course-selection

[vale compass]

yeah! i had lots of struggles and i can talk about my learning experiences through the tough times

[cinder gorge]

Perhaps, but I feel like you would need to make it super unique

[pine crown]

yeah

[cinder gorge]

Idk though

Not at that stage yet

[pine crown]

i wish there was a 13th grade

[cinder gorge]

Why

[vale compass]

yeah i'm already thinking about what to put on the common app essays since i may not remember as many details in senior year

[pine crown]

so i could fit more in that i want to do

[vale compass]

^^^^^^^^^^^

i feel you so much

[pine crown]

and not have to do maybe 6 aps in one year

[vale compass]

yeah :(

[cinder gorge]

I’m probably going to start junior year

[pine crown]

cindy do you live in the us?

[cinder gorge]

🤯

[vale compass]

yes in massachusetts

[pine crown]

nice in in new york

regents exams go 💀

[cinder gorge]

Yeah only state with the regents

[pine crown]

yep

[cinder gorge]

My math teacher actually really likes the concept

[vale compass]

also grateful i'm in mass because they have rly good hs education and i assume out of state colleges like uc will take that into consideration

[pine crown]

tennesee had them for awhile but stopped them awhile ago

[cinder gorge]

I wrote an article about it

[pine crown]

one upside of NY is they assume our education quality is higher cause we have to do the regents

[vale compass]

true!

[cinder gorge]

We have horrible education

[vale compass]

cali?

what's the reason?

[cinder gorge]

Because I’m more in a rural area

It depends on where you are

[vale compass]

i see

[cinder gorge]

But UCs take that into consideration though and we have a ton of students that get into UCs every year

[vale compass]

i have three more days to think about what to take next year; i'm feeling a bit more pressure rn

[pine crown]

do you guys think cornell is a decent college to try for

[vale compass]

everything's worth a try ngl

[cinder gorge]

Thankfully already submitted mine 😮‍💨

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, I heard it’s one of the easier ivies to get into

[pine crown]

i want to go to cornell because its only 45 min from where i live and its an ivy

[vale compass]

have you spoke to a counselor about safety colleges etc?

[cinder gorge]

Nope

That’s more junior year stuff

[vale compass]

brown is 45min from where i live 😅

[cinder gorge]

Nice!

[vale compass]

how are the admissions in those states btw? since they're small, will they take more admissions from nearby states?

[cinder gorge]

UC Berkeley is 30 minutes away from my house

[cinder gorge]

Do you mean ivies?

[vale compass]

colleges in small states i'd say

so overall

but yes,

i would go there for the ivies

[cinder gorge]

I don’t know about smaller states, but I do know that with ivies they don’t care all that much

[vale compass]

ah makes sense

[cinder gorge]

Only exception from what I have heard is that Columbia does not accept many people from New York at all

[pine crown]

i was looking into majors and I really like chem so i thought about that but idk what job i could get with a chem degree

[vale compass]

do the sizes of ivies vary btw?

[cinder gorge]

Barely anyone can get into it

[cinder gorge]

I think most are around the same size but not sure

[cinder gorge]

Could try chem engineering

[vale compass]

pretty sure my friend's dad does that

[cinder gorge]

I want to be a chem or bio major and there’s a lot you can do if you get your masters, phd, doctorate, etc.

Or research

My dad does it

True

Ooooo

Fancy

[vale compass]

i just want to be done by 22 😋

[cinder gorge]

Lmao

[vale compass]

which is why i thought comp sci was a good fit

[cinder gorge]

I just want money to be able to retire earlier

[vale compass]

i like math i like computers!

[cinder gorge]

Then live the life 😋

[cinder gorge]

Ah well it’s hard with a chem major to do that

[cinder gorge]

^

[vale compass]

i also like $$$

[pine crown]

i want to take ap comp but i have no periods left

[cinder gorge]

Computers fun

If you do your masters too, you’re on even better track in compsci

Very fun

Starting salary is $$$ if you have masters

Comp sci is taking over basically everything

In compsci

[cinder gorge]

100%

Get an internship while in school

Then make money while getting a degree

Then upstage and get more money

Then money for days

[vale compass]

yea overpopulation is the only thing i'm afraid of

[cinder gorge]

Then invest

Then money

[pine crown]

i could self teach ap comp and then take the ap exam, i heard its an easier one to self study

[cinder gorge]

The industry is constantly expanding though so I think you will be fine

[vale compass]

:D

[cinder gorge]

Do something like project stem and you’re set

[vale compass]

i love your optimism

[cinder gorge]

And self studying APs requires a ton of dedication, so gl!!

[vale compass]

^

[pine crown]

projhecxt stem?

[cinder gorge]

Haha my mom works in software as a director with a science background so anything is possible

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[pine crown]

in currewntly doing algebra 2 and hopeully i do ok

[vale compass]

self studying alg ii?

[cinder gorge]

I loved algebra 2

[vale compass]

o

i'm taking it rn

[cinder gorge]

My fav math class other than precalc

They’re both so easy

For me

[pine crown]

yes so i can get a year ahead, i was stuck on the normal math track

math is super easy but they forced me into it in 6th and i didnt care then

so i just went with it

worst mistake

[vale compass]

i just like math

LOL

i think my environment is what is bringing me down

[pine crown]

0/10 regular math is full of dumb peoiple, i dont want to sound mean but i have never missed a point and the people dont understand, I get why they have the class for people who need it but being stuck there feels the worst

[vale compass]

short rant my bsf is rly hard on herself when it comes to grades and i think i absorb the negative energy

[pine crown]

same fav subject, one right answer and a definite way to get there, no weird grading like in english

[pine crown]

im like that, i get mad over anything below a 97

[cinder gorge]

I’m in normal precalc and generally you just got to deal and ask good questions

That’s what makes you stand out

[vale compass]

i sit next to her in math LMAO i have the same grade as her, we're becoming the same person sadly

[cinder gorge]

Just wait until you start taking APs…

Attitude will change

[vale compass]

^

humbled

instantly

[cinder gorge]

I still get upset with anything under a 95 lol but

[pine crown]

yeah i heard from my world friends

[vale compass]

also enlighten us with your ap experience blueefin!!!!!

[pine crown]

they are ok with 85s on their essays

[cinder gorge]

Heck no

Not ok with that

That was triggering 😅

But APs right!!

So I took AP HuG freshman year! Wonderful teacher, but the class was only 1 semester and through zoom, so I forgot everything and self studied for the entire second semester and got a 4 on my AP exam, lord knows how, but I did!!

[pine crown]

honestly i think colleges care more about course rigor than gpa as long as you have like an A

I am worried tho because of my predicament

also in regular classes i am like a genious and i like the challenge

[muted garden]

Should I take Accel Geo in my freshman summer year?

[pine crown]

but I dont want to fail bc now im used to 100s and feel that 95s is bad grade

[cinder gorge]

This year, AP CSP and AP euro. AP CSP is super easy if you just put in minimal effort and study occasionally, but AP Euro requires a lot of work and is more difficult. You have to have a different sort of mind or at least train your mind to see things a certain way in the class to do well

[cinder gorge]

Yeah but I care about the A 💀

[vale compass]

oh word!! my third choice on vhs was hug in case i dont get into csp or eco

[cinder gorge]

If you feel like you can handle it!

[pine crown]

bluefin what aps have yo taken

[cinder gorge]

Hug is such an awesome course, I loved the content

[cinder gorge]

Euro, hug, and CSP

[pine crown]

what is Hug and CSP

[vale compass]

we dont have hug at school :( we dont offer freshman aps and the only one in sophomore year is euro

human geo

comp sci principles

[pine crown]

ohhhh

[cinder gorge]

^

[pine crown]

i dont have hug either

and euro is for seniors only

[cinder gorge]

Hug was my favorite next to euro

[pine crown]

and i cant take it cause they need at least 10 to sign up and that never hgappens

[cinder gorge]

It’s more like general knowledge of how society works

[cinder gorge]

Oh wow

Well we don’t have AP world so euro is the equivalent instead sophomore year

[vale compass]

are you taking reg bio on vhs btw? i'm now wondering whether or not they will just teach the course through a sem

[pine crown]

how much hw do aps give per night

i need to be able to plan

[steep hill]

depends

[pine crown]

AP Chem, AP English lit and apush

?

