course-selection

[toxic cobalt]

you got into a <10% acceptance rate college

[half thicket]

Looking a lil bit like my college essay

🤨

[toxic cobalt]

lmao

[cursive vector]

Not possible

[toxic cobalt]

yea

i have a problem with comparing myself to others

see, i wasn't gifted good intelligence

[cursive vector]

Can't relate

[toxic cobalt]

so i have to study for quite a bit to understand a concept

[cursive vector]

Jp

[toxic cobalt]

while my friend studies for like 5 mins and still gets a grade higher than me

[half thicket]

Me with white people

[cursive vector]

[drifting magnet]

You see thats where you have an advantage over others. I was just like you friend, I never had to study for anything. That was until I took ap calc. I thought i could go through the class without studying, but I was so wrong lmao. Those who were used to thoroughly studying did significantly better than me because they had that practice engrained into them. I learned that the hard way.

So dont feel bad about having to studying

It will especially help you in college ;)_

[toxic cobalt]

and still get a lowe grade

lmao

get a lower or same grade

thats what bothers me

[cursive vector]

That was me in geometry I felt kinds bad tbh

[toxic cobalt]

thats me in geometry rn

these two freshman score higher than me

even though i study alot more

[drifting magnet]

Geometry can be rough tbh

[cursive vector]

My friends would study and get a kinda bad grade meanwhile I wouldn't

[half thicket]

Bro geometry?

[toxic cobalt]

and they study for like 30 mins

[drifting magnet]

Have you guys looked at khan academy practice materials?

[toxic cobalt]

yea

[cursive vector]

I didn't study once in geometry😭

[half thicket]

Bro

[toxic cobalt]

i am disappointed i didn't take advantage of it

[cursive vector]

No

[toxic cobalt]

i am going to next year though

[half thicket]

Yall should always study 24/7

[cursive vector]

I only studied for like 3 classes

[half thicket]

Better be the easy one

No reason to not study

[drifting magnet]

In the earlier years of high school you dont really need to study that much tbh

[toxic cobalt]

i struggled so much in amercian gov this year

i had such a shitty teacher

[half thicket]

You could study for psat,sat,act,tsi,ap

Anything

[icy iron]

I never studied until Junior year. I took AICE Chem, where studying was a must

[cursive vector]

I studied for ap world🤟

[icy iron]

It's a really valuable skill

the earlier you learn to study, the better you'll do

[half thicket]

When your freshman schedule was half of ap classes🤧

[toxic cobalt]

damn

[half thicket]

Never again ima take half dc n half ap

[toxic cobalt]

my school dosen't allow freshman to take ap

LOL

[cursive vector]

Same

[drifting magnet]

Yeahhh

freshmen and aps

eeee

[half thicket]

I was in the "gifted " pogram

So I could skip some

It was fun ig

[toxic cobalt]

my golf season just ended

[cursive vector]

Gifted kids still couldn't in my school

[toxic cobalt]

first year in varsity

[cursive vector]

But they could take dual j think

[half thicket]

? Damn

Well dual is kinda tricky

Bc of the tsi

[toxic cobalt]

one freshman is taking 4 APs next year

[half thicket]

And all that

[toxic cobalt]

he's gohars brother

so it makes sense

[cursive vector]

I was trying to take 4 junior yr

[half thicket]

No dc?

[cursive vector]

But bc there's only a limited number if classes I couldn't

[toxic cobalt]

oh wait

guys

[half thicket]

Junior year can make or break you

[toxic cobalt]

so for stats

[cursive vector]

I was trying to take 1 but it didn't work out

[toxic cobalt]

they provide the AP exam

or

the ECE exam

which one should i do

[half thicket]

Damn what happened man

[cursive vector]

There is only one ap lang class St my school and the college class was at the same time

[toxic cobalt]

im taking ap lang next year

but no way in hell am i taking ap lit

helll noo

[drifting magnet]

How many aps have you taken? Colleges limit how many ap classes that can be used for credit

[toxic cobalt]

none so far

this year was boring for APs

it was AP euro

AP gov

[cursive vector]

I will for the gpa boost

[toxic cobalt]

bro you seriously gonna read poetry

[cursive vector]

My school doesn't have that unfortunately

[drifting magnet]

Ap euro is hell and ultimately pointless

im ngl

[toxic cobalt]

yea

my friends complain about it so much

[drifting magnet]

yeah it was just there for bragging rights i feel lol

[cursive vector]

Pretty sure a push is harder right

[toxic cobalt]

the ap euro teacher at my school is so damn strict too

yea

apush is harder

[cursive vector]

My apwh teacher teaches apush aswell

[toxic cobalt]

the apush teacher in my school sucks

[drifting magnet]

My ap euro teacher got fired for being drunk at school 🦀

[cursive vector]

Nice

[toxic cobalt]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-nice-nod-thumbs-up-gif-12292330

[cursive vector]

[toxic cobalt]

my school known for fights lmao

we have at least one fight a week

[cursive vector]

My school is known for nothing

😭

[toxic cobalt]

my gov teacher

omg

he looks like he hates his life

he literally said in front of my honors classes

i hate teaching regular and honors classes

i only like AP

[cursive vector]

Valid

[toxic cobalt]

dosen't stop there

he is also the track coach

on one of the meets,he said i want to get out of here because i know we are going to lose

like L coach

[cursive vector]

Bruh

Idek the track coach at my school

[half thicket]

Wtf

Did you switch classes

[toxic cobalt]

nope

[half thicket]

Damn

[toxic cobalt]

i struggled in gov honors

so no way im taking ap gov

[cursive vector]

My school has students take gov senior yr

[toxic cobalt]

oh

next year i will just need one more credit of history

and im done

[cursive vector]

I'm taking apush

I plan on taking ap gov and well as ap macro senior yr tho

[half thicket]

I did aphuman geo,ap word,apush

And hopefully ao euro

[toxic cobalt]

people are calling me a psycho for wanting to take ap chem

[half thicket]

Seems like fun

[half thicket]

Shi I would too

[toxic cobalt]

im into engineering

so i kind of need ap chem

[cursive vector]

The ap chem teacher at my school is nice tho

[toxic cobalt]

same

[half thicket]

Luckily my chem teach was fun and actually like to teach

[toxic cobalt]

he's funnt as well

[half thicket]

Same

He was actually being a teacher🤯

[toxic cobalt]

what about ap marco

i am thinking about that

or ap micro

[half thicket]

Pretty sure thats half

[toxic cobalt]

wdym

[half thicket]

One semester is ap micro and the 2nd macro

For my school they did that

[toxic cobalt]

o

[half thicket]

And then you can take a full year of stats

[toxic cobalt]

oh

ok

well

gn

im tired

[half thicket]

Gn^^

[sleek hornet]

are these classes looking good guys? (also the ap stats is changed to tag ap stats)

[sleek hornet]

my junior year ^

[placid flare]

Does it get difficult to get into top universities like Harvard , Columbia , Stanford, NYU , Oxford if we don’t take any AP classes in 9th and 10th grad cause the school doesn’t offer Ap classes ?

