course-selection

[hardy musk]

i would probably do the year 3 and year 4 of spanish only because im doing the same but with french and i feel that it shows commitment to a language and not just taking the classes to complete reqs but tbh its not that deep so i think either way is fine

[pastel fable]

that schedule’s pretty good! i took ap lang and physics this yr and they’re both pretty straight forward and as long as u pay attention in class u should be good

the minimum is 2 yrs for most colleges so if u stop now it shouldn’t be too much of an issue, but if u have space in ur schedule i’d say continue spanish

[azure abyss]

how do i not sleep in class.

[rough patio]

Don’t show up to class

Then u can sleep somewhere else

[azure abyss]

….\

[rough patio]

Ur welcome ☺️

[azure abyss]

Thank you

ill fail classs now

remember that my guy 🙂

[rough patio]

4 years of foreign language is more important then an extra AP

[graceful gale]

ok ty

I might try to test out of Spanish IV and go to AP Spanish a year early and then take another ap class but I'll see how Spanish II and III go first

[cinder gorge]

Good advice

[grave nebula]

Did anyone take French 3

[cinder gorge]

What is french 3? I live in France so I don’t know what it is so

[cinder gorge]

for my school i don't know if it's the same, but it's like different levels of learning. in my district, you start in 8th grade and can end taking languages in 12th, so every grade it's a different level. so like 8th = spanish/french 1, 9th = spanish/french 2, etc.

[cinder gorge]

Ah so 10th grade is french 3

Do the work would be hard then

Cause I have been in France 3 years and I am b1

[cinder gorge]

So*

[graceful gale]

when you take a foreign language every year you take it you move up a year. So the first year of french would be French I, second year would be French II, etc.

[graceful gale]

at my school you can choose when to start foreign language as long as you end up getting 2 years of foreign language by the time you graduate. You can start as early as 7th grade and get high school credit or start as late as 11th grade

[cinder gorge]

i was trying to set the example for my district, and i figured yours was different

[graceful gale]

Yeah I know, I was just saying what mine was like.

[cinder gorge]

ah alright

[steep sail]

What do they look for when deciding valedictorian? I want to become one, but I currently am 145/600 as class rank, so i have a ways to go, and for that, i need tips?. So any tips?

[wise forge]

My school had 22 valedictorians this year...

18 Salutatorians

[cinder gorge]

how-

[wise forge]

My school considers anyone with a 4.0 unweighted a valedictorian and a person with 1 B throughout their 4 years a Salutatorian.

but the person must have not taken any courses pass/fail.

So a lot of the people have taken the easiest, least rigorous courses, and become valedictorians.

[heavy bloom]

any good resources for self-studying apes?

[wise forge]

EdX and Coursera were helpful. Also Khan Academy has great resources i've heard.

[heavy bloom]

ill take a look tysm :)

[tender inlet]

Idk if this is the right place for it, but i just wanna hear anyones opinion on maths methods and physics, like ant struggles or stuff i would need to know because i wanna do electrical engineering

[vast thistle]

at least in my schools it’s the person with the highest unweighted gpa

[steep sail]

Okay, but wouldn't a lot of people have a gpa of 4 if it is unweighted

[steep sail]

Thanks for the info

[vast thistle]

we don’t have a lot of ap ib and dc classes so only the top people take them so it lowers the pool

[steep sail]

Okay

I am trying to take a lot of AP classes so I get higher in weighted gpa if that is what my school does cause my school offers a decent amount of ap courses

[untold terrace]

Do colleges care about the number of AP classes/tests you take or how relevant they are to subjects you like?

[wise forge]

they show rigor, however taking too many can discourage a college from accepting you. Colleges don’t want you if you spend your time taking 22 APs rather they’d want you to take 5 and stay involved in extra curriculars and your community.

Now there are some people who can be apart of 7 extra curriculars and take 22 APs plus DE classes… but those people are special

[pastel fable]

there’s not a certain number they expect u to take, but they’d like u to take as many as u can handle to demonstrate ur taking a rigorous course load. and, ideally, u want many/most to be in ur field of interest, giving u experience in the subject matter.

however, don’t take to many to the point where u do poorly in those classes. although colleges want u to excel, they care more about ur grades in the class. so take ones u know ur interested in bc it’ll be less painful and will be easier to get high grades in

[grizzled hull]

idk most my friends only took 8-9 and they got into ivys

idt aps rly matter up to a certian extent

[untold terrace]

8-9 exams or classes?

also do self-studying for APs help with college admissions?

[finite lance]

yes and no

but if youre studying random ap no

[wise forge]

The help get credit for classes you don't want to take

depending on the college/uni ofc

[wise forge]

if you can handle than and still participate in other activities like Key Club or Debate team that yes.

I am taking 7 APs, 14 HSE Classes, 5 Honors Classes, while participating in my schools top band and top choir as well as marching band, key club, Math Team, Varsity Mock Trial, 1-2 years of soccer (still deciding on my second year), and honor choral ensemble through out my state an country. I also own and run a small news organization. (2 people run it)

That maximizes my time to the amount I can handle, and believe it or not, that's not the most packed schedule. I have a friend taking 14 APs and 15 HSE Classes as well as 6 Honors Classes, and doing all of that. Rugby instead of soccer and Honor band instead of choir.

it just depends on how much you can handle and how much sleep you can thrive off of. I can function off of 4 hours of sleep because of genetics, some people have genetics that have them need 10 hours. Luck of the draw there. However, you don't need to be excessive to get into a good school. You can be successful taking a few aps and focusing on what you really love. Maybe also maintaining a social life.

Self studying is helpful if your school/local college doesn't offer HSE oppertunities (high school enrichment, basically dual credit classes but you only get college credit). You can self study BC with AB or APES with Bio or something like that. Or if you can, self study classes alone (I self studied AP Micro freshman year) though I used a program through EdX.

I plan on going to an in-state college, and not an Ivy League. Mainly because of the fact that I am white so my chances of getting into a good school are extremely low, but also Ivy League isn't for me. If Ivy is for you, you might find a different path more appropriate (like Gohar) but Ivy's don't necessarily give the best information.

[untold terrace]

What was Gohar's path?

Also what are HSE classes?

And do you manage to still get straight A's even with all that workload?

(just wondering)

[high citrus]

I was wondering if my current transcript matches that of a student aspiring to major in software engineering?

Please DM me if you can provide me with some insight

[finite lance]

send it

it also depends on the courses your school offer

[wise forge]

I have a 3.9 unweighted lol. However, its manageable when you have no friends lmao. HSE Classes are High School Enrichment Classes, which are classes you take at the college without receiving dual credit. My school doesn't accept dual credit from anywhere and a lot of the time doesn't even accept credits from another high school. Gohar worked hard to get into several Ivy Leagues, that was his goal.

Straight A's ended my first semester of Freshman year lol

[tardy talon]

By the end of hs Im scheduled to take 12 aps all mandatory 😭 my school does 8 periods so that’s probs why

[wise forge]

my school only does 6

I take 7 periods

but normal schedule is 6

[tardy talon]

Valid

[wise forge]

I tried taking 8

[tardy talon]

8 classes not worth 😭

[wise forge]

my counselor didnt like that idea since im only supposed to take 4 with my HSE classes

[tardy talon]

Unless it’s de

[wise forge]

yeah

[tardy talon]

DE hella easy I took 2 last semester , and taking a class rn

[tardy talon]

Dam

[reef flower]

how many ap classes shousl i take junior year?

