course-selection

[torn flint]

There is two paths

[deft maple]

Parish?

[torn flint]

I’m debating on to take traditional or numbering

Engineering

[rare viper]

They really said "Doctor, engineer or lawyer" 💀💀💀

[deft maple]

Fr

[torn flint]

It’s weird I think it’s unique to Louisiana it’s just how the state is split up

[deft maple]

Oh

[torn flint]

For education and housing

[deft maple]

Honestly a certificate ain’t that important

[torn flint]

Also the remy icon is lowkey amazing

[rare viper]

Ok ima hop off

[deft maple]

What is this certificate called?

[rare viper]

Cya

[torn flint]

Bye

[torn flint]

Engineering design and development

It’s just a play

Plus

To the class

If u take the engineering course the class is required

[deft maple]

Honestly jobs would care more about a degree than a random certificate you get at a random school in Louisiana

[torn flint]

Yeah but the whole point is should I take the engineering course in highschool or should I go to the traditional course

That’s what I’m stuck ebteeen

Between

[deft maple]

Go do job shadowing

And focus on college credit courses than these random high school courses

[torn flint]

Oki

[deft maple]

Colleges aren’t gonna care if you took high school engineering course or not

DM if you have more questions

I’m also an aspiring engineer

[torn flint]

Bet

[deft maple]

Also job shadow your family members that are in finance

[torn flint]

Oki, and if all goes horrible I’ll just turn to public policy because my family knows aids for congressmen and senators so I could just shadow them

[coarse sigil]

thats a really competetive school if ive ever seen one, 49 in the country is wild

[torn flint]

I also got one other question, my school offers 14 APs and I’ve tried every possibility and the max amount APs we can take from freshman and sohphmore year is 3. So basically if my school offers 14 AP’s how many should I take(including the ones I do in my senior year)

[cinder gorge]

What’s this channel for? I wanna know more cuz I have some questions and it might help me out l8r on

[coarse sigil]

Your school having 14 aps doesn’t mean that you have to do all 14 aps, the amount of APs depend on you and how well you can handle it

[coarse sigil]

What classes you should take and such

[deft maple]

You should take APs that go towards your major or gen eds

[torn flint]

Oki thx because I’m pretty sure I could handle like 10-11, and if I have any empty classes I could take duel enrollment for college credit

[lone lion]

🔥

[eternal gazelle]

Anyone know who’s the best calc 1 teacher for UH ?

[sullen hearth]

university of houston?

[eternal gazelle]

Yes

If u do pls dm me and help me out

[cloud canopy]

u should go to ratemyprofessor and search for your college, then select mathematics

its basically previous students rating all professors

[eternal gazelle]

Okie

[limpid birch]

If I take Dual Enrollment classes do I have to take more classes in my senior year.
I know you have to take a certain amount of classes in highschool, does Dual Enrollment count as one of those classes?

[brisk hedge]

Could someone help me out with Uni selection, need some advice and some guidance. Preferably someone who has taken BSc Computer science and knows criteria and what not.

[full tinsel]

Usually DE is built into ur daily classes

Check ur schools DE policies

[deft maple]

I ask your guidance counselor if DE counts towards college credit and high school credit. Typically it does.

[deft maple]

But are these useful to your major or gen eds?

[bold condor]

Hey ,

Is aerospace engineering a good major

[limpid birch]

yo i wanna be an aerospace engineer too

[lapis sage]

I really want to work in f1 what are some of the more social aspects of the workplace and what degrees would be needed

[stable kayak]

should i make a tentative schedule for my classes in uni next year before my orientation date or do i work it out with my academic advisor then. i’m not rlly sure what to do

[opaque shell]

yo guys whats the difference between electrical and computing engineering major and an electrical engineering major? I want to have a career in computer engineering. which one should i pursue? im going to uni in 2 yrs

[deft maple]

If you’re interesting and passionate in it then yes. If your only in it for the money you ain’t gonna last long

[bold condor]

Idek how much money is given for this major

Will it be enough to pay off my college debt?

Atleast

[deft maple]

Average salary is around 100k

Do it aerospace because your interested in it

Would you say you enjoy math and science?

[deft maple]

Same here 👋

[nimble kettle]

Yo ap comp sci principles is easier than ap comp sci A right?

[deft maple]

Yes

[violet dagger]

let's look at the numbers

let's say ur going in state for college

maybe 15k per year

15k * 4 = 60k

there is a demand for aerospace engineering jobs so if you get lucky we'll assume you get one right off the bat

entry-level might be 80k per year

let's say you need 4k per month to live comfortably + income tax

4k * 12 = 48k

which means 32k left for other stuff

plz keep in mind this is purely my estimates and i might be incorrect

and this heavily depends if you go in state or out of state and the cost of living and wheter you decide to buy a house or not and other factors

but generally you should be able to considering that aerospace engineering jobs tend to be on the higher end of salary range

[limpid birch]

I think I saw that average for Aerospace engineer is 120k

[deft maple]

At the big companies it’s like 100k salary

That’s like 20k more than the other industries for mechanical engineers

[cinder gorge]

Hiyyyaa! :D I don't know where to ask this question, but does anyone know if environmental science & anatomy and physiology feature a lot of chemistry? I have two bins brimming with chemistry notes that I don't know if I should keep.

[sinful jolt]

is it bad if i only take 2 years of a language? i'd rather take csa but i have to choose between the two

[midnight idol]

Yea I have the same question. I decided to sign up for a third year next year but other classes I would prefer

[lone lion]

3 is recommended

2 is bare req

[sinful jolt]

does it matter significantly to competetive colleges

[solemn hamlet]

Course guidelines are pretty much just to make sure you had a balanced course load and didn't just take the easiest weighted classes

At most T20s at least

[lone lion]

Teehee

[worldly flume]

when i took ap environmental sci, there were minimal amounts of chem materials so yea 😭

[sinful jolt]

so is it more worth just taking spanish

even though csa will be better for my gpa

and i genuinely just dont want to take spanish 😭

[solemn hamlet]

No 😭
Did you listen to nothing i said 😭

[sinful jolt]

well csa is the easiest weighted class i could take

[solemn hamlet]

They don't care.

Course guidelines exist just to provide some structure cus students keep asking and to serve as a basic understanding that it is not good to just take easy APs, and that you should have balanced coursework. You don't need to follow them to the letter, 2 years of a foreign language are fine

[restive python]

Chat, I'm worried for next year...

[restive python]

6 AP classes are waiting for me..

Das the goal

Honestly I'm just trying to make up for not having any in 9th

World, Euro, and Art History, Computer Science Principals, Computer Science, and Pre-Calculus

The plan before was to have AP Music Theory instead of Comp Science, and AP Hindi (FREE gpa booster) instead of French 2, but turns out the other highschool has those classes instead of the one I'll be going to

Sad times

[restive python]

I've heard, and seen in SSs Pre/Calculus stuff that don't even have the equal sign

But arrow/curved lines (?)

Idk what that means, but les see

[south cape]

I heard AP Precalc is pretty free.

I’m taking it next year, but anyone who’s not math centered may have trouble with it.

[restive python]

The safest option?

Wym?