[cinder gorge]

It's by default hard to get into these universities, even if u do take aps in freshman and sophomore

[hardy sierra]

what’s the procedure then for countries that don’t have aps at all?

[pastel fable]

usually colleges understand ur school so if ur school doesn’t offer aps u won’t be deducted for it bc that’s out of ur control. what they ultimately care about is if ur taking the most rigorous course load u can (so if the highest level classes offered at ur school is honors, u want to take mostly if not all honors classes)

[hardy sierra]

i see

thanks for the help

[icy iron]

Make sure you note in your application that your school didnt offer them

[icy iron]

Very true

[cobalt shuttle]

Damn yall have a lot of periods

[frank vessel]

I thought you were referring to the monthly time- 🚶

[ancient kindle]

how hard is apwh?

i’m apparently required to take apwh during freshmen year next year and is curious

[pastel fable]

LMAO

[cinder gorge]

u just dont take aps the colleges wont get mad

[quiet arrow]

if you’re school doesn’t offer then but you’re taking full advantage of the resources offered they will understand. as long as you’re taking the most rigorous courseload possible they will be impressed.

also, you can take ap exams without taking the class at school

my school also doesn’t offer aps to underclassmen so i’m self studying a bunch

[toxic cobalt]

I want to take calculus at some point of my highschool career, so I can take the AP calculus exam without taking the class? The reason I ask because I don't have the school perquisites to take calculus. I took Algebra I last year, Geometry honors this year, then you take algebra II next year, and then pre calc senior year. I can't skip any of these yet I need calculus during highschool as I am pursuing engineering.

[quiet arrow]

you need precalculus in order to take calculus

so you could probably self study it over a summer

then self study the ap calculus course during the school year

[toxic cobalt]

so how do i take the ap calc exam then?

[quiet arrow]

if your school offers the exam you can ask your ap coordinator to sign you up for that

[toxic cobalt]

so there isn't any prerequisite for taking the exam right

[quiet arrow]

the general order for math courses is:
algebra 1 > geometry/algebra 2 > pre calculus > calculus/statistics/advanced algebra

[toxic cobalt]

im taking ap stats next year

[quiet arrow]

you definitely need to take precalc before ap calc

[toxic cobalt]

i understand that fully

and if anything, can i just self teach pre calc

[sleek hornet]

ap psych is 1 semester the adv sp topics thing is the 2nd sem

[cinder gorge]

Can anyone rate my classes next year. I am going into Junior year.
AP English
APUSH
AP Computer Science A
AP Environmental Science
Physics GT (my school doesn't offer AP)
Trigonometry or Pre Calculus
Engineering Principles
Health and SAT Prep (half credit)

I’m gonna be a freshman so not really sure, looks good, I’m taking all honors and APUSH too! Also Robotics (just a general interest course)

That's cool!

[toxic cobalt]

Wow! Very impressive, based of those courses I think you want to be an engineer.

[cinder gorge]

True, but I prefer majoring in genetics or like medical

[toxic cobalt]

I see.

I would take AP Bio then

over APES

[cinder gorge]

My school only offers it during senior year

[toxic cobalt]

oh

here are my courses for next year

[cinder gorge]

So I'm definitely doing it for senior year, but I took regular bio last year, and i loved it

[cinder gorge]

Sure!

[toxic cobalt]

AP Language & Composition
AP/ECE Statistics
U.S. History Honors
Physics Honors
Algebra II Honors
Advanced Engineering-Design
Entrepreneurship Honors
AP Environmental Science

@cinder gorge

[cinder gorge]

What grade will you be in if you don't mind saying?

Yes, those are also impressive!

[toxic cobalt]

junior

[cinder gorge]

Oh wow me too

[toxic cobalt]

my career is pretty obvious

lol

[cinder gorge]

Is it engineering?

[toxic cobalt]

aerospace/aeronautics yea

[cinder gorge]

Oh yea

[toxic cobalt]

just look at my pfp 🙂

wait your school has a SAT class?

[cinder gorge]

Yes it's for prep

[toxic cobalt]

damn lucky

[cinder gorge]

We are required to take it lol

[toxic cobalt]

makes sense

[cinder gorge]

My school values good sat scores

[toxic cobalt]

yea

what colleges are you scoping out

[cinder gorge]

I'm not really sure, and I'm not even sure what I am majoring in, I'm undecided

[toxic cobalt]

oh

if we are talking top schools

[cinder gorge]

But right now, i wanna go to University of Chicago or University of Maryland

[toxic cobalt]

like dream schools

I would go to MIT or Stanford

[cinder gorge]

Ohh, well, i think MIT but it's impossible for me lol

[toxic cobalt]

how come?

[cinder gorge]

Low acceptance rate

[toxic cobalt]

chicago is also low

[cinder gorge]

And i don't wanna pay too much tuition

[toxic cobalt]

ah

[cinder gorge]

Yep, no debts for me

[toxic cobalt]

i see

[cinder gorge]

All degrees are weighed the same no matter school anyways lol

[icy iron]

hmm

For the most part yes

[cinder gorge]

I'd go to the school that offers me well financially

[icy iron]

But if you were an employer and you had to chose between two applicants with the same credentials and interview skills, but one went to a state school, and the other went to Harvard, who would you chose?