[wise forge]

2-4

[tardy talon]

3-4, depends on difficulty of the course(s), also junior year is crazy so like beware

What r your goals wirh aps, is it for gpa boost or like if colleges will care about the aps

[reef flower]

A little of both

[tardy talon]

If it’s for gpa then tailor ur schedule to meet ur goal gpa taking 2 aps in freshman year definitely helps, if it’s for college and the ap is like geo or envi sci colleges might not care as much bc those r apes a lot of freshies take also depending on the college u want to go to the school might not even accept the ap exam credit for passing

[reef flower]

What aps do U recommend for college?

[tardy talon]

40% of Harvard students r white so liek u wouldn’t be rejected for being white so liek dw ur course load is literally insane

[tardy talon]

Research and seminar, chemistry, calc ab or bc (let’s pretend that the ap exam didn’t exist 😭), ap physics, ap lit, and any ap language that you aren’t native to ( those r all the aps I can remember rn that I think r useful)

But mostly these are sciences so depending on what you want to major in regardless of “ap rigor” try to get classes that show that you are interested in said Major

For example if I want to major in computer science If my school offers it I would take ap comp sci and stats and things like that, if my school doesn’t offer it I’d join a computer science related club or do side projects

[reef flower]

What aps are good if I wanna go into the medical field?

[tardy talon]

Ap chem and bio for sure, research and seminar , any ap language like before

Since med field is a science it kinda still applies

[reef flower]

Thx for ur help!

[tardy talon]

Npp!!

[void wagon]

I took Algebra, Geometry, and Spanish 1 in middle school, how will those classes look on my transcipt, and what effect will they have on my overall highschool gpa?

[tardy talon]

For my school it doesn’t affect Highschool gpa just middle school

[latent tapir]

I just found out my school will not let me take both AP french and AP Spanish senior year so I’m trying to figure out what class I should add instead.
Currently, I have (including this upcoming year):
4 years of English
3 years of science (ish)
4 years of social studies
3 years of math
4 years of language

I hope to pursue global studies/IR so would it be beneficial for me to take 4 years of math regardless?

[latent tapir]

In my experience at least, the only thing MS affects in HS is what classes you can take (ie you can’t take Spanish 2 in hs without doing Spanish 1 first). It doesn’t affect your hs gpa and you don’t send your ms transcript

[tardy talon]

Yes math is gonna be beneficial bc regardless your still gonna have to do gen Ed’s in college including math. I heard that students who don’t take math senior year tend to struggle with math in the first year of college. Math is something that you forget if you don’t use it.

[latent tapir]

The only option that works in my schedule is AP Comp sci principles which is technicalllllyyy a math course but (to my knowledge) doesn’t help to build skills like that in calc or stat

[tardy talon]

Yah ap comp sci principles wouldn’t be like math math. You could consider a dual enrollment course

[latent tapir]

That’s what I think imma do. If I take a math course at a local community college for example, do you think a university would still count that as a 4th year of math?

[tardy talon]

Um I’m not sure if they would count it as a 4th year of math persay, but depending if you go in or out of state and the level of math is high enough they can count it as math cred towards general education and you won’t have to do that class in college

[latent tapir]

Hmmmmm

The other issue is that my science credits are kinda weird cause freshman year I took bio at my HS, sophomore year I took chem through a separate college, junior year I took anatomy as a science elective, and senior year I’m planning on doing allied health (which is dual enrollment through another college and isn’t a well known science course).
I’m worried a university may see this as only 1 year of science so maybe it would be more beneficial for me to take a science course next year in replacement of csp?

Sorry I have so many questions but idk what to do honestly

[cinder gorge]

Oh I have a question

So I don’t think my school is going to offer AP spanish next year and I’m going to finish spanish 4 over the summer, and I don’t really want to take AP Spanish anyways my junior year, so do you think that looks alright if I’m going into medicine? I get a seal of biliteracy for finishing spanish 4 and I’m already fluent in another language too

[quiet arrow]

lmao same

not mandatory

but i also have 8 different periods

and am set to take around 12 aps

[wispy galleon]

How hard is AP computer science A?

[wise forge]

Not too hard from what i've heard.

[wise forge]

Same

[lunar harness]

Don't white women benefit the most from affirmative action 🗿

Its us asian men that get screwed the most

[wise forge]

well i still wouldn't be able to get scholarships

I ain't rich

same

but its $300

college is expensive

[wise forge]

this is true

Asian Men get a -300 while White men get a -150

Not many for white people. I am trying lol.

[lunar harness]

I might list my race as Pacific Islander on the college app in a video game

[wise forge]

Barely gonna afford instate, with a full time job, scholarships, and aid

[lunar harness]

I’m extremely tan compared to the average Asian person

Should I just say I’m wasian then

[minor geyser]

from im from being white gives u a better chance at getting the scholarship

[lunar harness]

Shi

Guess I’m not straight anymore

Im also not a cis man no more

Jeffina is my female name

Im ballin

Why not

Shi

What if I didn’t get the chance to get it changed legally

So saying im gay is the best bet

I mean it beats being straight right

I think the only advantage I have is im not tryna going into computer science

If they see another Asian guy applying for that

What they gone do tho

Business and probably a minor in stats or sum

I’ll go to law school afterwards

That’s the plan for now

Yeah but I’m getting a business degree to go to law school which I think makes a difference

Plus imo my extracurriculars are very not stereotypically Asian

I saw a video abt that

I can link it here hold on

https://youtu.be/oOWm-6ZvQKQ 5:45

They also said jrotc hurts your chances of college but I’m kind of skeptical of that

I’m in it rn so if it’s really that bad I might bail

[high citrus]

why'd she say it like that

"Doing stereotypically asian activities if you're asian"

Whats that supposed to mean 🤨

[lunar harness]

well how else is she supposed to say it

[high citrus]

thats true but still

[lunar harness]

i'm as tan as some latino ppl i know. . .

[high citrus]

it seems to give an underhanded type of statement

[lunar harness]

well its not really like she can say it in a good way

its college racism

[high citrus]

tru

[lunar harness]

But it kind of makes sense, there are a ton of asian people doing the high skill but low social interaction type of extracurricular

I think my ecs are very not asian, in fact most of it focuses on talking rather than any skill now that i think about it

thats ture

i think thats my only one

maybe deca is asian

i see hella asian people in deca

but i'm on track to become captain so that'll be a nice bonus to my app

i don't think theres any stereotypical latino clubs

as far as i know its only us

true

gonna try to win glass next year

i'm getting carried by 2 deca officers 😎

i don't think its true

i think there were other factors that affected it rather than jrtoc itself

correlation doesn't equal causation

bros extracurricular is 'hola club' and is ragging on other ecs

ok buddy

is it actually called hola club

no shot

what do you even do in french club

i've never understood the appeal of a language/ethnic club

do you bake the 'cwa song'

what r u gonna study in college?

oh shi wait you told me abt that

didn't recognize your pfp

also how do you even do honor societies for specific subjects

our school doens't have that

bruh you didn't join a club cause of one person

i don't think my school would let that, any application based thing has to be started by a teacher

what do u think 💀

any string instrument is also asian

rip if you're in orchestra

Percussion gang 😎 everybody in the section white except me

i'll think abt it, seems like a pretty good idea tbh

[reef flower]

LMAO are u going to 11th grade?

