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Braavos36362 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:57 LosingID8 wrote:Show nested quote +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.
I agree, but if you're not an athlete or a minority (asian doesnt count), then theres a faceless mass of others who score in the 2350-2400 range, and while its probably not a big edge, a tiny one is all you need given the hyper-competitiveness of school admissions. Anyway, the instant college acceptances come back, SAT score quickly becomes meaningless.
On June 27 2010 11:59 Issorlol wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2010 11:57 LosingID8 wrote: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. 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.
I disagree. Sleep, social life, and leisure time is quite plentiful in HS, I seriously doubt there are HS students who become mentally scarred because they cut some leisure time out. Sure, there are the odd cases, but 99% of HS students have a ton of free time.
And I know you, Joe Highschool, are reading this thinking "no way man I'm SO busy, he's not talking about me!!" but you really don't understand "busy" until you are actually truly busy. High school is in no way so time demanding that kids don't get enough leisure time, even with 6 APs and SATs to study for.
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United States24480 Posts
One of my students would throw his tests with good grades on the floor and his bad tests in the garbage.
edit: lol@below
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I'll just copy/paste my schedule for next term:
Massachussetts Institute of Technology - MIT
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Student Schedule for Summer III 2010: 7/1-8/1
CRN SUBJ/NUM TITLE COURSE STATUS HOURS
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320285 MATH 10 Beginning Numbers............. **Registered** 3.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:05:30-07:30PM TYPE:Lecture
310192 ART 10 Cutting and Pasting........... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:04:00-05:00PM TYPE:Lecture
310193 ART 12 Coloring...................... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:02:30-03:30PM TYPE:Lecture
400223 TOY 10 Lego Building................. **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:01:00-02:00PM TYPE:Lecture
220172 URB 13 Taking the Trash Out.......... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:11:30-12:30AM TYPE:Lecture
151073 ALPH 10 Learning the ABC.............. **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:10:00-11:00AM TYPE:Lecture
Total Hours: 13
__________ End of Schedule __________
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CA10824 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:52 Hot_Bid wrote: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?
to be fair to the OP, kennigit is like 6 years older than him and still doesn't know about proper brag etiquette lol
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On June 27 2010 11:58 Kironide wrote:
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)
Sorry missed this page of comments before I posted. Edited my post but most of what I said is probably still true. gl hf !
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On June 27 2010 12:02 EsX_Raptor wrote:I'll just copy/paste my schedule for next term: + Show Spoiler +
Massachussetts Institute of Technology - MIT
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Student Schedule for Summer III 2010: 7/1-8/1
CRN SUBJ/NUM TITLE COURSE STATUS HOURS
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320285 MATH 10 Beginning Numbers............. **Registered** 3.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:05:30-07:30PM TYPE:Lecture
310192 ART 10 Cutting and Pasting........... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:04:00-05:00PM TYPE:Lecture
310193 ART 12 Coloring...................... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:02:30-03:30PM TYPE:Lecture
400223 TOY 10 Lego Building................. **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:01:00-02:00PM TYPE:Lecture
220172 URB 13 Taking the Trash Out.......... **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:11:30-12:30AM TYPE:Lecture
151073 ALPH 10 Learning the ABC.............. **Registered** 2.0
DAYS:MTWTh START/END TIME:10:00-11:00AM TYPE:Lecture
Total Hours: 13
__________ End of Schedule __________
This was wonderful
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Braavos36362 Posts
Personally, I don't think its appropriate to ask someone else's grade or score on any sort of aptitude test. If they volunteer the information, whatever. Similar for how much money people make. I also don't think its socially appropriate to tell people your score if they haven't asked you. Especially if you've done well. The same applies for how much money you make from your job. Sadly, many people don't understand this.
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United States10774 Posts
omg so many aps ur so amazing!!!!
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in my junior year I took like
AP US History
Physics Honors
Precalculus
French 3
International Business
American Literature Honors
sick
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chem
chinese
space
functions
Shakespeare
latin american lit
recent america
us civil war
volunteering
photo
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United States24480 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:06 OneOther wrote:
omg so many aps ur so amazing!!!!
All those top 200 school rankings are measured not by the success of students in AP classes but the amount of ap classes taken... so if the OP bombs all of these classes out of laziness he's still helped to bump up his school's ranking... sick huh?
On June 27 2010 12:07 Ephemerality wrote:
chem
chinese
space
functions
Shakespeare
latin american lit
recent america
us civil war
volunteering
photo
You took up space? :p
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in some ways it's probably due to how my friends and i interact, often we greet each other with "hi ___ what did you get on the ____ test?"
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United States24480 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:08 Kironide wrote:
in some ways it's probably due to how my friends and i interact, often we greet each other with "hi ___ what did you get on the ____ test?"
Yeah high school students are like this. In college there is a complete 180 for most people.
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CA10824 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:06 Hot_Bid wrote:
Personally, I don't think its appropriate to ask someone else's grade or score on any sort of aptitude test. If they volunteer the information, whatever. Similar for how much money people make. I also don't think its socially appropriate to tell people your score if they haven't asked you. Especially if you've done well. The same applies for how much money you make from your job. Sadly, many people don't understand this.
i agree with you 100% and i think the vast majority of people do too. in general, if you look at the type people who are committing all the offenses that you've mentioned they are the people who are getting the top scores and grades or getting the high salaries. mostly because they know that whatever grade/income they have is better than whomever they're asking and like that ego boost lol
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CA10824 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:09 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2010 12:08 Kironide wrote:
in some ways it's probably due to how my friends and i interact, often we greet each other with "hi ___ what did you get on the ____ test?" Yeah high school students are like this. In college there is a complete 180 for most people.
yeah unless you get stuck in a premed class with predominantly freshmen and sophs. by the time junior/senior year rolls around most people are past that stage... although there will always be a few of those grade whores.
seriously when i took biochemistry (typically a sophomore level course at my school if you stay on the recommended pre-med schedule) as a senior with some of my senior friends we rolled our eyes so many times at the things sophomores would do/say
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On June 27 2010 12:08 Kironide wrote:
in some ways it's probably due to how my friends and i interact, often we greet each other with "hi ___ what did you get on the ____ test?"
yeah it'll pass. don't sweat it too much. I'm the same way with my friends, and will probably continue to to be this way with at least one of them, since we typically take the same classes etc, even into undergrad studies. It's something that's totally acceptable and probably expected when talking to friends who have similar aspirations and levels of achievement, but in general conversation it's probably best to avoid it.
Again, though, it's not a huge huge deal.
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CA10824 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:08 Kironide wrote:
in some ways it's probably due to how my friends and i interact, often we greet each other with "hi ___ what did you get on the ____ test?"
that's fine when you're with your similar-minded friends but when you're in a different social environment (ie posting on TL) you'll find that you need to adapt and change the way you talk about certain things
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On June 27 2010 11:31 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:
Here's my schedule for next term:
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Mobile Robotics
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Research
Amen brother, that would be my schedule as well (but with psycholinguistics instead of your crazy robots). Grad programs are fun, let me tell you. Might be taking one course, just to spice things up.
Been down that road OP, not the greatest term of my life when I did it, but you'll be just fine. Do well though and nail those AP tests, and you'll make your first year at college a lot easier for yourself
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definitely going to work on it! thank you for all the constructive criticism it really helps me improve a lot especially since my social skills are rather poor
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