course-selection

[young kiln]

i wanna do dc eng 4 but my school dc eng 4 is notoriously a hard grader

but at the same time i dont wanna take the ap exam

[oblique prairie]

Next year as a freshman the classes I will take are:
Honors english 9
Ap world history
Ap calculus bc
Honors biology
Ap computer science principals
PLTW Honors intro to engineering
Spanish 2
Will this give me an advantage?

[grand plank]

Does your highschool even allow freshmen students to take AP classes? lmfao

[oblique prairie]

yes

[grand plank]

damn crazy

[oblique prairie]

is it rare for highschools to allow freshmen students to take Aps?

[grand plank]

at my local highschool they only let sophmore and above take aps (atleast thats what i think im only in middle school idk)

[oblique prairie]

dang

[grand plank]

though back to your point, if youre comfortable taking such hard classes for a freshman than yeah that will give you an advantage

[oblique prairie]

ok thanks

[dusk sand]

Did u take that class?

AP Physics 1

[spice bone]

I’m doing it next year and I have a bunch of friends that did their sophomore year

This is what my friend had to say about it and he’s a junior now

[dusk sand]

Oh wow

[dusk sand]

Same I plan doing it next year

[austere folio]

Can someone tell me if my schedule sounds good?

APUSH

AP PHYS 2

AP CALC AB

AP LANG

AP COM SCI A

Engineering(Principles)

Computer Graphic arts

[brazen vale]

So my high school offers AP classes to freshmen but there are only two

ap comp sci
ap human geography

But my school also only lets kids take psych in 11th even though ap psych is one of the easier aps

[flat aspen]

Wow my country or school doesn't provide AP courses

[ancient spade]

ib

is good but tough

[soft wren]

Did anyone take ap physics 1 algebra based?

[cinder gorge]

Nope! My school allows us too

[dusty notch]

can anyone tell me what they think of this for gr 11

AP english
functions
visual arts
AP Chem 1
AP Chem 2
Physics
Law
Computer science

[austere folio]

my school doesnt

not even honors lol

[shut pagoda]

Should I take normal chemistry freshman year and in sophomore year take AP biology?

[short yarrow]

I kinda suck in science, but I wanted 3 years so I decided to take physiology. The issue is that our school has limited ap options. I've been told to take ap bio or physics since we don't have ap chem. I suck at both though. The other options for ap classes that I can take are AP Stats (I'm going to take 12th), AP Calc AB (Taking it next year), AP Psych (12th grade), and maybe AP English LIT (12th), but I suck at english too. I just need help overall :/

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, I know at least my school requires chem to take AP bio

[cinder gorge]

I would definitely go talk to a school counselor because they’re the ones that know and understand the classes the best. They can help lead you in right direction. You could also dual enroll (idk the process), so that you could still earn college credits.

[shut pagoda]

Okay tyy

[cinder gorge]

what are some study guides or other sources that can help me prepare for bio

[zinc whale]

If there someone here has done the IB, or is a 2nd year DP student, i need some help

[fading ginkgo]

Sophmore year of HS, are my classes good?

APUSH
Honors English
AP Art
Honors Chemistry
Honors Algebra 2
Latin 3 Honors

[glacial glade]

is my schedule good for sophomore year of hs?
apush, ap physics 2, latin 2 honors, english 10 honors, algebra 2 honors, chemistry honors

[runic cobalt]

are my classes for next year good, im going to start high school next year

accelerated geometry b/honors algebra II
biology I honors
9th lit honors
AP world history
Spanish II
intro to mechatronics
health/personal fitness

i have my whole high school plan written out

I'm aiming for MIT since im into engineering and computer science

also these classes were confirmed, we got to see our reccomendations a couple weeks ago and i got the classes i wanted

[quick vector]

Thats good!!
If you have planned it out try to take some classes which are related to your interests for your future because colleges look for that

[quick vector]

I have the same classes for
junior!!
Only instead of latin i took entrepreneurship, computer science honors and computer science AP

Oh ya and i toook apush in junior year

[lilac tusk]

Hey 👋
I'm currently picking classes for 9th grade should I take honors

[boreal ibex]

yea

i don't know what ur school is like

[mint zodiac]

That fully depends on what your goal with college and stuff is but I'd take that

[boreal ibex]

but honors courses are def good

^

me personally i want to major in chemistry

[mint zodiac]

Is that the highest level course offered?

[boreal ibex]

so im taking honors chemistry instead of non-honors

[lilac tusk]

Yes

I feel like I should take at least one

[mint zodiac]

Colleges will look at the context of your high school, so if you take the highest level classes (in your cash honours, my case APs and DCs) then it's the same thing to them

[half thicket]

So anything beyond on level

[mint zodiac]

you're taking the most rigorous level that you're able to take so that's what matters to colleges, I'd say take honours in the subject department that you want to go into a career for

[vocal inlet]

Absolutely

Itll help you a lot and push you further

[lilac tusk]

Would a B in honors equal an A in regular

[mint zodiac]

really, yea

[vocal inlet]

And it also acts as a bridge to AP courses

[half thicket]

I would said do full honor class then slowly climb for ap and dc

Ap for courses u actually stay focused on

[mint zodiac]

most Freshmen and Sophomores can't take too many APs compared to Juniors and Seniors so it really depends

[half thicket]

Or academically gifted🤧

[vocal inlet]

^^^

[mint zodiac]

At my school, Sophomores can take 2 (Psych and World) and Freshmen can take one (HUG)

[vocal inlet]

You should prioritize taking honors courses in freshman and sophomore year

[mint zodiac]

So I wouldn't wait if APs are offered because you get that trial run your first two years

[vocal inlet]

Since you also have to build extracurricular

[mint zodiac]

Might as well rack up a couple AP credits

[half thicket]

Junior n senior is when stuff begins like being active in the community

[mint zodiac]

Seeing as extracurricular just got mentioned

One more thing is don't just stack on extracurriculars

Be strategic with it

[vocal inlet]

And make sure it doesn't put too much pressure on you

Also gotta remember to have fun thr first two years

[mint zodiac]

Your Freshman or Sophomore Year you can stack a few ones on to try it out and then assess the ones you're most passionate about and then focus on them

And then develop those as you go through high school

[half thicket]

I would recc at least 1 dc class in senior

[safe condor]

Hello everybody I have a question related to AP's and Honors
My school don't provide any of these would it affect my admission?

[cobalt nova]

do the colleges in your country have a program to let highschoolers enroll in college courses for free or low cost?

[mint zodiac]

If you're in the US then no, it doesn't. Apply yourself into extracurriculars or, as ico mentioned, try and find dual-enrolment courses

Colleges take your academic opportunities into context. If your school only offers honours and you take those, they see you at the same level as students who took IB or AP classes. If there's no higher level courses, they look more closely at how you apply yourself outside of the classroom

For someone applying as an art major, they'd look at your portfolio and opportunities you took or passed up (i.e. contests)

For someone applying as a political science major, they'd look at involvement in local political campaigns or organisations

etcetc

[blazing rain]

I’m a little on the fence on whether or not I should take more AP classes Senior year.

I already have AP Psych, Lit, and Stat on my schedule, and want to take Gov/Macroecon and Chem as well.

While I understand that AP Chem is said to be one of the hardest APs, I want to be a little more prepared for college (Forensic Science/Chem major, hopefully), and have a little more background knowledge on the basics before I start taking a bunch of Chem classes.