[cinder gorge]

Depends on the teacher

[pine crown]

true

[vale compass]

all the euro kids at school rly like the topics and the class, but not the assessments and workload

[steep hill]

a push at my school generally doesn’t give lots of hw, it’s more of just studying and prepping

[cinder gorge]

Yes! Full year = 8 months, so I started January and will be done before school starts

[cinder gorge]

Yeah that’s me

[cinder gorge]

^

[vale compass]

bluefin youre inspiring me sm to just take all the hardest classes LMFAO

it is humanly possible no?

[pine crown]

@cinder gorge @vale compass I have to go to bed but we should make a gc on discord cause it would be really nice to have some people in the same grade to talk about this stuff with

[vale compass]

i want a top percentile, and it's doable if i just do all these aps

oh yeah sure!!

[cinder gorge]

Haha, make sure that you don’t burn out!!

[cinder gorge]

Yeah ofc! Feel free to friend me

[vale compass]

do you have tips? how was time management

[cinder gorge]

Lots of time management needed, especially during basketball season

Absolutely don’t procrastinate

Get everything done asap

[pine crown]

Sent

[vale compass]

i'm having struggles with time management even in a cp class... i want to dedicate 2h a day to gaming (bc i will reach semipro level soon) and 1-2h to working out. i also have ecs for about 1-2h a day

wow my sleep

made me type faster than i think

[cinder gorge]

I would use a planner to plan out your day

I personally make a mental checklist of everything I should get done that day

[vale compass]

yes! i just bought one that maps out the entire day w 10 min slots

[cinder gorge]

And start hw within 30 minutes of getting home

[cinder gorge]

Awesome!!

[vale compass]

is this because of the mindset?

working mindset i mean

[pine crown]

I have an agenda book I'm using for next year but this year hw is so light I can just remember

[vale compass]

theo we're literally on the same boat

[cinder gorge]

For me at least, I get stressed knowing I have assignments due within the next few days (unless it’s euro because that’s the only class I procrastinate in so I don’t study), so I start asap

[pine crown]

Is it worth doing work in lunch

For extra time

[cinder gorge]

Noooo

Please don’t do that to yourself

[vale compass]

makes sense! assignments are lengthier and should take more than a night to finish anyway right?

[cinder gorge]

You will become a social outcast

You need to have balance

[cinder gorge]

Yes, especially in euro!

[pine crown]

This year I've been working in a teachers room during lunch cause I'm friends with him and he is like my favorite teacher and he's gonna be a good resource, I don't know anyone in my lunch but I have 3 big friend groups so it made sense this year to do that

[cinder gorge]

Maybe you could bring your friends into that classroom?

That way, you can get a break but still be in that class

[vale compass]

okay! i think my plan will be to leave school to go to my fitness center to do homework and work out. i'll go home and game and go to bed :D

i'm also trying to incorporate morning routines, but i cannot find anything to do other than walk a little LOL

[cinder gorge]

GN!! That sounds like a good plan, exercise is great

[vale compass]

omg i became friends with like two of my teachers this year its great

[pine crown]

Sometimes after practice I am so sore that I physically can't stay awake to do hw, hopefully I can still get the AP work done

[cinder gorge]

Oh I’m dead in the mornings and am just not able to be productive in the mornings

[cinder gorge]

Felt on another level

[pine crown]

Also what is the AP grade equivalent to a 99-100 in regular/honors

[cinder gorge]

Yay!! Me too

[cinder gorge]

Wdym

[vale compass]

yeah, i'm not a morning person so i shouldn't force that on myself! i'll work on a night owl schedule then.

[cinder gorge]

^ That’s what I do haha

[pine crown]

Like if I'm getting 99s and 100s in regular and honors what grades might I get in AP classes

[cinder gorge]

It’s a struggle in the mornings sometimes

[pine crown]

I don't wanna get like Bs

[cinder gorge]

ALSO

BIG THING

DO NOT GO TO SLEEP RIGHT AFTER HW

Try reading a bit or relaxing first

[pine crown]

Oh I actually like studying and then sleeping

Helps me remember

[cinder gorge]

Oh A- to A+s if you work hard

[pine crown]

Nice

[cinder gorge]

It’s really bad for you

[pine crown]

Why?

[cinder gorge]

It greatly increases your chances of nightmares

Trust me

[pine crown]

I don't dresm

At all

[cinder gorge]

I’ve had quite a few after starting AP euro

[pine crown]

It's been 3 years since I've had a dream I remember, kinda sad actually

[vale compass]

after i game it's hard to turn off my brain and go to bed hahaa...

[cinder gorge]

Well, it’s likely they’ll start up if you stress like me

[cinder gorge]

I read WEBTOONs before bed haha

[vale compass]

i do have a skincare routine and books to occupy an hour before bed!

[cinder gorge]

That’s awesome!!

[pine crown]

I made a really good teacher friend, he's my history teacher, it's a regular class and I think he gets annoyed with me when I talk about grades cause I have a nearly perfect average in his class, but he messes up the grade input sometimes and I have to tell him

Idk if that's bad cause I want to stay on good terms with him but I need to tell him when it should be changed

[cinder gorge]

OMG

MY EURO TEACHER MESSES UP MY GRADE ALL THE TIME

[cinder gorge]

Just don’t talk to him about perfect grades unless he makes an euro

Error

[pine crown]

Extra credit test he will put in as 34/35 instead of 35/34

[vale compass]

i have 100 in that class... it's so awk with him when i asked him to take apush and he was like idk how to do that ure in cp LMFAOOO

[pine crown]

Mine asked me why I was in regents, he asked me which period I wanted to do apush not if I wanted to lmao

[cinder gorge]

Lol we don’t have to get permission to do AP

We can just be like I want to take AP to our counselors

And if you have a B or above they’ll generally let you in and they make exceptions too

[vale compass]

you just... choose? my school is emphasizes communication

[cinder gorge]

Yes, we just submit it in our course requests

[vale compass]

teachers give recommendations, and you need to accept them or decline and do an override

[cinder gorge]

Have a 10 minute meeting with a counselor

And bam, that’s it

[vale compass]

and basically you need to MEET with them and your parents and the teacher have to sign

the form

[cinder gorge]

Oh wow

[vale compass]

for you to take a class you basically wasnt allowed to take

[pine crown]

Blue you said to skip AP world, what if I just challenged the exam and not take the class

[cinder gorge]

I mean, it’s hard to self study for tbh

[pine crown]

My teacher said I probably had enough knowledge to do that if I study rn

[cinder gorge]

You might miss on the analysis, but general world history and AP euro are quite similar

[pine crown]

I wish I could do euro

I wish there was more time

[cinder gorge]

You could take the AP test for fun if you wanted

[cinder gorge]

what is the easiest history ap class in your opinion?

[cinder gorge]

AP HuG if it’s considered a history AP

[formal shoal]

Ap human geography gives a geography credit not a history credit. It is a social studies class if that is what you are asking

[formal shoal]

Probably AP euro

[formal shoal]

Euro is a lot more in depth and focused

[cinder gorge]

In terms of content covered, at my school, regular world history and AP euro cover the same stuff, only world history moves a bit faster due to the amount of time we spend

[cinder gorge]

Ah ok

[formal shoal]

Yeah

[formal shoal]

Ap euro focuses on Europe from 1400-2000
Whereas AP world focuses on world from earlier to 2000 (not sure on exact time)

[earnest spear]

Why is an a so high in the US

[thick moth]

That's for private schools

An a in public is from 90-100

[lime hornet]

Nah it’s the same in public and private

[cinder gorge]

yes its the same

90-100

[pine crown]

Pretty sure it's 1450s to 2000s, I'm mad I wasn't able to take AP world cause of a schedule error

[south lance]

Is AP Physics C hard?