[restive python]

Math is the freest core class

[restive python]

Taking Pre Calculus in 10th grade is the safest option?

Interesting..

[restive python]

The more you know

[solemn hamlet]

What else would be 🤔

How ru gonna take ap stats if u don't take precalc in sophomore

[restive python]

well, 11th and 12th I wanna do IB

I'm after that 6.0 GPA

[solemn hamlet]

6.0 on a 6.0 scale?

[restive python]

So Mathematics: Application and Interpretation, or Analysis and Approaches in 11th

[solemn hamlet]

Isn't IB out of 45?

[solemn hamlet]

Why do u wanna take IB anyway 🤔

[restive python]

Because AP looks good on Collage Applications, right...

IB also looks good

But both...

[solemn hamlet]

Yes

AP = IB

[solemn hamlet]

Wdym both 😭

[restive python]

Yeye

[solemn hamlet]

If u take AP courses that's the same thing to doing IB

Colleges don't expect u to take both

If you've got a 4.7 wgpa, you've got nothing to worry about, and that's easily possible with APs 🤔

If u wanna take ur wgpa higher, just worry about ECs 🤔

Like ECs matter wayy more at that point 🤔

[restive python]

Like 2 years ago, of the top 10 list from my highschool, #5 got wayy more scholarships, his reasoning was that he did IB and also did the AP tests for credit

[solemn hamlet]

Merit scholarships?

merit scholarship criteria vary a lot, so sure that might help

I was just talking about it on an admissions perspective

[restive python]

Man, Imma be honest... Idrk what you mean by ib being at a 45 scale, nor what ECs are...

[solemn hamlet]

😭

You don't know what ECs are and worry about college admissions? 😭

[restive python]

I only really locked in like the second semester of last school year

[solemn hamlet]

They're the most important factor after essays 😭

[solemn hamlet]

Also ur American right 🤔

[restive python]

Ye

[solemn hamlet]

Don't tell me you've been Canadian all along 😭

Phew 😌

[solemn hamlet]

Ok so ECs are extracurriculars

What kinda uni do u wanna go to

[restive python]

Oh you're taking about extracurriculars..

Darn ye kids and yer acronyms!!!

[solemn hamlet]

Sit down Lil bro 🤔

[lone lion]

buddy

[restive python]

Anyways

6.0

Das the goal

[solemn hamlet]

That's not how it works for IB tho 😭🤔😔

They add 3 points to make it 45 by including three random things

And then 45 is turned into a /5.0 wgpa

Iirc

How many APs did u take in freshman and sophomore 🤔

[restive python]

This was at the walls of my school and, my thinking was that ib just the same as AP, just that it's a program, so if you fail 1 class you get kicked out of the whole thing🫣

[restive python]

Softmore next year

[solemn hamlet]

No, IB has an overall grade of 45, with each subject having a 7 🤔

[restive python]

Freshman, wanted to do AP Human World Geography, counselor said it was full...

[solemn hamlet]

And that scale is not how most unis do it

Most unis will recalc ur gpa to 5.0

And an A will be a 5.0 🤔

[restive python]

Oh wait this isn't the same as the one I saw at school

It was like:
"AP:

97 6.0
93-97 5.666
Etc

And AdVac subtract 1 whole point

Subtract another for on level"

[restive python]

So the max grade is a 45 instead of 100? Huh, interesting..

[solemn hamlet]

Bro have u done any research at all 😭

[restive python]

Nae

Lmao, prolly should do some of my own...

Tbh, I was planning on bothering my counselor the whole of 3 years lel

[lyric orchid]

tbh it all depends on the person, but id say prob bio

[solemn hamlet]

And the teacher*

[fickle blade]

Should I take AP African American Studies or sociology? I want to minor in sociology + the class gives me college credit, but idk if its considered less rigorous than AP AAS

[sullen hearth]

i think they are all easy. Geometry was personally hard for me, not because of the content, but because of the teacher. He barely taught us which forced us to learn pretty much the entire class on our own.

[sullen hearth]

dawg what is that ap

i literally know nothing about that ap

so

idk what to tell you

[fickle blade]

its in the name

[sullen hearth]

wow thanks Einstein

[fickle blade]

then i dont see the issue

[sullen hearth]

do whichever u want

[cinder gorge]

oh hell nah ap african studies is wild

take it for shits and gigs

[solemn hamlet]

Rigor within APs doesn't matter.

[sullen hearth]

that’s what i’m sayin lmao

[fickle blade]

huh 💀

my bad for being interested in a class

[worldly flume]

nothing wrong w that, i would take the ap since yk college credit

[fickle blade]

both give me college credit

the sociology class is a college class thats provided at my school

it isnt an ap obv though

[worldly flume]

oo

hm

sociology then 😭🙏

[fickle blade]

im leaning towards the sociology class as i do plan on minoring in sociology

yeah

[worldly flume]

YEAA

thats what im also thinking

[fickle blade]

i wish i could take both though, african american studies seems like an interesting class

ty :)

[worldly flume]

yeaa dw i feel like that constantly cs i wanna take sm different classes 😭

[worldly flume]

ofcc

[fickle blade]

praying i get into brown so i can take all the different classes that i want 🤞

[worldly flume]

oo brown is on my college list too

but thats so real 😭

[fickle blade]

if this is something ur very adamant about, this will be ur dream school

its a hella reach but still

[worldly flume]

yeaa ik what u mean 😭

umich is my dream school fs

[elfin hill]

I’m going to be a junior next year and I’m having a hard time deciding between english 3 honors and ap language and composition

[robust carbon]

Is English your strong suit?

Also depends on the teacher, and what other classes you're taking.

[worldly flume]

ap lang easily

[elfin hill]

I’m scared because I’m not the best writer and the teacher is pretty hard

[worldly flume]

oh dw i was the same way but the class was so helpful, which is definitely gonna help me for my college essays

i took it junior year btw 😭

[elfin hill]

Oh

I know it’s gonna be helpful but

My friend is saying that I might get a D first quarter

I’m just scared I don’t want my gpa to be low

Because my current english teacher said at first it’ll hurt and the class will be quite hard but after a month or two I will do fine

I mean I know it’s helpful probably will be the most useful ap class I take in high school

[elfin hill]

wait does that mean you are taking ap lit now

[worldly flume]

what do u usually get for english? also can u analyze? 😭

[worldly flume]

dw i thought the same but my grade never dropped below 96% youll be finee dww

[elfin hill]

I moved up to accelerated english in the beginning of the year

I was in regular

But

This year in accelerated

I got an A+

[worldly flume]

no we dont have enough ppl to take that class for senior yr

[worldly flume]

OH URE FINE

yeah take ap lang 😭🙏

[elfin hill]

100% first quarter second quarter 95.6 third quarter 97.0 fourth quarter- not done 89.5 need to fix this

[elfin hill]

But

The thing is

My teacher

Is deemed like the most easiest english teacher for accelerated

Everyone does good

Like if you had her you would get an A definitely

[worldly flume]

what abt the ap lang teacher is she that bad 😭

or j like strict

[elfin hill]

I got 70-80s on the essays and open ended responses

[elfin hill]

She’s not mean just strict

The work is hard

The other ap lang teacher

Is strict grader

But really really nice

[worldly flume]

thats even better, she’ll prepare u for the ap lang exam

[elfin hill]

Though I will get this teacher

[elfin hill]

I can’t drop out tho I’m scareddd first ap course too

[worldly flume]

is she good at teaching?

from what u heard?