But taking all of these would mean that 5/6 technical classes would be AP classes. The other two would be Work Based Learning, so I wouldn’t be in school then and would just be going to work after school (which I could just do on the weekends to have more study time during the week).

[zenith berry]

Guys should I take ap human geography next year? I hear it is useless but I want at least 5 ap classes by senior year

[steep hill]

I mean as always, it depends on your interest; I know my sis is super interested in ap human geo (she’s a humanities kid) and plans to take it

[zenith berry]

I’m a history polysci guy

[steep hill]

I also heard it’s super easy so if that’s what you’re going for go for it

hmm yeah history might tie into human geo?

I actually have no clue lol

I think that model un kids like this course but I may be thinking of something else

[tidal verge]

So, let assume all this become an A+, what 5-6 AP classes would you consider?

[ivory wasp]

Typically, if you’re going to major in something, you should most probably take the ap class for it (if there is one)

[pine crown]

anyone here take AP Chem? I am planning on taking it next year alongside honors physics so i wanna know how hard itll be, honors chem was pretty easy for me

[ivory wasp]

If you took honors chem then ap chem should come pretty easily for you

I’m going into AP Chem next year, having taken AP Bio but no honors chem

[pine crown]

im gonna do AP Physics and AP Bio together the year after cause bio is the easiest one of the 3 imo

[ivory wasp]

Bio’s frqs are harder than chem’s

But bio isn’t too bad if you understand the basic concepts

But the teacher I have is super difficult, which is why the class is hard for my school

[pine crown]

i feel like honors chem was harder than honors bio but i am doing better in it cause i didnt care last year

[whole gate]

hi

does anyone elses school have a super selective AP Bio selection?

process

In my school about 40 kids got in and I didn't get in with a 93 semester average

[ivory wasp]

In honors bio?

[blazing rain]

No, I don’t think so. I remember in 8th grade that kids were automatically enrolled based on Teacher recommendation, but you still be able to switch the course to AP Bio if you wanted

[cinder gorge]

No, at my school you don’t even need to take bio to take AP bio lol

[kind halo]

My classes for next year I hope this is good enough

[dense stream]

woah what the

what grade are you in

[covert moat]

does anyone hv experience w postponing pe from sophomore to snr yr to take another class is it receomended

[kind halo]

10th

[kind halo]

Take PE as soon as possible. Unless you're okay being in a class full of freshmen.

[ivory wasp]

Lol a lotta schools use powerschool

Doing:
AP Language and Composition
AP Calculus BC
AP American Government & Politics
AP Chemistry
AP Economics (Macro & Micro)

[kind halo]

Dang, why all ap?

Those count as electives for me so I can only do 2 at most

[cinder gorge]

In high school, we only need one year of world language right? Or is more needed?

[steep hill]

it depends p sure, for example my school requires 3 years of a language

you can check your school's graduation requirements to make sure

[mint zodiac]

consult the graduation requirements for your graduation year, some high schools send that out when you're an incoming Freshman and 99% of the time they don't change for your graduating class unless it's something mandated by law (i.e. introduction of a new civics credit or smn like that)

[cinder gorge]

If I need more experience with cs to major it in college, and I need a world language credit, and I am in band. Would it be wise to drop band and replace it with a world language class or drop cs?

[kind halo]

If you plan on going to college 2 years is recommended

[cinder gorge]

Are my classes good for a freshman?
Honors Alg. 2
Honors Bio (To get into AP you would have to be in the schools middle school which is so stupid imo)
Honors Lit
AP Human Geo

[cinder gorge]

Ty

[spice bone]

you could also do the courses at your local community college if you want to continue doing band

that is one of the reasons i had to drop band but i do marching band which makes up for it

[cinder gorge]

Yes! You should add some electives though because that’s only 4 classes lol

[cinder gorge]

Would that just be dropping band at the high school than just signing up for band at the community college?

[spice bone]

oh no like take the language/CS in your local community college

i do it through jhu cty (its not local lol) but i have found it to be super effective and im a freshman

[cinder gorge]

Ohhh ok! I'll do it next year. Tysm

I have a question, does TEALS To Computer Science: 1 count as a CTE class?

[cinder gorge]

oh i didn’t include those 😅 my electives are band, health, and Audio Video: Film

[half thicket]

Damn

My electives are boring

But is either that or the long route

[cinder gorge]

I have these classes picked out for my sophomore year, idk what else to pick if more are needed. T- T

World language (idk which to take yet)
Band
P.E.
Biology
Applied Geometry

[half thicket]

And some electives too right?

[cinder gorge]

Ye

I'll have to ask my counselor

[half thicket]

Ap n 8th grade physic will deff be different

[hidden flower]

yeah ive heard

but what ab honors tho

[half thicket]

Nothing much of a diff just keep up the pace

If u able to study at home n school n take good notes u will ace it

[muted moat]

My friend got a D on algebra 1 can he still move up to algebra 2 or does he have to retake

Kind of a dumb question

[onyx estuary]

Has he had a D the whole year

[hidden flower]

well normally you move up to geometry tho

[half thicket]

Mhm

[onyx estuary]

My school does

Algebra 1 then 2

The geometry

[muted moat]

Not too sure but I think 1 c the rest are d

[half thicket]

There would be a class thou depending if u failed alg 1

[hidden flower]

oh okay

[half thicket]

Failing especially a math class can push u back

[muted moat]

Well

Thank you

[lilac otter]

debating between geo (CGF3M) or econ (CIE3M) for grade 10
what are advantages/disadvantages of each

[pastel dirge]

do top-level colleges see duel enrollment or AP classes as more academically rigorous?

[cinder gorge]

Yup!

[dusty notch]

yall would advise against ap physics for someone who's rlly bad at math right

[pastel dirge]

what

[cinder gorge]

Top level colleges do see dual enrollment and AP classes as more academically rigorous

[pastel dirge]

but do they see AP as more rigorous than duel enrollment?

[cinder gorge]

Not necessarily, they’re both technically college courses and are in theory, equally rigorous to colleges

Most go for APs because it’s easier to take classes at most schools just through high schools instead of dealing with odd scheduling

[frail creek]

just had a question about pre-calc
i have the textbook, i've asked a few friends, they all say i can skip it as long as i study
i'm currently in alg-2 and i currently find it a breeze
i was planning on skipping to ap calc ab next year to take a bit more advanced math and i was wondering if this was going to work out
i was also considering skipping to ap chem from biology (but i haven't finalized yet)
my basic question was, is this a good idea? could this work out?

[spice bone]

oh yea i was actually planning on doing the same thing (im a freshman) but I didn't go forth with it only because i didn't want to overwhelm self and would rather take the easy A

[frail creek]

the only reason i'm doing this is because i want to get all the math courses offered in my school dojne

but i'm ready to challenge myself if it requires that

so i'm not sure

[spice bone]

are you allowed to double up on the math courses?

like junior or senior year?