[formal shoal]

Rip

[formal shoal]

Very

[pine crown]

What is more worthwhile, AP Spanish or AP Comp sci, I am planning on going into stem and am taking all the science and math APs plus Apush and the 2 Englishes

[cinder gorge]

I was talking about World History, not AP World :)

[formal shoal]

world history is easy

[cinder gorge]

Nice, I haven’t taken it but I’ve seen the content

[hybrid forum]

Has anyone taken AP anatomy before and what is it like?

[cobalt grail]

hey so i just recently chose my classes for next school year (going into 10th grade) and unfortunately i don't have room on my schedule (due to credits that i need to get n stuff) to take more aps so is only taking 2 during sophomore year ok?? (ap world history + ap spanish lang) im planning on taking more aps during junior and senior year obvs

[kind storm]

I did. It’s just a bit more in depth and more fast paced from the normal anatomy and physio at my school from what I’ve heard. Either way, it’s a lot of memorizing terminology. I did well because I find it interesting and I’m good at memorizing things. Only take it if it sounds interesting though.

[hybrid forum]

I am because it does interests me I just wanted to know what the course was like and thank you!!

[kind storm]

Well, every school will be different of course. But in general, high school anatomy will be a lot of terms but for me, if it’s something I like. I can remember it so it was definitely my favorite class last year.

[hybrid forum]

yeah it does not sound too bad because I never have a hard time with memory retention. I am taking this my junior year and have thought about taking a third year of Spanish all though it is not required.

[kind storm]

I took 2 years of Spanish. I hate English already so I didn’t want more Spanish😅

[hybrid forum]

Yeah I like spanish and understand it but I do not know why they attempt to teach us so late like after puberty it makes it so much more difficult for a human to learn a new language.

[kind storm]

I think languages are just hard to learn if you’re not immersed and living somewhere where you use it

[hybrid forum]

That is also very true!

[grim compass]

is apush a good class to take?

because i can't take apush

[pine rune]

why not

[thick grove]

how hard is apush

also how much calc is actually used in ap physics c

[obtuse smelt]

from what I've been told, not much, just basic differentiation and integration. It's not like you're doing surface integrals or anything, just introduces the same concepts with some calc thrown in, but other people might have more detail

[cinder gorge]

Are these good choices for my sophomore year?

1. Sophomore English
2. World History
3. Applied Geometry
4. Biology
5. Concert Band
6. German I

[mint zodiac]

AP World focuses on foundation of world religions and then world history from about 1200 to the late 90s/early 2000s

[mint zodiac]

Really depends on the teacher tbh, at my school it's the 2nd hardest AP, competing for hardest AP w AP Biology, but I've heard at other schools it can be pretty easy

a lot of schools don't use + and -, I don't think any school in Kentucky that I'm aware of uses it, we just go by A being 90+, B being 80-89, C being 70-79, D being 60-69, and F being 59 and below

[quartz mural]

Do as an A- typically count as a 3.7 or 4 in terms of gpa

[mint zodiac]

Idk how the +/- scale affects GPA but I know in my district, an A is an A and if you have straight A's that means you have a 4.0

[thick grove]

Oh ok thanks

[thick grove]

Yea true teacher and school is a big factor

[cinder gorge]

Are these good choices for my sophomore year?

1. Sophomore English
2. World History
3. Applied Geometry
4. Biology
5. Concert Band
6. German I

[mint zodiac]

it's a pretty solid schedule

[cinder gorge]

Ty

[high geode]

1. Enriched physical science (basically honors science)
2. Accelerated geometry (another honors)
3. Accelerated algebra 2 (same thing honors)
4. English 9
5. Civics 9
6. Forced PE
7. French 1
8. Orchestra
   These are my plans for 9th grades
   Just wondering do colleges care a lot about course rigor in 9th grade, i took 3/5 possible honors courses?
   (I cant change anything more now but maybe i could add one more honors course like maybe)

[cinder gorge]

Forced PE lol but it looks great! Good luck with doubling up math <3

If you can handle it, maybe try for 1 more honors class depending on your options

[high geode]

Im just worried that one like idk harvard admission officer like looks at my course rigor for 9th grade gets me rejected even though i plan to increase rigor a lot and do a lot of somewhat original ecs

Thanks though

Ill see what i can do

[cinder gorge]

No lol they’re not going to reject you based on that haha, and doing ec definitely helps on that

Your rigor is fine, it’s the same as a a lot of Ivy League applicants

[prisma mist]

AP modern history for sophomore year yay or nay????

[obtuse smelt]

for junior year:

1. Math (idk what I'm doing next year, might do analysis or DQs)
2. AP physics 1 (wont let me do phys c 😭)
   3/4. Special english/history thing (its interdiciplinary, combines the two and adds in some other subjects)
3. AP Bio (im currently in intro bio: should I just sign up to take that ap exam in may, I'm already taking chem over the summer so I might be able to take a biochem class next year?)
4. psych sem 1, econ sem 2 (plan to take both exams, should be pretty easy)
5. latin
6. gym
   thoughts?

[charred bough]

Freshman:

1. Computer Science Essentials
2. Forced PE
3. Adv Alg 2
4. Bio
5. Adv Eng
6. Forced Health/Freshman Seminar (dont even get me started)
7. French 2

precalc over summer

Sophomore:

1. Principles of Engineering
2. World History
3. AP Calc AB
4. Honors Chem
5. Adv Eng 2
6. French 3

Junior:

1. AP CSP
2. US History
3. AP Calc BC
4. idk science maybe AP ES cuz heard its ez
5. AP Lang
6. AP French

Senior:

1. AP CSA
2. Civics/Economics
3. AP Stats
4. AP Phys C Mech
5. AP Lit
6. something for arts cred

open to any input lol

[fickle shoal]

Why do you want to do stats?

Also make sure you're ready for those multiple AP classes

[charred bough]

seems useful in general, and also for the career i wanna go into

[obtuse smelt]

I'd very much recommend against going AB->BC, BC covers the same shit as AB, just adding polar/parametrics (pretty easy if youve done it in precalc) and some series. The last unit is tough but not worth repeating a whole year of material for

[charred bough]

my school has ab as a prerequisite :/

[obtuse smelt]

I'd push to get placed into BC, or just self study towards the end to take the BC calc exam anyways

if you can pass the BC exam, do it

personal opinion though, since it would be a bit of work - depends on how confident you are in your math

[charred bough]

i think im pretty good at math in general
got 98% in aa2 last sem

and i asked around my school its basically impossible to skip into bc kids have tried

[fickle shoal]

Yeah also depending on the university you want to go, you might have some troubles doing extracurricular and doing numerous ap classss

[charred bough]

trueeee

[obtuse smelt]

ah alright. What do you plan on doing in college?

[charred bough]

i wanna minor in math if i can and then get a major in either astrophysics or aerospace engineering idk which yet

space is cool :P

[obtuse smelt]

hmm id try and take the BC exam next year, if you're up for it

if you can conceptually understand calc at a deep level (maybe brush up on some basic analysis), learning new stuff will be a breeze

[charred bough]

hmm well i need bc to complete our schools pathway anyway
and since bc might be easier after ab ill be able to get the grade bump

but ill consider it

after bc and stats our school doesnt have very many other math classes anyways

just personal finance really

[obtuse smelt]

oh what dont take a class at your hs if you dont have to

[fickle shoal]

Usually stats is the last class since it isn't algebraic based

[obtuse smelt]

go to something like harvard online or a community college

take differential equations and stuff

[charred bough]

ooo interesting
ill prob look into those more

[obtuse smelt]

yeah, I doubt it will matter if you skip BC as long as you pass the exam. Definitely won't matter to anything you apply to for a class junior/senior year

[charred bough]

ill think about it

[obtuse smelt]

cool

[charred bough]

thx for the help guys!

