#course-selection

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vocal locust
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oop dw I would never get a passing grade in that šŸ’€

wintry cove
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But kinda sad because I talked to the teacher today and she said there was nothing I could do

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I have one last assignment that if I do well on will only bring my grade from 88 to 89

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Just need a 0.5 to get to an a-

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If I do well on that assignment

vocal locust
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I was so annoyed about that šŸ’€

wintry cove
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Dang

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Did u get an a tho?

vocal locust
wintry cove
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Thatā€™s what I dislike abt this grading system

vocal locust
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yeah-

wintry cove
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U can literally be a point off

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And it will take a complete point off ur gpa

vocal locust
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yeah-

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totally agree

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rip my GPA after this school year at this rate šŸ˜­

half thicket
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Especially 89šŸ’€

wintry cove
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Itā€™s so triggering

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Cause the teacher wonā€™t even bump it up

half thicket
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Rotc will never be for me

wintry cove
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Ig I had to earn that 1 point

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I dropped rotc next year

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Barely passed this semester

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Joining a sport

half thicket
wintry cove
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Fr

half thicket
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I will said bribe them telling them u will go to the military and you need a 90

wintry cove
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It was history of all subjects

half thicket
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And then drop rotc next year

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They wont do nothing next year

vocal locust
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oh-

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well I've never had to do that-

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I can't relate but I hope your grades goes up the best it can

wintry cove
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Last semester it was rotc that was an 88%

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This semester itā€™s Apwh

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I did drop rotc next year

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Joining a sport

umbral raptor
past tusk
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If i want to take pre calculus over summer so i can go straight to taking AP Calc BC next year as a sophomore, what do i do since i'm moving this summer to a different school and city, but in the same state

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should i do my current school's summer school program or my new school's?

half thicket
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Your new school maybe

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Bc it is a new requirement depending on school

limpid timber
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does anyone know any good APs to self study over the summer (btw im currently freshman so pls take it ez)

snow wadi
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Or well Iā€™m going to try to do that

wintry cove
formal latch
left kernel
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What if you procrastinate during the old years?

quiet arrow
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iā€™ve heard of people who take algebra 1 a year early in 7th grade, algebra 2 in 8th grade, letting them take precalc in 9th grade and ap calc in 10th grade. what would you take after that? do their schools offer stuff past calculus?

river cypress
quiet arrow
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ohh, thanks!

waxen kiln
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Should I take AP Euro History instead of bio in 10th grade and take bio in 11th and ap bio in 12th instead or will this somehow affect my transcript?

silver remnant
quiet arrow
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damn

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my school goes up to ab calc and thatā€™s it

silver remnant
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oh do you have bc?

quiet arrow
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nope

silver remnant
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damn

empty sequoia
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I am going to grade 9 will information technology be better or computer science. Please help

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IT

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I am taking physics, chem,

half thicket
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Statistics

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The more math course the better

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Or just go to your local community college

austere citrus
quiet arrow
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what the hell

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wow

cunning sorrel
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In 8th

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So Iā€™m taking calc next year

quiet arrow
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what grade are you in?

cunning sorrel
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Geo really messed me up, no one really understood proofs

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And it was weird how they introduced it in between alg 1 and 2

quiet arrow
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i never really understood why high schools put it between the two algebra courses

real yew
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life was so much easier when we all were suprised that there are letters in math

cinder gorge
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what is the difference between ib graduation and regular graduation

umbral raptor
opaque lily
coarse bone
quiet arrow
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well yeah

coarse bone
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The way I did it was alg 1 in 7th geo in 8th and alg 2 freshman

quiet arrow
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but my school has a thing where if i demonstrate sufficient skills i can take a more advanced class

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wait

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nevermind

copper yarrow
quiet arrow
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i donā€™t know what itā€™s called

wind void
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Wth are honors I always here about them

loud olive
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Hey everyone
I am aiming for BA psychology in ivy league after 12th. I am currently in class 10 (giving my boards). Do you think me taking arts stream would lessen my chances since many consider it not to be most rigorous course. I am taking arts because I am interested in subjects like history and psychology.

river cypress
rocky trail
loud olive
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Thank you so so much @rocky trail and @river cypress
You don't know how big of a burden I was able to take off my head because of your reassurance ā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

rocky trail
river cypress
quiet arrow
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an honors class is a type of class that is slightly more accelerated and goes more in depth into a certain topic. for example, an english 1 regular class may go over the topics more slowly and focus more on getting the students to understand the concepts, whereas an english 1 honors class assumes that the students will understand the material quickly and the course will spend more time going more in depth into the topics. these classes are usually for the more academically inclined as it is more of a challenge than regular classes, but it looks better on college applications and the gpa is usually weighted differently.

cinder gorge
quiet arrow
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ah

limber temple
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If i take honors chem next year, should i take the ap chem exam with a little self studying?

lyric oyster
half thicket
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Deff do honors before any ap stem classes

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Especially ap chemistry

cinder gorge
limber temple
limber temple
limber temple
lyric oyster
limber temple
half thicket
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Just take the class and then ap chem and you gotta study/memorised stuff in your free time bc its ap chem lol

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But do know the foundations

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Pretty sure you can self study some basic ap chem foundation that will help you and you can jump ahead

turbid rover
low basin
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Iā€™m in my early hs career and Iā€™m wanting to become either a speech pathologist or an occupational therapist. What courses should I start taking to help better prepare myself to be successful in college (APs, duel enrollment, etc)

low heron
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Has anyone or is anyone in the PLTW class IED (introduction to engineering)? I need exam help!

quiet arrow
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should i double up on math classes for freshman year? i'm supposed to take algebra 2, but would it be doable to do that and geometry as well?