[elfin hill]

Yes

I asked my English teacher

[worldly flume]

oo damn first 😭

uhh

[elfin hill]

She said she’s a sweet person to

[worldly flume]

OMG TAKE ITTTTT

its gonna be so worth it

[elfin hill]

I obviously know it’s gonna be hard

And If I’m actually gonna take the class

I’m not gonna bs

[worldly flume]

yeaa youll be fine dw

[elfin hill]

I asked someone who’s in honors english this year if I should take lang

He said this

[worldly flume]

LEMME HEAR

[elfin hill]

I’m not saying you’re dumb, but you just moved up to accel not to long ago. You were in academic in the beginning of the year. Weren’t you going to do Lang in 12th grade?

[worldly flume]

why are u doing ap lang 11 rather than 12

?

[elfin hill]

Well

[worldly flume]

but i highly recommend to take it

[elfin hill]

If I do english 3 honors

It would

Mean senior year ap lang

It would probably prepare me more

But I haven’t taken any ap courses

I want colleges to see that I’ve taken

[worldly flume]

yeaa thats what im worried abt 😭

[elfin hill]

Why?

[worldly flume]

rigor is extremely important to colleges so u should take ap lang/other ap classes

[elfin hill]

I emailed the lang teacher and she gave me some advice

[worldly flume]

cs it’s definitely different compared to like non ap classes

[worldly flume]

what was it

[elfin hill]

In the meantime, I will tell you from my experience over the last several years that a student with your profile ("low PSAT score," from level 2 to level 1) would do best in 11 Honors first before making the leap more comfortably to AP Lang for senior year.

level 1 is just accelerated level 2 is regular sorry for the confusion

[worldly flume]

she wants u to take it senior yr then?

[elfin hill]

I mean she’s not saying that

She’s saying that like

[worldly flume]

she kinda is 😭

[elfin hill]

Ig so

[worldly flume]

i mean

[elfin hill]

I don’t know 😭

[worldly flume]

if ure very worried u should j take it senior ur

[elfin hill]

And I’m gonna get her like 85%

[worldly flume]

but like at the same time

it wouldnt help u as much for like college essays

cs ure taking the class senior yr

[elfin hill]

Should I ask a student

Who has her

On Monday

[worldly flume]

yes

definitely

[elfin hill]

Ok thanks for the advice

We have to read 2 books for lang btw

Over the summer

[worldly flume]

yeaa ofc and lmk what u decide

[worldly flume]

oo what

we never had to do that 😭

[worldly flume]

bless ur heart

nah thats crazy

ure not even in the class

n doing all that 😭

[elfin hill]

Summer reading

[worldly flume]

over the summer

yeaa

[elfin hill]

😕

And I have my Spanish honors summer assignment

That’s why I’ve been stressed out deciding whether to do lang or not

[worldly flume]

yeah i totally understand u

so real 😭🙏

[elfin hill]

I’m going to meet with the teacher anyway this week

[worldly flume]

yeaa good

[elfin hill]

like seriously 2 books

MLA written response

It’s so unnecessary

[worldly flume]

i never did that ever in ap lang

it was j assignments daily

[full tinsel]

Doing Dual Enrollment Precalc

I've got a D

[elfin hill]

Can you explain sorry

Like what type of assignments were they

[worldly flume]

dont apologize 😭

but uh

it was alot of like analyzing passages and like answering questions based of that passage

and sometimes we had to write timed essays

theres 3 u need to know how to write, synthesis, rhetorical, and argument

[elfin hill]

yup

Def heard that from a student who has the strict grader teacher

Timed essays 40 minutes

[worldly flume]

yeaa

BUT

LISTEN

it was sooo worth it

cs like u feel that pressure 😭

yk

[elfin hill]

Well

I’m used to it kind of

In history we write leq’s timed so

I’m decently used to it

[worldly flume]

OMG DONT REMIND ME 😭🙏

LEQS, DBQS, SAQS

[worldly flume]

yeaa therefore u should be fine

[elfin hill]

DBQ’s oh noo

😢

I know

On the ap lang exam

You get a lot of sources

For one of the essays

[worldly flume]

yea for the synthesis

[elfin hill]

Synthesis

[worldly flume]

yeaa

LOOK YK

[elfin hill]

DBQ makes me want to

Cry

[worldly flume]

real

synthesis is sm easier

[elfin hill]

O

If

I do

[worldly flume]

trust

[elfin hill]

Lang next year senior year I get to do ap lit

[worldly flume]

you only rly need to take one though tbh

do u have any other aps ure interested in?

[elfin hill]

Senior year I want to do

One ap

Science

Related

And maybe a history one

That’s it

[worldly flume]

OMG

PLS TAKE

APES

best ap class ever

not bias

at all

[elfin hill]

Prob gonna do apes or physics 1

[worldly flume]

APESSSS

IT WAS SO EASY N FUN

easy 5

take it

[elfin hill]

Prob will

The teacher is good to

[worldly flume]

omg ues

[elfin hill]

Thankfully

[worldly flume]

AYAYYA

[elfin hill]

Like I prob will take 3-4 in total

Ap

[worldly flume]

oo thats good

great goal

[elfin hill]

English, history, science

[worldly flume]

math?

😭🙏

[elfin hill]

Maybe

Idk

Pre calc grades determines it yk

[worldly flume]

totally valid 😭

im taking ap stat next yr but ima drop cs i hate math

[elfin hill]

Look

What scares me from lang

Is the first quarter

I will struggle a lot

I’m just scared yk

And my writing will definitely adapt

[worldly flume]

yeaa ikk what u mean

BUT I RLY THINK ITLL CHALLENGE U

IN A GOOD WAY

and not to mention how good itll look on ur transcript for colleges

[elfin hill]

True

Btw

Do you know

If colleges

Check

Just final grades for like let’s say

Sophomore year

[forest crystal]

essays are always timed for me bc i wait last minute

bad habit

[elfin hill]

Or do they look at every quarter

[worldly flume]

uhh im not sure but i would assume the final 😭

[worldly flume]

so real

[elfin hill]

My lowest grade this whole year was chem

[worldly flume]

what was it

[elfin hill]

B-/B

When I tell you

I have the worst chemistry honors teacher ever

[forest crystal]

i agree, you should take it

ive been telling myself since 8th grade im not taking ap lang but im gonna force myself to take it

[forest crystal]

real my physics teacher wouldve been my chem teacher this upcoming year but hes not coming back🙏

[worldly flume]

chem teachers are always either good or bad no in between 😭

[forest crystal]

he could not teach at all

[elfin hill]

The tests were so hard bro gave us 3 test retakes the whole year

Only 3

[worldly flume]

TAKE IT

[elfin hill]

That you get to pick

[forest crystal]

no bc why did the whole class fail a test before

[elfin hill]

Did taking lang help a little with your sat score

[forest crystal]

that says something about a teacher

[elfin hill]

Some kid dropped out after chapter 3

[worldly flume]

somewhat

ima be real

not significantly

but it did help on the writing portion

but not every state has to write a rhetorical essay for the sats

[elfin hill]

Did you do

Good

On

Sat

[worldly flume]

yeah but i could definitely do better

so ima retake

did u do good on ur psat

[elfin hill]

Uh

Not

The

[forest crystal]

praying we get a good teacher next year bc i will not fail chemistry

[elfin hill]

Best

[worldly flume]

thats okk only practice i jumped 200 from my psat to sat so youre fine

[forest crystal]

do you have to take that before the sat because i was just going straight for the sat in the fall

[worldly flume]

yeaa usually ppl take the psat then the sat

[elfin hill]

What did you use

Khan

Academy?