[lunar harness]

yeah

[reef flower]

what classes are u taking?

jw

[lunar harness]

AP chem calc lang stats, regular history, band and jrotc

pretty light class load

didn't want to risk the 4.0 junior year

you?

percussion is not stereotypically asian

what else coul i mean by that

ap chem at our school is an easy A

our teacher is a retired electrical engineer and just wants to make some side money so she doens't do jack

self study time

all my bald teachers hella crazy

my math teacher bald and he hated my guts

chem teacher was bald and looked like he grew meth in the lab prep area

walter white

[reef flower]

LIGHT???

UR CRAZY

mb for the late response

are u like valedictorian or somethin

[lunar harness]

we don't do valedictorian at our school, but i chose 3/4 of those classes based on teachers

so theres some context missing

AP Chem: Easy teacher
AP Stats: Teacher is also easy
AP Lang: Incredibly hard class but easy if you're on swim team especially if you're varsity

[high citrus]

is the swim coach the ap lang teacher?

[lunar harness]

I might add APUSH depending on my score from world

yep

[high citrus]

ah makes sense

[reef flower]

and

[lunar harness]

dawg you must go to some stem school or sum

you can't even do ap calc as a freshman at my school

our school is so poor 🗿

we have 2 honors classes and thats english 1 and englih 2

poor school is less competition tho so club officer positions are ripe for the picking

[reef flower]

lucky

[graceful gale]

my school doesn't even have ap human, ap csp, or ap stats 😭

[lunar harness]

U CAN SKIP PRECLAC

TF

[graceful gale]

only reason i haven't ran away yet

from my school

[lunar harness]

oh no 💀

our school doens't have any humantiies ap

guess whos self studying macro and can't understand anything 😭

[graceful gale]

my school has like 5 aps and they're all taught terribly so I'm just going to basically self study them

[lunar harness]

which ones

[graceful gale]

one second let me look

[lunar harness]

pre calc is so useless

didn't learn jack from that class

see at poor schools you trade your time for less competitions

at rich schools i definetely wouldn't be good enough at swim to be team captain or maybe not even varsity for that matter

[reef flower]

@lunar harness did u take any aps ur freshmen year?

[lunar harness]

took aphug

online

[graceful gale]

AP Biology, AP US History, AP World, AP Chem, AP Calc AB , and AP Lang

[lunar harness]

wanted to kms in a videogame

[high citrus]

y r u doing this to urself

u must be a masochist

[lunar harness]

bros gonna self study ap chem 💀

[graceful gale]

no that's what's offered at my school

[lunar harness]

shi i'm gonna have to do that too

fffffff

[graceful gale]

I'm taking those throughout high school not in one year

[lunar harness]

our school doesn't even offer ap physics 1/2

[graceful gale]

yeah mine doesn't either

I'm taking every single one offered at my school

[lunar harness]

now i feel lucky for the aps we do have lmao

even tho we're mising some major ones

[reef flower]

how was aphuman @lunar harness ?

[graceful gale]

We might get APES because we got a budget increase for science. I heard that we might get AP Gov back if they can find another teacher

but those won't be for a few years

[lunar harness]

i took it online so might be biased but its a ton of memorization

writing frqs isn't too bad

[reef flower]

how many ap classes do ur guy's school offer?

[lunar harness]

aroun 20 or so

[graceful gale]

20???

damn

mine has 8 total i think

[lunar harness]

we dropped APES tho

3 science teachers retired

[graceful gale]

7

[lunar harness]

they also fired the spanih teacher

[graceful gale]

my school's poor so we can't afford ap classes 😦

[lunar harness]

i think the benefits of club positions and what you can do witht hem > ap classes on the app

its way easier to show your ambition

[graceful gale]

my school only has a handful of clubs

I'm planning on doing DECA fs tho

[lunar harness]

but it does feel nice to run for state office and beat out daddy's money rich girl from a school that has 3x more funding than we do 🥱

god she actually hated everyone form our school

cause we were poor

looked down on us like animals or sum

[graceful gale]

bro my school is literally like the 50th worst in my state and there's like 750 high schools in the state

[lunar harness]

oh 💀

[high citrus]

💀

[graceful gale]

the ap enrollment is like 5% and most of the kids fail the exam

[reef flower]

how much does it cost if u self study ap classes ?

[lunar harness]

96 dollars

[reef flower]

including the exam?

[lunar harness]

96 is the exam

[reef flower]

oh ok

[lunar harness]

you don't need to pay anything extra to self study

a lot of free resources online

[graceful gale]

I don't trust my school to teach me so I'm going to work over a summer and get into an ap course online when i take them in school.

[lunar harness]

i don't think you need to pay for an ap course, for the subjects you mentioned khan academy is perfectly fine

except for lang

don't know if its worth paying for all that

[graceful gale]

can you self study world?

[lunar harness]

ehhhhhhhh

my friend did it

but she said it was really difficult

and i don't think she did so well on the exam

but we'll find out in 5 days!

[graceful gale]

again i would technically take the classes, their just taught really bad and there are always interuptions at my school

[lunar harness]

you should definetely take the class

assuming you can get an A

[graceful gale]

I will, I'm just going to self study a lot beside it

[lunar harness]

i read that wrong

lol

[graceful gale]

They went over how to use a comma in ap lang 💀

[lunar harness]

no way 💀

[graceful gale]

I'm not joking

[lunar harness]

i bet it would be cool to say you took all the AP classes your school had to offer

would definetely be something noteworthy on the college app

[graceful gale]

yeah. tho tbf it's only like 7

I'm kind of glad I go to a poor school, because I know my class rank will be good, and I look really good for my school, but it kind of sucks you have to go to online resources because the teachers just straight up don't teach

I get teachers have a lot on their plate, but they literally make the kids teach sometimes.

And none of the teachers get fired because there's a huge teacher shortage and no one wants to work at our school

y'all have arts ap???

oh i thought you meant fine arts

[lunar harness]

Wait are you gonna be a junior or senior

[graceful gale]

we have none of those

[lunar harness]

Yessir

I’m tryna brace myself for impact

Self studying ap calc and chem rn

[high citrus]

AB?

[lunar harness]

Yeah

[cinder gorge]

Why don’t you just take them in school

[cinder gorge]

Unfortunately

I’m only going to take ap art history

[lunar harness]

so i can breeze through junior year

i have a lot of extracurricular responsibilities regarding school clubs so i'd rather take it easy

[hasty stump]

What year are you in?

[cinder gorge]

Wait so what’s your jr year schedule

[cinder gorge]

Same but I can’t take it easy

[lunar harness]

yeast 12

[hasty stump]

💀

Yeast

Bwoah

[lunar harness]

ap chem calc lang stats, regular history, band and jrotc

pretty light workload so

[hasty stump]

Calc?

[lunar harness]

yeah

[hasty stump]

Like normal calc?

[lunar harness]

no ap

ap calc

[hasty stump]

Wait but I thought you were a year 12

Isn’t year 12 a senior?

[lunar harness]

iirc year 12 is junior in british people

i'm a junior

[hasty stump]

Ohhh

I see

I mean I think chem is pretty hard

AP chem

I wouldn’t know cus I’m taking physics

But yeah bets of luck

Wait so if you’re British

Then when are your GCSE?

[cinder gorge]

Why are you self studying then

[cinder gorge]

I don’t think so

I looked at the overview and it seems very math oriented

[crimson fulcrum]

is taking 4/6 ap classes in your junior year too much? especially with sat/act, extracurriculers, work, and sports?