[dim hemlock]

I need you guys suggestions here, should i take economics, business studies, computer studies. Like a combination of two

[dim hemlock]

Im still stuck on what do i want to do for high school

Like ive tried making a website, but barely passing

[cinder gorge]

Take courses that may help, ask around, do some work experience if you can find some, even digitally

Research courses that you can take that can have other potential jobs, not just one

[strong vale]

Hey guys should I drop spanish next year cuz I don't really like it? And decided to focus on a science based schedule. Do you think this is a good Idea?

Also while I'm on the topic of spanish, why do colleges like 3 years of spanish? Is it just an assumption that students make. I feel like spanish is a waste of time that why I dropping it, and plus I do poorly in it compared to everything else.

[hoary vortex]

If you do drop it, will it affect you entering a good university or does it not matter to you?

[strong vale]

it probs does I already took an assumption and I don't really care

I probs won't anyway

[hoary vortex]

Did you check that in whatever science-related major you are taking you don't need Spanish?

[strong vale]

well computerscience

doesn't really need spanish

wait

I just want to clarify

does middle school spanish count

[eager arrow]

i think you should drop it if you don't like it, you wouldn't need Spanish in computer science probably

[strong vale]

Alright thanks

[frank solar]

Sorry to interrupt but what Spanish are we talking about if 2 or smaller you shouldn’t if 3 or more you could but I wouldn’t recommend it if you want to then take a lot of AP courses would help.

[cobalt grail]

are these good choices for my sophomore year??

1. honors english 2
2. honors chem
3. honors geometry
4. ap world history
5. ap spanish lang
6. art 1 (i need the art credit)
7. study hall

[hybrid forum]

Same! but like what do you want to do like career though.

[hybrid forum]

Very good!!

[strong vale]

It's Spanish 4

[charred bough]

hopefully working at either nasa or spacex but if not maybe researching for a university

[hybrid forum]

Damn kinda same but like I want to be a test pilot for USAF.

[cobalt grail]

ahh late reply but thank you!!

[half thicket]

Ap english?

[cursive nebula]

after talking to the director of academics, my advisors, the bio teacher, and ap environ/physics teacher, i'll be taking ap physics I my sophomore year and taking ap bio my junior year

my schedule for next year (fingers crossed)
english honors
chem honors
ap physics I
apush
pre-calculus
french II

[half thicket]

You just write essays and thats the major change

[cobalt grail]

unfortunately i can't take ap english lang or lit until junior + senior year at my school so i'm taking those next next year

[half thicket]

Ahh okay deff take english ap for jr n senior

And it has huge benefits for writing

[ivory wasp]

Interesting, why are you doing physics then bio instead of the other way around

[cursive nebula]

since i’m taking chem (as a sophomore it’s a requirement) my teachers have told me it’s hard to take chem and ap bio at the same time

right now i’m in biology honors

[late shore]

I'm trying to decide my classes for senior year, here is what I have:
Ap lit
Ap micro/macro
Ap calc bc
Ap physics c mech
Ap physics c e&m
Ap art history
Ap comp sci principals

I have one slot left, what should I take?

[cinder gorge]

Wow, good luck!

[late shore]

Ty, took 8 aps as a junior all As and 1 B so I think 7 as a senior is doable

[cinder gorge]

🤯

[late shore]

I just wanna know if I should take something else

[cinder gorge]

I need tips

[late shore]

Sleep a normal amount

[cinder gorge]

How do you manage sleeping, 8 APs, and extracurriculars

[late shore]

All my friends suck at tests cause they stay up till 3 studying, study enough to do well

[cinder gorge]

That makes sense

[late shore]

Phhh I don't have any extra curricular, I gotta get on that

[cinder gorge]

Ahh ok, yeah I play sports and 2-3 hours of everyday gone like that

[late shore]

Ah

[cinder gorge]

And then I volunteer too

And my parents are making me get a job

So they’re not letting me take more than 4 APs junior year

[late shore]

Extracurriculars are important, I need to get on that

[cinder gorge]

But I’ll still get to a total of around 12

APs throughout high school

[late shore]

That's still quite good

[cinder gorge]

Definitely

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, it’s average

I can’t imagine 8 APs though

That’s next level

[late shore]

It's rather painful

[cinder gorge]

I can imagine

[cinder gorge]

Do you know what you want to major in?

[late shore]

No clue

[cinder gorge]

And did taking APs help with that?

Oh ok

[late shore]

I can't write an essay to save my life
Prob something with math

[cinder gorge]

I’m sure you can haha and that’s cool!

[late shore]

I've gotten a 2 or 3 on every essay this year in ap lang

[cinder gorge]

Maybe it’s cause you need to put in more time?

Idk I can imagine you don’t have much of it

[late shore]

Yeah, almost all my freetime is dedicated to school

[sour aurora]

guys km@going into my freshman year

and im@really like scared

got all cp

my teachers r saying like i have bad organization n stuff if any1

[cinder gorge]

Yup I figured

[sour aurora]

like

how bad is cp

[cinder gorge]

@pine crown sorry to @ you but I remember you were in CP I think?

[sour aurora]

i got recommended for all cp

im also asian 💀

my friends got all honors

[cinder gorge]

Me too

[cinder gorge]

That’s great for them!

[sour aurora]

at one point i missed a lot of hw and was like very very done w school

[cinder gorge]

can you override the recommendations?

[sour aurora]

bruh all my friends got all honors and i got all cp cuz i think my teachers like hate me

don’t know how

i can override some

appealing

i have to provide reasoning and teacher has to approve

it’s an appeal in my school

[cinder gorge]

Possibly

[cinder gorge]

Try that

Prove that you can take honors

And if it doesn’t workout, you always have sophomore year

[sour aurora]

recently i’ve just been very demotivated

w school

tbh

put it off a lot

[cinder gorge]

You can really focus on ecs freshman year

[sour aurora]

i had basically straight as last year

what’s ecs

[cinder gorge]

Ah ok, maybe cp is better then?

[cinder gorge]

Extracurriculars

[sour aurora]

ah

what grade r u

[cinder gorge]

Until you can find your motivation

10th

[pine crown]

I was in half cp, now I'm going into all AP tho

[cinder gorge]

same 😔

[pine crown]

It's ridiculously easy and made me feel dumb but some people need it and if you can't handle hard classes there's no issue with it

[cinder gorge]

hyp3r was asking about cp

[cinder gorge]

All AP, woq

[sour aurora]

i do all my hw n shit

[cinder gorge]

Wow

[sour aurora]

sometimes i just procrastinate a lot and like demotivated too

[pine crown]

Well all AP I can and 2 honors, then all AP senior hear

[cinder gorge]

I feel you, we usually get a week to finish hw and I always do everything the day before

[sour aurora]

im 8th

but j missed the cutoff or whatever

i would be in 9th

[cinder gorge]

Ohh ok I thought you meant every class

[sour aurora]

i want to do honors english and honors science

i type really fast

and i’m efficient when i aork

i could handle it

[cinder gorge]

Then try to appeal

[charred bough]

is 10 or 11 aps good for hs? i wanna also volunteer and have decent ecs so i need time for that

[cinder gorge]

Yeah that’s great!

[cinder gorge]

I have my registration form filled out for my sophomore year, except for the alternative electives part, in not sure what to add there. We have to have 6 down. Any suggestions on anything?

[real marsh]

is honors chem a good idea?

with other weighted classes like AP euro and advanced english

[half thicket]

Yeah if you wanna improve bc chem overall is hard

So honors is great for chem to not be too hard or easy

[real marsh]

alr thanks! is there anything i should expect from the class like what would u say is the difficulty level

[half thicket]

Equations deff

You better be ready to embrace math

Self teaching honors chem can be a good start

So you can grasp the idea

[real marsh]

okay thanks!

[robust musk]

Here’s my jr year classes (I’m a sophomore rn)
-Core-
pre-calc
AP Lang
Human Anatomy
U.S. History
Elective
Spanish 1
animation
female weight training
Wind ensemble (band)
Medical terminology (@ local community collage)
International relations
(@ local community collage)

What do you guys think?

