EPTcurious to see other american HS junior schedules if possible
HS junior in America:
AP Biology
AP Computer Science A
AP French
AP US History
AP English Language
AP Economics
Adv Calculus
let's compare schedules for our next school term
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
curious to see other american HS junior schedules if possible HS junior in America: AP Biology AP Computer Science A AP French AP US History AP English Language AP Economics Adv Calculus | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
must bring honor and glory to my family name | ||
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JSH
United States4109 Posts
Are you going to take all the AP tests? that's like 560 dollars :< (I think it was 80 dollars per AP test) | ||
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Megalisk
United States6095 Posts
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Gogleion
United States534 Posts
AP Being subtle about brag blogs (you should take this) AP Really tough class AP Impossible math AB AP Crazy impossible science class AP History class that nobody will ever need | ||
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
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 =( | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
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baller
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SayaSP
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micronesia
United States24680 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:08 Gogleion wrote: Here's my schedule for this year: AP Being subtle about brag blogs (you should take this) AP Really tough class AP Impossible math AB AP Crazy impossible science class AP History class that nobody will ever need Haha you said what many of us were thinking :p I'm taking some grad classes in July... one is four days in a row from 9am-2:30pm and the other is 5 days in a row from 9:30am to 2pm or something like that... Then in fall, one online class :p edit: good graph baller lol | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
taking that heavy a schedule is seriously stupid. Common sense - get some :3 User was warned for this post | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
One thought is PDE. But PDE is MWF, and I really don't want to go to school on W. In fact, I don't even want to go to school on M. I am still thinking if there is a way for me to take 4 courses while going to school only 3 times a week. The point? I decide what I take based on which day of the week the classes take place. | ||
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
although i am curious as to the schedules of other HS juniors (schedule comparison is fun!) @issorlol why do you think that taking such a schedule is stupid? lots of my friends are taking all APs i heard it was pretty easy | ||
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illu
Canada2531 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:19 Issorlol wrote: I'm entering UMBC in the fall as a freshman. My schedule now is MWF 9-950 phys 121, mw math 152 discussion, mwf math 152, cmsc 201 at some point, geo 102 at some point as well. idk Your school's website doesn't say that, though.... wikipedia did.... | ||
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AcrossFiveJulys
United States3612 Posts
Research Research Research Research Research Research Mobile Robotics Research Research Research Research Research Research Research | ||
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Gogleion
United States534 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:23 micronesia wrote: Haha you said what many of us were thinking :p I'm taking some grad classes in July... one is four days in a row from 9am-2:30pm and the other is 5 days in a row from 9:30am to 2pm or something like that... Then in fall, one online class :p edit: good graph baller lol I had to say it. I feel bad about being harsh on someone's blog where they share something about themselves, but I'm just a little tired about all of the brag blogs. Honestly now, if you have something that you have accomplished, something that you've worked hard on, then you should be proud of yourself. Don't start a blog about it because people will just get mad at you for bragging and make you feel bad about an accomplishment. | ||
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Issor
United States870 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:26 Kironide wrote: psh i don't need to be subtle about my bragging. hiding it is underhanded and shameful, i clearly put my bragging out into the open for all to see although i am curious as to the schedules of other HS juniors (schedule comparison is fun!) @issorlol why do you think that taking such a schedule is stupid? lots of my friends are taking all APs i heard it was pretty easy It is not easy. The classes themselves are not especially difficult, but the time you have to put in is very taxing. Do yourself a huge favor and cut down on the number of AP classes. Take something fun. On June 27 2010 11:30 illu wrote: Your school's website doesn't say that, though.... wikipedia did.... Yeah, parts of the website are... not so good. Thankfully the part that I get my email, schedule, alerts, etc, from is quite good. | ||
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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
baller: haha that's so true | ||
Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 Posts
Where do you go to high school and where do you intend to go to college? From my experience the difficulty of AP classes varies greatly from high school to high school, which is why colleges don't really put that much stake in how many of them you take. I'd much rather have a few APs and all A's than a lot of APs and worse grades, or just take less APs and spend my time studying for the SATs. | ||
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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. | ||
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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
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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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Hot_Bid
Braavos36375 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. 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: 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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micronesia
