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RumZ
United States956 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:07 JSH wrote: I'm not in HS but you seem to be packed Are you going to take all the AP tests? that's like 560 dollars :< (I think it was 80 dollars per AP test) That 560 dollars is chump change compared to the cost to obtain those credits at a university. | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
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seRapH
United States9756 Posts
baller your graphs are amazing | ||
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
acrossfivejulys: haha, i definitely look forward to the time when my days can consist primarily of research! or do i? i suppose we'll see in a few years' time gogleion: ah there's no reason to feel bad about being harsh. honestly though i had a genuine interest in people posting junior year HS schedules! thank you though issorlol: the main problem at my school, honestly, is that the non-AP classes aren't really that fun: generally speaking, you end up with subpar teachers (who grade in peculiar ways that can be dangerous to your grade) and, to put it nicely, not-so-great classmates. i definitely would take something if it would be really fun (like i did freshman year with photography and adv. photography or this year with racquet sports) but the main issue really is that the AP classes at my school are both the most work-intensive (obviously) but also the most fun! i definitely did try to pick easier APs, though. for APCS i already took the AP test and i'm familiar enough with programming to breeze through the course; advanced calc will be filled with typical good-at-math asians (which are mostly my friends) and is a fairly relaxed class from what i hear (infact going at a slower pace than AP calc, which i took this year); ap bio i hear is just plain easy to get an A in even if you get Bs and Cs on the tests. and then to top it off i have ap econ which is just easy in general. definitely though my senior year schedule is going to be a lot more relaxing JSH: it's a lot of money, but as Joey.rumz stated, it saves me a lot later on hot_bid: my high school is a magnet school in WA and i really want to go to school at Berkeley or Harvard/Princeton/Yale/Stanford, etc; realistically though i'll just end up at the University of Washington for undergrad. it's more about competing with my friends, really. as for the SAT i'm glad that i got that over with in June; i ended up with a 2310, which is a lot worse than my goal but honestly i'm too lazy to take it a third time and i doubt my miraculous 800 Reading will repeat itself again. saracen: my version of underwater basket weaving; additionally it's scheduled in the morning, so essentially i get a free boost to my GPA and some morning nap time at very little cost pardon my unwillingness to punctuate please i'm really tired right now ;_; i stayed up most of the night watching Return of the Condor Heroes | ||
LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:44 Kironide wrote: as for the SAT i'm glad that i got that over with in June; i ended up with a 2310, which is a lot worse than my goal but honestly i'm too lazy to take it a third time and i doubt my miraculous 800 Reading will repeat itself again. fuck people like you are annoying *edit* to be civil i'll answer your OP back when i was a junior in high school i took IB History of the Americas HL IB English 11 HL IB Biology 2 HL IB Chemistry 2 HL IB Spanish 4 SL IB Pre-Calc/Statistics/Trigonometry SL IB Theory of Knowledge | ||
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Gogleion
United States534 Posts
Well anyway, here was my schedule for Junior year, I'm a senior now: AP Chem- Such an amazing class Independent Study- Worked on web design Jazz Band- Great experience to have, I played bass Pre-Calc- Really easy class. Standards have dropped a lot nowdays Symphonic Band- Great band, we're usually one of the best bands in Colorado, I play str bass Honors English 3- Horrible class, great chicks though haha American History- Another easy class. | ||
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
 i'm really sorry, i won't mention my score againgogleion: no no there's no need to apologize it's really my fault for being so arrogant sometimes! I actually took AP Chem this year as a sophomore and it was an absolutely fantastic class which i absolutely loved. i really have to agree with you on the dropping standards, though; it seems like people are continually lowering the bar just to make it look like students are doing better instead of actually working on improving the quality of education. it's definitely a huge problem in the United States and in some ways i definitely think that American schools need to look at Asian ones (not that American schools don't have their strong points!) | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
You're taking the easy compsci version and I'm assuming only one of the economics tests (micro and macro are separate exams). Unless you have the "my school doesn't offer them" card to play in your applications, top tiers aren't impressed by this kind of schedule anymore. And I doubt this is the case by your statement above about taking the easy APs. If you are still aiming for HYSP and the like, you'd better have some stellar hooks (do the CC kids still call it that?) like legacy/extreme volunteerism/above average leadership positions in extracurriculars. gl hf Also, awesome graph. ^^ EDIT: Missed page 2 of comments. ;; | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:33 Kironide wrote: illu: since you seem to have such a heavy focus on statistics you probably could just save PDE for later and go with a different course. but on the other hand PDEs are pretty fun~~ wouldn't want you to miss out baller: haha that's so true I want to take it because it's "baller"  Actually, last time I took it I found it heavy and dropped it. I want to have my revenge Interests wise, it's a pretty useful subject so it wouldn't hurt to know it. As an undergraduate I avoided this desperately because it's computational nature; however, the one I want to take is graduate PDE and I believe it will be mostly theory... | ||