[frail creek]

yeah but i'm not sure if htat's going to work out

i don't want tobe taking ap stat and ap calc

same year

[spice bone]

ah ok yea its based how comfortable you are with workload... a couple of my friends also said extracurriculars affect the type of classes you will take so it can change per person

[dapper portal]

hey, honestly in my opinion i would ask a teacher cuz in some schools the precalc curriculum is poorly written and literally just a repeat of algebra 2 (in my school this was the case until they changed the curriculum). So in my opinion i think it would be best to ask a teacher to see the precalc curriculum and compare it to the algebra 2 curriculum

[spice bone]

agreed

[dapper portal]

im in the same situation as u

[frail creek]

Analyze functions
Parent functions and transformations
Characteristics of polynomial, power, rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions
Applications of trigonometric and circular functions
Trigonometric properties, identities, and proofs
Systems of equations and matrices
Conic sections
Inferential statistics
Correlation and regression

i mean see the only things that seem important (my friend in precalc said the same things)

is trig, limits, and conic

i already know log

[dapper portal]

do u know any kids who did the same thing as u?

oh

[frail creek]

nobody that did the same thing as me no, but i have friends in precalc that said it was doable

[spice bone]

if you are willing to put in the time and effort i would definitely say go for it

[frail creek]

i know someone that's skipped to ap chem without any background knowledge in chem and she has an a
bad part is that she had to study more than 2 hours every day so

i don't think that's doable esp with ap calc and ap euro next year

[frail creek]

yeah i will prob do so
i'm doing extra math classes outside of school as well so i should (hopefully?) be okay

[dapper portal]

i mean if u want you can try to( i know one kid who did it but it was when the precalc curriculum was bad) and if its too hard most schools let u drop down classes after 2 weeks of trying or something

[frail creek]

yeah yeah

[dapper portal]

ye dont do that

i have a friend that just got into mit and he said its best to take regular chem first b4 ap chem

[frail creek]

i'm not sure how to reduce my workload from my junior year htough

i'll be taking 6 ap's and 3 of them are considered one of the hardest ap's and others are pretty hard as well

[dapper portal]

genuinly curious

why 6 ap's

[frail creek]

i'm not sure

honestly i'll be able to tell how many ap's i can handle

[dapper portal]

i feel like thats alot of extra work

[frail creek]

yeah i'll prob end up readjusting it

[dapper portal]

oh ok everyones capacity is different

im not that good and i cant handle more than like 4 aps

[frail creek]

how many ap's are you taking?

but yeah i prob can't handle more than 4 as well

but i'll be able to tell how much i can handle in 10th year

[dapper portal]

4

[safe shore]

hey guys

[cinder gorge]

Honestly, I’ve been told my a lot of people who are really experienced with math not to skip precalc because it’s really vital for a Calc foundation. You could take precalc over the summer though and jump to AP Calc ab

[frail creek]

well yeah i'm going to be self studying out of the text book

and i'm doing extra math classes

[cinder gorge]

That’s different though cause AP chem and chem are very different

[frail creek]

yes, i do know

and i'm prob not going to do that

[cinder gorge]

No like an actual precalc class

[frail creek]

i tried to register for their online summer course but after looking through the course, it was legit just algebra 2

they were going over parabolas and none of it was bout limits

[frail creek]

but yes, i'm going to some place called russian school of math

[cinder gorge]

If you live in CA, I can give you some recommendations

[frail creek]

i'm not sure if you've heard about them

[cinder gorge]

Lol I know them

Their curriculum seems to be very different

[cinder gorge]

Not a great precalc class then

[frail creek]

yes, which is why i was going to talk to the head to get info on what's happening

[cinder gorge]

Cause limits are definitely a focus and parabolas are not

[frail creek]

i mean if you have recommendations, i'd love to hear them

[cinder gorge]

Ok, well I live in California, so all the courses I take are UC approved

[frail creek]

i doubt they're going to be where i'm at but there's a possibility

[cinder gorge]

Outside of school

[frail creek]

i don't really care about whether that goes on my hs app or not

i just want to be prepared enough for calc

[cinder gorge]

And I’ve tried taking precalc over the summer and let me tell it was not easy

[frail creek]

i was going to do the princeton review as well

[cinder gorge]

See but taking an actual course will help

[frail creek]

yeah true

[cinder gorge]

Alg 2 was a breeze for me too

I highly recommend taking precalc in school because if you’re a sophomore you’re going to get to AP Calc Bc anywyas

Unless you’re super interested in Multi variable Calc

[frail creek]

log and trig functions, proofs, conic sections, correlation and regression

that's what my precalc course coveres

[cinder gorge]

I see that

I mean if you’re really interested in math

Go for it ig

You’re like me a year ago

But gl and if you want UC approved courses lmk

[frail creek]

ah yeah i wanted to get calc done fast so i could take ap physics c

[cinder gorge]

You could probably take it while taking Calc

But up to you

[frail creek]

but yeah i mean i'll prob just end up dropping the course during the first two weeks if i feel like i don't know enogh

[cinder gorge]

That’s what I did over the summer

Massive waste of two weeks and it kind of derailed my summer

Cause I tried to take precalc over the summer

[frail creek]

ah i mean

i'll prob end up switching it once italk to more people about the course

[cinder gorge]

Talk to the AP Calc teacher for sure

Cause mine recommend me to take precalc in school with him but I didn’t listen lol and now I’m in his precalc class

[frail creek]

man it's hard coming to a conclusion when you're getting a lot of contradicting infromation

[cinder gorge]

Ik I felt the same way last year

But gl to you and I’m sure you’ll make the right decision for yourself

[frail creek]

thanks

[cinder gorge]

Np

[half thicket]

Can you skip a course if you went to summer school?

Like a specific course like geom

[cinder gorge]

It depends a lot of the circumstances, but usually less

Yes

For example, if you took geometry at an actual summer school then yes

[half thicket]

Do I have to ask my counselor if theyre doing that pogram?

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

Otherwise, you can also take geometry outside of school too

[pine crown]

yes, i have been trying to get ahead for 3 years now but the end of year exams always got cancelled cause of covid, I live in NY and we have statewide pass/fail regents exams so if you take those without the class and get an 85 or above you can skip

rn in self teaching algebra 2 while taking geo so i can take ap calc bc

[wheat moon]

i'm anticipating this as my junior year schedule. is it strong?
AP® ENGLISH LANGUAGE & COMPOSITION
AP® STATISTICS
AP® ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY
SOCIOLOGY*
SPANISH III (still debating on ap)

[pine crown]

this is what i am planning for junior year:
AP® English Language and Composition
AP® United States History
AP® Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors Precalculus
Honors Spanish IV

[wheat moon]

ooo

i'm horrible at math

i might just do the ap spanish bc i'm online and idk if that will look kinda bad if i'm online compared to everyone else

[pine crown]

i want to take all of these as a senior but Idk if itll be too much:
AP® Physics
AP® Biology
AP® Calculus BC
AP® Spanish
AP® English Literature and Composition
Leadership (honors version of our 12th grade history, we have no ap history for 12th)

i feel like thats too much workload but idk

[azure pike]

@wheat moon You could double Environmental Science with Biology.

[pine crown]

i was thinking of self teaching myself AP Stat because I have no time to fit it in but I do want to take it

[wheat moon]

i did honors bio freshman year plus i don't think my school allows that my counselor kinda sucks so i don't think she'd let me do it regardless

[azure pike]

Ah fair enough.

[pine crown]

mine let me self teach alg 2 after trying to get a year ahead for 3 years

[wheat moon]

i was gonna dual enroll this year but she just kept saying "oh i'll get back to you " 😭

[wheat moon]

u have the patience and persistence i wish i had

[pine crown]

i am stressing about the exam but im staying consistent with the studying

i just need an 85 or higher

[azure pike]

Out of?

100?

[pine crown]

yeah its scaled tho, I live in NY so there are Regents exams for every HS class, they decide if you pass or fail the couse too, so if i get 85 on the alg 2 one it counts as completion, here is the scoring key, 86 total points obtainable

[wheat moon]

oh wow

[pine crown]

reason i wasnt able to get ahead for the last few years is they cancelled the exams due to covid

[azure pike]

Jesus Christ.