United States24680 Posts
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EsX_Raptor
United States2801 Posts
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LosingID8
CA10828 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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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
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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Issor
United States870 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:02 EsX_Raptor wrote: I'll just copy/paste my schedule for next term: + Show Spoiler +
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Hot_Bid
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11552 Posts
AP US History Physics Honors Precalculus French 3 International Business American Literature Honors sick | ||
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Ephemerality
United States203 Posts
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micronesia
United States24680 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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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
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micronesia
United States24680 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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LosingID8
CA10828 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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LosingID8
CA10828 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:09 micronesia wrote: 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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Issor
United States870 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 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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LosingID8
CA10828 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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nbaker
United States1341 Posts
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Thegilaboy
United States2018 Posts
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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richard_keats
United States54 Posts
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johnlee
United States242 Posts
I took 9 throughout my highschool career and that was considered impressive.... but obviously not compared to yours! If you feel like you can handle all those classes, that's good for you; just make sure you don't kill your life working on homework all day long. | ||
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
more e-peen please. and whats funny is none of those classes even compare to the easiest actual college course. so while you may think you are quite the badass with this HUGE load you're taking, you are, in fact, not. | ||
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Luddite
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Issor
United States870 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:30 Luddite wrote: This blog really brings back memories of highschool. Sadly, even though I finished a bunch of AP classes and tests and everything, all the colleges I applied to were like "fuck your shit" and I didn't get accepted anywhere ><. No safety schools? D: | ||
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
Yeah I eventually got into a fallback school, so it was ok. | ||
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Spiffeh
United States830 Posts
you're taking way harder classes than I did in high school.... | ||
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Alou
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Cambium
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Nal_rAwr
United States2611 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) yeah its better to take AP's in HS and pay few bucks for the AP tests at least if you plan on going to college, where you'll have to pay thousands for courses you didn't need to take if you took AP's in HS | ||
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Craton
United States17250 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:36 Hot_Bid wrote: It's pretty standard for HS kids aiming at upper colleges to take a lot of AP classes. In my high school (back in the day lol) many kids just took the max amount of AP classes they could (I think it was 6) so it didn't even distinguish you from anyone else. I guess it depends on how many of the AP tests you take (and how many you score 5s on) and whether your college will take credit for them. Where do you go to high school and where do you intend to go to college? From my experience the difficulty of AP classes varies greatly from high school to high school, which is why colleges don't really put that much stake in how many of them you take. I'd much rather have a few APs and all A's than a lot of APs and worse grades, or just take less APs and spend my time studying for the SATs. Was pretty much the same for my school. AP Comp Sci was fun, though. Did CodeRuler at the end of the year (ofc mine wouldn't work in the tourny because teacher never updated the server to the latest version ._.) | ||
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Fulgrim
United States560 Posts
Ap Calc Ap English 12 IB Philosophy IB Environmental systems (Takes up 2 periods get 2 credits for class) IB Social Anthropology IB 20th century topics | ||
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OmgIRok
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ap stats ap calc bc ap bio english3 ap chinese ap ush marching band | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:57 Cambium wrote: Too bad it won't distinguish you from all the other 100000 Asians trying to get into Ivies. Oh well. well being asian does take 100 off your sat score | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
Microeconomics Game theory 2 Psychology 2 Accountancy (-_-) Finance Linear algebra and geometry Political systems French Literature I'll probably cancel one or two. | ||
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coolcrimefighter
United States378 Posts
ap physics c ap bio multivariable calc ap environmental science ap econ/civics | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