Going to a nice school has it's perks, but the cost for most people is not worth it

[cinder gorge]

Of course many people would choose Harvard for big companies, but for small companies, they will sometimes reject Harvard because they believe that there are better companies suited for them

[cinder gorge]

Yup, that's my point too

[icy iron]

Yeah

Fortunately, those nice fancy schools have very very generous financial aid if you can make it in

[cinder gorge]

most schools require a formal education in pre calc

[icy iron]

They just give away full rides

[toxic cobalt]

oh

[cinder gorge]

I just don't wanna have to pay 80k for school lol

[toxic cobalt]

and idk if taking precalc and calc would be good at the sametime

[icy iron]

lmao me either. school is ridiculously expensive

[cinder gorge]

If they do offer me that, then I will accept it of course

[icy iron]

I know UChicago offers generous aid if you fall under a certain income

[cinder gorge]

They do

[icy iron]

Personally, Northwestern gave me very generous aid because I'm poor

[toxic cobalt]

my question is, math wise, what should i focus on

[cinder gorge]

Harvard won’t make you pay more than 10 percent of your family income, so even if your family makes 150k total which is above average, you’re paying 15k a year (below average) assuming dorms and stuff isn’t included but still

Ohh, wait you're in college?

[toxic cobalt]

if i want to achieve calculus by senior

[icy iron]

And I've seen others get similar aid because of the same reason

[icy iron]

Going to be this fall!

[cinder gorge]

Yes lol, but my family doesn't want me too far either

[toxic cobalt]

Northwestern, 9% acceptance rate.

[cinder gorge]

That's great!!!!

[cinder gorge]

Oh that's nice

Congrats!

makes up for the insane acceptance rate ig

I want to get in a nice college, but I value location more than anything else

[icy iron]

Yeah it's kinda selective

[cinder gorge]

yes kinda

[toxic cobalt]

i have plenty of nice colleges around me

[cinder gorge]

obviously it's my safety school

I’m also 14 and love traveling so expected

[toxic cobalt]

cuz i will int he NE of the USA

live*

[cinder gorge]

Me too, travelling is nice

oh i live near princeton

Oh wow

[icy iron]

Dude I know this one dude that got into MIT under Questbridge (that's a full ride and they only select 10 people), got into Caltech (2% acceptance rate this year), West Point and Stanford, all of which with full rides

He's crazy

[cinder gorge]

Omgggg

[cinder gorge]

damn

Congrats to him!!

[icy iron]

idk how he did it but good for him

[cinder gorge]

Which school did he end up choosing??

Dang I just want to make it in to somewhere like UNC

[toxic cobalt]

I have Yale in my state, Harvard and MIT (2 hour drive), Cornell and Princeton (2 hour drive)

[icy iron]

low key jealous

he chose MIT

[cinder gorge]

Nice

I’m in PA so my state school is honestly mid for acedemixs

[icy iron]

and he just got an interview for a NASA internship

He just graduated

hs

[toxic cobalt]

damn

[cinder gorge]

🤯

[toxic cobalt]

im trying to get an internship next year

for my junior year summer

[icy iron]

My man es muy inteligente

[cinder gorge]

Good luck

Omg,that's great success!

Si, muy muy inteligentw

[toxic cobalt]

yo stupido 😄

[cinder gorge]

Literally the ultimate flex

[cursive vector]

How do u even qualify for questbridgd

[icy iron]

He is a walking flex

[cinder gorge]

Cure cancer

[cursive vector]

🐸

[cinder gorge]

I've never heard of quest ridge but seems great

[icy iron]

If your family makes less than $65k a year, you are eligible to applying during your senior year

[toxic cobalt]

oh shit i got my chem quiz back just on powerschool

fingers crossed

[cinder gorge]

Good luck!

[cursive vector]

Dangg

[toxic cobalt]

92

not bad

[cinder gorge]

Become op at everything academic and have a household income of 65k or lower

[cinder gorge]

I got my chem exam today too, i got a 92

Great job y’all!

I’m in 8th grade, heading into 9th, and got a 98 on my honors alg 2 exam I’m so happy

I feel like I should have done better

[cinder gorge]

holy what

algebra 2 in 8th grade

nice

[cursive vector]

My household income is more sadly not rly sadly but yea

[cinder gorge]

Omg, I'm a sophomore and taking algebra 2 honors, and you're in 8th grade- 💀

[cinder gorge]

its good but bad

[cursive vector]

Yea

[cinder gorge]

im taking freshman

[cinder gorge]

That’s still really good!!! I heard chems rly hard

[toxic cobalt]

sane

same

[icy iron]

It's a program for low income students. It offers full rides to a bunch of elite and top universities. About 18K apply, 6K become finalists. Around 1.5K of those kids get into "match" into one of the universities, which is a full ride. Another 1.5k end up getting into those schools anyway - that was me - with full rides, or close to full rides.

[toxic cobalt]

i have a 98 in the class right now

chem honors

so im good

[cinder gorge]

Chemistry is really easy for me though

Its my favorite class

You'll be fine

[toxic cobalt]

yea, just make sure to not study last minute

[cinder gorge]

Physics > Chemistry > Bio

[toxic cobalt]

and it will be easy

[cinder gorge]

except when physics becomes way too hard

[toxic cobalt]

Bio is L

[cinder gorge]

then

[cursive vector]

Bro

[cinder gorge]

Chemistry is better

[cinder gorge]

Fr

I had to take bio or some basic science

I have physics next year

So I picked bio

[cinder gorge]

best class

[toxic cobalt]

my school treats chem honors as AP Physics C

[cinder gorge]

I love Biology, it's the best for me during my freshmen year

I hope you enjoy it!

[cursive vector]

The only bio unit that's bad is like the glycolysis one

[cinder gorge]

but colleges won't look at it that way

Thanks!

Genetics and evolution is the best in bio imo

[icy iron]

Algebra 2 in 8th! So cool. I took Geometry then. When I took Geometry then, I was ahead of my school district, and only a few kids took it with me. Now, Algebra 2 is what is considered to be "really" ahead. Kids get into higher maths earlier. In a few years, I swear, some kids are going to take precalc in 8th

[cinder gorge]

For me bio is just way too boring

[toxic cobalt]

the best thing in bioi

was disection

[icy iron]

bio <<<<

[cursive vector]

Yeah I liked the genetics unit

[icy iron]

Chem <

Comp sci >>>>>>>>>

[cinder gorge]

I have zoology right now, and we did a rat dissection

[cinder gorge]

fr

[toxic cobalt]

i need to take comp sci

[cursive vector]

Physics<<

[cinder gorge]

fr

[cinder gorge]

not based

[toxic cobalt]

but my schoold osen't offer it

[cinder gorge]

I'm taking comp sci

Next year

[cursive vector]

I wish it school offered comp sci

[toxic cobalt]

same

what a shame

[icy iron]

I didn't get to take a computer science class in school - I learned it on my own

Sadly

[cinder gorge]

Aw man

[toxic cobalt]

they don't

[cinder gorge]

That’s rly good-my school does alg 2 before geometry. I had a rly easy intro class in 7th but it wasn’t actually geometry, and I’m taking that next year.