Now I am glad I live in the UK.

[pine crown]

yeah it kinda sucks that they have it required for every hs class

im taking 6 this year

[azure pike]

Damn.

[pine crown]

Regents in Geometry
Regents in Algebra 2
Regents in Global history and Geography
Regents in Spanish III
Regents in Chemistry
Regents in English

[wheat moon]

to think i got ahead by just doing summer classes LOL

[pine crown]

im not worried about failing any but to graduate with honors which i want to do you need to get a 90 or higher on every one you take

[wheat moon]

that's so complicated i could never

[pine crown]

you can do that too but they run the regents 3 times per year, so you just take the summer regents and that counts

they have one in june, one in august and a mid year one for half year classes in january

and its standard across the whole state

oh and whats even better, if you take an AP class you still have to take the regents exam alongside the AP one

[pine crown]

lucky lmao

[azure pike]

I am trying to find out how many papers I've done in total over the last 12 years.

(started school at 4, now I am 16)

[pine crown]

same, ive lost track of papers at this point

i wasnt abl;e to take ap world this year cause of a schedulign error and im worried colleges will care

[azure pike]

17 + 6 = 23

23 exams for Key Stage 1 and 2 combined.

[pine crown]

what is key stage?

[azure pike]

Key Stage 3 have none.

[azure pike]

I recommend converting the years I am about to give.

KS1 - Reception to Year 2

KS2 - Year 3 to Year 6

KS3 - Year 7 to Year 9

KS4 - Year 10 and Year 11

KS5 - Year 12 and Year 13 (and Year 14 if doing 3 years in College)

[pine crown]

we have kindergarten plus 12 grades for 13 years total before college
kindergarten - year 1
1st grade - 5th/6th (Primary/elementary school)
6th/7th - 8th grade (middle school/ jr high)
9th grade - 12th grade (high school)
college is seperate

[half thicket]

Is there a geom pogram too

Im self teaching physic rgn

[pine crown]

yes, this isnt just for people trying to get ahead tho, any student taking the course needs to pass to actually get credit

in NY only ^

[half thicket]

Ahh ok

[pine crown]

its kinda dumb

like if you take the class you should get credit for that time

[azure pike]

23 + 17 = 40

[half thicket]

Want to flat out all of the extra

[azure pike]

So 40 exams.

[pine crown]

ive taken probably over 200 tests

[azure pike]

I am self teaching myself Astrobiology every now and again.

(university level at the age of 16)

[azure pike]

I am excluding mock exams.

Only official ones.

[pine crown]

I am going to self teach AP (college) environmental science, AP (college) Psychology and AP Stat if i can

[pine crown]

ohh i see
idk how many ive taken then

we dont have "official" exams besides the NY Regents

but those were canceleed the last 2 years cause of covid

[azure pike]

Ah.

[azure pike]

So how exactly do you self teach?

I just self teach by listening to university lectures.

[pine crown]

im pissed i got a 93.9 overall gpa for 9th grade and now I am getting all 98s-100s but bc i didnt care in 9th that 93 brings down my gpa so much

[pine crown]

Khan Academy online, and lots of resources like other teachers note packets provided by my friends who took the class, and review material from the teachers themselves, I need to get a 85 on the state regents to get credit

[azure pike]

Damn.

Fair enough.

I did look at Khan Academy.

Didn't look at what's available though.

[pine crown]

I think the classes are US based

[azure pike]

meh

[pine crown]

they have all the US math and science classes (besides HS chem which is a work in progress)
and a good amount of AP classes

[azure pike]

AP Calc and Stat.

Jesus.

[pine crown]

they have AP Calc AB and BC
and AP Stat

they also have AP Chem Bio and Physics

[azure pike]

Ayo this thing has finance?!

[pine crown]

and a lot of the histories

yes

AP Macro and Micro

[azure pike]

What's the difference?

[pine crown]

micro is like the study of individual business decisions and finance while macro looks at the larger picture and economics of governments and nations

[azure pike]

Oh fair enough.

Is it possible to double up and do Macro or Micro and Finance over in the US?

[pine crown]

yes, either by self teaching or taking both at once

depends on your schedule and what your HS offers

[azure pike]

This is why I wish I did go to US High School.

[pine crown]

mine doesnt teach macro and micro so i have to self teach

[azure pike]

There's a lot more options.

[pine crown]

these are college classes of course, there are localized economics classes but they wont help you in college

yes

there are lots of places to get info cause all AP classes are standard across the US

unlike high school ones

yeah there is

i unfortunately missed out on AP world but i plan on taking 9 total APs and maybe self teaching 1 or 2 extra

idk what its called

[azure pike]

Oh it's an online study room.

Interesting.

[lilac otter]

considering geography (CGF3M) or econ (CIE3M) for grade 10 must pick only one
I was wondering which would be better/easier and which to take overall

[azure pike]

I would go with Econ.

It will be effective in every day life.

[lilac otter]

I submitted econ alr; so okay ig I'll stick with it
ty

[wet ermine]

do i have to have a really high grade in a class EX English to apply for ap eng

[wheat moon]

it depends on your school bc mine did either grade or accepted teacher recommendation

[cinder gorge]

is AP Gov hard?

[azure pike]

I have a friend who does AP Gov

From what I've heard, it's a medium course in terms of difficulty

Although, that's my interpretation

[pine crown]

i wish they offered ap gov at my school

[earnest spear]

Yeah, at my school there's no ATAR politics and law which is the same as AP gov I assume

[earnest spear]

In Aus Politics and law is the hardest HASS atar

My school also doesn't do English lit - the hardest English ATAR

[pine crown]

@earnest spear I missed out on AP World and didnt care about school in 9th, im in 10th now and onlky in 3 honors classes, next year im going 3 ap and 3 honors and senior year 5 ap and 1 honors, i hope colleges wont care that i never did world tho

we dont have an ap history for senior year so thats why i wish they had ap gov

[earnest spear]

What's honours

I know AP is the hardest pathway

What are the pathways in the us

[pine crown]

its like a step above regular classes, not ap but extra work, the honors classes that im taking are ones where the ap isnt available

chemistry for example, in order to take AP chem you have to take high school chem first, and you can pick regular or honors, honors learns more, is harder and more intensive, and better prepares you if you want to take the ap

[runic cobalt]

yeah since im into STEM im taking AP's and stuff in those courses

also do you think 4 AP's junior year is good enough for MIT if i get a's in all

[earnest spear]

Australia has 3 pathways - ATAR - uni pathway, general - the pointless pathway, TAFE - pathway for dropouts

[pine crown]

i was stuck in the regular pointless math class and I want to go into stem so I am self teaching myself algebra 2 to get to where I should be so i can take ap calc

[earnest spear]

High school chem in middle school?