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also algebra 2 is apparently a prerequisite for geometry at my school

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which is strange

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most schools actually teach geometry before algebra 2

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so

mossy garnet
fallen cloak
fossil pasture
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If you could, I would recommend taking a class over the summer. You don't want to overwhelm yourself during the school year.

quiet arrow
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i donā€™t think my school offers that

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i mean i can self study and test out for sophomore year

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i donā€™t even know if thatā€™s allowed either

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iā€™ll just email my gc about it

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ahh iā€™ve already bothered her enough about classes

rotund lichen
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lol

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my counselor hates me

cinder gorge
quiet arrow
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yeah

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iā€™m also going to try to do a little self studying of algebra 2 over the summer

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and geometry is easy

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so

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yeah

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yeah i think iā€™m good

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i donā€™t even know if my counselor will allow me to do both

quiet arrow
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iā€™m just going to self study it over the summer next year

drifting hazel
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Guys any tips for Calculus BC? I will be talking it next year, and my teacher has a reputation for being hard, but also really effective at making everyone get a five

stable spoke
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Late Response (Useful for Everyone): Don't worry about the amount. I am going to be taking 4 as a sophomore, 6 as a junior, and 8 as a senior, but trust me on this DO NOT TAKE AP CLASSES THAT WILL NOT HELP YOUR MAJOR. Only exception is if you want to raise Weighted GPA or for Course Rigor.

daring jay
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So in total your going to be taking

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18 APs?

stable spoke
daring jay
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Impressive

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@stable spoke what APs out of curiosity

stable spoke
stable spoke
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  • AP Psychology
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  • AP Computer Science Principles
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  • AP Seminar
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  • AP US Government and Politics
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  • AP Art History
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  • AP US History
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  • AP Research
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  • AP Computer Science A
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  • AP Physics 1 - Algebra Based
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  • AP Spanish IV
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  • AP English (IDK if language or literature)
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  • AP Calculus AB + BC
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  • AP Statistics
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  • AP Microeconomics
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  • AP Macroeconomics
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  • AP Comparative Government and Politics
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  • AP Spanish V
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  • AP Physics 2
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  • AP Chemistry, AP Biology or AP Physics C (Can't decide because Chem and Bio will get rid of one of my AP's)
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  • AP Human Geography
  • AP European History
stable spoke
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So Basically 21

daring jay
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Back

stable spoke
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So 22

daring jay
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Holy crap

stable spoke
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holy crap indeed my good sir

daring jay
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Lol

stable spoke
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im not gonna take all exams btw

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dont wanna waste too much money XD

daring jay
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Fair

stable spoke
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But you should not worry

daring jay
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You could prob self study some of those freshman year tbh

stable spoke
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I was worried both 8th and 9th grade I am currently in denial for mental health problem lol

daring jay
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Ohhhh your in 9th

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Nvm

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Nice tho

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Gl with all of those

rocky trail
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What's AP meaning tho

daring jay
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Advanced Placement

stable spoke
daring jay
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Couple of APs coming out soon

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That you may want to consider adding to the list

stable spoke
daring jay
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This year there releasing AP Precalculus

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And in 2024 there releasing AP Business Principles

stable spoke
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LETS F**KING GOOO

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are those the only ones

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where can i find the list

daring jay
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Thereā€™s also gonna be like AP Anatomy and AP African Studies or something like that

stable spoke
daring jay
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Just google newest APs

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And stuff

rocky trail
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Why would you take so many aps

daring jay
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AP Business Principles I learned about on LinkedIn

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Since there hiring people to help create the curriculum @stable spoke

rocky trail
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What's ur goal

stable spoke
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damn 8th graders on it now

daring jay
stable spoke
daring jay
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Iā€™m not the normal eighth grader to be fair

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Lol

stable spoke
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grader* :D

rocky trail
daring jay
stable spoke
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But i am a history nerd

rocky trail
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Cool

daring jay
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Would duel major but classes wouldnā€™t overlap

rocky trail
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But those are subjects not jobs

twilit ember
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YOOO ECONOMICS

stable spoke
stable spoke
daring jay
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CS majors take discrete mathematics while Civil Engineers take Calculus and applied mathematics so canā€™t really duel major @stable spoke