[worldly flume]

nope

alot of ppl say that but its not for me

i used bluebook

the practice tests on there helped sm

[elfin hill]

You just did practice tests and picked up your mistakes from what you got wrong

[worldly flume]

yeaa

and theres like a pattern youll see

[elfin hill]

Would you watch like a YouTube video for a math concept you didn’t know

[worldly flume]

once u take alot of practice sats 😭

[forest crystal]

since yall are here in the chat.. how are my classes for the next two years? i might take ap pyschology or ap comp sci principles online or like something else

10th:
AP Precalculus
Humanities (maybe apush)
Chemistry
Spanish 2
Film or Theater

11th:
AP Calc AB
AP Biology
English 11 (maybe ap lang)
Economics
Spanish 3
Principles of Art or Creative Writing

[worldly flume]

omg yes i did but my brother helped me alot for math so he was like my yt 😭

[elfin hill]

Someone in my chemistry class got a 1400………

[elfin hill]

Ok thanks for all the advice

Sorry

For asking a lot of questions

[forest crystal]

yess thank you!! im not asking these questions but getting good information from them lol

[worldly flume]

i like this schedule and take those aps theyre easy 😭

[worldly flume]

never apologize for asking questions

[worldly flume]

and ofc i gotchu

[worldly flume]

loll im glad to help 😭🙏

[lone lion]

🤓 um not everyone thinks its easy ☝️

[worldly flume]

well yeah duh but imo they are

[lone lion]

🤓 !!! duh!!!

real

[worldly flume]

crazy

[lone lion]

real shi

[heavy drum]

11th
Ap bio
Apush
Ap lang
Ap chem
Precal/trig
Latin
Am I cooked yes or no

[worldly flume]

[lone lion]

possibly

[cinder gorge]

no

[solemn hamlet]

Rip.

[hybrid sail]

How do my subjects look for Year 11 and Year 12? My state follows the SACE curriculum, and I am limited to six subjects maximum. I'm in Year 10, and the first semester is almost over. There are no APs at my school. I want to go into Medicine, or possibly Engineering.

Year 11:
Specialist Mathematics (Stage 1)
Mathematical Methods (Stage 1)
English Literary Studies (Stage 1)
Biology (Stage 1)
Chemistry (Stage 1)
Chinese Continuers (Stage 2)

Year 12:
Specialist Mathematics (Stage 2)
Mathematical Methods (Stage 2)
English Literary Studies (Stage 2)
Biology (Stage 2)
Chemistry (Stage 2)
[Study line]

[solemn hamlet]

Where do u wanna go to uni?

[hybrid sail]

I'm not really sure; possibly an Ivy League, but that's unrealistic

[solemn hamlet]

That course selection is good, what're you doing for your ECs

And what have your grades been like

[hybrid sail]

Semester not over yet, but right now A's in every subject and a have a B in maths

[solemn hamlet]

By ECs I mean extracurriculars like clubs, volunteering, sports, passion projects and competitions

[solemn hamlet]

What about in freshman year

9th grade

[hybrid sail]

Ninth grade was still middle school for me (Australia)

[solemn hamlet]

Doesn't matter, us unis r gonna look at 4 years of hs

[hybrid sail]

All A's I think, might have been a B in maths though

[solemn hamlet]

Ok, now what about ECs?

[hybrid sail]

Does participation count?

[solemn hamlet]

And have you given the sat/act yet?

[solemn hamlet]

Yes but it's terrible

Volunteering, sports (unless ur really good) and clubs are pretty much all low impact, and it's not even worth mentioning if you don't have any sports awards, club leadership or volunteer award, not as an international

[hybrid sail]

I don't think I can do it in my area

[solemn hamlet]

Most unis r gonna require it by 2027 apps

[hybrid sail]

I searched it up and there's no place to do the SAT or ACT in my area

[solemn hamlet]

That's just what happens when you live on a low population density continent 🤔

[hybrid sail]

My ecs are all low impact I guess

[hybrid sail]

Would this heavily impact my application?

[solemn hamlet]

And are you looking for a considerable amount of aid

[solemn hamlet]

You need them

[hybrid sail]

I thought I saw a video Gohar made that it's not required for the next four years?

[hybrid sail]

Probably

[solemn hamlet]

That's Harvard iirc
Like i said, most, not all
If u wanna apply to like 3 T20s it could work

[solemn hamlet]

Applying to 3 T20s with <1% acceptance chance sounds like a waste of time overall then atp
Just the bitter truth

But hey, this is why I'm here, would you like to know more about ECs?

Let me get the whole message wait

For admissions into an ivy, or a similar T20 or even a T50, the biggest factor is essays, and this is true for MiT too, though they're slightly less important.
You should be spending 4-5 months on your common app and supplementary essays, tying in your interests, qualities, and themes from your ECs and the high school clssses you took. There are people better than me to take essay advice from tho.

Then is your gpa and ECs. For your GPA, an A in every class (~93%} is a 4.0 gpa and colleges don't really care about much above that.
You can't really have weighted GPA, even if you took AP exams that wouldn't count for your gpa, so it's not really worth worry about weighed GPA.

An EC is anything, from leadership to community impact, and the higher impact an EC is, the better
Impact in terms of ECs doesn't mean community impact though, it basically means impact to an AO, which shows your passion for an activity.
Impact refers to how unique an EC is, and, intuitively, stuff that's harder to do is more unique, which is why it's a better EC. Community impact, initiative, etc, are still a part of impact, though.
Impact can be from obtaining awards in competitions or other stuff related to that activity, or like the money raised by a non profit, traffic for a website you made as a passion project etc, with the two major medium-high impact ECs being competitions (like olympiads and science fairs) and passion projects (like Research, social media accounts, non profits or Businesses, CS passion projects or stuff based on a unique idea).

You should have 8-10 ECs somehow related to your major or a major interest (or not related at all but not related to any other major directly either, example: debate), and out of those you want to have 1 or 2 spikes. In my opinion, you should have one spike if your major is also the thing you wanna do 3-4 ECs in, and if you wanna focus less on major then you can have two, with the second one being tangential or a major interest.

[hybrid sail]

What is an "AO"

[solemn hamlet]

Before you start your ECs you're gonna wanna choose a major, a type of engineering or pre med

[solemn hamlet]

Admissions Officers. The people who read apps

[hybrid sail]

Probably pre med

[elfin hill]

Hi i asked this earlier and got some advice but i wanted advice from you

I’m deciding between English 3 honors or ap language and composition for junior year

Any advice?