[hasty stump]

I would think that physics would be more math oriented

But yeah chemistry too

[cinder gorge]

That depends on you, your teachers, and what APs

[cinder gorge]

Fs physics takes the cake but chem has more simple math

I’m taking AP physics my senior year after Calc so it should be light work

[hasty stump]

Imma take BC and AP physics junior year 🫠

I’m finished

[crimson fulcrum]

ap lit, ap stats or ap chem, ap comp sci a, ap gov, ap econ

[cinder gorge]

That's 5 bestie

[cinder gorge]

Same but I might end up taking taking AP Calc BC junior year

[hasty stump]

Wait how so?

Wait you might skip?

The things we do for college 😫

[cinder gorge]

Yes

My class technically says AP Calc

It doesn’t specify which one

So I might just end up self studying the last few units

[cinder gorge]

Fr I’m quitting math after high school

[lunar harness]

cuz i have a lot of extracurricular respsonsibilities and i want an easier junior year

[lunar harness]

Not british mate lol

Do they even have ap classes in britain

[lunar harness]

me too 💀 but senior year

🗿i'm so not excited

which ap physics

[graceful gale]

I'm probably going to take AP bio, AP Lang, and possibly another ap class depending on whether my school gets more ap classes by my junior year

[cinder gorge]

Alright lol

[pastel fable]

i did ap lang and it was pretty easy, as long as u learn to write quickly and effectively which u should learn throughout the school year. from what i heard ap bio is pretty difficult but doable, and a lot of memorization. good luck!

[wise forge]

Same. they go together very well and my school requires we take them together if we want to take AP Physics.

[graceful gale]

my school doesn't have physics or bc 😭

and it sucks because I get like double the college credit if i take bc for the college i want to go to and you only need to get a 3.

and then physics is also a 3 because ap physics...

[visual swan]

to anyone who took Honors Biology in 9th grade; how was your experience in the class?

[wise forge]

It was extremely easy, and didn't seem much different from regular biology.

[wise forge]

My teacher didn't teach much and people complained but the content is super easy. (Taking biological anthropology in college and the second semester is like 1 unit or 2 days lol)

Only reason i didn't get 100 is because she failed me on all of my study guides because i don't know how to study

ill get a 100% on the test worth 50 points, but then shell give me a 2 out of 150 on the study guide....

[visual swan]

oh, I've heard that it's the hardest class in freshman year, but that boosted my confidence!

[wise forge]

Yeah its not hard.

But nothing is hard freshman year.

[cinder gorge]

Damn we take Physics freshman year

[quiet arrow]

i take “integrated physical science” freshman year

[reef flower]

Is ap physic c mechanics useful?

[tropic robin]

yes it’s one of the more important aps

ap physics 1 is also great to take if the calc is a worry for you

[quiet arrow]

colleges are actually more likely to give you credit for taking physics c rather than physics b

[lunar harness]

I thoguht physics b wasn’t a thing anymore

[cinder gorge]

yea we get that but if u score high enough you take physics instead

[tropic robin]

yeah but honestly i’d rather take physics again then fail physics c

like i enjoy physics

[dusky ledge]

It really depends on the school and the teacher, but I’d say my freshman year honors bio was probably one of the hardest classes I’ve taken. Don’t let that discourage you though, because you do end up learning quite a lot, and you’ll develop better study habits.

[tropic robin]

yeah bio sucks

[wise forge]

thats what our school made people take if you failed a class

[reef flower]

prepare to learn a lot abt cells LMFAO

[wise forge]

its not really hard, thats not the class you should stress about

I took precalc freshman so thats what i stressed about

[visual swan]

oh, ok 🤣

[visual swan]

I need better study habits lol, apparently I got the worst Biology teacher in my school so I really need to be prepared

[rose maple]

Hated it but that was mostly since I didn't care for the teacher and I was stuck in remote. Very fun topic generally and a lot of the stuff I learned there has been relevant

[rose maple]

I'd agree that it was my hardest class but the bar for difficulty isn't too high in freshmen year

[visual swan]

that sounds great! I don't know anything about Biology rn but it would be nice to start off on the right foot 👍

[visual swan]

yeah, I've heard that from a couple other people as well

[visual swan]

oh, nice!

getting a lot of mixed opinions rn 😆

[hidden flower]

Does anyone here have an idea of what a day in honors literature I / honors us gov would look like? I would appreciate any ideas or help you could send my way!

[high citrus]

Are these ap courses?

I took honors lit this year and i was supposed to be in honors us gov but

[hidden flower]

No just honors

[high citrus]

Ohhhhh

The honors lit class was extremely boring

And us gov is the same as always

[wise forge]

My 4 yr plan

(P) designates college prep classes. (HP) designates UC Honors. Everything in red is a college course and also weights my UC GPA.

Also, if people need help visualizing their plan, copy this template and use it!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JbDrWn7aPOVV9GF-Yefhcw9Ocl2zKe2Z3OY1MVykBLM/edit?usp=sharing

[undone grove]

How long do you typically spend per night for AP World History?

[carmine lily]

hey guys so i have to take calc and physics and im not sure when and what classes i should take with them, for context i took honors bio in 8th and will be taking honors chem in 9th.

i have also taken algebra in 8th

[void wagon]

YO SAME. Im going into 9th grade after this summer and am freaked as well. Our school also offers the college level diffuculty of the class, so there is Pre-Calc, and UW Pre-Calc. I am gonna take (College version) UW Pre-Calc and am scared out of my mind haha. Do you have any tips for the rigor at least for normal pre calc?

[lone topaz]

Calculus is easy as long as you know the basics, where i study calculus started at 7th grade

So dont worry and have your fundamentals strong. If you have understood the basics anything that uses these concepts to be applied would be easy for you

[wise forge]

Well, it was hard for me because in my 8th grade year my Math teacher ditched us and so we didn't have a math teacher for half the year. It seemed pretty easy if you knew the stuff from 8th grade (alg 2 w Trig) but if you don't you understand none of it.

I got a B+ both semesters (100s on the finals tho)

we use integrated math so that’s my attempted conversion lol

but honors level

(technically we start pre calc fundementals in 8th grade bc they split everything up)

[sturdy hemlock]

i got my school half yearly report a couple days ago and i got a D in science :((((

[lunar harness]

Dang 😭 it’s ok tho grades don’t define who you are

People are gonna clown on you for that but ignore em

[sturdy hemlock]

yeah ig

[languid pewter]

What was the exam about ?

[jaunty imp]

hey yall do you think it's disadvantageous if I want to study international relations and have done some related ECs but a lot of my classes are STEM? I think I generally do better in math/science so I chose my classes to match that but that doesn't line up w/ my desired major or EC's at all

also i pretty much exclusively took STEM AP exams

[tropic robin]

you said ur year 8 right? that doesn’t go on college admissions transcripts as far as I know, and you might do really well the rest of the year so don’t worry about it too much :))

when i was in middle school I got C’s in math every quarter and B’s in my other subjects

but i’m a straight A ap student now

[marsh sorrel]

Only the grades for highschool does I believe

[tropic robin]

their one kindness 😭

13 yr old me was a dumbass 💀

[marsh sorrel]

:(((

Don’t say that

Nobody is dumb

[tropic robin]

no she was she never did any work

literally ive evolved

love and light

[wise forge]

I plan on doing the same! I am not absolutely sure. I plan on majoring in Political Science specializing in International Relations. However, I also plan on taking Calc BC and Physics C. I don't think its disadvantageous, I take classes that challenge me and give me a breadth of useful knowledge, and I believe colleges will understand.

[wise forge]

Making a better visual of my plan cause im bored lmao

[quiet arrow]

that’s a cool design!

[wise forge]

Thanks!