[toxic cobalt]

im taking geometry as a sophomore 😦

i feel so dumb

[cinder gorge]

my school has compsci but the language it focuses on is java

:(

[cursive vector]

That's “standard” at my school

[icy iron]

Literally standard stuff. You aren't dumb

[cinder gorge]

same

[toxic cobalt]

well it ain't at mine lol

[cinder gorge]

I wish I liked computer stuff, but I hate coding

[toxic cobalt]

most are in Alegbra II as of rn

[cinder gorge]

Geometry was really easy, I took good notes, it's basically mostly using formulas

[icy iron]

Just because you are not "ahead" in math doesn't mean you are dumb

[toxic cobalt]

oh

[cursive vector]

A lot of kids take alg/geo at my school tho freshman yr

[toxic cobalt]

geometry is easy

but

[icy iron]

Everyone has different strong suites

[cinder gorge]

yeah but you are still on par with the grade level

[cinder gorge]

That's ok! You can do other things!

[toxic cobalt]

we have something called exit slips

[cinder gorge]

Same Kevin

[toxic cobalt]

like 3-4 question quizzes

that are easy to mess up

and 3/4 = 75%

[cinder gorge]

Like half my grade takes geo in 8th grade

[cinder gorge]

What a math are you taking?

[icy iron]

I really wish I got to skip geometry. Worst math class. It was uninteresting. I'm more of a calc person

[cinder gorge]

not half but almost half

[toxic cobalt]

i wish i can take calc

[cinder gorge]

you can

[icy iron]

You can if you self study!

[cinder gorge]

Whatt really?, It was so fun and easy for me

[toxic cobalt]

when though

[cursive vector]

Some kids didn't even have to take geo at my school bruh

[icy iron]

It just didn't appeal to me though

[cinder gorge]

Geo is filled with useless proofs

[toxic cobalt]

cuz im already taking stats and algebra II next year

[cinder gorge]

Me too, but I have to take trig or pre calc next year

and its so boring

[cursive vector]

This yr? Or wut

[cinder gorge]

Not even gonna deny that LOL

[cursive vector]

R those two different classes for u?

[cinder gorge]

if u want to u can take a precalc summer course and get into calc ab

[cinder gorge]

Junior

[toxic cobalt]

im doing probability in geometry lmao

[cursive vector]

Pre calc/trig ?

[cinder gorge]

In my school, I can take any

[toxic cobalt]

this or next summer

[cinder gorge]

my school luckily allows you to skip pre calc

[cinder gorge]

so im very happy about that

[icy iron]

Shit like this blew my mind

when I learned it

Calculus just made sense

[cinder gorge]

My school doesn't allow skipping at all, they thing we'll die if we do loll

[cinder gorge]

wtf this looks like rocket science to me

damn

[toxic cobalt]

cuz

you haven't

learned

[cursive vector]

Pretty sad that my school won't offer stats after this yr

[toxic cobalt]

calculus

[cinder gorge]

yeah

[toxic cobalt]

i haven't either

[icy iron]

You can discover the next lesson of calculus by yourself by tinkering around with some ideas

I never had that experience in another class

[toxic cobalt]

Khan Academy!!!

[cinder gorge]

I took German 1 in 8th and I’m going German 2 next year-I want to learn Spanish as well, but don’t want to be with the younger grade people in 10th grade. Do you think there would be anyway to get me into Spanish 3 next year?

Khan academy yess

my school allows you to skip pre calc if u get 96 in Honors Algebra 2

[toxic cobalt]

oh

[cinder gorge]

its achievable but it's not easy

[toxic cobalt]

dosen't matter if you get a 110 in alegbra II

[cursive vector]

Dangg

[toxic cobalt]

you still have to take precalc

in my school

🙃

[cinder gorge]

literally my school is 90% indian

[toxic cobalt]

im indian

lol

[cinder gorge]

same

[cinder gorge]

I don't think you can skip, and i also don't think that's it's bad for you to take Spanish with younger grades, do what you want!

but that's not the point

[icy iron]

The idea behind it is that if you wanted to approximate a function without using the original function, you would do something like that. You can approximate stuff like the sin(34) without the calculator

It's kinda cool

[cinder gorge]

dang

[toxic cobalt]

who here took ap lag

lang*

and comp

[cinder gorge]

Can't you take it somewhere else, like a community college, like an ECAP program

[toxic cobalt]

i can try

[cinder gorge]

Next year

Algebra 2 seems interesting to me

[cursive vector]

Mid

[toxic cobalt]

oh my algebra II teacher is so bad

[cinder gorge]

Ya, i have Algebra 2, it's so easy

[cursive vector]

Mine just gave me desmos assignments

[toxic cobalt]

omg

[cinder gorge]

lol

[toxic cobalt]

one bio teacher

holy craP

yall know what savas is?

[cursive vector]

He actually taught us something new the last week of school🤟

[cinder gorge]

0oo

[icy iron]

Algebra 2 is what made me intrigued in math, calculus is what made me want to continue learning math

[toxic cobalt]

or savvas

idk

[cinder gorge]

That's nice Brugger

Honestly I didn’t like alg 2. I had a rly hard alg 1 teacher, most hated it, I kinda liked it. Alg 2 was super chill, but it was a lot more challenging because the concepts so I did a bit worse (still high as but lower and I didn’t fully understand) but then I got a 98 on the final and I’m still ecstatic two days later

[icy iron]

But never would I become a math major

[toxic cobalt]

what are you majoring in

[cinder gorge]

Alright guys, I'm going to sleep now! Good night!