[cinder gorge]

Guys, are these subjects good for an Ivy League political science major and economics minor (and later law school)?

IGCSE:
• English (First Language)
• Urdu (Language)
• Mathematics
• Islamiyat
• Pakistan Studies
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Biology
• Additional Maths
• Economics
• Global Perspectives
• World History
• Sociology

A Level:
• English
• Mathematics
• Economics
• Law
• History
• Sociology

[robust carbon]

Someone pin this in #extracurriculars

[solemn hamlet]

👎

[weary atlas]

Goblin modee

[weary atlas]

Na

[weary atlas]

Holy shit can you manage all those subjects?

[robust carbon]

okay then

[weary atlas]

thank youu

[late mantle]

Yall can you rate these classes 1 of 10 based of difficulty? Thanks
-AP biology
-AP world history
-AP precalc
-Spanish year 4

[deft maple]

Depends what you want to study and your gen eds

But AP precalc is pretty useless

[late mantle]

I plan on studying all of them, just wanted to know what to expect

What are Gen eds?

[deft maple]

Courses at a university that all students must take

[late mantle]

Ah, much appreciated

[deft maple]

You plan to major in biology, history, and math?

[late mantle]

Brother I am a sophomore in high school . I ain't got one clue what I'm doing after this

[deft maple]

Oh mb you want to rate them based on difficulty my fault

I thought that said usefulness

But I would say AP world’s difficulty depends how much you’re interested in history

[worldly flume]

6 or 7? probably w 10 being the most difficult

[worldly flume]

individually

ap bio- 8

ap world - 4

ap precalc 6

Spanish 7

idk though it depends alot on the teachers 😭

[sullen hearth]

yeah also depends on how good you even are on those subjects like some people could be better at math than history

[worldly flume]

oh yes fs, being interested and good in a subject for sure helps alot

[late mantle]

Call me a nerd but I do math for fun, but history makes me want to commit mass genocide on smurfs, if you get what I'm saying

[sullen hearth]

ah so whap gonna be rough

[cinder gorge]

What about AP Walking

I really don’t want to have to walk again

[forest crystal]

i got a 6 on the ap exam without studying

suprisingly easy

[cinder gorge]

ok good

i don’t want to walk in college

[forest crystal]

yeah i feel you lol

[cinder gorge]

someone gets it

[forest crystal]

walking is too much and its better to just get it out the way

[cinder gorge]

agreed

it makes doing the rest of your classes much easier

[forest crystal]

now i wouldnt recommend taking ap running

unless your like really dedicated to all the work

[cinder gorge]

i heard ap lunch is a lot too

[lone lion]

Just drive a car to each class

😇

[south cape]

But if you take it, you get college credits and you only eat breakfast and dinner in college.

[cinder gorge]

i could live with that

then i can take a class during what would be my lunchtime

[tepid sun]

guys i've been looking over my schools course load stuff.

for me to get all the classes i want in sophmore year i have to take:

ap sem, honors alg 2 + AP precalc, pre-ap bio + pre-ap chem, honors world history + honors gov, french

it's technically possible

with no electives and if i take pe over the summer

[south cape]

That schedule isn’t bad

Is that your freshmen schedule.

[tepid sun]

no my sophmore

[south cape]

Ok

[tepid sun]

freshies arent allowed aps

[south cape]

Still pretty good.

Honors Algebra 2 is a free 100 for most STEM based people along with Chem and Bio.

[tepid sun]

my junior would be:

ap lit, ap calc ab + bc, AP bio + chem, AP US world history, honors french

[south cape]

AP Sem and most languages are also pretty easy.

[south cape]

Don’t take both AB and BC

[tepid sun]

i plan on taking AP French for an APID

[south cape]

BC just repeats everything in AB and adds a bit more.

[tepid sun]

i want to take every math class for the gpa boost

class rank

[forest crystal]

algebra and precalculus at the same time?

[tepid sun]

double up

[south cape]

Class rank isn’t actually taken into consideration in college applications.

[tepid sun]

it's my own goal

[south cape]

Bcuz many people are moving into disadvantaged districts to get a higher rank.

[south cape]

Alright, but I highly suggest taking a different AP because that’s just way too much work on the same stuff.

[forest crystal]

ohhhhh

[south cape]

I doubled up on Algebra 2 and Geometry in 9th grade.

[tepid sun]

by senior year id have:

ap lang, ap stats, ap phych, ap ev + physics 1, ap frencg

[tepid sun]

we aren't allowed unless we plan to graduate early

[south cape]

Your schedule seems alright; but the amount of coursework and studying required would be crazy. You probably wouldn’t have time to work on extracurriculars and honors/competitions.

[tepid sun]

i'll make it work.

[south cape]

Each AP class can take up to 2 hours of work.

[tepid sun]

i work best under pressure, besides, others make it work

my brother did all of it while working 21 hrs a week

[south cape]

I’m just saying

You’ll need very good time management

[coral crane]

Or u dont

[tepid sun]

i plan on being in around 5 clubs (founding 1) + fall sport

[south cape]

?

[coral crane]

u can cram 1 ap a night before the exam of that ap

thats what I did

and got a 5

[south cape]

That’s not going to work for AP Chem and some of the tougher ones.

[tepid sun]

i have photographic memory when it comes to studies

[coral crane]

I got that 5 for ap chem 😂😂

and psych

[tepid sun]

anyone can get a 5 on phych

[coral crane]

ok?

[south cape]

I was mainly talking about the actual coursework and school exams, not the AP exam.

Cramming is not healthy at all and will almost never work.

[tepid sun]

some classes dont have finals, it's long term projects

[coral crane]

i beg to differ

[south cape]

I have personal experience in this.

[tepid sun]

like sem and stats

[south cape]

What about unit exams.

[tepid sun]

youre a rising sophmore?

in college?

[south cape]

Yeah, but I still have a bit of experience.

I took a few APs

Not college, high school.

[coral crane]

Few as in 4?

[south cape]

3

[tepid sun]

its really not that many

[coral crane]

in a yr?

[south cape]

For a freshman it’s a lot compared to others.

Yeah

I’m taking 4 next year (I sacrificed one class slot for Academic Decathlon)

[coral crane]

Dont compare urself to others

[south cape]

I’m just saying. Most people I know are taking 0-1.

[tepid sun]

i've been preparing since 6th grade

i tutor 10th graders

[south cape]

Anyways I have to go. Good luck with course selections and APs.

[tepid sun]

thanks you too!

[south cape]

This is my schedule by the way:
AP Precalculus
AP Physics 1
AP Chem
Spanish 3 Honors
English 2 Honors
Academic Decathlon (a honors class)
Anatomy & Physiology (on level but important for my major)
GT Humanities II (AP World History)

[south cape]

That’s actually really impressive tho.

[solemn hamlet]

Depends on your teacher mostly

[cinder gorge]

I’m a rising 11th grader hoping to get into Comp Bio studying neuroscience/computer science in college please give me advice on my core course btw school only allows 5 majors but I’m taking 6.
AP Stats
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
APUSH
AP Lang
Spanish 4

[opaque wedge]

Should I take AP Bio as a sophomore? I want to go into a medical field later. However, I heard that AP Bio is usually taken by juniors. What do you guys recommend?