I was bored and got a hold of photoshop

[minor geyser]

my college freshman fall schedule:
university 101, fundamentals of art, design technology & concepts, elementary statistics, & english 102.. thoughts?

[wise forge]

whats your major?

[blazing osprey]

Im taking honors bio next year so is there any courses I should take to familiarize with the syllabus

[wise forge]

Honors Bio will not be that hard I promise! Not really any courses needed because its an entry level course.

[cinder gorge]

Bio is just boring

Looks like ima piss a lot of people off

Wow

[cinder gorge]

Damn-

[gusty plover]

Hello guys, I have a question.

This year I have Pre-Calculus Honors and I'm a little scared...I don't know what to expect.

Could I get advice.

[sturdy cliff]

I have the same situation! (Except that I have acc pre calc honors) and I need advice for it as well.

[gusty plover]

I have a book talking about it and I have been reading it...but I would also like to know some advice.

[sturdy cliff]

Also have any of you guys taken AP USH? If yes, is it hard and do you need any prep before school?

[gusty plover]

Friends have mentioned to know the Unit Circle.

[sturdy cliff]

Ooh

[gusty plover]

I'm taking that this year and my friend took it.

She said it was easy and passed with a 98, though she skipped/missed a lot of class.

So I guess if you actually go to the class it should be easy..

Though she mentioned to not mix up dates and people.

[sturdy cliff]

Ooh sounds good. Thanks!
I'm not a history person but my parents forced me to take ap ush so I'm kinda worried about it

[gusty plover]

Ooo she reccomend this playlist, lemme get it real quick.

[sturdy cliff]

Ugh I hate remembering history names and dates😭

[gusty plover]

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s

She used this playlist a lot.

I want to do Calc

I love Math

I'm just scared of the unexpected.

[sturdy cliff]

Oh

[gusty plover]

Ohhh, sounds easy

[sturdy cliff]

I'm doing alg ii/geom B over the summer

[gusty plover]

Oh..okay...sounds like a piece of cake then!

Oooo

[sturdy cliff]

Thanks!

[gusty plover]

Np!

[signal saddle]

great bc it’s the same for me

[void wagon]

SAME, but im taking UW Pre-Calc, which is the college level version of the class my school offers. Im also gonna do it as a freshman(9th grade) and im scared

[dapper harness]

don't worry I was in the same situation

precalc as a freshman isn't actually that bad :)

a lot of it is review

the trig can get frustrating but once you get it, you get it

just need to practice a bit for that

if you wanna get more prepared, brush up on your alg 2 and consider finding a few online resources to help

it's not that bad trust me

True

yo if you have a final exam review or anything for precalc, could you dm me

have a friend who wante this and it'd be helpful coming from a real course

[void wagon]

tysm for ur tips!

[void wagon]

Do you have any special resources that would be helpful!?

[dapper harness]

hmmmmmm

okay so there are thousands of videos/tutorials/courses on youtube

so you could find a playlist with all of those

khan academy is really great to get prepared for a class but it won't have everything in all the detail

if you want a paid course, do something like straighterline idk (it's $59 + $99 monthly)

[void wagon]

ah i see, tysm!

[wise forge]

Hey so im not sure if any one would know the answer to this or not, however, is it theoretically possible to complete my Poli Sci major requirements in a year if I have all GE and LD requirements completed?

Because I am completed my GE and LD reqs through HSE and AP's.

Sadly I don't get dual credit so I will have to take US History at College and APUSH at hs.

But I can theoretically graduate with my AA-T in Poli Sci before my competition of high school, however, I won't be granted the degree until im 18 due to state law. So with that, I should be able to take my 8 major requirements in 1 year?

I plan on attending UC Berkeley and my back up is UC Santa Barbara

Only downfall is I wont be considered for the honors program

[sturdy cliff]

College level pre calc as a freshman sounds soo hard! (I'm new to states tho, so idk) but like I'm taking honours as a sophomore and im still scared about it

Props to you!!

[void wagon]

Honestly I'm fine with the normal pre calc u mentioned but the college version scares me haha

[void wagon]

HAHHAHAHA you got ot

It

[dusk leaf]

Should I join all of the AP classes available?

[carmine lily]

hey so, i've never been into sports and i don't plan on but i know to get into the ivies you should do some sort of sport, could i replace that sport mentality with theatre? ik it's not as respected as sports but will it at least get me a chance at the ivies?

[sharp sun]

What did everyone get on their AP EXAM SCORES?!

[cinder gorge]

[cinder gorge]

Two 5s!

[compact spruce]

Hella proud of this

[hasty stump]

Hello! I am currently going to my sophmore year in august and I am taking AP Calculus AB. I was wondering if anybody has any resources that I can use during my time studying Calculus such as tools,formula sheets,etc... Another question I have is will I learn the formulas(Ex.FTC/FTL) during my time in Calculus?

[high citrus]

Yes you’ll have to learn some formulas and this class made me want to break doing several times but you’ll be fine if you practice the material. I just found out i passed the ap today 😁 and if i can do it, you can too. In terms of resources, khan Academy is your best friend.

[dusty ivy]

should i self study apes next year or be enrolled in a class (outside class since my school doesnt offer it)

i've heard its pretty easy to self study but the percentages of 5 this year and last are not very high D:

[undone grove]

How long do you typically spend per night for AP World History?

[polar plaza]

depends, how many are available?

[dusk leaf]

3

[languid ruin]

ayo im jealous

[polar plaza]

Maybe, if you think you’re capable, it’s going to be a lot of work though but it’s definitely possible

[lunar harness]

AP Gov people learning about court cases that got overturned 1 month later 🗿

feel bad for u guys ngl

[dusk leaf]

I think I will thank you for the help

[wise forge]

lmao

[wise forge]

I read through the entire 213 page court ruling and it twas interesting to say the least. It is extremely helpful to have the background knowledge of all of the cases as they are mentioned several times throughout. Also gives a good understanding for CJ John Roberts dissent as well as the dissent in judgment by Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan

I never took AP gov tho bc college poli sci classes are 😎

[lunar harness]

respect the dedication

my opinion is what makes the person I'm arguing with mad 🗿

[high citrus]

Is ap csp harder or easier than ap csa? Or are both relatively easy? If so, which sounds i take? (Not offered at my school)

[wise forge]

respectful

[high citrus]

what should i take for my senior year?

and is it possible to self study it while taking 3 other aps?

[swift fox]

Can someone tell me how I ended up with a 4.001 gpa with an average grade of a 94 in all honors classes and all me electives were 99-100s

[median token]

Guys, I want to know how many mechanical engineering students should take?

I'll really appreciate it but I am just a high school student and I heard they have to take about like Cal 1,2,3 , Linear algebra? , Some physics?

[tribal gazelle]

Hey guys

Is it ok that I’m not taking any honors classes during freshman year?

[quiet arrow]

honors are weighted as 4.5 for a/a+ and electives are usually 4.0 for a/a+ so with the right mix of grades in the right classes you somehow got that

[quiet arrow]

my high school doesn’t offer anything past calc 1 and physics 1 lol. if you can take those classes go for it but you don’t need to go out of your way for them if your school doesn’t offer them or you’re not eligible to take them.

[rain cobalt]

Can someone who took either CAD(draft and design) or AP comp sci principles let me know what the class is like and what to expect? Im trying to decide which class to take next year

[tardy talon]

If ur school allows u to take honors in freshman yr take them, taking regular classes don’t hurt you, but taking more “advanced” classes can help you

[quiet arrow]

i was supposed to take cad next year but scheduling conflicts didn’t let me :(

[slow knoll]

Quick question which AP English class is better AP Lang or AP Lit?