[real marsh]

I think its really good but you might want to take some more weighted classes depending on your comfort level/academic interest. meaning if u like history then instead of taking regular history take AP US history instead

[robust musk]

I can’t do APUSH

It’s the hardest AP at my school

[cinder gorge]

Perhaps you could drop an elective and take it instead?

[robust musk]

Hellllll no. APUSH is known within my school as being super difficult

And as much as I enjoy history, I don’t think it would go well

The test scores are low and there’s a crap ton of homework

The 2 at the community collage are only 10 weeks btw

Animation and female weights are only a semester long

[robust musk]

I think anatomy is on a 5.0 scale for some reason

Pre calc is a dual credit

My current classes are:
Core
honours lit 2
AP Euro
Algebra 2/ geometry
Chemistry
Elective
Sports and exercise psyc
symphonic band
teacher aiding
culinary (took last semester)
NJROTC (dropped at the semester)

[tacit turret]

Hi next year im going to be a junior and was wondering wether to take AP literature or AP Language. Honestly I don't like poetry or theatre but ive heard AP lang is very difficult. Any advice.

[hybrid forum]

Are you interested or good at english?

[tacit turret]

Its never been my favorite subject but jonestly i dont mind it

[fresh nimbus]

I've heard AP Lang is good for writing skills which would be useful junior year

[young nimbus]

Has anyone taken AP computer Science A I’m taking it next year is it hard at all gonna be one of my first AP classes

[cinder gorge]

I haven’t taken it, but from my understanding, it’s easier to take if you have experience coding

I’m current in AP CSP which requires no prior knowledge, and it’s super easy

Idk about AP Compsci A though

[unborn phoenix]

Whats ap

[cinder gorge]

Advanced placement courses

[unborn phoenix]

What level is that compared to uk stuff

😐

[cinder gorge]

They’re meant to be like college courses (in reality, not really) but you can get college credit from them

They are generally quite difficult

And college meaning university

[unborn phoenix]

Oh

Like an extra course alongside ur main major?

[fresh nimbus]

AP is college course yeah

[unborn phoenix]

Or smt like that

[fresh nimbus]

Well sometimes if you take AP class but major in something totally different it won't rlly count anyways

But AP classes are usually used to impress colleges

Do you have smt like that in the uk

[unborn phoenix]

Idk

Probs not

Tbh all this time i thought the uk education system was superior to us but now im thinking us is actually better

But idk

[cinder gorge]

University education is good, but public education depends from school to school

My school is trash

[fresh nimbus]

Yeah

Theres a lot of college courses offered at my school

[cinder gorge]

My school is an arts school

[fresh nimbus]

Oh ok

[cinder gorge]

Which is quite unfortunate cause I’m not at all into arts

And we only have 3 science APs (not including compsci)

[fresh nimbus]

Oh I see

Is it a public school?

[cinder gorge]

Yes

[fresh nimbus]

Oh ok, I didn't know of public schools specializing in subjects

[cinder gorge]

We have a lot around here

But it’s more of a school within a school

But the arts school has pretty much taken over the whole school

[fresh nimbus]

I see

[cinder gorge]

And if you’re not in the arts school, you lose out on a lot of opportunities

But I want to be a bio or chem major so it’s really not in my favor either way

[fresh nimbus]

Oh ok

[unborn phoenix]

Whats the best colleges

In america

[fresh nimbus]

Ivy leagues schools, MIT, Stanford, caltech

[cinder gorge]

Depends on the major

[cinder gorge]

But typically these ^

[unborn phoenix]

Cuz like in the uk we have red brick unis which are the best unis in the country

[cinder gorge]

Are those like Oxford and Cambridge

[unborn phoenix]

Yeah whats ivy league, is that like red brick

[unborn phoenix]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

I’m guessing

[fresh nimbus]

Yeah sorta

[cinder gorge]

Ivy League is like the best of the best in the US

[unborn phoenix]

University of Oxfordshire, university of Cambridgeshire, university of Birmingham

[cinder gorge]

Ah ok

[unborn phoenix]

Then yeah

We only have ljke 5 original redbrick unis

[cinder gorge]

There’s more though

[unborn phoenix]

Cuz we tiny country

[cinder gorge]

We have 8 ivies

[fresh nimbus]

I think ivy league started with 4 ogs also

[unborn phoenix]

Theyve added more unis tho

[fresh nimbus]

Yeah now there's 8

[unborn phoenix]

What are they?

Idk what the og redbricks are💀

[fresh nimbus]

Idk which ones are the og ivy's too lol

[unborn phoenix]

Lmao

[cinder gorge]

MIT, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and UPenn I think are the current ones

[fresh nimbus]

Mit isn't ivy league

[unborn phoenix]

Aight

[cinder gorge]

Wait not mit

Yeah

Which one am I missing then

Columbia

[fresh nimbus]

But it's better than most ivies lol

[cinder gorge]

That’s the one

[fresh nimbus]

Yep

[unborn phoenix]

What time is it in wherever ur from in us?

[cinder gorge]

5:02 PM

[fresh nimbus]

5

[unborn phoenix]

For me its 12am 💀

[cinder gorge]

PST gang

[fresh nimbus]

Lol discord ppl don't sleep

[cinder gorge]

Facts

[unborn phoenix]

Fax

[fresh nimbus]

Ay

Was kinda annoying the time change tho

Daylight savings

[unborn phoenix]

What state u in?

[fresh nimbus]

Washington

[cinder gorge]

California

[cinder gorge]

Yes

I lost sleep

[fresh nimbus]

Yeah

[unborn phoenix]

How old are u guys cuz i feel young and dumb rn💀 💀 💀

[cinder gorge]

15

[fresh nimbus]

14

[unborn phoenix]

Nvm im 15

😭

[cinder gorge]

Haha cool

[fresh nimbus]

My friends say I think too much about college lmao

Lol

[unborn phoenix]

Nah thats good tho

So u have a plan and shi

[cinder gorge]

My parents say that when they’re the ones who put it in my head 💀

[fresh nimbus]

Lmao

[unborn phoenix]

Damn

So what grade are u in?

[fresh nimbus]

Freshman

[unborn phoenix]

Or like sophomore and whatever that crap means

Lmao

What grade is freshman?

[fresh nimbus]

9th

[cinder gorge]

10th

[fresh nimbus]

I think freshman is year 10 for uk

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

[fresh nimbus]

Cuz y'all 1 number ahead or smt

[unborn phoenix]

Oh so ur in y10

[fresh nimbus]

You?

[unborn phoenix]

And me and bluefish in y11

[fresh nimbus]

Ah

[unborn phoenix]

Im sophomore

Learnt smt new

[cinder gorge]

That’s awesome

[fresh nimbus]

Nice

[unborn phoenix]

What do u guys learn in English? I feel like we learn way different shit

[cinder gorge]

We read a lot of books

And we just had a speech unit

Where we wrote a persuasive essay and presented in this huge comp

[fresh nimbus]

Uh we had big Greek mythology unit now we're reading frankenstein

[cinder gorge]

Well some of are

We just started Macbeth this week

[unborn phoenix]

Ah kinda similar

How many papers u got

For it

I hated macbeth

💀

[cinder gorge]

Wdym

[cinder gorge]

It looks eh so far

[unborn phoenix]

Like we got language paper one and two and literature paper one and two

[unborn phoenix]

What act u on

And whats happening

[cinder gorge]

1 lol

We started Friday

[unborn phoenix]

Oh

[cinder gorge]

Macbeth is thinking about the prophecy

[cinder gorge]

Yeah idk we didn’t get that

[unborn phoenix]

Lucky

Aight imma go sleep now

Gn

Nice meeting u @cinder gorge @fresh nimbus

[clear pulsar]

I am reading Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun

[cinder gorge]

Sleep well and you too

[fresh nimbus]

You too

Goodnight

[real marsh]

nice, i see ur doing ap euro and honors lit how is the balance for u?