[pine crown]

no, like high school chem in 10th or 11th, then you can take ap chem the year after

[earnest spear]

I thought AP was the entire high school duration

[pine crown]

oh no

there are certian ap classes
AP classes are actually college classes that you can take in high school

and then can give you a head start in college so you are ahead or help you graduate college early

[earnest spear]

You can't do that in Aus

And you can't skip grades either

[pine crown]

we dont have like courses we can pick the level of each class

like you can take honors math and be 2 years ahead in math but then be on the regular class for history

[pine crown]

there is one downside where i live tho

i live in new york so we have statewide "regents exams" and most high school classes have them, its a standardized test and if you do bad on it you get no credit for the whole course

[mint tapir]

Yup!
There is

Thankfully you can take them in middle school too

[pine crown]

yeah, im not worried about doing bad or anything i want to graduate with honors tho and you need to get 90+ on all of them to do that

[mint tapir]

I'm sorry what

My school made it a graduation requirement for middle school to pass algarba 1
Us history
Living environment

[pine crown]

lucky

i got stuck in a few regular classes and im just getting to where i should be now

[mint tapir]

Not really

Pandemic go brr

[earnest spear]

In Australia, the prerequisite to do ATAR is to get B's or higher on English, maths, science and Hass, which I did, so I'm doing ATAR, which English - my weak point is compulsory

[pine crown]

i am mad cause in 9th grade i got a 93.9 overall average but now i am getting 98-100s so that 93.9 is bringing down my overall a lot

and if i get a 98 overall in 10th 11th and 12th thatll still only be like a 96.5

[earnest spear]

That's still insanely good, as long as your getting above 75, you have an A

[pine crown]

An A is 94-97 in the us

[cinder gorge]

It depends on your teacher

Because at my school, every teacher has different scales

[pine crown]

I'm talking about just default grading, we do numbers not letters and all grades are reported into an online program which calculates ur gpa in a number form out of 100

[cinder gorge]

Also, if I don’t have honors at my school but I took APs freshman and sophomore year (these were/ are my schedules), will it still allow me to compete for elite schools?

9th:
Physics 9
Spanish 2
Geometry
Algebra 2
AP Human Geo
English 9
PE
Health/CCR

10th:
AP euro
Precalc
Chem
Bio (taking an online UC approved course)
AP CSP
English 10
Journalism
Spanish 3

[cinder gorge]

Oh, we do our grading based on a 4.0 and 5.0 scale

[cinder gorge]

I’m planning on going for 4 APs next year

[pine crown]

Lucky you were that far ahead then, I'm taking geo and alg 2 in 10th :(
But I'm taking multiple aps next hear

[cinder gorge]

Nice!

I really wanted to get to Calc bc by the end of high school but jokes on me because they stopped offering it at my school

[pine crown]

Junior year plan:
Honors Precalc
AP Chemistry
AP English Lit
AP US Hist
Honors Physics
Honors Spanish IV

[cinder gorge]

Nice! I’m going for

AP chem
AP Calc ab
APUSH
AP bio
English 11
Journalism
Spanish 4 (over the summer for my seal of biliteracy at school)

[onyx estuary]

That’s heavy

Funny thing I was talking to Theo about

Taking two AP science is

To put it lightly, rough

[steep hill]

man i keep forgetting to ask for feedback but my plan for 10th grade is
English 10 HN
AP Chemistry
AP Comp. Sci A
AP Statistics
World History/Geo HN

[onyx estuary]

Good load

no idea how good Comp sci is

I’m taking both Chemistry and Stats

Chemistry is tricky, have you taken chemistry before?

[steep hill]

i plan to take chem hn over the summer, and teachers say that it usually prepares you better for ap chem than normal school-year chem

i've done a bit of chem over the summer before but nothing formal lol

[onyx estuary]

Yea you should be good

AP stats isn’t too hard

Just tedious

[cinder gorge]

Freshman and sophomore year have required little effort so I figured I should probably start putting some I

[steep hill]

gotchu gotchu

[cinder gorge]

Looks great! Might want to throw in at least 1 elective though

[onyx estuary]

Yea you just don’t wanna run into a wall that comes with burning out

Had that happen before

[steep hill]

ty! i think i got one somewhere but it may just be my math class i forget lmao

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I have burnt out before, but I really really want to take all APs

[onyx estuary]

Alright well if your that eager go for it

Just always remember to ask questions

Get help

Biology isn’t a easy class

[cinder gorge]

Ofc!

[cinder gorge]

Already doing that a bit too much

[onyx estuary]

Their is never too much

Don’t downplay the help a teacher can give

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I know the teacher super well though and my dad has a background in bio so I think I can manage

[onyx estuary]

They exist for a reason

[cinder gorge]

Of course not, I just happen to irritate some of my teachers at times

[onyx estuary]

If you got a good teacher i makes the course a lot easier

[cinder gorge]

With my questions

[onyx estuary]

Well that usually comes if they are more obvious

You could always try asking classmates then friends

[cinder gorge]

I already know my AP Calc and apush teachers are good

[cinder gorge]

They’re not obvious one though lol

[onyx estuary]

Lol

[cinder gorge]

Because I was talking to my AP euro teacher and math teacher about this and they were saying I ask good question

Questions

[onyx estuary]

You planning to take Calc senior year

[cinder gorge]

Ab junior and hopefully they get bc back by my senior year

[mint tapir]

Damn I feel so small hearing all this lmao
I only plan on doing like
Ap us history
Ap Calc
Ap statistics
Ap lit
Ap bio
Ap computer science probably
And that's literally it for all of high-school

[cinder gorge]

If they don’t, I’ll just take bc online

[onyx estuary]

That’s fine

I’m taking dual Calc and stats

[cinder gorge]

Those are great!

[onyx estuary]

Not too bad if you enjoy math

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I love math

[onyx estuary]

AP CSP I enjoyed a ton

[cinder gorge]

I hate it lol

[onyx estuary]

Depends on the person

[cinder gorge]

Doing my create task rn

[mint tapir]

I'm honestly only taking ap lit bc the school's forcing me too

[onyx estuary]

Oh yea!

What you making

[cinder gorge]

If you like AP compsci then you’ll like the class

[mint tapir]

And might never need to touch English until maybe law school

[onyx estuary]

AP lit is easy

[cinder gorge]

Still trying to figure out an idea

[onyx estuary]

AP English classes are kinda jokes tbh

[cinder gorge]

I want to take it senior year

[onyx estuary]

What language

[cinder gorge]

But the teacher is super hard

[onyx estuary]

Python?

[mint tapir]

It's just the ap test I'm concerned about

[cinder gorge]

Python

Yup

[mint tapir]

What are you trying to make

[onyx estuary]

You could make it

In a easier language if need be

[cinder gorge]

Oh I’ve heard horror stories about those tests

[onyx estuary]

That’s what I did

[mint tapir]

Yeah lowest passing ap

[cinder gorge]

Nah my teacher was like use python so

[pine crown]

@onyx estuary do colleges like to see an improvement? like will they see me go from half honors and half regular to all ap and honors and grade increase and think its a good thing

[cinder gorge]

Not sure yet

[onyx estuary]

Yes

They will

[steep hill]

gotta challenge yourself ya know

even if you fail

[onyx estuary]

Do you guys use PLTW?

[cinder gorge]

Also, colleges don’t generally care a ton about freshman year and at least at my school, we have a 10-12 gpa

[mint tapir]

I assume law school doesn't care that Much about your major right

[cinder gorge]

No we use project stem

[pine crown]

yeah but i took honors bio (10th grade science) in 9th and true but i missed ap world and was only in honors science and english till next year

[cinder gorge]

What did you take for your sophomore year science?