[wise forge]

I think lang? but it depends. Lang is more research and lit is more fiction book from what ive heard

[clear coral]

Ap lang is junior year and lit is senior

[reef flower]

What classes are u taking this upcoming school year?

Ye whole list

[wise forge]

taking my bio credit in 4 week sem rn and its the easiest shit ive done best summer spent lol.

4 weeks and i get bio credit

AP Phys C get me my Physics and lab credits

icon?

oom

I didn't know lawl

here is my study guide I made and its just shit i learned in HS Bio

and its not even in depth

Open note exams

like

llol

[haughty cedar]

So I have a question about AP classes. My school does not offer them as I am in a Cambridge program school, they offer A-Level and AS-Level classes and I do not know how these compare to AP classes. These classes come from Cambridge curriculum.

[wise forge]

AP classes are "equal" to US college/university classes

Colleges accept the score in liu of taking the class

[median token]

I am like super bad at math and physics in middle school but my curiosity is massive, now i am learning cal 2 and 3. hope it helps in college years

[dusty ivy]

as someone from the bay area everyone is super competitive here
im going into sophomore year but only have a few honors classes
i took an ap this year and im self studying/taking an outside class for 2 or 3 aps next yr
should i be worried about my courseload and stuff D:
should i maybe take dual enrollment to get some college credits too

[signal saddle]

i’m planning on doing about the same in my sophomore year, taking 2 to 3 aps and self studying one class, idk what it will be

[hardy musk]

do you guys think i should change anything in my schedule for my junior year in the fall

[charred wigeon]

Tbh it looks fine. I don't think that there is anything wrong with it.👍

[quiet arrow]

oh nice, good luck with that!

[carmine lily]

hey so i basically have a choice to go to a school that has many oppurutnies and is just a good school but it's super competitive, there's another school with three classes i really want to take and is a good ish school overall but doesn't have as many oppurutnies. also it's based around medical science and ik i won't go into that field but probably something similar to that. what should i do?

[snow wadi]

Go to the competitive one and just work really hard

[carmine lily]

but there's pathophysiology and pharmacology classes there which i really wanna take

[carmine lily]

is there a way to skip classes that's not ap?

[wise forge]

I want to say the AP Econs, Stats, and english.

Maybe the govs too

[lunar harness]

Ap calc will be helpful as well and psychology

Easy class 🤷‍♂️

[twin nexus]

Should i take pure maths if i want to choose computer science? brainstorming my 6th form courses here

[wise forge]

Taking Psy-2 rn lol. Pretty easy

[elfin thunder]

How long will it take to self study enough info to take AP CSA as my first school computer science class?

[cinder gorge]

how is AP english and AP Psych like?

Also, I was thinking of taking AP Chem, AP Gov and AP Comp Sci. Principles my senior year

[vestal stag]

Hey guys I’m a rising senior graduating in 2023, and I live in Texas. I signed up to take physics this year and I feel like I won’t have enough time to make great grades in this class given I have all ap classes in my schedule and busy ecs and college apps. I also have a nice rank that I don’t want to bring down. The problem is do some colleges require I take physics in hs? UT AUSTIN says “one course in biology and two in physics and chemistry are suggested”. I’m not looking into applying to ivy leagues, but schools like unc, uni of Florida, ut, etc
What should I do?

[cinder gorge]

what are some tips to at least pass with a 90% and a 4 on the exam?

[lunar harness]

have an eassy teacher and khan academy

[tall jetty]

Can you still change your class?

[vestal stag]

Yes

[reef flower]

@vestal stag If u have a nice rank don’t u get auto admission to ut Austin?

[odd tendon]

I’ve only taken psych but I loved it! Imo the concepts are really interesting and it’s a little intuitive to learn them since they often build on each other. You do have to memorize a lot of terms though, and I took probably 120 pages worth of notes throughout the course 😭 so lots of work but rewarding if you enjoy the content. Most people I know did well if they studied a lot and kept up with notes (we were only assigned textbook reading + proof we read it via notes) but if they didn’t then they had trouble. I did well on the exam but idk if it’s generally considered easy for an AP or not

[tall jetty]

You could take a higher level chem if there is one

It said 2 psychics and chem

I don't think it meant both

But I would check

[reef flower]

Are u top 6% in ur school?

[tropic robin]

acid base reactions want you dead but if you master them you’ll get a 4

also study a shit ton but focus on mathematical and core concept practice problems because it’s an analytical course and memorization is only helpful for a couple units

i studied 5-6 hours a night every night for AP chem alone and got a 4

it’s actually a pretty fun class

oh and le chatleirs principle is in EVERYTHING literally everything if you know nothing else know conservation of matter and energy and you’ll grind through the logic problems

[snow wadi]

I don’t think so unless there’s a placement test that you can pass to take a class above that

[snow wadi]

Self -study them??? Idk

[vestal stag]

Not for your major exactly, but yes

[cinder gorge]

So I got my freshman schedule today, and I didn’t get APUSH. Not sure if it’s full or if I need to change my schedule-well see, but if it’s full and I can’t take it, I feel like I’m behind. Someone tell me I’m not. I took all honors and that course, basically the max, but I feel behind now

[agile bane]

Are a levels better than APs?

[tall jetty]

Don't believe so?

Maybe an actual college class in a community college, but that's has the same gpa as an AP class

[cinder gorge]

But if I take no APs freshman, then take probably 2 or so next year, is that an ok pace to get into a top college

[reef flower]

Wdym

[pliant swan]

Guys is it a good idea to take geometry and algebra 2 at the same time during freshman

[cinder gorge]

Yeah I did that and it was fine

[quiet arrow]

most schools don't even offer aps to freshmen you're good lmao

[quiet arrow]

absolutely

i was supposed to do that but my school's teacher who basically runs the advanced part of the math department didn't let me haha

i wish i pushed for it further but she's going to let me double up on geo and precalc in sophomore year so there isn't really a point

taking calc junior year either way

[pliant swan]

Nice

My friends were telling me geometry is hard so I was wondering if it would be stressful to take both

[cinder gorge]

Geometry was easy for me, but that depends on the person. I personally didn’t like geometry very much, so it was a pain, but I really enjoyed algebra

It was probably difficult for your friend, but it may not be for you

Ok hey guys!! My junior year schedule is getting more and more muddled and I currently only have 5 definite classes atm (AP Calc, AP Chem, AP bio, English 11, and APUSH), so I’m slightly stressed and I want to have a backup plan because I heard it’s not a good idea to take 5 classes in your junior year (if this ends up happening). I have a few classes in mind to take if it doesn’t workout - AP Stats, AP world (online, I probably wouldn’t take the exam because I just did euro), AP Psych (online), or AP Environmental science (online). Which is the most doable or the easiest for me with my current class load? I don’t want to be overwhelmed with extra work if I take another class, but I also don’t want to be taking 5 classes junior year

[wise forge]

hm

My schedule is the same way

my definite class is Spanish 1 at my Community College lol

I didn't request Concert Band, so they are setting my schedule up for me to be in 6th period Concert Band, which I won't be, ill be in 7th period Honors Advanced Band. So they are gonna have a neat time tryin to do that...