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Much sadness

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lol

rocky trail
twilit ember
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Cs Makes me go brrr when i have to do math

stable spoke
rocky trail
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What are those about

stable spoke
rocky trail
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Why would you study economics then

stable spoke
twilit ember
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Im in cs classes in my highschool but i prob end up doin a business major

stable spoke
stable spoke
twilit ember
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But i mean economics Gets me goin

stable spoke
twilit ember
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My cs teacher majored in Finance and he knows like 20+ languages

stable spoke
stable spoke
twilit ember
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I actully have someone in my family that is one of the codin staff i believe possibly director of Nasa idk if

stable spoke
stable spoke
twilit ember
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That im not sure of but i need do somethin like that

quiet arrow
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super useless

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but sick

left kernel
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Is Discrete Math hard to understand?

candid patio
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Iā€™m going to be taking world history over the summer so does anyone know what they might go over to get prepared for it?

spice mirage
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WW 1 WW2

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umm

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what else

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prolly englasnd being op

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and...

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yeah pretty mich it

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much*

candid patio
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Oh aight thank you!

spice mirage
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yeah np

glad mountain
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Is there any highschool (non-science) classes that might prepare me for dentistry?

onyx heart
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I need to write an archaeological report on Otzi the iceman. I have to use archaeological skills and vocabulary and I am having trouble on how to properly implement them. ( we have already been sources and we use those)

vagrant fog
cobalt shuttle
quiet arrow
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it is

daring jay
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Mb

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Misphrased that

real moon
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Do you recommend skipping normal chemistry over the summer to take AP Chemistry in 10th grade. At my school, normal chemistry is a pre requisite to AP Chemistry

quartz mural
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Currently a freshman

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is this too many APs

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I want to take difficult classes but I also don't want to ruin my mental health

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so should I lessen my course load?

daring jay
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Interesting your school offers

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Honors Civil Engineering ?

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@quartz mural

quartz mural
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yeah it's part of the engineering pathway for career technical education

daring jay
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Oh nice your going to a technical vocational school

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I actually happen to be going to one as well @quartz mural

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School of Design for architecture & civil engineering

quartz mural
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well no I go to a regular public high school but they offer engineering classes

daring jay
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Damnn

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Thatā€™s a sick public high school then

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Lol

quartz mural
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yea

wintry cove
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what is the difference between the harvard cs50 courses and ap csp. im debating whether or not i should start cs50 if i alr did principles. they r both intro to programming so not rlly sure whats the diff. if anyone has taken both lmk

pastel fable
half thicket
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Is it beneficial to be on practicum in stem

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The pre requiste are you have to be in engineering design and presentation

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So was wondering would that be good on my college application

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Is like a iternship where you get paid basically when it has "practicum"

quiet arrow
pastel fable
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rate my senior yr anticipated schedule šŸ˜

IMG_8233.png
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might switch biomed idk

quiet arrow
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solid schedule

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is cs principles ap?

pastel fable
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no

quiet arrow
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ah

pastel fable
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but weā€™re allowed to take the ap exam

quiet arrow
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oh sock

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*sick

pastel fable
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yeah so iā€™m def gonna take it lol

quiet arrow
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good luck

terse dawn
pastel fable
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but im interested in chem and its the first yr theyre offering it so this is my only chance

opaque lily
pastel fable
opaque lily
opaque lily
pastel fable
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well idk if i will but i'm thinking 3 science classes will be too much, but also idk what i'd switch it out for so i'm gonna leave it as is

opaque lily
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Ight

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Everything should be fine so long as you stay focused on APUSH and AP Chem

olive vector
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Where is the easiest and budget online school take ap classes to get high school credit

snow dagger
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i cant till junior

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smh

daring jay
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My school doesnā€™t offer APs till sophomore year(many students at the high school Iā€™m going will be taking AP Calc AB by that point) however you can self study any AP you want

snow dagger
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yeah ik itā€™s just annoying that they donā€™t offer it till then

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in all honesty Iā€™ll probably take APs during the summer at CC

cinder gorge
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My school only offers ap physics 1 but its really hard to get into

prisma arch
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Not allowed
APs till soph :(

cinder gorge
half thicket
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šŸ˜ fun class and nice teacher for my experienced

pastel fable
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fun

tough kelp
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I have an algebra exam tomorrow and i only studied for 1 hour, how do i still get a good grade? Iā€™m really nervous

limpid timber
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get some good sleep

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then do practice problems in the morning

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or go over past mistakes

lean mirage
orchid pelican
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I decided to take AP English I in my sophomore year instead of English II, was this a good decision?

cinder gorge
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Seeing as there is no class called AP English I, i have no clue what youre doing

calm oriole
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I am at middle school lol

flat wedge
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I am going into high school this coming September and I had chosen robotics for my one, free pre-IB class. The problem is that my high school had canceled that class for the year and I am in a quarrel with myself whether to choose leadership(good on my resume) or athletic injury management(going into a biology major). Which do you think would be a better fit?

cinder gorge
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do things because youre passionate about them not for your resume

flat wedge
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Ok thank you so much

toxic cobalt
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Hello guys

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So i am currently taking Spanish II right now

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i took Spanish I freshman year

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im a sophomore

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however, for most colleges 2 years is the minimum amount of language you need

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and i am committed on a career for engineerinhg

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so instead of wasting time in spanish, should i sign up for a more helpful science or math course?

icy iron
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If I made one mistake in highschool, it was that I didn't take more years of language. I took two years of spanish. I was on the engineering track, as well, and had the same thought process as you. What I found out last year is that a lot of schools, especially tier 1 schools, require or encourage 3 years of a foreign language.