Dw a lot of people miss AP Euro at my school

[pine crown]

thats this year, honors chemistry

my school doesnt offer ap euro

[mint tapir]

Oh yeah ap world

[cinder gorge]

Then you’re fine, they’ll see the honors chem

[cinder gorge]

Mine doesn’t offer AP world

Something about it not aligning with California’s world history requirements

[mint tapir]

Schools offen see what your School offers

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

[onyx estuary]

I took AP euro

It’s ok

[mint tapir]

For example my school doesn't offer languages so I probably won't be penalized for it

[onyx estuary]

Just covers a ton

[pine crown]

I'm planning on doing honors physics and AP chem next year too, and then AP physics and AP bio as a senior alongside AP calc bc and AP English + spanish

[cinder gorge]

Yeah it does so I love it

[cinder gorge]

You should still take at least 2 years of languages though outside of school

[cinder gorge]

Oh lord, gl your senior year

[mint tapir]

I'm going to try next year for Spanish the
Language I should know but Dont

[cinder gorge]

That’s good

[pine crown]

I self taught alg 2 this year so I can take honors precalc next

Then bc

[cinder gorge]

Cause it’s a requirement at a lot of colleges

[cinder gorge]

Lucky, we have to actually get credits to skip classes

Only exception for that is Spanish

[pine crown]

I have 5o pass a regents exam

[mint tapir]

Yeah.
I know so I'm going to do research on learning Spanish outside of my school

[cinder gorge]

We don’t get to take an exam or anything

[plain hawk]

😭 guys y’all take regents?

[mint tapir]

Yup!

[cinder gorge]

Community colleges are generally a good place to look

[plain hawk]

God dam what class

[cinder gorge]

Nope, I live in California

[mint tapir]

Algabra 1
Living environment
Us history

[plain hawk]

I gotta take geometry, us history and English

[mint tapir]

This year took english

[plain hawk]

This is too much work

[pine crown]

Yeah exams, not regents level classes tho I'm in honors/AP now

[plain hawk]

I haven’t taken any exams since ms

[mint tapir]

Most of my classes are pre ap

[plain hawk]

I was taking alg 1 freshman year 🥶 luckily covid hit

[mint tapir]

Other then English so that I don't need to touch regents again

[plain hawk]

Wtf y’all got ap?

[mint tapir]

I took all that 8th grade

[plain hawk]

I got no ap

[mint tapir]

Not fun

[plain hawk]

hOW

do you take them in 8th grade

I’m scared to take them rn, I’m junior 😭 and a dumbass

[cinder gorge]

School generally offers

[cinder gorge]

Mine did

[mint tapir]

School requires it to graduate

Middle school

[plain hawk]

That’s lucky I had to take alg 1 first and second year of hs

Idk why

[mint tapir]

I go to success academy in nyc it's know for being,excuse my language, fucking extra and collage preparing

[plain hawk]

We got college preparing too but I don’t do it

[cinder gorge]

Lol I live in a rich kid hippie town where I’m forced to go to an arts school

[plain hawk]

You gotta apply for it

That’s tuff

Art is worst of thing I’ve ever taken

😭 I can’t draw at all

[mint tapir]

Not rich hippie

[cinder gorge]

The ironic part is I haven’t taken an art class yet 💀

[plain hawk]

LOL

[cinder gorge]

It’s performing and visual so I have no plans to ever draw

[cinder gorge]

Literally my county is full of rich people

[mint tapir]

Performing is much better

[cinder gorge]

Nooo

[plain hawk]

My art class chill bc the teacher is from my old ms

He was my art teacher in ms

[cinder gorge]

I’m just going to take product design senior year and call it a day

[mint tapir]

laughs in theater and dance person

[cinder gorge]

That’s cool

[plain hawk]

Product design? What’s that

[cinder gorge]

I used to be a dancer for 10 years

And then I was like not doing this anymore

[mint tapir]

I was forced into dance freshman year

[cinder gorge]

Our theater program is super good

[mint tapir]

Wasn't bad

[cinder gorge]

It’s where you design prototypes and go through the design process

[plain hawk]

Sounds too smart

[mint tapir]

Oooh

Product design

[cinder gorge]

Noooo it’s a basic class

[plain hawk]

You guys take any ap?

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

AP euro and AP CSP

[plain hawk]

I want ap class, I heard there is something called dual credit

Something like that which boosts ur credit

[cinder gorge]

Yeah if you pass the test at the end of the year you can get college credit depending on where you go

[plain hawk]

I don’t even wanna go to college

But ig I gotta

Bc of my parent

[half thicket]

Dc is hell

Which one u wanna take

And the time and money u have

Bc dc cost money

[plain hawk]

I wanted history but I didn’t get ap class of it

Wait what my friend said he gonna pay bc of dual credit

I know for a fact he didn’t pay for it LMAO

[half thicket]

U can discount it

If you have free lunch it would be discounted

[plain hawk]

The dual credit would be discounted?

[half thicket]

The cost

[cinder gorge]

Is he doing it at a community college?

[half thicket]

Bc u will get college credit

[cinder gorge]

Because some community colleges offer courses for free

[plain hawk]

He prob won’t even take college he said

Ig it’s good for him

[half thicket]

Damn all that stress to not do college

[plain hawk]

He just wants to get high school degree lol

Better than nothing

[half thicket]

Rip ig

[west estuary]

Future freshman here. Is it worth it to take ap government?

[half thicket]

Maybe tell him to try community college

[cinder gorge]

I’m sure he’s aware of his options and will ask for advice if he needs it

[half thicket]

Mhm always ask for help when youre in highschool

[pine crown]

how are people here taking like ap physics as a freshman

[cinder gorge]

that’s possible?

[thick grove]

yea in my school they let people take ap phys in freshman year

[cinder gorge]

ugh the way my district is so strict on what classes you have to take each year makes me so mad

[pine crown]

at my scxhool you have to take regular or honors first, and we have to take that after earth sci, bio and chem

[thick grove]

oh in my school u just need to take algebra 1 and geometry and you get in

[pine crown]

im taking honors chem this year and next year AP Chem and honors physics, then in 12th AP Physics and AP Bio

so i get all 3

[pine crown]

my school doesnt let us choose if we go accelerated or not, so in 6th they put me in the normal track and I spent 3 years begging and now im self teaching algebra 2 so I can take Calc BC before i graduate

proper bull

[thick grove]

oh lol

our school is pretty leniant with accelerating

they let sophomore take calc 3 and linear algebra

[pine crown]

i live in NY so every HS class has a regents exam at the end of the year where you need to pass to get credit, if you take that and pass you can skip but that is ther only way

[pine crown]

😐

[vale compass]

lol my school doesnt even have ap physics

[thick grove]

oh ok

we just have a school placement test that we need to pass to skip

[cinder gorge]

My school has 3 AP science classes but I really wish we had apes and seminar + research

[cinder gorge]

bro what

[thick grove]

yea they let me do it without taking pre calc

[cinder gorge]

why is my school so bad

[cinder gorge]

I’m sure your school isn’t that bad

[vale compass]

we have apes :D but its the same with my school except we have 2 math aps (not including csp)

[cinder gorge]

Try going to an rich hippie kids arts school when you’re into math and science and a girl of color so you have very limited options

[cinder gorge]

That’s cool! We have 2 math APs too because they cut AP Calc BC

[cinder gorge]

i’m sorry :((

[vale compass]

same w me !!

im tking apes next year

[cinder gorge]

i got to an arts school too but everyone’s poor so it’s pretty down to earth

[cinder gorge]

That’s cool!! I want to figure out a way to take it my senior year

[cinder gorge]

It’s ok haha

[pine crown]

if you were a college admissions officer how would this 4 year plan look to you:
(note: regents = regular high school class, honors = high school class to prep for AP, more work and faster pace)

8th:
Honors Earth Sci
Regents Spanish II

9th:
Honors Biology
Honors English 9
Regents Global History
Regents Algebra 1
Regents Spanish III
Design Draw and Production

10th:
Honors Chemistry
Honors English 10
Regents Geometry
self study Algebra II
Regents Spanish III
Regents Global History
Health
Psychology

11th:
AP English Lit
AP US History
AP Chemistry
Honors Physics
Honors Precalculus
Honors Spanish IV

Gov and politics over the summer

12th:
AP English Lang
AP Physics
AP Bio
AP Spanish
AP Calculus BC

sorry for long message

[cinder gorge]

That’s not great but at least it’s a better environment

[vale compass]

talk to ur counselor abt vhs!

my school does it for any classes they dont offer

[cinder gorge]

I think your senior year schedule and junior year schedule will most likely swap more or less

[cinder gorge]

nice

[pine crown]

why? the classes in senior year come after jr ones

[cinder gorge]

I have and that’s how I’m taking normal bio! But it’s more fun taking classes in person yk

[vale compass]

oh word your school doesnt do bio??