Usually seniors only get free periods but if I need to I could get one because of my enrollment in Spanish at the college. (State allows me to have less attendance minutes)

also Im only getting 5 credits for PE Band not 10 so thats something as well-

[wise forge]

No

[unkempt barn]

Hey

[wise forge]

hey

[quiet arrow]

nonono it’s probably the easiest high school math class besides algebra 1

if you think you’re going to struggle with it you can do some of the course (or all idk) on khan academy this summer

that way you’ll have a good idea of what’s coming and you’ll spend less time on geometry, the easy subject, and more on algebra 2, the harder one

[pliant swan]

Yeah that’s what I’m doing right now

Don’t the problems take a long time to do? Like proofs and stuff

[wise forge]

=less problems

not that challenging

[pliant swan]

Yeah ig

[minor geyser]

im taking bio101 & lab at a community college online. is bio101 hard in general and is their any advice?

[visual oyster]

Is anyone taking calc 3

[visual oyster]

I think Bio 101 is just AP Bio it should be decent amount of reading but if you understand it it’s not that bad

Like the general gist of it

Lots of memorisation

[wise forge]

I have a friend whos taking it during a 4-week short term summer session

I don't think its going well

[cinder gorge]

yeah thats rly tough

is he passing rn or no?

[wise forge]

She's passing with a 97 but

social life took a cut

[cinder gorge]

Yeah

[wise forge]

she missed 3 months of calc BC and got a 5 on the test

[cinder gorge]

i know people from my school who cant pass a 6 weeks geometry summer course

ur friend is insane

[wise forge]

Yeah

Shes def goin to an IVY league

We both gonna have the same amount of college credits but I got a B in honors math 2 lol

[tawdry nexus]

who?

oof

I wanna get a A+ in honnors math

I have a A+ in pre-algebra rn

sooooooooooooooooooo

yeah

[wise forge]

hm

Pre alg i did in 6th grade with an A+

[cinder gorge]

is honors math 2 like

[wise forge]

Alg 2 with trig

[cinder gorge]

algebra 2?

[tawdry nexus]

but honors and pre is very diffrent, right?

[cinder gorge]

o

im taking that this school year

in september

mostlikely

[wise forge]

oou

[cinder gorge]

idk if ima drop tho

everyone says the teacher sucks

[tawdry nexus]

DON'T

[wise forge]

dont drop

[wise forge]

in my school extremely

[tawdry nexus]

Khan Academy is ur fav

[wise forge]

lol

[cinder gorge]

the thing is

[tawdry nexus]

And look at a bunch of youtube for help

[cinder gorge]

in al 2 w/ trig if u get a 95 u can take calc ab

[cinder gorge]

?

but if u cant

there is no point of taking it

Can anyone help 😭

[tawdry nexus]

U wanna take cal ab

[cinder gorge]

so im not rly sure

[cinder gorge]

yea

its better than pre calc

[tawdry nexus]

With what?

I'm stupid here but I'll try my best

[tawdry nexus]

def

[cinder gorge]

yea

but the thing is

[tawdry nexus]

?

[cinder gorge]

the teacher is rly bad

my friend took it

and he got like an 83

Precalc is worthless if you know the trig

[tawdry nexus]

Like mean, strict, or dumb????

[wise forge]

what is your question?

[cinder gorge]

strict and dumb

not rly that mean

It can be done over the summer easy too

[tawdry nexus]

strict is goood

[wise forge]

in my school its taking in Honors Math 2 and Honors Math 3 bc integrated math

[tawdry nexus]

do u earn anything tho?

learn*

[cinder gorge]

according to him

It’s not worth a whole year unless you take a bit longer for concepts

the class is good but the teacher is trash

he doesnt teach well

at all

the geo teacher was bad but hes next level bad

[tawdry nexus]

i say stay in

Do u use comp in class?

[cinder gorge]

yea

[tawdry nexus]

Cus u can just ignore the teacher and work on ur own

[cinder gorge]

Which is the most doable of the current possible classes I listed

[tawdry nexus]

Put on some lofi music in the back to block out teacher

[cinder gorge]

damn

mac user

windows better

[tawdry nexus]

I hate u guys

[wise forge]

out of AP Psych and APES?

[cinder gorge]

I wrote down a few more

[tawdry nexus]

All the mac users in my school are snooty kids

[tawdry nexus]

Idk, I'm still in middle

[cinder gorge]

And then there’s the current courseload I have

[cinder gorge]

Same

[tawdry nexus]

Biggest flex: getting a A in a quiz that I just guessed on

Spansih FLAC

[wise forge]

APES would be easy since there is a significant Bio over lap. I cant really say any others. Maybe psych.

[tawdry nexus]

ooooooooooooooooooooo

[cinder gorge]

Bro biggest flex for me is failing my AP euro dbq and still doing great

[wise forge]

lmao

[cinder gorge]

I heard mixed things about APes (I would have to take it online too)

[soft ivy]

it’s alright if u fail

[wise forge]

Honestly, you could self study it.

If i needed the credit and wasn't poor id self study it with AP Bio

[cinder gorge]

It doesn’t count as a class

[tawdry nexus]

I failed a bunch in english and got a A >:)

[cinder gorge]

If I self studied it

[cinder gorge]

Yeah my school made it so if u take al 2 with trig u get put into honors pre calc which has limits and stuff

[tawdry nexus]

Smart students get the w

[cinder gorge]

Nice haha

[wise forge]

Well yeah, im just saying the rigor.

its a big over lap so itd help with studying

[cinder gorge]

We did limits in normal

O damn

[wise forge]

I read this as "get a w" or withdraw fail lmao

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, but I would actually need to take a class for it to count

[tawdry nexus]

lollllllllllll

[wise forge]

Take the class!

Usually its a lot of in the field type stuff so it should be fun

[soft ivy]

I’m ASB prez

[cinder gorge]

Is it worth taking online?

[wise forge]

Hm

Online

[soft ivy]

Got elected last week of school

[wise forge]

Probably still yeah

[soft ivy]

🥳

[wise forge]

Just less fun

[tawdry nexus]

take 3 ap at the least

[wise forge]

AP Psych would fit online but it would be hard to balance that info with APUSH and stuff

[soft ivy]

7-8 per year is perfect

[cinder gorge]

That’s what I was thinking

[cinder gorge]

Ah true

[tawdry nexus]

People like u, social standing: +1000

[cinder gorge]

I was thinking maybe AP world because I heard AP euro covers a lot of it

[tawdry nexus]

oop

idk

[wise forge]

Don't take two AP Histories at once

[tawdry nexus]

im in middle lol

[soft ivy]

I appreciate that 🫡

[cinder gorge]

Ah ok

[wise forge]

Collegeboard makes their historys so badly

[tawdry nexus]

Lol, imagine mixing up the dates

[wise forge]

take it at CC

or DE

[tawdry nexus]

that's deadly

[cinder gorge]

Me on AP euro 💀

It was ok though

[tawdry nexus]

hahahaha

[cinder gorge]

I just got confused on the era

[wise forge]

I am taking Euro this upcoming year

hopefully

[tawdry nexus]

Make a song

[wise forge]

The teacher died so if they cant find a replacement than prob not

[cinder gorge]

It’s really fun

[tawdry nexus]

columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1862, he killed the natives at 18 8tive

[cinder gorge]

I heard taking world and euro at the same time is good because lots of overlap

[cinder gorge]

💀 so funny!

[tawdry nexus]

jefferson liked writing till he started dying

aba was shot by a acting a lot

christanity ended after deez nuts joles

and so did my grammer

This is why you should get Grammerly

...

hello?