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So, you might want to look into what schools you might want to apply for, and see their requirements.

toxic cobalt
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michigan is one of them

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umich

icy iron
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What class would you take instead of spanish?

toxic cobalt
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they require 2

toxic cobalt
icy iron
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What class is that?

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Sorry, idk acronyms

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If you really feel that class would be more beneficial, especially if it's a prerequisite to another class, do it

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If not, just take spanish

toxic cobalt
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ap enviormental science

icy iron
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Best case scenario - if you want to, take APES, and do spanish 3 online or your senior year

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Seeing that it's an ap class, probably take APES instead

toxic cobalt
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yea

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i also like georgia tech

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they require 2 years

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UVA is also on my list

icy iron
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ooh gt is nice

toxic cobalt
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2 years

icy iron
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It's great that you have colleges on your radar!

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Up until this year, I only considered in state schools, so my classes were tailored towards them

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Then an opportunity hit where I going to an out-of-state, tier 1 school hit me

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So you never know what could happen in two years!

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So it's best to prepare to go to the best school you can, just in case

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
cinder gorge
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What class

toxic cobalt
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geometry, i didn't do so well on a test

cinder gorge
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dang

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what grade are u in

toxic cobalt
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but that was only the 2nd test that i got below 90

icy iron
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But more importantly, just remember that school isn't the only part of your life. Your self worth shouldn't rely on your grades. Also, don't stress yourself out too much

toxic cobalt
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sophomore :/

cinder gorge
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o damn

toxic cobalt
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it sucks

icy iron
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Geometry <<<

toxic cobalt
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cuz i can't take calc in highschool

cinder gorge
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o

icy iron
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You can!!

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Just take a course over the summer

cinder gorge
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u could attempt a pre calc summer course

toxic cobalt
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my school dosen't offer it

cinder gorge
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double enrollment

icy iron
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What about your school district?

toxic cobalt
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oh

toxic cobalt
icy iron
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Do they have some kind of online school?

toxic cobalt
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i asked them

icy iron
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Why don't they offer precalc?

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That's wack

toxic cobalt
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they do

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i can take it senior year though

icy iron
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Check if they have precalc on the online school

cinder gorge
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yea

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try ur best to take pre calc over the summer so u have a chance to get into calculus

toxic cobalt
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ok

icy iron
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Math is really important when applying to engineering schools

cinder gorge
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it will buff your chances of making it in to whatever college

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and

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it will tell them ur willing to tryhard math

icy iron
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Most kids apply with at least AP Calc AB done

toxic cobalt
icy iron
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Some kids apply with Calc III under their belt

toxic cobalt
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my freshman year courses:

cinder gorge
icy iron
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yeah

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but the competition is still there

toxic cobalt
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Algebra I
English I Honors
Spanish I
Accounting I
Physical Education
Biology Honors
Modern World History Honors

icy iron
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I feel that most kids you'd be competing with have at least AP Calc BC

cinder gorge
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They can't really buff the people who took classes most people are unable to do so's chances

icy iron
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^^^

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My school doesn't have AP

cursive vector
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Y'all schools let you take classes over the summer?

icy iron
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So I know that struggle well

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We have only 5 ap courses

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Had to do with what I had

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so I took them all

toxic cobalt
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my sophomore (currently)

Geometry Honors
English II Honors
American Government Honors
Chemistry Honors
Health
Robotics Engineering
Intro to Business
Current Issues

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Spanish II

icy iron
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That looks like a pretty good schedule!

toxic cobalt
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i already preselected by course for next year

cinder gorge
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Nice schedulle

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Schedule

cursive vector
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My school doesn't even do honors

toxic cobalt
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AP Statistics
Algebra II Honors
AP Lang & Comp
US History Honors
Advanced Engineering
Physics Honors
Spanish III Honors (Want to replace with AP environmental science)
Entrepreneurship Honors (1/2 year)
Intro to Astronomy (1/2 year)

blazing gull
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taking ap statistics is good

cinder gorge
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My schedule for freshman is

Algebra II
Honors USGov
Academic English
Honors Physics
Violin
Computer Science 1

blazing gull
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although

blazing gull
cursive vector
cinder gorge
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how do u get so many classes

toxic cobalt
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i already tried asking

blazing gull
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oh

cinder gorge
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so lucky

toxic cobalt
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they said you need to take algebra II