[robust musk]

Oh it’s fine for me. Honours lit really isn’t that bad generally. AP Euro is just kind of a lot of homework but I have a good grade in it so it’s going well enough

[real marsh]

oh cooll

do y'all think this schedule is good for next year(sophmore year) if i wanna pursue law

• adv algebra 2
• ap euro
  -honors chem
• intro to criminal justice
• advanced english
• french 2.

[obtuse smelt]

Any recommendations on whether or not I should take the AP Bio exam this year? I'm currently taking intro bio and would have to take AP Bio next year. Any idea of how difficult of a jump that would be?

[storm lagoon]

Does anyone know if IB or AP is harder?

[real marsh]

depends on class

but mostly IB is harder

[storm lagoon]

okay, thank you

I’ve heard mixed

[robust musk]

I’m jealous of anyone who’s school offers IB

[storm lagoon]

My school is an ib school, but I’ve been thinking about transferring to another school with ap

Freshman year you take a few AP classes and 3 dual credit classes, sophomore year is half ib, then junior and senior year is almost full ib (full ib minus your elective)

[cinder gorge]

Why would you take the AP bio exam this year if you are taking the class next year? AP bio and intro bio vary greatly, so if have not been studying AP bio level content this year, you will not do well on the exam this May with intro level bio knowledge

[cinder gorge]

Yup, that’s great! Maybe go for a 7th if you have time, but that’s majority of my friends’ schedules and they’re smart

[fair escarp]

If i switch my second langauage from german to french ab initio does it look bad?

in my junior year

[drifting hazel]

Yo can someone tell me how to manage four AP classes

[frail flicker]

@drifting hazel I’m not sure but I think you have to talk to your counselor abt that. When your applying for classes there should also be a option

[obtuse smelt]

Well I’d just take the exam and not take the class next year, just to free up my schedule a bit. I was planning on just teaching myself the material I don’t know, how much of a gap is there?

[rustic hearth]

Kind of a vague question, but is all honors in sophomore year manageable? Will I have any time left for extra curriculars and/or sports?

[kind storm]

It depends on the person of course. Definitely possible and manageable but you'll probably need to be stricter and better at budgeting your time than if you weren't. But also if you do a lot of extracurriculars, that'd make it hard. Talk to your counselor or whoever does your schedule or talk to some other upperclassmen at your school because every school is going to be different

[grim compass]

so in sophomore year I have two options - Honors English and academic english

academic is not weighted

however in 11th it is easier to get into AP lang being a 93+ prereq for academic and 87+ prereq for honors

I want to take honors even though the prereq is tougher because I want to improve my writing before AP lang and get good feedback about my writing

also the honors English classes in my school are insanely hard

should I take it?

[pastel fable]

@grim compass if u prefer writing, take ap lang. it’s a lot of writing, and i think it’s a great choice to take bc it genuinely helps with writing and arguing skills. if u prefer reading, i think honors english is a better option bc those usually involve reading books and writing ab them (or if ur school offers ap lit that’s even better). hope this helps!

[safe dawn]

lol

im in an gce track

[grim compass]

no no I meant honors or academic in 10th leading to AP lang in 11th

[real marsh]

We can't do a 7th in our school it's mandatory to be a free period😞

Loo

Lol

[pine crown]

Does this look like a good schedule for Jr year:
AP US History
AP English Lit
Honors Precalculus
AP Chemistry
Chem/physics lab
Honors Physics
AP Computer Science A
Honors Spanish IV
Gym/study hall

[cinder gorge]

Ohh ok, that makes sense

[cinder gorge]

Yes, be ready for a ton of hw but yes

[thick grove]

If you like English and you feel like you can succeed then you should take it

If you don’t like English that much then take academic

[grim compass]

I guess yeah

[thick grove]

It also depends on what other classes your taking

Like if your other classes are really hard than it may not be worth taking

[grim compass]

true

[thick grove]

But if they’re not that hard then you should consider it

[grim compass]

okay

I mean my courses are going to be hard next year but I do feel like the improved writing style overshadows that

I don't particularly love English but I don't want to get bad grades in AP lang either

[thick grove]

From what I’ve heard ap lang is more about writing but honors English is more reading and analysis

[grim compass]

hmm true

so the benefit may not be as much

[thick grove]

Yea

[grim compass]

well I'll have to wait and see if my courses are hard

my hard courses mostly revolve around calc placement

and this is assuming I do get calc

if I take honors bio instead of physics c I'm definitely taking honors eng

[thick grove]

Yea that’s a good idea

imo calc and physics c aren’t too hard as long as you understand the core concepts so you might be able to take honors eng if you take physics c

[grim compass]

yeah ig

not taking apush next year either

[thick grove]

Yea apush is a lot of work

[grim compass]

yeah

okay thanks!

[thick grove]

Np

How hard is ap Chem compared to normal Chem?

Like content wise

[neat grotto]

for my school, yes

the work load is a lot i heard

one of the hardest aps in the school

was gonna take it, but i dont got a death wish

[thick grove]

oh ok lol

do you know how difficult the content is compared with normal chem

[neat grotto]

i cant say for exact

[thick grove]

k

[cinder gorge]

Is this a rigorous enough schedule for UC Berkeley as a bio or chem major? I’ve already sent this but it’s the last day for my course selections so just wanted to check.

AP Calc AB
AP Chem
AP Bio
APUSH
English 11
Journalism

Any suggestions?

[obtuse smelt]

you could consider BC calc if your math is strong, it's not too difficult and AB is pretty slow anyways. But likely not really a big deal for a bio/chem major

actually I take that back, if youre planning on doing chem you probably want stronger math, chem is decently math heavy

so yeah BC might be a good choice

[cinder gorge]

We don’t have Calc bc at my school

This year

And it’s likely not happening next year

But I can check

[obtuse smelt]

😔😔 oh well

If you’re really ambitious you could do dual enrollment

[cinder gorge]

Ik :(( and I rather not take at a community college this year

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah that makes sense

It’s a pain

[cinder gorge]

I could but the Calc teacher is superrrrr good

Like so good

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah but you’re kinda limited by the material

[cinder gorge]

And there’s no promises of that if I take it elsewhere

[obtuse smelt]

Still gonna get stuck in a calc2 class next year

[cinder gorge]

Everyone says Calc ab is super hard with him though

[obtuse smelt]

Damn

[cinder gorge]

Like the juniors in his class are like I’m not doing bc

I have him for precalc and he’s awesome

[obtuse smelt]

Nice

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, I mean I still plan to take bc somehow senior year

[obtuse smelt]

I’d consider just how much you wanna do in the future

[cinder gorge]

Do Calc?

[obtuse smelt]

I wouldn’t. BC is a major review of AB

[cinder gorge]

Oh really,

?

I’ll ask him about it

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah, about half the year is the same

[cinder gorge]

Ah ok

Why do so many people go ab and then bc?

Then

[obtuse smelt]

Not sure tbh, no one in my district does

I think it’s safer, you’ll understand the material better

[cinder gorge]

Oh interesting, everyone here goes AB and then BC

Ah ok

Have you gone straight to BC?

[obtuse smelt]

But it’s half the speed of a college class

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I heard it’s 1 sem

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah I’m currently self studying for the exam

I’m a bit of a weird case

[cinder gorge]

what’s your experience?

[obtuse smelt]

My school wouldn’t let me get into the class I should’ve been in, I do a lot of math outside of school, but it’s kinda sparratic. So I’m in precalc this year, but taking the BC exam to get into college classes next year

[cinder gorge]

Ohh ok, I see

[obtuse smelt]

And for chem major you’ll likely need linear algebra and statistics. Maybe differential equations or analysis as well. So that’s a decent year or two of math classes. Taking BC or a dual enrollment calc1/2 next year could give you a bit of an edge on that, though it’s definitely more work than just doing AB

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I wanted to get the experience of someone who moved straight to Calc bc after precalc but I feel like you’re super good at math and it wouldn’t apply to me😅

[cinder gorge]

That makes sense, I was planning on maybe taking AP stats senior year

[obtuse smelt]

I just spend a lot of time with it. I try to make recommendations based on other people Ik. If you’re doing well in precalc you should be ok for bc, but I’d check with your teacher. My school just does anyone with above a 90 in precalc goes to Bc

[cinder gorge]

Oh wow, and yeah, I’ll definitely go talk to him and see if BC is happening this year

Thanks!