[cinder gorge]

Because senior year is more of a busy time because of college apps so most people make junior year their hardest year

[vale compass]

it's basically a requirement here :o

[cinder gorge]

Also it’s not recommended going from Precalculus to Calc bc

[pine crown]

at our school regents precalc prebs for calc ab and honors preps for calc bc

[vale compass]

i dont meet the prerequisites for hard classes my junior year (which is next year D:) so i basically HAVE TO take the hardest schedule my senior year

[cinder gorge]

We do don’t worry haha and it’s a graduation requirement here too. Pretty much, they switched the order of the science classes from bio, chem, physics to physics, chem, and bio so we’re at the stage where all the juniors and freshman are taking physics and sophomores are taking chem, so there’s only 1 bio class

[cinder gorge]

Ahh ok

[vale compass]

makes sensee

[cinder gorge]

That’s not fun, maybe you could do it over the summer? I’m also going to be a junior this year!

[vale compass]

so they basically forced u guys to take it on vhs?

[vale compass]

how do i look into taking courses over the summer?

[cinder gorge]

No, they put all the kids who need to take it to graduate in that 1 bio class and are making me wait until junior year for bio, but I didn’t want to wait lol

[thick grove]

jhu cty is pretty good

they have online courses

[vale compass]

oh makes sensee

i wanna do vhs, but i have to go through a lottery at my school and only 10 people get to take it in the school

[cinder gorge]

Talk to your counselor for sure. I live in California, so every class I take has to be UC approved, so I found a few sites that let me take it for fee while giving me credits that are UC approved

[cinder gorge]

That sucks

[vale compass]

also re the prerequisites this is why #💡ㆍacademic-advice message

[cinder gorge]

Maybe you could take precalc and Spanish over the summer to strengthen your junior year schedule and lessen the senior year one?

[pine crown]

so i could take ap spanish as a jr and no spanish as a senior?

[cinder gorge]

Yup!

[vale compass]

wait thats SO smart

[pine crown]

another thing, im a varsity swimmer, 3 hour practices after school and 1 hour before school every day, idk how much that will cut into work

[cinder gorge]

During the summer?

[vale compass]

wait thats not possible at my school .... my friend already discussed w her spanish teacher abt the same thing and they wouldnt let her

[pine crown]

no school year, idk how much that will cut into the time im spending on the other aps

[cinder gorge]

I mean, if you’re doing varsity swim senior year, you’re going to face the same issue anyways

[pine crown]

true

[vale compass]

^

[cinder gorge]

It’s best to talk to your counselor about it first

I talked to my counselor and I’m going to take Spanish 4 over the summer via community college

And sem 2 of biology

[pine crown]

i wish i cared sooner

[vale compass]

^

same boat

[pine crown]

i am not very ahead compared to the rest of people

[cinder gorge]

You’re still on a fantastic track

Don’t compare yourself

[vale compass]

^

[cinder gorge]

Colleges care less about whether you’re ahead by 2 years or 3 years cause it’s all the same to them

[vale compass]

i've had basically only 1 honors course so far and i'm a sophomore

[cinder gorge]

Just challenge yourself with courses YOU want to take and will be related to your major in college if you have an idea of what it is

[cinder gorge]

We have no honors at my school

So I just do AP

[vale compass]

just two levels?

[pine crown]

if the courseload is too much next year with swim im planning on dropping ap english and history cause I want to go into stem + everyone does those and i feel like doing the science ones that not as many people take would look better
but I want to try to do them all

[vale compass]

i'm based in massachusetts which is very helpful for my admissions

good colleges here

[cinder gorge]

That’s a good plan, I wanted to try that but my parents are not letting me take 5 next year

[vale compass]

english is good for stem!!

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I’m based in California and we have the UCs which are awesome

[vale compass]

uci is in my mind

they have esports scholarships

[cinder gorge]

I’m aiming for Davis, Berkeley, or la

[cinder gorge]

Irvine has very unique majors too which is awesome

[vale compass]

ooo my dad went to berkeley

[cinder gorge]

That’s so cool! Our family friend goes there

[vale compass]

i plan on majoring in comp sci or similar

[muted moat]

my friends are telling me to take spanish 1 and spanish 2 in the same year. should i listen to them?

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it's all the same to me

what year are you?

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Unless you’re a native Spanish speaker, don’t

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ok

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Me?

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monke

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almost freshmen

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ah

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You can generally take 1 in 8th grade

That’s what I did

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^

its usually 1 in 8th and so on

youre on track to take ap spanish senior year

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alr ty

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Me dropping after Spanish 4 before junior year 😅

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all g my friend is also dropping spanish

she wants to go into premed i believe

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Only reason I even did it is because I get a seal of biliteracy

Even though I’m already fluent in two languages

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ooo which?

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any tips on how to get better at spanish

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I think I want to go into premed

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Listen to Spanish in your free time

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speak to others in spanish

like friends or parents

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English and a South Indian language called Telugu

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if they dont understand you can also explain

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Basically, lots of practice

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COOL

i want to take ap chinese... but its probably too late for me

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Ty!

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i speak fluent taiwanese mandarin

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Probably still can!

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so as i have already said, I am currently in the regular spanish class and it sucks, we dont do speaking, listening or reading excersises and our tests are just vocab, I am outraged cause its not really helping me and I want to take ap spanish

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but i cannot understand writing

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What grade r u?

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also afraid the exam does not accept my dialect

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10th

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What type of Spanish r u taking (Spanish 3, Spanish 2, etc)

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K

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3

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Oh yeah you definitely need verbal and listening for AP Spanish

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Alright

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100%

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i'm also taking reg spanish and i am recommended for honors next year i think if u take honors next year then ap senior year will work

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thats what im doing

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I suggest taking Spanish 4 next yr then AP Spanish

In senior

Since AP Spanish is tough

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i was supposed to be in honors 3 this year but scheduling error, thats also why im not in ap world

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Cause those are all part of the AP exam

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that sucks :(

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Unfortunate

But all of these things can be said on ur college apps

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they arew all part of the NY regents exam too which you have to take after the hs class to even get credit

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As side notes

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Maybe you could get a tutor?

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^

Or learn from duolingo (Ik it sounds daunting but even 15 mins everyday can rly improve ur Spanish skills)

Also change ur language settings

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i know the sapanish i just wish my teacher would have us practice more, the type of people in the class im in is not the brightest and i dont think they will even pass the high school exam

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Duolingo is just for vocab really

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In ur everyday things

Ur phone, discord, etc

To Spanish

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Yea, but vocab is crucial for speaking, listening, and writing

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Well, not much you can do about it other than talk to your counselor really

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can i change disc lang to spanish but when i type in spanish itll be english for everyone else?