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to get into pre

cinder gorge
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we have 90 minute classes

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so we only get a couple

blazing gull
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we get 90 minutes as well

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but each semester, we switch out the four we had

toxic cobalt
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my best bet

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is to find an online course

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that will give me a credit

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for calc

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cuz i can take precalc senior year

blazing gull
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so i have 2 core classes and 2 electies one semester and then 4 completely different ones the next semester

toxic cobalt
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just i wanna fit in calc

blazing gull
toxic cobalt
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i did

blazing gull
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if theres any way you can earn the credit

cinder gorge
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My school allows to skip Pre Calc for Calc AB if u get an A (A- doesn't count) in Honors Algebra 2

blazing gull
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by not doing the formal sit in precalc

toxic cobalt
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i should've said I am into aerospace engineering

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they might've let me take it

blazing gull
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well

toxic cobalt
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but they were just

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very scared to allow me to do so

cursive vector
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R ur guys pre calc pre calc/trig or just pre calc

toxic cobalt
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cuz its going to be very hard

blazing gull
icy iron
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Precalc did not help me at all in ap calc

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The material is just very different

toxic cobalt
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hm ok

cinder gorge
icy iron
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If anything, precalc is just an extension of algebra II

cinder gorge
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i wish my school had engineering courses

blazing gull
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i found it very helpful

toxic cobalt
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im taking advanced engineering next year

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its going to include

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coding

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cad

cinder gorge
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my school has this scuffed engineering class

toxic cobalt
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problem solving (like we are given a task and we have to use basic materials to solve the problem)

cinder gorge
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its dogwater

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so everyone just takes comp sci

toxic cobalt
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lucky

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my school dosen't offer comp sci

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i wish it did

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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ongh

cinder gorge
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so they can start highschool with ap comp sci

toxic cobalt
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i will probably registir for an online ap comp sci

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register*

blazing gull
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@icy iron

toxic cobalt
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senior year im planning to take AP chem

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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ik its going to be mad hard

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but im up to the challenge

blazing gull
cursive vector
toxic cobalt
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im taking chem honors

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as of rn

icy iron
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At least from my experience

toxic cobalt
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i wish i took ap psych this year

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but unfortantley

cursive vector
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I'm taking it senior yr

toxic cobalt
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i wasn't serious about school until mid sophomore year

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i could've doubled algebra II and geometry this year

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so i could take precalc next year

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and calc senior year

cursive vector
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That's what I did

toxic cobalt
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but because of my carelessness at the beginning of the year, i didn't

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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and i regret that so hard

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of why did i not take it serious from day 1

toxic cobalt
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if im into engineering

cursive vector
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I lowkey regret not taking physics this yr

icy iron
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Yes it will

toxic cobalt
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in chem honors, i have a 99 rn

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but

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thats honors

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not ap

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ap is going to be like 5x more difficul

cinder gorge
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its good u took chem honors

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ap chem is really hard without a chem foundation

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trust me u will thank urself

toxic cobalt
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mhm

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i just regret not taking alegbra II this year

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so i could start precalc next year

cursive vector
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My adv English teacher basically scared us about ap lang saying basically nobody gets an a and that very few ppl should take it...does anyone else teachers do that

toxic cobalt
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and calc senior year

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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AP physics is the hardest AP class

cinder gorge
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not AP physics 1

cursive vector
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I disagree

cinder gorge
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and 2

toxic cobalt
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so guys

cursive vector
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My school has ap physicist 1 and 2 but not c

toxic cobalt
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what do i do so i can get to calc by senior year

cinder gorge
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AP physics 1 and 2 are algebra based

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so they arent that hard

toxic cobalt
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cuz it will suck if i don't get a calc credit

cinder gorge
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AP physics C is calculus based

toxic cobalt
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alot of these engineering schools require calc

cinder gorge
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so it is really really hard

cinder gorge
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if u self study trig and do a summer course

cursive vector
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Ye I wish j just would've took physics this yr so I could take ap next yr

cinder gorge
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u should be fine

toxic cobalt
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can you link me to one? or do i need to talk with my counsler

cinder gorge
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at my school its 9th grade physics 10th grade chem 11th grade bio

but u can take chem and bio both in 10th grade if u tryhard

cursive vector
cinder gorge
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Bio 10 chem 11

cinder gorge
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Physics could be 10 aswell

cursive vector
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i hate bio so much

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its so boring imo

cursive vector
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The first units are easy so that was pretty fun tho

cinder gorge
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ye

cursive vector
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But the glycolysis one was too much tbh

cinder gorge
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its easy but it bores me to death

cursive vector
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I fell asleep like twice

cinder gorge
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thats why im definitely not taking ap bio

cursive vector
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I am

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My friend said it was not that hard

cinder gorge
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ima take ap physics and ap chem

cursive vector
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But he's 1st in our class and rly smart so I shouldn't trust him

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Good luck

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at my school they buff or destroy ur gpa

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because its double the credits

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and weighting

cursive vector
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5 instead of 4?