[robust carbon]

Do you think you can handle it?

What other classes are you taking with it?

[opaque wedge]

I believe I can handle it, but I'm a little unsure. This is the first time I will be taking an AP class. The classes I'm taking next year are:

• AP Modern World History
• Honors English 10
• Honors Chemistry
• Honors Spanish 2
• Honors Pre-calc
• P.E/Health 10
• Band
• Theology 10

I go to a private Catholic school so our courses are a bit different. In addition, we have four classes per semester, so I'm not actually taking these classes all at once. The AP classes are usually in the second semester.

[jade citrus]

can someone explain to me the differences between Computer Engineering and Computer Science? cus i see them both listed differently in uni courses

[robust carbon]

So you'll be doing WHAP (AP World) & AP Bio in the same semester.

I think it's doable, but it might be tough.

[opaque wedge]

Yes, I will be doing both in the same semester!

[opaque wedge]

Are they hard courses?

[worldly flume]

ap world is not that bad but bio is fs more difficult

[robust carbon]

Yes.

[devout shell]

What grade do u recc each ap? I dont wanna take a rlly hard one during my sophomore and just completely fail it

[opaque wedge]

@worldly flume @robust carbon Thank you guys for your advice!! I'll definitely keep that in mind!

[worldly flume]

i didnt help that much but yea ofcc 😭 lmk if u need any more help

[opaque wedge]

Is AP computer science also a hard course?

[worldly flume]

i took ap comp sci principles and it was pretty easy

[opaque wedge]

Ooh, okay! Thank you! What did you have to do in it?

[worldly flume]

i learned java script which is one of the languages in coding

but other than that it was pretty self explanatory topic 😭

like

why is the internet useful & stuff like that

[opaque wedge]

I heard the teacher for AP computer science at my school is not that good of a teacher for it. I took a different course with her previously and she was not a good teacher and made it seem like she hated me, along with others. In addition, she was pretty racist so I'm not sure how I would do in her AP computer science class.

[opaque wedge]

Oh! That does make sense lol!!

Thank you!

[worldly flume]

yea the teacher is very important so if shes not a good teacher i also wouldn’t take it, not to mention she’s pretty racist 😭🙏

[worldly flume]

ofcc anytime!

[opaque wedge]

Thank you for your help!!! I really appreciate it!! 🫶

[coarse sigil]

You from NJ?

I also go to a Catholic private hs

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/994694532681715792/1017856313121853480/irony_comp.gif

[opaque wedge]

Nope, sorry! I'm also on the East Coast though 🙂

[keen hazel]

In my freshmen year I took:
English Language Arts 9
Algebra I
Biology
Physical education
Ancient history
Home economics
AP Human Geography

Sophomore year:

English Language Arts 10
Geometry
Physics
Modern history
Physical education/ health
Art Appreciation
Sociology

Junior year:

AP Lang
Algebra II
Chemistry
AP Art history
AP American History
AP Music Theory
Spanish III

Senior year:

AP Lit
Precalculus
Physics
Intermediate band
Humanities
AP psychology
AP Biology

[sinful jolt]

as an 8th grader?

[tepid sun]

im about to be a 9th grader, but yes

[sinful jolt]

the math is not mathing

[sour light]

i took AP Human Freshman year, AP World History, AP Art History, and AP Psychology Sophomore year, this year I took AP Lang AP Seminar AP Calc BC AP Spanish APUSH and AP Bio. I would recommend all of those except maybe AP Calc it depends on ur math track

You could do AP Pre calc instead

[keen hazel]

AP Precalc is useless

Get into Calculus it’s basically the same thing

[sour light]

Yeah but i dont know how ur going to do Calculus before doing Pre calc

If ur going to take pre calc anyways just do AP Pre calc

[keen hazel]

I mean AP Pre calc is basically calc.

The best option is do reg precalc and then do calc

since calc looks better on your transcript and AP precalc is basically calc on lite

[keen hazel]

check my schedule. Literally I got accepted into Cornell thanks to this

@sour light

[robust carbon]

Bruh

The Class of 2028 is cooking.

[tepid sun]

work hard play harder 😎

[robust carbon]

[deft maple]

🤮🤮🤮

Jk

[robust carbon]

🗿

This is why Mice are better than rats.

[glad citrus]

does taking calc bc at help when ur applying for com sci/mathmatics? Or do I need to take ap stats

[pseudo jolt]

it will help i think

[worldly flume]

it’ll fs help

[glad citrus]

would calc bc be enough because if i want to take ap stats i gotta skip pre calc which i dont want to

i js finished intermediate algebra and im takng geometry next year and algebra 2 online

[full tinsel]

Skip AP Precalc?

[glad citrus]

yeah some of my friends just skipped Pre calc and went straight to ap calc ab

so i thought i would do that to get ap stats if that helps for com sci or math major

so im kinda wondering do i NEED ap stats for advantage

[worldly flume]

uh we ddint need to take precalc in order to take ap calc ab so idk

[worldly flume]

if u cab take both do it

if not j ap calc

[full tinsel]

U should skip precalc to calc ab

AP Precalc is doggy water

[cinder gorge]

what about skipping calc bc

🗿

[full tinsel]

Sure

I mean you would move onto multivariable calc or linear algebra or differential

I'm skipping precalc and taking it over the summer

Then calc Ab and bc junior year

I'm gonna take AP Stat and either multivari calc, linear algerbra or differential as another dual enrollment math course

[glad citrus]

u sure? i mean skipping like

no pre calc in my life ever

btw whats a dual enrollment?

im new to US srry

[charred idol]

You go to a college (community colleges I think) and take college level classes to receive college credit along with hs credit

[full tinsel]

Yes

I'm taking Precalc over the summer as opposed to in school

[abstract gulch]

Same, I’m fairly new to here

[foggy jolt]

has anyone who has taken AP CSA please give me tips on preparing for the course

what resources should i use?

[livid surge]

Yoooo somebody recommend me what subjects to take in Clg , in BS ????

[empty blaze]

for anyone in law/prelaw, what ib subjects are the best?

[solemn hamlet]

You mean your major or like the specific courses?

[livid surge]

The subjects broh

Like I know I wanna study Life Sciences

But what in it

I am not sure yet

🥲🫠

I will be applying for my PG in Medicines in US after this tho

So I am just curious wrt to that

[livid surge]

HMS prolly

[solemn hamlet]

Are you Canadian?

🤔

[livid surge]

Nope

Bruhh , look at my roles lmao

[solemn hamlet]

Isn't med school even worse than undergrad for internationals 😭

[solemn hamlet]

I did, just wanted to confirm it

[livid surge]

Naah I am OK with that

[livid surge]

I am from INDIA

Namaste

[solemn hamlet]

Ok with not getting in? 🤔

[solemn hamlet]

Then do you have a choice of courses at all?

Just do a bsc in bio somewhere 🤔

[livid surge]

Stfu

[livid surge]

Ofcourse

Man why you talking dumb lmao😭🫠

[solemn hamlet]

Last i checked electives didn't exist in India 😭

[livid surge]

It's if you don't know something

[solemn hamlet]

😭

[livid surge]

What's that?