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:48 Kironide wrote: i'm really sorry, i won't mention my score againi don't care about you getting a great SAT score. 2310 qualifies as a great SAT score. awesome job. it's when you qualify it with some bs like "it was a lot worse than my goal" i mean wtf? also, seeing as you're in WA for high school with your stats DO NOT ATTEND BERKELEY. unless you get some miracle full ride as an OOS student, you'll have a legitimate shot at attending other universities with a much better emphasis on undergraduate education, such as dartmouth, princeton or duke. cal has great graduate programs, no doubt. their undergrad is really overrated though. | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:48 Kironide wrote: i'm really sorry, i won't mention my score againTo be fair, while I did mention studying for the SATs, I didn't ask you for your score. Though I understand why you would want to mention it (lol along with "its way lower than what I wanted"). I don't think you actually believe you'll end up at the University of Washington. Nevertheless, your assessment of your college chances are pretty accurate. Assuming you don't have some sort of acceptable varsity sport (basketball, football) or diversity bonus (I assume you're white or asian), then you probably need a 2350+ to get into one of those top ivies, along with an equally impressive GPA. On June 27 2010 11:50 LosingID8 wrote: i don't care about you getting a great SAT score. 2310 qualifies as a great SAT score. awesome job. it's when you qualify it with some bs like "it was a lot worse than my goal" i mean wtf? If he's aiming to get into Harvard it actually is probably worse than what he needs, assuming what I said above is correct. The "it was a lot worse" was kind of over the top though  But we're old men LosingID, you remember when you were a young HS junior and you didn't know proper brag etiquette for grades and finances right? | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
AP gov and politics AP CS AB AP Phys English. HONORS english. yeeeeaaah. I took AP lit 12th grade, just didn't want to bother junior year. in fact I failed it junior year. precalc (my 8th grade math teacher was like "lol you can't do geo and alg 2 at the same time lol" so i wasn't able to take calc until senior year) some other stuff i'm sure. i forget. | ||
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:10 Kironide wrote: the only hard classes in there are ap french and ap lang all my asian friends said that the rest of the classes were easy naptime i have nothing to brag about compared to my asian friends =( I did the same thing and I'm white, does that make me special >.> | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:50 LosingID8 wrote: i don't care about you getting a great SAT score. 2310 qualifies as a great SAT score. awesome job. it's when you qualify it with some bs like "it was a lot worse than my goal" i mean wtf? Give him a break. We Chinese are a strange and mysterious people. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
CIS MAT MAT Nothing else to take. | ||
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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:52 Hot_Bid wrote: If he's aiming to get into Harvard it actually is probably worse than what he needs, assuming what I said above is correct. The "it was a lot worse" was kind of over the top though tbh once you hit 2300 it's a wash. i mean if you get the perfect 2400 i guess it's a good brag but it honestly doesn't matter. once you reach that level it's everything else that matters more, such as national level accomplishments with your extracurriculars. | ||
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
illu: oh, as a graduate! i wasn't aware. honestly i would give you advice on this but i don't know anything about math at the graduate level so i'll just wish you good luck on whatever you try to do fibster: taking both econ tests, actually; at my school ap econ is macro+micro combined. i already took ap calc ab this year, most adv calc students take the calc bc test at the end of the year (but it does go far beyond the scope of calc bc material and prepares juniors for the math class in their senior year, Differential Equations) edit hot_bid: well, my parents are sort of pushing me to go to the University of Washington, which is very close to where I live, so it would be rather inexpensive. losingid8 thanks for the college advice! | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
When I was in high school I remember this kid who would carefully rearrange his test to "accidentally" peek out of his folder whenever it was a good grade so others would know. Stuff like that happens daily, and everyone grows out of it. Its pretty common for a HS junior to want to talk about his good SAT score. But if he's still talking about it 2 years out of undergrad... well then you have a problem. | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:57 LosingID8 wrote: tbh once you hit 2300 it's a wash. i mean if you get the perfect 2400 i guess it's a good brag but it honestly doesn't matter. once you reach that level it's everything else that matters more, such as national level accomplishments with your extracurriculars. Pretty much this. I feel that a lot of people in high school put too much emphasis on one thing such as SAT and not enough in others, or put too much in all things they need. Doing well is important, but you can't sacrifice things like sleep and a social life and leisure time. | ||
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