[toxic cobalt]

gn

[cinder gorge]

same except im still in the intrigued stage

[toxic cobalt]

i have a spanish quiz tmr

[icy iron]

Comp sci

[toxic cobalt]

its vocab

so its easy

[icy iron]

Comp sci is the best sci

[cinder gorge]

Fr

[icy iron]

We are the alphas of the stem world

[cursive vector]

My alg II “final” was like 8 questions on student desmos

[icy iron]

simply put

[cinder gorge]

thats actually so lucky

[icy iron]

Chem people go crazy

[toxic cobalt]

at my school, if you mention comp sci people will call you a nerd and a anti grass toucher

[cinder gorge]

we get like 50 questions

[cinder gorge]

💀💀💀

[cursive vector]

Yea

[toxic cobalt]

people are already calling me that for chem

[cinder gorge]

Mine was 40 couple multiple choice questions and two open ended

[icy iron]

I took three years of chem

never again

[cinder gorge]

Schedule reveal

!!!!!

[cursive vector]

I'm taking chem nxt yr

[icy iron]

Never would I think Chemistry would get to a degree that involved calculus at my level

[toxic cobalt]

half life was that hardest thing in chem this year

[icy iron]

prepare yourself for a world of hell

AP Chem doesn't hold a candle to AICE chem, which is what I learned

[toxic cobalt]

but

it was hard

cuz

i had a terrible work ethic at the time

[cursive vector]

I hear the chem teacher at my school is bad but you can correct tests for full points so pretty easy

[icy iron]

I self studied chem in my senior year

that was a mistake

[toxic cobalt]

im taking ap chem senior year

[cinder gorge]

Did anyone here take APUSH? I’m taking it 9th grade and a bit nervous-I know I can set myself up so well if I keep an A and get a 5, how realistic is that?

[toxic cobalt]

its the hardest history A{

AP*

for all i know

[cursive vector]

Only juniors can take that at my school

[cinder gorge]

how did u meet the prereqs

[toxic cobalt]

yea i was gonna say

[cinder gorge]

It was the only AP class available, and there were no prereqs

[toxic cobalt]

i can't take any us history until junior

oh

this year

it was ap euro and ap gov

[cinder gorge]

for us we can take in sophomore if we get a high grade in honors usgov

[cursive vector]

Anyone take the apwh exam?

[toxic cobalt]

those are some ew APs

[cinder gorge]

It was us history 1 or honors history 1 or APUSH

[toxic cobalt]

AP Euro and AP gov are L

[cursive vector]

Wouldn't know

[toxic cobalt]

i didn't take the class

[toxic cobalt]

but from what my friends are telling me

[icy iron]

These are all the classes I took in high school

[toxic cobalt]

it sicls

sucks

[icy iron]

AICE is like AP but a tad more british

[toxic cobalt]

HOLY COW

THOSE GRADES

EQ
EQW

[icy iron]

Cause it comes from Cambridge

[toxic cobalt]

EWQEWQiEq

[cursive vector]

What's AICE

[icy iron]

British AP

It's an international curriculum developed by the brits

[cursive vector]

ohh

[icy iron]

my school uses it cause it makes them money

also cause colleges in fl are required to take them

[cursive vector]

my school doesn't keep our actual percentages fortunately

[icy iron]

sadly no where else in America are they recognized

[cursive vector]

First time ive heard of them lmao

[toxic cobalt]

those are my grades for this quarter

[icy iron]

dw, not many people know of them

My school was quirky like that

But imagine having multiple ap exams per class

[toxic cobalt]

lowest is 92 in geometry

[icy iron]

that was the experience taking aice

[icy iron]

omg those grades 😍

[cursive vector]

I had the highest grade in my school in geometry somehow idk

[toxic cobalt]

yea

i kinda choked on a geometry test :/

[cursive vector]

Our final was 100 questions

[toxic cobalt]

but it was the second geometry test of the year i got below 90

[cursive vector]

The first units of geometry are a blur to me tbh

[toxic cobalt]

ik

PT

area

perm

so easy

[icy iron]

the shorter the test, the harder the test imo

[toxic cobalt]

ong

[cursive vector]

Fr in my adv English class teacher gave us a 12 question test on Julius cassaru. Most ppl got >50

[icy iron]

what would you do if you had two free response math questions, and you don't know how to do one of them>

Just die

that is what you would do

[cursive vector]

One downside of math...in history you can just bs ur way through

[toxic cobalt]

wdym

[cinder gorge]

For math I would def just get something down

[cursive vector]

Like you Dont necessarily have to know the answer

[cinder gorge]

But yeah, history you can do decent and just have background knowledge

[toxic cobalt]

@icy iron

whats the answer to this

lets see if you know your calculus

[icy iron]

I would tell you how to do it but I don't think you would know how to do it

[toxic cobalt]

i just randomly pulled it from google lol

[cobalt shuttle]

Yo same

I am in fl as well and my school has aice

[icy iron]

You'd need to apply l'hopital's rule

[icy iron]

omg twinsies?

[cobalt shuttle]

Its so very mid

[prisma arch]

^

[icy iron]

Are you from south west FL

[cobalt shuttle]

No

I am in orlando area

[toxic cobalt]

veritas

[icy iron]

I'm from the sarasota area

[toxic cobalt]

what is that

from harvard

[cobalt shuttle]

But i just finished euro, marine, and global

Euro sucked

[icy iron]

Are you a junior?

Sounds like a junior schedule tome

[cobalt shuttle]

Just finished sophomore year

[icy iron]

ooh you ahead according to my school standards

[cobalt shuttle]

Thats how they have it here

[icy iron]

We reserve global to juniors and seniors

idk why

it's an easy class

[cobalt shuttle]

You take gen paper as a freshman

[icy iron]

ooh

they let kids do that 5 years ago

[toxic cobalt]

should i take ap micro/macro

[icy iron]

but when I got into hs, they didn't allow us to do that

[icy iron]

yeah, it's a fairly easy class

[toxic cobalt]

my school does micro and macro

[icy iron]

there is a lot of youtubers that teach ap macro and micro

[toxic cobalt]

like seperate

[icy iron]

Jacob Clifford is really good

[cursive vector]

My school only has macro

[icy iron]

My school did AP Gov and Macro as one class

so that's what I did

[cobalt shuttle]

My school doesnt offer half of those aice classes on that schedule

[cobalt shuttle]

Same as well

[icy iron]

We don't offer euro

Just American and International History

My school has done aice for a while, they were early adopters

so that's probably why

[cobalt shuttle]

We only have gen paper, euro, marine, global, psych, american, and english

[icy iron]

ooh that is a really small amount of AICE classes

[cobalt shuttle]

Didnt even know there were other aice classes to be honest

Theres aice chem dafuq?