[livid surge]

It's OK brotha

🫂

[solemn hamlet]

💀💀💀💀

[solemn hamlet]

No my guy it's not when you have 0 clue and are lecturing me about that 😭

[livid surge]

Bwahahaha

Nvm

[solemn hamlet]

What course choice do you think you have 🤔

[livid surge]

Lmao

Bro

I am saying

I will be doing my UG in India

[solemn hamlet]

Yes

[livid surge]

But later on shift to US for Uni say for PG

That's why wanna choose subjects wisely

[solemn hamlet]

Ok so you're talking about majors

[livid surge]

Wdym

[solemn hamlet]

Yeah if u wanna do med school then do a bachelor's in bio

[livid surge]

I already told you I will be doing BSc life sciences

[solemn hamlet]

But the chances aren't exactly high to get in 🤔

[livid surge]

Just I am confused with the subjects

[solemn hamlet]

Ok so are there branches 😭

[livid surge]

Zoo? Micro? Genetics?

[livid surge]

Yeah lol

[solemn hamlet]

Yep, not subjects 😭

[solemn hamlet]

Course choice doesn't exist in India, if you use wrong terminology obv I'm gonna be confused 💀💀

[livid surge]

💀 aren't you supposed to choose them before?

[solemn hamlet]

What choices do you have overall 🤔

[solemn hamlet]

Wdym now 😭

[livid surge]

Idk dunno a shit about Public Education institutes here tbh💀

[solemn hamlet]

Have you even gotten into a college? 😭

[livid surge]

Life choose what am I gonna study specifically like Zoology branch or Microbiology or Genetics etc etc

[solemn hamlet]

Courses vary between them 💀💀
You can't choose before you even enroll 😭

[livid surge]

Nope? 💀 😂🤡

[livid surge]

Mhm

Ohh

[solemn hamlet]

What entrance exam did u give 🤔

[livid surge]

It's a community Clg lol

[livid surge]

I ain't going for some good Unis or clgs

[solemn hamlet]

Good? 🤔

[livid surge]

Burned enough money already

💀 ☠️

[solemn hamlet]

On what tho 🤔

[livid surge]

Mhm , I can become a Student Politics leader here also na , coz I am local

[solemn hamlet]

Does bro think he's gonna get into med school with finaid?

[livid surge]

Good EC ig

💀😂

[solemn hamlet]

Keep guessing 😭

If you wanna get into med school as an international, you better do your research 😭

[livid surge]

Wdym

[livid surge]

Ik lol

That was a joke bish

Have some humor

💀

[livid surge]

Yeah?

Nvm bro

You are sadistic af

I named you good

Goblin

[solemn hamlet]

Ok but seriously do you even know the m of med school 😭

[livid surge]

XD

[livid surge]

🤌🏻

Shut up

XD

Bro don't roast me wth

[livid surge]

And there's a long way for that also

[solemn hamlet]

No there isn't 😭

[livid surge]

Lemme decide my Clg subjects first lol

[livid surge]

Dayum ok

[solemn hamlet]

You need to start today or you're cooked 😭

You've got one less year of your undergrad than most Americans too 😭

You've gotta be better than most Americans 😭

[livid surge]

OK Brotha

[solemn hamlet]

Med school is just undergrad but with more of a med focus 😭

[livid surge]

Fr 😭

[solemn hamlet]

Research, med college comps, academics

[livid surge]

I know 🥲

[livid surge]

💀 have to do this all by myself as far as I know

But ok

[solemn hamlet]

Wdym 😭

[livid surge]

I will take help of Seniors or My Doc friends

[solemn hamlet]

That's good 😊

[livid surge]

Clg is shitty 💀

[solemn hamlet]

At least that two braincells did something

[livid surge]

Yep

[livid surge]

Hahaha stfu Goblin

😭😂😂

[solemn hamlet]

😊

[livid surge]

So

B.Sc in Zoo ig?

I mean Zoo as major

Or should I take some different thing?

I am just confirming

I have to apply for it soon

🤡🥲🥲

[solemn hamlet]

Sure, makes sense that you'd be a zoology person

[livid surge]

Goblinnnnn

🤡🔫🔫

[small jewel]

No

[charred idol]

how cooked would i be if i take AP bio with 0 bio interest or background knowledge

[paper tartan]

burnt

hello, I'm going to be a sophomore next year so I wanted advice on what to do
I did Algebra 1 Honros my freshman year (passed with a 96 (92 first sem and 99 second sem)
I've tested out of Geometry (on level) and got an 87
I'm preparing to test out Algebra 2 (on-level) (the test is on Jul 17) (preparing through Khan Academy and IXL)
If I pass the test I'm planning on taking AP Precalculus next year
How tough will that be?
I want to pass AP precalc with atleast a 90+

[main storm]

I think you should take ap precalc, I also had a 96-97 in alg2 honors and I’m taking ap precalc as a sophmore

[paper tartan]

but i took algebra 1 honros and idk abt my grade in alg 2 (on level) yet

[main storm]

Oh sorry I thought you were taking algebra 2 honors rn

[paper tartan]

ye

[main storm]

Uh probably just see how good you do on your alg 2 test, and if you don’t do so well probably take pre calc honors

Cuz I heard from my friends that ap pre calc is gonna be really hard

But I’m sure anyone can handle pre calc if they put time and effort into it

[grand carbon]

imagine not taking mvc as a sophomore

[robust carbon]

What's that?

[forest crystal]

multivariable calculus

[robust carbon]

[torpid pivot]

how hard is taking a course in the summer? (gonna take alg 2 in summer as freshman)!! thank u

like is it manageable, do u have time to do other activities, have a life, etc lmao

it’s gonna be 4 wks

[dim gorge]

taking 2 summer classes rn + took one last year- its really easy to get distracted and burnt out in the summer due to the large work load so some discipline is needed to stay on track and complete work on time, but other than that, i didnt find it too bad. Best of luck in alg 2!

[inner bridge]

4 weeks for a math course is pretty intense, expect to not learn as much as what you’d learn in a regular classroom just because they’re condensing an 18 week course into a short time span

Since it’s only 4 weeks, as long as you work diligently and you have an aptitude for math, I’m sure you’ll do well!

[torpid pivot]

2 is insane i wish u luck<3

[torpid pivot]

true, do u think it’ll set me back next year and make math harder for me in the future?

[torpid pivot]

that’s true; hard to get super burnt out in a month tbh. thank u sm for ur help!

[inner bridge]

The thing to consider is that if you don’t excel, it will drop your GPA, I suggest, if you want to pursue higher math like calculus, you take it during the year

JUST SO you retain the information and you’re not practically teaching it to yourself

I’m awful ar math, so I know I’d get my ass handed to me, but if you’re good and advanced with math, I’d say go ahead

There isn’t any shame taking it during the school year though!!

It’s important to consider that sometimes the most optimal route isn’t always the fastest route

[torpid pivot]

not sure if i understand - like if i don’t excel in the course in the summer or if i don’t grasp the concepts to do well enough in the subsequent year?? and yeah this is the last class i’ll take in the summer it’s so that i can take multivar calculus in senior year

[torpid pivot]

very true!!