[wise forge]

im

here

[tawdry nexus]

everyone ran away

[wise forge]

failing to process

word

s

Im in a psych lecture rn not taking notes

[cinder gorge]

I’m here

[wise forge]

lol

[tawdry nexus]

jhygtfrdc bvnhjkl\

hungerrrrrrrrrrrr

[wise forge]

lmao

[tawdry nexus]

My dog is loud

R u in high school?

[wise forge]

what

[tawdry nexus]

?

[wise forge]

I thought most of us were in HS

[tawdry nexus]

um-

[wise forge]

Or do you mean currently located at?

[tawdry nexus]

cough,cough

sorry bud

but I'm not a high schooler 😛

: P

[wise forge]

om

[tawdry nexus]

I know

I'm a werido

[wise forge]

it says hs

in ur roles

[tawdry nexus]

an out cast

liesss

on the run

[still solar]

Surprisingly a lot of middle schoolers here

[wise forge]

ig they need help getting into hs

[still solar]

💀💀💀💀

[wise forge]

lol

[tawdry nexus]

Head starters

[lunar harness]

Ngl just worry about developing yourself and your identity in middle school kids crazy nowadays 💀

[cinder gorge]

Hey guys! Quick question - I’m taking a few AP and honors classes; I was wondering how you guys manage those type of classes? What would you guys recommend?

[swift dagger]

Antidepressants

That’s what I recommend

Jk

Idk cause I’ve been in accelerated classes my whole life

[wise forge]

Ha, my state made accelerated classes illegal until 7th grade.

[swift dagger]

Damn

[wise forge]

Honestly, most of us can attend class and not have to change anything to get an A or B.

[wise forge]

they trying hard to make them illegal for all grades

against fed law tho]

[wise forge]

I would recommend not forgetting the class exists though ive done that a few times and been fine.

[wise forge]

Here are standard math tracks found across the US

If you're wondering what math classes to take. In California, Advanced Math 8 certifies both Algebra 1 & Geometry (though its thought the integrated math system). I learned this upon a friend transferring to a school (in-state) which granted the Alg1 & geometry credit though the individual did not participate in ADV Math 7.

Actually, here is a grouping of a bunch of standard tracks that I got from counselor(s) from schools around the United States

There are two Honors science tracks because the bottom one was sadly not offered to my class as it started for the class of 2026

But a lot of schools nationwide have offered it

Hopefully this visualization can help any one understand what classes they should take depending on which track they are apart of

[quiet arrow]

would top colleges reject me if i don’t take geometry in high school?

or if i did it online (with one of those programs that gives you a transcript and stuff) outside of my school?

i found something in the program of studies that might allow me to skip geometry and get ahead in math without wasting a period for double upping

[wise forge]

geometry is a big requirement

but some states allow you to certify geometry with higher maths

[quiet arrow]

hm ok

[median pawn]

would it make any difference to college admissions if i took credit by exams for health, speech, pe, and language credits?

[quiet arrow]

health speech and pe probably not

but definitely take a foreign language all four years

[lunar harness]

or if your hs offers it, test out

[quiet arrow]

isn't it better to take the class rather than testing out?

[lunar harness]

why waste 4 periods in your schedule if you already know a language

[quiet arrow]

most top colleges highly recommend taking 3 or 4 years

(from top to bottom: princeton, harvard, stanford)

[wise forge]

Do I have to take Chemistry? or could i get away with taking 2 physics classes

[quiet arrow]

most colleges like it if you take chemistry

all three college high school course recommendations included chem

so

[wise forge]

hm

well that’s to graduate

[wise forge]

so i should still take chem then

[quiet arrow]

yeah

[wise forge]

I’ve taken 1 hs bio course and 1 college bio course and plan on doing the same for Physics.

I really hate Chemistry

I’m fine in Calculus

I hate chemistry

AP Physics C?

I plan on taking that junior year

I’m excited but i’m gonna see lol

[lunar harness]

you can take other electives/programs at your school, doesn't have to be a language 🗿

or better yet

you can do both

thats what I did, I got my credits and took spanish

flex on your mono/bilingual friends

my point is if you're fluent in a language, you'd be bored sitting through the sequence of classes so you might as well do something better

[marsh rose]

online classes fill the language credits as well

[wise forge]

a lot of the time you can test out of it just fine. But if you took a different language than you'd look extra good.

[cinder gorge]

If only they had a class for my language

[lunar harness]

Personally I took the ap chinese test, tested out of 4 credits and got my seal of Biliteracy and also 3 years of Spanish so even if the college recommends 4 years I think I’m Gucci

Wish my school didn’t go to 7 period schedule tho

Totally would’ve taken ap spanish

Such a great teacher

[cinder gorge]

I have to take spanish 4 for mine 😭

[cinder gorge]

Take it online

[lunar harness]

Can’t you just take a test for the seal?

[wise forge]

what were they before?

[lunar harness]

8 periods

[wise forge]

wow

[lunar harness]

Block schedule

It was great

[wise forge]

My school always has had a 6 period schedule

[lunar harness]

Damnnn that’s tough

[wise forge]

Well it was possible to take 7 and 8

[cinder gorge]

They don’t have a class or test

[lunar harness]

The question is do I want to take 5 ap classes at the same time with one being online

And self studying???

[cinder gorge]

I hated the 8 schedule one

[cinder gorge]

I might end up doing that

[prisma arch]

what grade are you and what do you want to major in?

...just collecting data

[wise forge]

I take 7 classes every year then also college classes so thats another 3. I also take 3 during the summer.

but its only a 6 course Bell schedule

[lunar harness]

Incoming junior, business with some sort of stem to go alongside (likely data or statistics)

[wise forge]

hm

[prisma arch]

sounds nice

[lunar harness]

I got a 5 on AP chinese I don’t feel like I need to take AP Spanish but maybe I’m trippin

[wise forge]

Am I crazy for wanting to major in Political Science but minor in Aeronautical Engineering?

[wise forge]

nah you're fine.

[lunar harness]

My friends majoring in poly sci too

He’s minoring in bio

So imo not that weird

[wise forge]

Okay good.

Because my best friend literally yelled "WTF" to me

[lunar harness]

How would you combine them tho

[cinder gorge]

^

[lunar harness]

Like my friend wants to do bioethics, campaign for different ethics stuff in medicine

So that’s why he’s minoring in biology

[wise forge]

Im taking AP Calc BC and AP Physics C my junior year, and then the minor only needs 6 additional courses.

And im doing it bc I find it fun lol

[lunar harness]

Yikes that sounds terrible

I’m doing it too 😂

[wise forge]

it sounds funnn

[lunar harness]

Honestly ion even know what I want to do I’m lowkey in the same boat I want to combine something communication heavy like poly sci kr business with stem

[wise forge]

yeah

[prisma arch]

yes, you're crazy

[wise forge]

lmao

[prisma arch]

(it was a joke)

[lunar harness]

My friends doing applied mathematics with a minor in poly sci

So I think it’s pretty common

Dw your friends are just not on your level 😎

Humanities people > stem people 🗿 stem people pretentious af

Sorry guys

Ehhhh depends on how related they are

Taking Spanish didn’t help my Chinese in the slightest

Maybe I need to do more humanities aps on second thought

6 seems like too many tho 🗿

I have a lot of ec commitments

If I didn’t have that many I would consider it

[wise forge]

Yeah

[lunar harness]

you bought a car

but ecs are too expensive?

and gas???

most ecs don't cost more than like 300$ for the entire year unless you have to travel imo

or the organization is run by greedy bastards

ngl considering just quitting nhs but putting it on the app anyway cause ion wanna pay

in a videogame cause that'd be unethical