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah np, lmk if you got any other questions

[cinder gorge]

Are you taking AP Lang?

[obtuse smelt]

I’m not, sorry

[cinder gorge]

Oh ok, thanks! What’s your schedule?

[obtuse smelt]

For this year, or next?

[thick grove]

Maybe take the ab class and take the bc exam

[cinder gorge]

This year

[cinder gorge]

Hmm, maybe

[obtuse smelt]

I’d agree with that, if you can’t do the bc class. Series is a tough one, and might take a bit of work, but with a good precalc and rigorous ab class you should be okay, and parametrics are pretty easy imo, same concepts just applied in a slightly new way.

[obtuse smelt]

This year I’m kinda weak haha.
Precalc (taking BC exam)
Ap stats (super fun, I’d recommend)
H english
US History
H intro bio
H Latin

• indp study in ML

[neon wharf]

I want your honest feeback from this: i am currently an 8th grader going to 9th grade. I have to decide whether to take Calc AB or BC. Personally for me i want to take BC but my family disagrees. So what do yall think?

[obtuse smelt]

Bc al the way

If you think you can do well and get an A, do BC

Ask teachers too, though

[thick grove]

take BC

its basically the same as ab but just 2 more topics

[obtuse smelt]

Yep

[neon wharf]

My family says thay I will be too stressed out since i am taking all honors classes except ELA. Not only that, they will also say i will finish the all the math topics too soon and then i wont have anything to do in 12th grade

[thick grove]

does your school offer other math courses

like calc 3 or linear algebra

[neon wharf]

After Calc BC its Calc 3 and AP prob and stats

If i take bc i take calc 3 in 10th, prob and stats in 11th, but what do i do in 12th?

[obtuse smelt]

Hs don’t offer that

[thick grove]

oh my school does

[obtuse smelt]

You need to learn more about higher level math

[thick grove]

it offers up to analysis

[obtuse smelt]

Whaaaaat I’ve never heard of that. Where do you live?

[thick grove]

new jersey

[obtuse smelt]

Dayum.. private?

[thick grove]

we have calc 3, linear algebra, differential equations, and analysis

nah public

[obtuse smelt]

Shiitt no way

I’m jelly

[neon wharf]

Yeah but then my parents have to pay money and they arent in support of that

[thick grove]

yea its cool but the teacher rn is pretty bad

but we're getting a new teacher next year so i'll see how it is

[obtuse smelt]

Calc3 is only a semester, usually. Your choices are pretty broad after calc. You can do analysis, dqs, linear algebra, topology, dynamics, etc

[neon wharf]

According to my parents and sis they dont offer anything after what i listed

[thick grove]

you might be able to dual enroll

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah that sucks. Are you in the US? Most states have programs which offer aid for dual enrollment students

[neon wharf]

Yes i live in usa

[obtuse smelt]

Look into dual enrollment

You take classes at a loca college

[neon wharf]

Idk what that is

Oh ok sry

Well do u have to pay money

[obtuse smelt]

Most states offer aid

I’d look into math competitions if you’re serious about it, doing well may give you more opportunities

It’ll likely be very different from what you’re used to if you haven’t done it before

[neon wharf]

I am in math competitions, and based on my familys salary idk if we can get aid help

[obtuse smelt]

where I am, admission fees are almost always waived (regardless of wealth), and sometimes supplies as well (which you may not be eligible for)

[neon wharf]

Maybe i can google my state up to see if it falls in that category

[obtuse smelt]

yeah, do some research on what's available

[neon wharf]

Mhm

[real marsh]

Y'all what do you think of doing precalc over the summer?

[obtuse smelt]

doable, a lot of precalc is prep for stuff you'll learn a lot later, but that depends on your school. What makes you consider it and what are you familiar with current;y?

[real marsh]

Well currently I'm in 9th grade doing algebra 1 and I will do geo over summer and be in algebra 2 in 10th. I'm thinking of doing it so I can do BC in 12th

[cinder gorge]

Been there, tried that and it truly depends on where you do it and how much experience you have. If you do Algebra 2 and you do it at a place where people have recommended, you can definitely do it

It can be a lot of work though, so be prepared

[real marsh]

alr thanks!!

[obtuse smelt]

yeah, that could work. Just be aware that it can be a pain, especially if you're not comfortable with your math ability. Make sure you understand things at a conceptual level, building this during 10th will be important

[real marsh]

Thanks!

[cinder gorge]

THEBIGTHREE and I were talking about this earlier, but you could always take a full year of precalc your junior year and skip to Calc bc your senior year if your school allows it

[real marsh]

yeah thats what i was thinking, but im not sure if our school allows it

but i could take precalc and ap calc ab during junior year

like together

[untold owl]

hi! has anyone here taken/is taking apwh here? i want to do it my freshman year, but i thought id get some advice from people here

btw, in case anyone is wondering abt my other classes: im taking mostly cps, with one honor, and this would be my big push class imo

i perform consistently well in social studies, esp on quizzes/projects, and in general, and i rarely leave w hw (my social studies teacher said that this class im taking this year is abt a cp, give or take), and iirc, i think i have a 97 (somewhere in the 90s)

[charred bough]

no way im doing that too this summer

im just like self studying precalc rn to help prepare

and i talked to my math teacher and he said that basically the course itself is ez but remembering things for bc is hard

[cinder gorge]

i’m taking it and it’s not super difficult it’s just a lot to remember (as can be expected with any ap class)

[obtuse smelt]

they allow that??? bizzare. Anyways I missed that bit tbh, but I would go AB junior if you did precalc summer, unless youre really confident. Then try to study for and take the BC exam that year. If you can't pass that's alright. If you're serious about math and dont pass, find a college to enroll at and do calc2/calc3 senior year instead of going through BC if you've already done AB

[obtuse smelt]

that makes sense. A lot of precalc courses are just meant as review. It really depends on the place. There's not tooo much to remember for BC tbh. Just make sure you have a solid foundation and do practice every once in a while. You really just need to understand how functions behave and know trig decently well and you'll be fine for BC

. You really just need to understand how functions behave
and thats not an easy thing, most people dont. its the main reason people struggle

[real marsh]

thank you all sm!!

[grand ledge]

So next year I’m going to tenth grade and I wanted to ask if ap Europe is really hard in tenth grade

I want to try it but I don’t know much about it so if anybody is in it can you tell if it’s really hard or not?

Of course only if you want to though

[real marsh]

im not currently in ap euro but since i am a freshmen like u but i have a lot of friends who are upperclassmen who did it. they said do it only if u rlly love history so depending on ur interest take the class

it definitely is hard but if u love history it should be worth it

[cinder gorge]

AP euro is actually not that bad. I would say it’s easy, other than the fact that it requires some work and effort. I don’t find the class difficult, just very time consuming and not everyone is able to put that in. Also, if you’re not into history, definitely don’t do it then because you’ll get bored, but people generally tend to enjoy the class because it covers such a wide range of times. I would definitely go for if, especially if you have the time! I love the class

^ I’m also interested in history in general as a hobby

[grand ledge]

Thank you! I like history so I was thinking of going there but I wasn’t sure if it was too difficult or not

Do you know if they tend the give out many essays?

[cinder gorge]

You’ll definitely be fine then!

[cinder gorge]

I have an “essay” every 2-3 weeks

But the “essays” are actually LEQs, so it’s not a full paper, it’s a contextualization (background info), thesis, 3-4 evidence statements, and analysis which is done various ways

[grand ledge]

Thank you so much! I was afraid that I might fail but this made me a lot less scared

[cinder gorge]

Ofc and you’ll do fantastic!