[toxic cobalt]

isn't ap euro like modern world history

but like 10x the work

[cobalt shuttle]

Idk what ap euro is like but i can say aice euro is yikes

[icy iron]

we have Gen Paper, Spanish, French, English Language, Literature, Marine, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Psych, Global, American History, International History, and probably a few more

[icy iron]

It's awful

[toxic cobalt]

aice chem?

[icy iron]

yeah

it's harder than AP Chem

[toxic cobalt]

oh shi

[icy iron]

one of my friends that was self studying AICE Chem A-Level with me (which is the second year of AICE Chem) took the AP Chem exam. He said the material covered is mainly from our PreAICE Chem days and some 1st year AICE Chem

AP Chem covers a few topics in depth

AICE Chem covers a lot of topics

Including Organic Chemistry

[toxic cobalt]

looks like im in for a treat when i take ap chem

[icy iron]

which is vile

[cobalt shuttle]

Wait what yall have a levels?

[icy iron]

Yeah

[cobalt shuttle]

All of our classes are as level

[icy iron]

we have a few a levels

and you can opt to self study an a level if you beg admin

We only have 6 AP classes though

which kinda sucks

[cursive vector]

Sounds really fun

[toxic cobalt]

holy i didn't do my geometry hw yet

and it's 11:17

PM

🙂

[cobalt shuttle]

I saw a level marine in the back of the textbook and it looked scary

[toxic cobalt]

its one page

8 questions

[icy iron]

i'm sure it is scary

[toxic cobalt]

on basic probabilty

its so easy

i don't want to do it

[icy iron]

I love AICE textbooks a lot though

they are very consise

[icy iron]

do it no balls

you won't

[cobalt shuttle]

My school is transitioning from ap to aice so they are taking away certain ap classes and replacing them with aice

[cursive vector]

My school has 14 Aps I think

[icy iron]

a downgrade for sure

well

[cobalt shuttle]

Ap psych and apush are being replaced with aice versions

[icy iron]

AICE is great if you want to go to school in Florida

[cobalt shuttle]

No it just is

[icy iron]

AICE is not great for out of state

Like me

I have my reservations against it

[cobalt shuttle]

Yeah but me and others at my school want to go out of state, specifically MIT

And we feel like this program is kind of limiting us

[icy iron]

It does

it limited me

I feel like if I had AP instead of AICE, my resume would be stronger class wise

if I could have taken AP Physics C or something

and like Calc BC junior year

instead of senior

[cobalt shuttle]

Wish my school had that

[icy iron]

yeah...

[cobalt shuttle]

A lot of us are turning to taking APs on FLVS

[cursive vector]

What's that

[cobalt shuttle]

Online school in Florida

[icy iron]

My friend got to talk to the Harvard Football Coach (he came down to visit him), and the coach told him that they don't look at Florida much because we are so far behind from the rest of the states education wise. We lack AP's and our math is so far behind the curve

[cobalt shuttle]

...

That makes me nervous

[icy iron]

Literally out of control

It's okay

It's probably a hyperbole

[cobalt shuttle]

But then again who cares about harvard

[icy iron]

Plenty of kids from FL get into good schools

[icy iron]

FR

I know this one kid who got into Caltech, who also lives in the Orlando area

They got a full ride

[cobalt shuttle]

Alright i'd better get some sleep

[toxic cobalt]

@icy iron there i did it

[icy iron]

that was fast

[cursive vector]

@toxic cobalt what was it about

[toxic cobalt]

probability

ok gn guys

its 11:30

and im playing 18 holes tomorrow

[cinder gorge]

hi

[cursive vector]

U finish the essay

[cinder gorge]

no

[cursive vector]

Dope

[frank vessel]

Does anyone else have Clubs or Crews in their school/college???

[cinder gorge]

Yes, we have clubs

[frank vessel]

Well, I have crews

Would they be the same thing????

[stiff plinth]

Hi

[delicate tartan]

hello peeps! For some reason my country doesn't offer AP classes (except for this 1 school which is half the country away from me), is there an alternative option I can take instead of AP classes? I already am doing accelerated language and maths selective classes.

In Australia btw

[toxic cobalt]

Online AP courses.

[icy iron]

Try AICE courses

Those are similar to AP

Although many US colleges do not accept them for credit, they do recognize them as rigorous

Try to find a way to take at least one or two AP courses if you can

It'll probably be online

Shoot your shot at AP calc and an AP science

They probably be similar to what you are learning

[trim forum]

So the high school I’m thinking of applying too has international baccalaureate programme and I’m thinking would that actually look good on a application or should I just stick to APs

[cunning sorrel]

FLORIDA STUDENTS UNITE

[brisk nexus]

Does anyone have any advice for AP Seminar? I’m taking it next year, but don’t really know what I’m getting into

[quiet arrow]

i kind of want to try to see if i can take alg 2 and geo at the same time but i don’t know how to ask my counselor

how would i go about doing that

[carmine fable]

Maybe something along the lines of "Hey, I was wondering if there was any way for me to take both algebra 2 and geometry at the same time to accelerate my learning. In the past math has always come easily for me, so I believe it would be most beneficial for me to speed up my learning in the subject."

[quiet arrow]

perfect, i’m going to email her monday

thanks

[carmine fable]

mhm

[tawny glade]

guys is 4 ap's enough..? rn my schedule for junior year looks like AP Lang, AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP CSA, Adv. Spanish IV, Art Portfolio, and Photo I, but i'm thinking of replacing photo 1 for another AP

[cinder gorge]

What year

and is 4 aps enough for what

[cinder gorge]

enough is objective

you could take no aps and go to community college

and that would be considered enough

[carmine fable]

Subjective*

[livid marsh]

ap chem requires a lot of time hopefully ur able to manage it

[cinder gorge]

Yes it is enough, I’m a going to be a junior too and I’m gonna take 4 as well, But I’m not sure for you though, because my school said 4 is recommended and should be the maximum per year

Only take AP when you believe you’ll get an A or B in it

[cinder gorge]

What is APCSA?

[tawny glade]

ap computer science: a

[cinder gorge]

Wait lol

How did I not know that that was the abbreviation

I’m literally gonna take it next year too

[tawny glade]

idk but the first time i read it i thought it was the pet shelter organization 😭😭

[tawny glade]

what ap’s are you taking next year?

[cinder gorge]

😂😂

Ap Lang Ap Comp APUSH AP env sci

[tawny glade]

oh nice!