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For As?

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Or is ur school GPA scale different

cinder gorge
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my school does weighted and unweighted

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but idk which scale

toxic cobalt
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my school offers valedictorian

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but i ain't getting in that lmao

cinder gorge
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I'm whatever the second one is

toxic cobalt
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i was at least top 3

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salutatorian

cursive vector
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there is no 3rd?

cinder gorge
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there isnt

toxic cobalt
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damn

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whats your dream college

cinder gorge
icy iron
cinder gorge
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then mit

toxic cobalt
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same

icy iron
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same

toxic cobalt
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lmao

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stanford is one

cinder gorge
icy iron
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It's achievable, just gotta plan early

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Mines yale or johns hopkins

icy iron
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nice

toxic cobalt
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congrats

cursive vector
toxic cobalt
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cuz im already a sophomore

icy iron
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Thanks!

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to go to mit

toxic cobalt
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and i haven't taken any APs yet

icy iron
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I got defered from MIT, but committed to Northwestern before I got my MIT results back

cinder gorge
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being valedictorian or salutatorian is a necessity basically

icy iron
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so idk if I got into MIT or not

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And I just have to live with it

toxic cobalt
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grades aren't everything though

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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if you want ivy leagues

icy iron
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excuse my language

cinder gorge
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i don't mind

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but yea

icy iron
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It's about character and personal achievements

cinder gorge
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toxic cobalt
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as gohar said

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it should be a story

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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of why you did

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what you did

icy iron
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or five

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actually

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Bro cured cancer

cinder gorge
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what was ur ec's?

icy iron
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It's not about quantity, it's about quality though

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I cared a lot about two of them

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which is what carried

toxic cobalt
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im sorry if i don't know

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but

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what are ec lmao

cursive vector
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I have like 3 rn but there pretty lame

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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oh

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oh i didnt spell that right lol

toxic cobalt
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i am in chess club and apart of the golf team so far

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and in NHS

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my school doesnt have either one of those

cursive vector
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At my school we can't get into nhs until junior yr

toxic cobalt
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next year im planning to open up my own club

cursive vector
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I'm in hosa that's the only club I'm in

cursive vector
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ivys love that

cursive vector
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Mine is volunteering at different nursing homes

toxic cobalt
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when you take the initiative

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Im excited for my school book club

cinder gorge
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ima try to make a stocks club at my school

toxic cobalt
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sorry if i didn't spell that right

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Now we can do fundraiser,comeptition,bake sale and alot of stuff

icy iron
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My stats:

Rank: 1/600
GPA: 5.05 out of 4.0
Test: 1450 SAT (Did not submit)

Extracurriculars: President of TSA Chapter in my school, 3 year officer of student government, 2 year National Honors Society member, Varsity Tennis Player.

Honors and Distinctions: Questbridge NCM Finalist, Gold Key Scholastic Arts and Writing Winner, AICE Diploma with Distinction, placed in States for Videogame Design (TSA), placed 2nd in States for Videogame Design (TSA), invited for Nationals for Engineering Design and Videogame Design (TSA), self teaching AICE Chemistry A-Level (equivalent to Chem 2 and Organic chemistry) 9 AICE classes, 5 AP courses (out of the 6 my school offers), local Art show winners, stuff like that.

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I've seen kids with less get into better schools

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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sheesh

icy iron
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and I've seen kids with more not get into Northwestern

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It's really a gamble

cinder gorge
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im aiming for gatech

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its probably my best bet

icy iron
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ooh gatech!!!

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Go bulldogs

toxic cobalt
icy iron
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I should have applied

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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applied*

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oh

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i mean tha resume dosen't seem terrible

cinder gorge
icy iron
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Florida

cinder gorge
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ooh

cursive vector
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I have very few awards I should work on that

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im from New Jersey

icy iron
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Being from FL is also a disadvantage

toxic cobalt
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i only have high honors as rewards lmao

icy iron
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I go to a pretty shitty public school too

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nothing private

cursive vector
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I'm from Kansas bruhšŸ¤“

cinder gorge
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I actually need to work on EC's

toxic cobalt
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im from CT

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in fact

icy iron
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Just do with what you have guys

toxic cobalt
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believe or not

cinder gorge
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trying out for robotics

toxic cobalt
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i went to the highschool

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gohar went to

icy iron
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Succeed within your realm, that's what your colleges are looking for

toxic cobalt
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so

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because if i make it itll look really good

toxic cobalt
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yea

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dont think i will

icy iron
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Not everyone can be a science academic olympiad, nor does everyone have the recourses

cinder gorge
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theres 300 ppl applying

icy iron
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Do the best you can, and just remember, that college is college

cursive vector
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Wish my school had science Olympiad tbh

toxic cobalt
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it be*

cinder gorge
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make sure everything stays well

toxic cobalt
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yea ik

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i have a 94 in english rn

cinder gorge
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and commit to subjects instead of dropping them

toxic cobalt
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even spanish?

cinder gorge
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yeah try to stick with it

toxic cobalt
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even though im probably going to forget like 95% of it

icy iron
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Make some projects on your own time

sleek hornet
icy iron
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Develop some hobbies that you can do

toxic cobalt
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im planning to learn coding this summer

icy iron
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I made videogames!!!!

cinder gorge
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Take advantages of the whole year, the summer, and try to get internships

toxic cobalt
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so next summer i can try to do an internship

icy iron
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Check out a game I made!