[inner bridge]

Over the summer I mean, because it’s such a fast paced course, it depends on your comprehension of math!

If you’re fast and consistently gotten high grades on exams and in classes overall, I’d say go for it!
However, just because you’re taking it fast-tracked over summer, doesn’t mean it will not weigh on your GPA/Average Grade as much as taking the course the full semester

And it’s harder to back out of summer classes

Sorry I’m not good at explaining LOL

[torpid pivot]

kk gotcha! thank you so much for the advice!! super comprehensive and it really helps me

[torpid pivot]

wdym you helped me a lot i really appreciate it

[inner bridge]

Yeah ofc! I have always taken a bunch of summer courses (granted they were all easy classes 🤣🤣) so I kinda understand how they generally run

[torpid pivot]

haha so you’re a seasoned pro lol are you taking any this summer??

[inner bridge]

Yess

[dim gorge]

grade 12 bio and grade 12 english 🫡

[inner bridge]

I’m taking a total of 3 college courses (two 6-week courses (half of summer), one 12-week course (full summer), and then a self-paced hs course bc I need to finish pe credits)

[dim gorge]

best of luck bro

[inner bridge]

Thank you!

[torpid pivot]

damnn 😭😭 both super time consuming good luck!!

[torpid pivot]

you must have insane discipline cus WHATT 😭😭😭

how do u take 3 courses that’s insane

[inner bridge]

On god

I have absolutely 0

[torpid pivot]

if u had 0 u wouldn’t be able to take 3 college courses lmaoo

[forest crystal]

me rn

[dim gorge]

yepp- one 5 hour class is equivalent to one week of semester learning

[inner bridge]

I wait until last minute to do all my assignments but I picked all the easy teachers so I can bs girlboss my way to an a!!!!

[forest crystal]

its manageable

[dim gorge]

me- i chose to do bio over the summer because i hated my biology teacher at school and im not risking getting him again

[inner bridge]

Loll

Rate my prof for the w

[dim gorge]

LITERALLY

[torpid pivot]

did school already end for you?! and nice that we are in the same boat! :-)

[forest crystal]

yep and i just finished a quiz for algebra 2 a couple hoursago

wait

yes!

[vocal linden]

im going this fall to learnart cummnition

[golden cedar]

can I anyone recommend me what AP to take next year? I am an upcoming junior in high school, targetting to major computer science/software engineering

[cinder gorge]

ap computer science a (easy), ap calculus ab (easy), ap calculus bc (medium)

[lone lion]

no

[lone lion]

ranking it is not beneficial 😭

[cinder gorge]

depends how many other aps they take and which i was thinking

[lone lion]

ok

[livid surge]

?

[main storm]

I took alg 2 as a freshman this year but it was 18 weeks and had like 1-2 hrs of homework ever night, but still had times for other activities and stuff

I would recommend but idk how i would survive if i was doing it in 4 weeks 😭

[opaque wedge]

Like @main storm, I also took alg 2 as a freshman this year over the course of 18 weeks. I had a decent amount of homework each night, which took around 1-3 hours to complete. In addition, I still had time for other activities and time to complete my homework for my other classes, which were my hardest classes of the year. I struggled a bit in the class, but my weakest subject is math. Learning the entirety of the alg curriculum will be very intense and rigorous learned over the course of 4 weeks. As long as you work hard, put your mind to it, and try your best, I know you'll do amazing in it! I would overall recommend taking the course over the summer, especially since you'll be ahead next school year!

[main storm]

^^

[golden cedar]

I already took ap csa this year. I am thinking to take about 3-4APs

[torpid pivot]

ahh i wish i had that option ! would def opt to even make it 8 weeks but its unfortunately only 4 haha but same math is comparatively my worst subject even tho i am still quite good so my counselor did recommend this pathway. i struggle with visualization but overall the actual algebra and word problems are pretty easy for me. i guess ill have to kinda drop everything for the 4 weeks because its super condensed. ill update u when it starts haha! thank u so much for such a full length answer! hoping itll be challenging yet rewarding

[torpid pivot]

thank you so much!

[pulsar falcon]

Hi everyone! I'm a rising freshman this year, and I finished Algebra 1 (or Math 1) in my 8th grade year. I didn't know that you could double up in math, and I heard that Algebra 2 has no EOC (from my friends who were double accelerated). Because I didn't know, I only signed up to take Algebra 2 and not Algebra 3. I feel like now I'll be behind in my math and missed a good opportunity even before starting high school. Is there anyone here who had the same problem of missing a chance on taking a course, and if so, how would you say I'd go about it?

Thank you so much for reading, have a great day ^^

[opaque wedge]

I'm sure you'll do OUTSTANDING in the class, especially if alg 1 and word problems were easy for you. Please keep in mind though that alg 2 does have some geometry aspects too!! I would love an update, thank you! It definitely will be worth it in the end, in my opinion. You got this!!! <33

[opaque wedge]

Did you have to take geometry before alg 2? I believe geometry is usually before alg 2. At my school, sophomores usually take alg 2 but it may be different for you. However, I was ahead of some of my peers, so I took alg 2 as a freshman. I'm not the best person to answer your question as I've never missed a chance before on taking a course, but I would talk to your school counselor about it. Perhaps you could take an alg 2 course in the summer to make up for it!

[quasi vector]

I am going to be a sophomore next year and i am picking out a science. my intended major is engineering and i have completed biology and physical science. i am considering: AP Environmental Science, Chemistry, Physics, and AP Bio. I want to do APES, but we are getting a new teacher and I do not think the new teacher will be very good

[golden cedar]

In my opinion, 4 science in one year might not be great for your course selection. It might also not give an image of a well-rounded student. I would recommend you to take up to 3 max, and pushing one of them to junior year.

but don't trust my words too much thou

[opaque wedge]

In my opinion, chemistry. I'm not sure where you live, but in the US, after you take biology, you usually take chemistry, which builds up to physics. Junior year in the US, usually you would take physics. I wouldn't do APES either if you don't think the new teacher is very good; I wouldn't risk it. During junior year, if you are able to, you could take AP physics, which would probably help with your intended major. However, I'm not an expert at this, so I would definitely get others' opinions on this too!

[paper sphinx]

Hi guys ı was doing İGCSE this year and next year ı am going to choose my a level course. I need to select 5 courses. Can you help me to choose my 5. course? I choose physics, pure math, further math and turkish(ı am taking ielts for English language). Probably ı will study physics, math, or some kind of Engineering what you guys think that should ı choose for 5. course?

[dusky seal]

is ap lang acutally hard?

help

i literally have to decide in a few minutes whether to do honors or that

i want it to be worth it

but i was recc for honors

but this year i lost my motivation and got behind

but i want to work on tha

that

so that i can take this

[solemn hamlet]

Depends on your school

[dusky seal]

i hear the teachers are tough

[solemn hamlet]

Ask someone who took it with the teacher you'll be taking it with

[dusky seal]

im scared to

[solemn hamlet]

Then it's probably hard, as simple as that

If the teachers hold As like they're losing something by giving them out, even APES isn't worth it

[dusky seal]

ugh

i just feel horrible about not taking ap

because i want opportunities

i feel like i don't have enough