[cinder gorge]

Urs too!

[tawny glade]

apparently the apush teacher at my school is a terrible teacher so i decided against that 😭😭

[cinder gorge]

Mine too

They said my teacher for APUSH is hard

[tawny glade]

and some people say the apes teacher at my school gives way too much work out so i decided that with chem was too much

[cinder gorge]

I did chem this year lol

[tawny glade]

oh damn, my school only offers two ap’s to sophomores

apwh and ap seminar if you basically beg to take it

[cinder gorge]

My school only does apwh ap comp science prin

For sophomore

I had to do honors chem or ipc, and I wanted to do chem early so I chose it lol

[tawny glade]

ohh wait i thought you meant you did ap chem this year 😭😭 i did advanced chem this year too

[cinder gorge]

We don’t have ap chem lol

My school doesn’t offer lol

But it’s really easy, it’s my favorite subject right now!

[icy iron]

Hell yeah Florida :c

[past bison]

What do you guys think of AP Biology? I am taking it next year

Also, as a freshman, is 1 AP enough?

[pastel fable]

yes

[carmine fable]

My school only allows one AP for freshman 💀

[toxic cobalt]

My school allows 0 APs for freshman and only 3 for Sophomores

[polar plaza]

our school allows 3 for juniors lmao

0 freshman 0 sophmore

[cloud prawn]

my school doesnt have APs

[cinder gorge]

Which AP

[carmine fable]

Ap hg

[cinder gorge]

nice

My school doesn't offer any in freshman

Same for me

None sophomore year either so 💀

[lapis turret]

fr same here

What's up with apush teachers

what AP class is recommended for nursing?

[half thicket]

Pre calc and bio

Easy ap that I have a very good grasp

Well dual enrollment bc im taking it in my local community college

[flat wedge]

Since ib is a set schedule, how could I enrol into bio and chem while still being in ib? (finishing science 10 over summer break and going into pre-ib this coming semester)

[wanton talon]

Question for high school, I’m taking 5 ap classes including Physics C and Calculus BC (will be a junior). Is this a terrible idea

[naive whale]

im a freshman rn and im taking ap csp and cs 1 next year. This a bad idea?

[naive whale]

wish i saw this earlier

ive already confirmed my classes a while ago

[lost loom]

So

Guys I have an IGCSE School system

I am in Grade 8

In Grade 10, I will take some exams and I have to choose at least 4 out of 9 subjects

And It will decide my future

I am taking Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math, English, CS, ICT and Accounting

https://tenor.com/view/so-many-diana-penty-pinkvilla-बहुतसारे-lots-of-them-gif-19178598

So is it bad idea to take all of this

[amber vigil]

So guys I’m in a bit of a bad situation I want to get all A’s and I have all A’s in everything besides algebra 2 and the only way I get it to an a is if I get a 98% on the final…. Any advice?

[wanton talon]

Thank you I appreciate that, I’ve never been one to study a lot so I think everything will be fine

[naive whale]

uh ok

[naive whale]

ask for extra credit maybe

email ur teacher

[carmine fable]

For how long and when would you take these classes?

[cinder gorge]

Study for the finals, ask your teacher if she/he has any study guide that will be on the exam, if she/he yes, then review those. But if not, review lessons you did during that school year at least a week before the finals. Also, if you did 10 units, you can split those on different days depending on how long you think it will take to comprehend or how hard it is. Whatever makes you comfortable.

[cinder gorge]

I also have an Algebra 2 final too loll, I’m sure you’ll be fine if you understand what you have been doing in the class lol.

[cinder gorge]

With what to study, I have this lined up for me

Factoring (PST, Binomials, Diamond, MPP, etc.), Functions (Domain and Range, Transformations, the any function formula with the vertical stretch or compression thing), Transfromation and Translations, Square Root Function/Radical Function, Quadratic Function, Polynomials, Rational Functions, Exponents and Logs. For the functions, know how to graph, solve algebraically, imaginary numbers, inverse.

[tribal widget]

what about sin cos and tan waves?

the whole unit circle

that was part of my algebra 2

[lost loom]

So i have to take all of them, i can choose majors only at 11th and 12th grade

[cinder gorge]

We didn’t do that in mine lol

[stuck shore]

Should I take pre-calc for 10th grade or AP statistics first?

[stable pebble]

Pre-calc

[cinder gorge]

Probably pre-calc if you took algebra 2 in 9th

AP stats should be reserved for senior year

[eternal gale]

if u want to go into a stem field then its good to do AP calc eventually, so do precalc. if u want to go into business or finance, AP stats.

[steady pivot]

What are some helpful and simpler AP classes a person can take in high school? I am interested in engineering and currently have Cal AB and Comp sci Principles in my four-year planner.

[cinder gorge]

make sure u also try to take Comp Sci A and Calc BC if possible

[pastel fable]

ap physics

and ap lang even tho it’s not involved in engineering the class isn’t too hard and it can be applicable to ur writing skills

[plucky bay]

im having trouble deciding my classes for sophomore year hs
i get 3 elective spots (currently have them selected as Spanish, APUSH & Comp Sci A)
i play the cello & i originally removed orchestra from my schedule because i didn’t like it at the time of class selection
however, i started liking it more in the following semester, but i already replaced it with APUSH
im thinking about going into technology/comp sci so i didn’t know if apush is worth keeping
the only thing i know it will help me with is showing rigor on my transcript but i couldn’t figure out what’s better: rigor or music/fun?

[carmine fable]

I would go for rigor

You can always show your interests and stuff through clubs and outside competitions

[noble osprey]

I have a question about my sophomore year classes in high school. So like, my school is only available for AP History for me. But I didn't want to take it because I didn't really like history. But does colleges care that much if you don't have a single AP class during sophomore year? Because I am really worried that I won't get into a decent college. My goal is to be able to get into Yale, Cornell, or UCSB to be more reasonable.