[blissful void]

Hi, I have a question whether my grades are good or not

[feral sedge]

Hi! Just wondering, has anyone taken the AP Capstone classes (AP Seminar and AP Research) and is it worth it?

[full gyro]

depends on what is good for you!

[blissful void]

But I neeed straight as

[full gyro]

for what may I ask?

[blissful void]

Literature

[full gyro]

mhmm ye

[blissful void]

I passed, but I really need a good grade in order to go to a better school

I got a b minus for literature

So I’m really worried

[pulsar flare]

So I'm in 9th taking alg 2 (and my school does alg 2 before geo), so would it be a good idea to take geo over the summer and take precal next year?

[thick grove]

Yea that sounds like a good idea

[pulsar flare]

alright thanks

[pine crown]

Will 3-4 hours after school and practice be enough for 4 aps and 3 honors classes

[robust musk]

That’s super dependent on the homework load and your understanding of each of those classes

[wind void]

B- in ap?

What was your grade before, and ap?

[obtuse smelt]

I did this (or tried to lol, school is weird). I would recommend it, but make sure your school will allow it haha

[pulsar flare]

Yea for sure lol. Thanks

[grim compass]

deca is two separate classes now? @thick grove

[grim compass]

it's a really big school as well, so they offer a ton of courses and we're not restricted to any path so that's nice

[hot dagger]

Should I art 1 this summer so I can complete the prerequisite and take 3D studio art next year (although I’m already taking honors chem over the summer, and taking both classes might be a lot)

Or should I take ap comp sci principles next year and do ap 3d studio art another time

Or should I do art over the summer so I can do both during the year and have a heavier work load both during summer and next year

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah that makes sense

[thick grove]

Yeah they got rid of the complex analysis part of deca

[zealous helm]

Currently taking algebra 2 enriched + general physics, next year should I take AP physics 1 or AP 2, it would be the first AP i’ve ever taken btw

[thick grove]

what topics do you learn in general physics

[zealous helm]

Currently on satellite motion and eclipse’s, we’ve done free fall and gravity and a lot but it’s hard to remember the actual names.

Ik AP 1 would be almost a retake of the class just a bit harder, but it could boost my GPA, then i can take AP 2 in senior year

[thick grove]

I think phys 2 is probably better since most of the concepts are similar to physics 1 but just applied to a different situation

like electrostatics is just forces and energy just applied to electric fields rather than gravitational fields

[zealous helm]

true but wouldn’t Ap 1 be better for gpa, i’m only a sophomore rn btw

then i can take physics C senior or would that be stupid to go from 1 to C

[thick grove]

yea it would probably be better for gpa

[thick grove]

does your school split up physics c into mechanics and e&m?

or is it just one course

[zealous helm]

1 course

[thick grove]

you could take phys 1 in the school year and then self study the e&m topics from phys 2 so u can be prepared for C

[zealous helm]

good idea, bc it’s an easy class for me i can ask my teacher for like some work for it to prepare

[thick grove]

yea

khan academy is a pretty good resource for learning

and then you can do practice problems from college physics which is the textbook that i'm using at school right now for physics

https://4.files.edl.io/23f9/08/21/19/042754-026a234e-3426-4b73-b537-2394c0407ff5.pdf

this is the link

i think chapters 15-21 should be enough for C

[zealous helm]

thanks!

[thick grove]

Np

[hidden flower]

I'm taking regular geo next year (rising to 9th) and I'm not sure what literature I'm taking but probs literature 1. Do I still have a chance of working my way up into a top tier school or more rigorous classes later in High school?

[tawdry egret]

Ayy same

I'm graduating to 9th grade too

[hidden flower]

Coolie

[tawdry egret]

Ye

Very cool

[fresh nimbus]

I recommend taking as rigorous course as you can now as well

It will make it easier for future

It also depends on high school, like my school if you aren’t in honors english then next year you have to get a special recommendation (which is rare) to be transferred up

[keen sand]

Does anyone know the difference between AP Lang and AP Lit in terms of content?

[crimson sand]

one is language and one is literature

[steep hill]

one is essay-writing focused, the other is reading literary works and analyzing them

(at least that what i hear, i've not taken either)

[lofty geyser]

Is this a good list for what to do for high school?

Sophomore
PE
Honor Precal
AP Chem
Ap world history
Ap Cmp Sci A
English Honors
Spanish

Outside of School:
Bio olympiads or AMC 10

Junior
AP Cal AB
Ap Physic
AP US History
Ap Bio
Ap English
Spanish


Outside of School:
Volunteer work
Maybe AMC 12

Senior
Ap Cal BC
Ap Engish
Ap Economic or Ap Government 
Ap Spanish
Speech and Debate
Whatever else is offered

Outside of School:
AMC 12

[mint zodiac]

lets just say you will be having a lot of difficult weeks

AP Chem, AP Bio, and AP Physics are 3 very difficult to keep up with APs for most people

[cloud ivy]

Shit

[mint zodiac]

i would personally not take that schedule

your Senior year youre gonna flare out 12 weeks in

you just need to pace yourself in those classes

AP US Gov is a pretty good AP, i help tutor parts of it a little bit irl

take that your Senior year and it should pretty much be a breeze

AP World History is a pretty okay AP class, it's not super difficult but it's also not a freebie course, it's got a good balance

youre taking a super rigorous schedule, youll probably not have a lot of free time often

[mint zodiac]

Language focuses on essays and non-fiction pieces

Literature focuses on essays and poetry, fiction pieces, and dramas

Lit is your more "fluid" class where theres gonna probably be a lot of interpretation of stuff and reading stuff that you have no idea what its trying to actually say a lot of the times

Lang is your more "hard science" english where you have a pretty big focus on non-fiction and persuasive-aimed essays

[obtuse smelt]

I’d do BC junior year. BC covers the same stuff as AB + 2 extra units

[lofty geyser]

oh, but I'm not sure what would I take instead for senior year, also for our high school it says AB is a prerequisite for BC

[obtuse smelt]

Hate schools that do that tbh. Personally I’d just take AB and then just study the extra 2 units to take the BC exam. It’s a bit of work but worth it for getting a whole other class free

What do you plan to go into in college?

[mint zodiac]

^

yea honestly looking at your APs i cant tell what your goal is

[lofty geyser]

I want to do something in engineering. So, i want to major in somethings in here but I'm not sure which ones

Applied Physics
Computer Engineering, General
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Nuclear Engineering
Physics```

[obtuse smelt]

Oh yeah definitely do BC Junior year

[lofty geyser]

I look at the collegeboard site and based it on that

[mint zodiac]

id drop AP US Government then

[obtuse smelt]

You can take differential equations, linear algebra, calc3, etc., senior year

[obtuse smelt]

All those fields have a lot of math requirements

[mint zodiac]

theres two economic APs and both are shit imo because i have a prejudice against taking economics classes but honestly i dont really think you need one

[obtuse smelt]

Why’s that

[mint zodiac]

the AP economics dont connect with STEM very well

[obtuse smelt]

Why should they though?

[obtuse smelt]

I meant about your general statement at the start

[lofty geyser]

is there a huge difference between the difficulty of the prep class and the ap class? bc a ap is a ap right?

[mint zodiac]

why should they what

[obtuse smelt]

Connect to stem

[mint zodiac]

they dont connect to stem thats the thing

[obtuse smelt]

Right, but why do they need to

[mint zodiac]

they have either AP US Gov or AP Micro/Macro their senior year

which is why i brought it up

[obtuse smelt]

Oh no I

[mint zodiac]

none of those 3 are good for a stem stuff

@lofty geyser does ur school offer different AP Physics stuff or just 1

[obtuse smelt]

theres two economic APs and both are shit imo because i have a prejudice against taking economics classes
I meant why’s that, like about the classes in general, I get his situation

[mint zodiac]

bc theres a lot of AP Physics stuff

i just dislike economics

[lofty geyser]

only 1, I asked my current bio teacher

[obtuse smelt]

Yeah I’d do phys 2 or phys C