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I definitely agree! But the o said that they do a lot of vocab already

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no

it doesnt translate your messages

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i got vocab down, we do less than honors but i know everything she taught

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ah ok

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That’s awesome

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it's things like Today at 9:57 PM it'd say Hoy instead

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You can keep an English keyboard, but read others messages in Spanish

I think

I know other platforms have that option

But idk abt discord

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just changed disc to spanish

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Hello

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also what do you think i should be focusing on from here on in hs? collecting aps or is there a different way? bc i've been having cp classes these two years

i'm trying my hardest to get into a good school

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what grade are you in cindy

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10th

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How many APs have you taken?

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0

oh

cp is

normal people

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ok, im in the same boat as you that nice to know lmao

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Because top schools acceptances usually take about 7-13 throughout high school or the equivalent

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Lmfao

Same

We’re all 10

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Like dual credit

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10th

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Yup me too!

Except I’ve taken 3… 😅

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yeah but ive been taking mostly regular classes 9th and 10th so i need to step up my game

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^

my minimum i'm making myself take is 8

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Mmm

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That’s good!

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but i will have only a minimum of 3 by the end of junior year

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my 9th grade gpa is gonna mess up my gpa too, 93.9 in 9th but now i get 98s-100s

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Ofc many schools don’t let kids take Aps in 10th and 9th

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i almost failed 9th grade because i was rly depressed lol

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I’ve taken 4 collective at this point

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That’s ok

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It won’t

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Yup

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I’m sorry :(

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Blue, what grade r u in?

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as long as colleges know that i will be on track to take and finish all 8 i'll be okay right?

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i just hope the jump to all honors/ap from 2-3 honors wont be that bad

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But you’re doing even more now and colleges see the improvement!

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10th

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Yes

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it's all good, i'm bettered however i'm trying to pick things back up

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It’ll be tough

But u can do it!

Hard work pays off

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Ngl, you’re probably going to really struggle at first

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HEY i'm the exact same

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But keep working hard!!

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here i'll list my plan/coursework

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yea good luck

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I know you can do it <3

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one thing i hate, my HS grades ap and honors the same as regents (regular) so their feelings dont get hurt, they dont weigh the ap score higher

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Lol colleges recalculate your gpa anyways so it won’t matter much

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Colleges recalculate goa

Gpa

For that reason

All on a standardized scale

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so a 100 in a regular class will still do better than a 95 in AP Chem, and i know colleges do but my parents care about my hs gpa

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Also

Ur raw score doesn’t matter

90-100 is still a 4.0

Whether u get a 99 or a 90

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^

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i thought it is anything above an A-

and i got an A- in regents alg 1 and honors bio last year

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Yes

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my school is offering 21st Century Global Geography Honors & AP World History so basically split into two semesters for freshmen. Should i take world history honors or attempt a Ap class in freshmen year?

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Including A-

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oh really?

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freshman: all cp classes, i took most honors for basically the first term though
sophomore: all cp (chemistry, spanish, english, history) and one honor which is algebra ii
junior: all honors (spanish, history, precalc) and 3 aps (lang, apes, csp)
senior: all aps (lit, calc ab, stats, world, spanish)

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if you manage your time well you could probably do ap world

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and in this context cp means college prep (normal people)

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ap world in one sem??

wait what

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I haven’t taken AP world, but I have taken an AP freshman year and it’s a really rewarding experience if you put effort in!

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how much hw do aps give

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^ how much should i reserve per class at night

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Senior year looks stressful 😅

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Depends on the teacher

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yea... easier said than done LMAO

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Really depends on the teacher

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wait wait

could i take ap world as a senior

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Facts haha

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not too sure but it says "21st Century Global Geography Honors (Fall) & AP World History (Spring)"

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Please don’t

It’s a sophomore class generally

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yeah i know that i missed it this year

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my school only lets us take ap world and psych as a senior because there are requirements that cp AND honors students will take through junior year to complete

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yeah thats one of the main reasons am thinking of taking it

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I took my first AP in a semester and I learn nothing and had to self study the entire second semester, so I would not recommend

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Skip it

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ok

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am thinking about it but am not too sure, i know a couple of people who took ap classes in freshemn and they said its pretty time consuming

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requirements to graduate are world history i, early american, and modern american

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Depends on the teacher but generally is

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is spanish normally in military time? it says 22:08 instead of 10:08

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am gonna go research on its passing rates and all of that stuff and what courses i would need to take

but thank you for the help

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theo how much time do you commit to varsity swim? i was wondering bc i wanted to incorporate some ecs into my daily schedule

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Passing rates are helpful, but talk to the teacher and get more info about the course. Yw and good luck!

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the ap world pass rate is a little deflated because it is usually peoples first ap class and they are not used to the workload

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I play varsity basketball and easily 10-20 hrs per week

It depends on the week though

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4 hours a day, 3 after school, 1 before

• boy scouts on tuesdays and sometimes wednesdays

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speaking of passing rates!! i decided not to take apush since i do not want to be taking it aside lang.. but i'm having second guesses bc i just heard that the teacher has the highest exam pass rate in the school

omg u guys are crazy

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Girl Scouts thankfully isn’t taking too much of my time rn but I have to start my gold award soon and that will be time consuming

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Apush is definitely worthwhile!!

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nobody at school talks abt scout activities i guess it's not that popular here

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I love history so much and I heard apush is easier than AP euro, so I’m quite excited

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omg no way...

i love history too D:

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Girl Scouts is kind of dead here other than the little kids

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Omg!

You need to take apush then

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i've already bothered my teacher AND my counselor about yes apush and no apush

they're telling me don't do it you're having a shit ton of work already !! but bro :( i like history

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Omg I did that last year when I tried to take AP chem or AP bio

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Sadly, they’re sometimes right 😭

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rly?? were they compliant afterwards tho

OKAY also my friend who has the apush teacher rn said that she is really bad at teaching

but idk whether or not to judge off that since she is taking early american honors

she may just treat different classes differently

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My counselor was completely chill with it, but the teacher didn’t let me

Regular chem is a waste of time though because I already know everything

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I would talk to a few different people

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i'm taking regular chem rn :(( the teacher babies us TOO much

my classmates all have horrendous grades but i have a consistent 97-100

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Same!!! I love her to death though and I get to take AP bio with her so I’m really excited

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In our class, 75 or above in an A 💀

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i was the only one to score over 90 on the midterm DDDD: it's not great for me that i was put in cp instead of honors

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unfortunately eagle scout carries a lot of weight but girl scouts dont get any recognition

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:(( I’m sorry

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ah ic

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That’s such a lie

Colleges care even more when they see gold awards

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really?

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Cause there’s barely any older Girl Scouts

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Yeah, it’s a huge deal

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ah makes sense, thats good

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Even compared to the Eagle Scouts

Cause there’s so many of them

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i hope my admissions officers will understand my situation... i showed bad performance last year so i was put in regular classes this year BUT i am showing overperformance all year this year

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And only 1 million Girl Scouts have gotten the gold award since 1916 so big deal

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i'm capping off in history, spanish, chemistry, AND computer science

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They will see the improvement, don’t worry

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they like improvement but i am in the same boat, i wish i started caring in 8th

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They know Covid year was a tough year

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i really hope they keep that in mind... people might put the pandemic behind them before 2024 comes

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i did worse cause i was only in school half the time, they made us do half virtual

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We were full virtual until April of last year

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They won’t, a lot of people will be writing about the pandemic the next few years

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i do think that the improvement in grades + courseload will be a good essay topic in an app