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Something like this on your portfolio, will really help you get into MIT

cinder gorge
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icy iron
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Sadly, I didn't finish the game by the time I started to apply

icy iron
icy iron
toxic cobalt
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i heard

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like

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this is really good

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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something along the lines

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rasperrypi

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or something like that

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is goof

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good*

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icy iron
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I disagree

cursive vector
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The non-profit I'm in is paying for it so that's why I'm going to one

icy iron
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it's not bad

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but I like arduino more

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It's more user friendly

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Try learning arduinos

toxic cobalt
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im also trying to learn blender

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3d modeling

icy iron
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3d modeling is also great

cinder gorge
icy iron
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learn all that you can in the time you can

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go one by one

toxic cobalt
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ik

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im saying after learning coding

cinder gorge
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k good

toxic cobalt
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im going to learn 3d modelling

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and i love flight simulation

icy iron
toxic cobalt
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mhm

icy iron
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or any school like that for engineering

toxic cobalt
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im doing that this summer

icy iron
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Coding takes more than a summer to learn

toxic cobalt
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the great old python

icy iron
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Like any skill

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python is a great language to start

toxic cobalt
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as for sports, i do golf

icy iron
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it's also a good language overall

cinder gorge
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ye

icy iron
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oh yes that helps!

toxic cobalt
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im on varsity too

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as a sophomore

daring jay
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Python

icy iron
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Look for summer programs

daring jay
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And still be an excellent programmer

cinder gorge
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I'm learning c++ rn

toxic cobalt
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thats good

icy iron
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C# gang

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favorite syntax

toxic cobalt
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my dad is a good coder

icy iron
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by far

daring jay
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Python Gang

cinder gorge
toxic cobalt
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he said that once you learn one language

daring jay
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C#s great

toxic cobalt
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other languages become easier

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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cuz its mostly the samre

icy iron
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It's fast, makes sense, and you can also allocate memory by hand if you want to!

daring jay
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Tho only if you actually understand the CS content

toxic cobalt
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just a few format adjustments

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as for grades

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my current GPA rn is a 94

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weighted

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so idk if thats low or high

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or just good enough

cursive vector
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Is your gpa out of 100?

toxic cobalt
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mhm

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weighted

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is 94/100

cursive vector
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I have no idea

icy iron
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That sounds pretty good!

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College bound for sure

toxic cobalt
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is that a 4.0?

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or like a 3.9?

icy iron
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I'm not too sure

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but probably at least a 3.8

toxic cobalt
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cuz gpa is very controversial

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some schools its a 3.8

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some its a 4.0

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some its a 3.9

icy iron
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gpa doesn't make the application,

toxic cobalt
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ik

icy iron
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there is is so much inflation

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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but having that 4.0 just makes it look good

daring jay
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You need good ECs

icy iron
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I'm the valedictorian, and that didn't help me much

daring jay
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Course rigour

icy iron
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at least

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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i am planning to take the SAT

cinder gorge
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My school has so many people

toxic cobalt
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i started to prep for it since march

cinder gorge
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Itā€™s scary thinking about val

toxic cobalt
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cuz i want that 1500 very badly

cursive vector
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Im planning to take the act

toxic cobalt
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you don't need val for a college like MIT

cursive vector
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Next school yr prob

icy iron
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toxic cobalt
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im also signed up on nextadmit

icy iron
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low-income public :c

toxic cobalt
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i will show you the ones i got

half thicket
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They gave me the sat test from last year to review

daring jay
toxic cobalt
icy iron
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being low-income is lowkey the strat for getting into tier 1 schools

toxic cobalt
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Ahhh mine is from the college board

toxic cobalt
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I got an act tutor with textbooks and stuff

half thicket
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Yeah sadly I dont have that

toxic cobalt
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those are the books i have so far

icy iron
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yuck

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the sat

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Books are great

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Kahn academy is also an amazing free option

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I only took mine once

toxic cobalt
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yea

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but

icy iron
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don't do that

toxic cobalt
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my fundamentals are lacking

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in grammar and reading

icy iron
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take it as much as you can

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I'm sure you'll catch up!