[languid ruin]

it is okay if your school doesnt offer as much ap classes
however you need to explain to the admissions office when applying that your school does not offer a lot of ap classes due to circumstances. theyll understand and consider that into your process

however taking a ap history course whether be euro, apush, world, or art is very fun

[noble osprey]

I see, I just personally don't like history courses very much. But thanks for letting me know. I will keep that in mind

I appreciate it

[wintry cove]

Guys is 89.97 an a

On my gradebook it still shows as b

Teacher won’t round either

[cinder crag]

it depends on what school you go to

Bc some have it where an 88 and up is an A

And others have it where and 90-91 is an A

[wintry cove]

Ok it’s weird cause for my history class i have an 89.5 and it shows a-

[languid ruin]

yeye np

[wintry cove]

But for my English if I do good on final it goes to 89.9&

89.97

But shows b

@cinder crag

[cinder crag]

thats odd

i would suggest emailing ur counselor and telling them

Bc this type of thing happened with one of my friends to

[wintry cove]

Wait so did he get an a with the 89.5

Or was it a b

[cinder crag]

It was an A

[wintry cove]

Oh

Is it dependent on teacher then

[cinder crag]

it shouldn’t be but there’s a chance

[wintry cove]

I checked the college board website and it says 87-89 is a b+

But what abt 89.9 or up

[wicked pond]

a- ig

[wintry cove]

Ok

[cinder crag]

yea a-

[wintry cove]

Is that why the 89.5 was an a-?

But the English dosent show as a- with. 89.97

[cinder crag]

yeah

[cinder crag]

you should email ur teacher abt it

[wintry cove]

Well idk if the teacher can do much

[cinder crag]

oh

[wintry cove]

Cause I can do like the “what-if” mode on aeries

Aeries is where my grades are

And I changed it so that I got max on final which is a grammar quiz

[cinder crag]

oh

[austere pecan]

This will probably seem like a stupid question but do you need to take calculus in high school to get into top colleges?

[half thicket]

Depending on major and it will stand out

Counselor will said "pre calc wouldnt be judge differently then calc bc"

Thats a mf lie

[austere pecan]

Cuz a lot of people who show their transcripts etc take calculus in high school and like i am not going to be taking calculus in high school unless i take a math class during a summer

[half thicket]

You can do ap physic to cover lack of calc

[half thicket]

Which math class youre taking senior

[austere pecan]

i mean i don't think I'm really a math person

[half thicket]

Oh.

Well you gonna have to like math

[austere pecan]

Right now it seems like pre calc

[half thicket]

Well take pre calc in your local comm college your district partnerup with

What major would you like to do

[austere pecan]

Holy shit

Local colleges

[half thicket]

Or persue

[half thicket]

Yes that exist

[austere pecan]

bro i kinda like forgot about that lmao

[half thicket]

Rgn im taking two summer comm college

Plus it has a online option,hyprid or in campus

Especially as a high schooler taking dual enrollment they waive your tuition

So you have plenty of chances to do

Oh there is a registration so deff look out for that

[eternal basin]

What standardized tests are important for America in high school? Does anyone know weather American colleges would accept the IB diploma instead of the SAT?

[half thicket]

Ib diploma and sat are wayyy diff

America univ will mostly care about the act or sat

[eternal basin]

Thanks

[languid ruin]

most colleges are test optional which mean you dont have to take them unless that is the only way to show your academic level

act/sat generally cost $55-60 usd which unless you have enough money to pay for it, i recommend study hard in school and earn a good enough gpa along with extracurriculars that help boost your college application

[half thicket]

Some school will pay for your 1st sat or your future ones by lowering cost

[languid ruin]

you can also appeal for waivers if you need to

[half thicket]

Mhm some requirements to be eiligible for a waiver so check counselor

[languid ruin]

yeye

[pastel fable]

i asked my counselor how to get a fee waiver for the act and he doesn’t even know 😭

[split sleet]

I like math but I feel stupid asking my counselor to concurrently take precalc and calculus at the same time. ;-;

[pastel fable]

i don’t think it would make sense to take them at the same time bc precal is what prepares u for calc hence the name. u can try taking precal over the summer if ur school allows u if ur rly eager to take calc next yr

[split sleet]

good idea

thanks

[languid ruin]

do you eat free or reduced lunch at your school?

basically do you rely on the school to get you fed?
if you so, you can qualify for the act/sat waivers

i normally use that when i take my act so it helps out a lot for it

[half thicket]

When you have that but your campus is a open one so you buy mcdonalds😈

[languid ruin]

i was on that program since kindergarten but i usually bring by own or go to chick fil a 😈

[half thicket]

Yessir🗣️ ‼️

One time I bite into a raw chicken in school

Chick fil a could never🤷

[languid ruin]

on god

[pastel fable]

everyone at my school gets free lunch lol

[languid ruin]

hmmm
im not sure about it

https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/registration/fee-waivers

check this site

[pastel fable]

oh i got the fee waiver for that already

but my guidance counselor is figuring out how i get it for the act

cuz when i looked it up it said i need to ask my guidance counselor

[languid ruin]

yeah theyre being very vague but simply saying it depends on your family income in order to qualify

[half thicket]

Idk bc I did both sat and act for the 1st time for free

If your counselor doesnt know talk to the principal

[pastel fable]

yeah but where do i go to apply or whatever

[pastel fable]

my principal scares me

[languid ruin]

the county office should have some on standby so give them a call or smth

[pastel fable]

oh i’m scared to do that 😭 i’ll ask my guidance counselor if he figured it out yet ig

[languid ruin]

aight

[wintry cove]

Do colleges look at your percentage or letter grade

[bronze orchid]

i would say percentages because it shows the specific details and the letter grade isnt as specific

[wintry cove]

R u talking abt transcript?

On my school transcript it only shows letter grade

But then how do they recalculate gpa if they don’t know percentages

[bronze orchid]

well for my school, the percentages are part of a letter grade so like a 90-92 is an A- and a 93-97 is an A. so they recalculate gpa by translating ur number grade into whichever letter grade it falls under with its corresponding gpa point

does that make sense

sry that was a lot

[wintry cove]

Well what abt the decimals

Like 90-92 is an a-

But what abt 89.5

Or up

[bronze orchid]

it rounds up

so that'd be a 90

thats how my school does it

[wintry cove]

Wait so if I have an 89.5 they will round it up?

[bronze orchid]

yup

they should

[wintry cove]

But I thought teachers don’t round or smth

[bronze orchid]

no the system is supposed to round it up

not the teachers

but idk if ur school does that

[wintry cove]

Wait so what do teachers mean when they say they don’t round or offer extra credit

[snow wadi]

Do you guys think it’s doable to take precalc and ap stats at the same time?

Or is it better to take ap calc and ap stats at the same time

[cinder gorge]

precalc and ap stats will be easier than ap calc and ap stats

[snow wadi]

Ok thanks