattle makes sense

i want to visit nyc and east coast tho

Yesss go to Boston

And Maine

[cinder gorge]

Lobster

Best seafood in world

[cinder gorge]

Hell yea

You have to get clam chowder too

Sorry if your a vegan lol

[cinder gorge]

nah im not

i might be visiting california this winter break too

Ngl being from China id assume you weren’t

wait actually no

i need to prepare

For my comp

Yea CA and Hawaii are close

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bro im going to be practicing half the day when im in hawaii

💀

where’s the international comp gonna be

When is it

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Hong kong

LOL

that’s exciting

im gonna miss a week of school

💀

ap classes gonna make you regret that

Do you parents have time off work?

[cinder gorge]

Im self studying

What do they do, are they like doctors with no time off

[cinder gorge]

they’re retired

Ohh never mind

our school has 0 aps

My dad is semi retired and retiring at the end of the year so that will be nice

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Ahh but still got to keep the self study grind

[cinder gorge]

bro i like do almost no work💀

Bro my expectations for other people are so much lower than myself lmao

I have like bio and other hard aps too

If someone gets a B congrats if I don’t get A+ I cry

[cinder gorge]

Haha

You’ll be fine

i somehow got away with being lazy and not studying last year for calc, chem and psych

Dang, all 5’s?

AP aren’t that hard tho I mean they are, but dual enrollment is significantly harder

[cinder gorge]

Nah i got 4 for psych😂

i basically didn’t care at all

And studied for 1 day

For not trying pretty damn good

Out of curiosity how long is ur school day

[cinder gorge]

like 6.5 hrs

Woah in the states it’s normally 8 but for us 3-5

A lot is out of class

[tranquil sorrel]

there is 50 states and every state has different average time of school. I never saw 8 hours. Most I ever saw was 7,5 hours

[final helm]

Mine rn is 7:45 to 2:50

[final helm]

What school do u go to bruh

[hazy crane]

any clue on what to apply for oxbridge?

my parents want me to be a doctor

i personally like solving rubiks cubes, playing vid games

no clue on what to choose

[bitter urchin]

Same

[violet dagger]

What mine is 8 - 2:50

[robust canopy]

maybe CS?

you like video games and memorizing algs

[tiny garnet]

If by Oxbridge you mean Oxford and Cambridge, you can’t apply to both in the same year

I’d say do what you find you like

Your parents’ opinion matters, but you’ll be an adult

It’s your choice

You could do game design, considering you like games

[swift sundial]

Is AP comp science prinples hard for someone who has no experience in coding?

[humble crow]

no its braindead ez

[swift sundial]

So I dont need any coding experience

[humble crow]

no

just pay attention in class

[swift sundial]

Alr

[grave pilot]

does taking summer classes look good on t20 college apps

like calc 3

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the purpose of taking summer classes is to get ahead or redoing something u failed

[grave pilot]

so does getting ahead look good?

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i mean...

thats not something u should be worried about, it doesnt rlly do anything unless ur doing it for a purpose

[grave pilot]

doing it solely so I don't have to do that many math classes in college tbh

and I just get bored in the summers

[cinder gorge]

u gotta keep in mind that u gotta pass the AP test to skip classes

and some unis dont even take ap scores

[grave pilot]

oh shit

damn so even 5s won't matter

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for some unis yes