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You got an entire summer

toxic cobalt
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yea

icy iron
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remember not to burn yourself out though

half thicket
toxic cobalt
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im halfway through my SAT grammar good

half thicket
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She let me borrowed it

cursive vector
toxic cobalt
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book&

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yea i need to do that lol

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so guys should i worry about calc rn

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or should i focus on completing algebra II

cursive vector
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It took me like 5 minutes to read a whole passage now it takes me like half but that's for act

toxic cobalt
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and then worry about calc

half thicket
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The library has some good sat textbook and he knows me good

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So thats what I mostly used

half thicket
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Mostly unit circle /trig

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But in my school to take calc u need a pre calc creditšŸ˜­

cursive vector
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Mhm

toxic cobalt
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im trying to take precalc next year or next summer

half thicket
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Thats why im doing pre calc in comm college

toxic cobalt
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so i can take calc senior year

half thicket
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SAME

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Bc i have all As in alg 2honors

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I self study unit circle

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Legit bought the princeton review

toxic cobalt
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oh

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so what would you do

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if you were in my situation

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so i could take calc by senior year

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and take precalc before it

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Deff skip pre calc

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Ap calc in summer is really good

toxic cobalt
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i can;'t

half thicket
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And if you self study pre calc n master alg 2

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Why?

toxic cobalt
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i need to take

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precalc

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in order to take calc

half thicket
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Then do summer school

toxic cobalt
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according to my school guidelines

half thicket
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Talk to your counselor man^^

toxic cobalt
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its a stretch to skip precalc

half thicket
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Especially dual credit counselor

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They will list some free sumemr pogram that can give u hs n college credit

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But pretty sure summer courses for comm college alr ended

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Theres also an option idk abt your school but depending on the subject you want to skip you can take a test abt that subject in summer and if you passed it you earned that credit

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But you have to self study that subject hard over summer

toxic cobalt
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and worst case

half thicket
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But may vary if your school does that

toxic cobalt
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should i take calc on khan academy

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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even though it won't give me a credit

daring jay
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Iā€™m skipping Pre Calc and Algebra 2 summer before my sophomore year

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To take

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My counselor always praying for my downfall

toxic cobalt
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i will still know calc

daring jay
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AP Calc AB sophomore

toxic cobalt
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Great ol teacher pls give me knowledge

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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damn

half thicket
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Which is?

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Bc I need to know

daring jay
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Union County Magnet School

half thicket
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In school summer pogram

toxic cobalt
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im going to the highschool gohar went to

half thicket
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Or is out diff organization

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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yea

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seymour highschool

half thicket
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Did you ask the prinicipal if there was summer classe?

icy iron
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I took it Junior year

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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i found that so suprising

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that

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gohar went to my highschoo

half thicket
cursive vector
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Brush I wish I was at a magnet school

icy iron
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Omg my high school is ranked #6,268 in the nation

daring jay
icy iron
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that's so funny

daring jay
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Instead they expect

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You to be displined

cursive vector
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Mines prob ranked like 20,000

half thicket
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Ahhh so you told your counselor for summer pogram?

daring jay
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And tell you to do it on your own @half thicket

half thicket
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Damn

icy iron
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The school doesn't define you!!!

daring jay
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Which many students do

half thicket
daring jay
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And many students pass finals

cursive vector
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Nvm its mid 7,000s

toxic cobalt
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mine is ranked #4,119

half thicket
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So you take a test that give u the credit?

icy iron
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Just cause you don't go to a fancy public or a private school doesn't mean that you can't succeed with what you have!

daring jay
toxic cobalt
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northwestern is hard to get into

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9% acceptance rate

half thicket
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OHHH

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OKAY

cursive vector
half thicket
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Wow that makes sense

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So i was right

icy iron
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Some school does that huh

icy iron
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T10 baby

toxic cobalt
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damn

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congrats

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you def could get into MIT

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if you can get into nw

half thicket
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Man im doing comm collegešŸ˜­

toxic cobalt
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your good

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i also heard colleges love it when you do research

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for a local university or sum

daring jay
half thicket
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Ahh well lets hope

toxic cobalt
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i was gonna do football this summer

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but i don't want to anymore

cursive vector
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I was gonna finish my book tn but I changed my mind

toxic cobalt
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damn brugger

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you writing a whole college app

icy iron
# half thicket It deff doesšŸ’€

As someone who has gone though the college application process, being a part of the lower income family and community, and with friend with others of the same status, whom are going to attend MIT, Standford, Princeton, Caltech, John Hopkins, etc, I can say with upmost confidence that the school you attend does not matter (unless you go to a really really fancy private school or feeder school - which many don't anway). You need to succeed with the resources given to you. You need to make it known what limitations that you have faced as a student because of your school, and show how you overcame it. It's not about who took Calc 3 Sophmore year, or whether you got a 1600 on your SAT. It's about whether or not you managed to do your best with the materials you were given. Although stats like that may help, going into an elite school and most other schools is a manner of holistic review. My school didn't offer many AP classes my fellow applicants took. I still got into a good Uni. It's cause I tried my hardest with what I was given. Those friends I mentioned also have similar experiences. As underclassmen, I feel like you guys should really understand this.

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Yeah sorry

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Just something that I wish I knew earlier

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There is always going to be someone smarter than you

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But being of the best character you can is the most important

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toxic cobalt
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but congrats