1st class - Sleep 2nd class - Sleep 3rd class - Pull out of laptop and browse TL 4th class - omnomnomnom 5th class - More TL Go home, learned nothing | ||
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United States62 Posts
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SonuvBob
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On June 27 2010 11:21 baller wrote: ![[image loading]](/staff/SonuvBob/pics/graph8.jpg) | ||
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AcrossFiveJulys
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shindigs
United States4795 Posts
Calculus was the only worthwhile AP class I took. | ||
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micronesia
United States24680 Posts
On June 27 2010 13:24 coolcrimefighter wrote: ap lit ap physics c ap bio multivariable calc ap environmental science ap econ/civics AP Physics C? AP Bio? AP Environmental? All in the same year? That seems utterly insane to me. AP Bio is quite a difficult course. AP Physics C is also. AP Environmental isn't as bad but creates an increased workload. Are you seriously going to do all three of those plus ap english, calc 3 (basically), and ap econ/civics? That seems kind of overkill... especially for junior year. Is your plan for senior year to take ap chemistry and a bunch of ap non-sciences? | ||
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United States89 Posts
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iamho
United States3347 Posts
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United States3111 Posts
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Rkie
United States1278 Posts
IB Spanish 5 IB German 5 IB Higher Level Math (basically intro to calc 3 and review of everything before it) IB Chemistry IB Economics Theory of Knowledge and hopefully AP Physics, but it depends on what the scheduling of the school is. | ||
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Frah
Canada96 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:09 danl9rm wrote: high school is easy. AP or not. This 100%, I really miss it to be honest | ||
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TheNearl
Canada48 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:09 danl9rm wrote: high school is easy. AP or not. It's true! But since I'm Canadian, I am gonna have to go ahead and ask: what is AP? | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:14 TheNearl wrote: It's true! But since I'm Canadian, I am gonna have to go ahead and ask: what is AP? Theres AP courses in Canada too. It stands for Advanced Placement, basically you can take some college courses while attending high school. Edit: Its relatively easy to get in, get a 85+ in a class, lets say English. Well thats what the schools here usually do. Do your homework, do decent on tests, AP for effort! | ||
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TheNearl
Canada48 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:18 Disregard wrote: Theres AP courses in Canada too. It stands for Advanced Placement, basically you can take some college courses while attending high school. Edit: Its pretty easy to get in, get a 85+ in a class, lets say English. Well thats what the schools here usually do. Ahh I see, it looks like only some highschools offer it though, and mine definitely did not ( small town, you know how it is) | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
It's better to take regular classes and then take ACTUAL college courses at community college. At least those have a better chance of transferring even if you have to pay a bit more. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:25 eshlow wrote: Half the schools barely accept AP credit anymore. It's better to take regular classes and then take ACTUAL college courses at community college. At least those have a better chance of transferring even if you have to pay a bit more. You mean GE classes and electives? | ||
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Thratur
Canada917 Posts
Analysis 1 Linear Algebra 1 Calculus 3 (basically Analysis 2 or multivar calc) Introduction to probability Waves and optics Advanced Mechanics Practical physics Foundation of mathematics Guess I'm gonna die, eh? | ||
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TheNearl
Canada48 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:27 Thratur wrote: Yo check my brag college schedule it ownz yours easy Analysis 1 Linear Algebra 1 Calculus 3 (basically Analysis 2 or multivar calc) Introduction to probability Waves and optics Advanced Mechanics Practical physics Foundation of mathematics Guess I'm gonna die, eh? Nah its ok cake, calc 3 is easy, unless you are actually taking analysis 2 which is the harder version of calc 3 | ||
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Thratur
Canada917 Posts
I can't take analysis 2 though cause I have some courses that require it in winter so I have to stick with calc 3 | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
Yeah. most of the classes are garbage anyway. As for the other people coming in with so many credits.... are you planning to graduate early or something? If not, there's no real point. Some schools make you take their general ed classes over anyway (at least the basic science ones) especially if you're going into one of the science fields (engineering, math, physics, chem, etc.). I got lucky and my AP credits counted for Bio and Chem so I was able to go straight into orgo my freshman year. | ||
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TheNearl
Canada48 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:32 Thratur wrote: Yeah I know, I've already went through most of these courses' textbooks so it's gonna be an easy semester... I can't take analysis 2 though cause I have some courses that require it in winter so I have to stick with calc 3 I think the only really tough one will be Analysis 1. I haven't taken it, but I know some dudes who have and it's a pretty notorious course | ||
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Shiragaku
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Loser777
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
On June 27 2010 13:55 micronesia wrote: AP Physics C? AP Bio? AP Environmental? All in the same year? That seems utterly insane to me. AP Bio is quite a difficult course. AP Physics C is also. AP Environmental isn't as bad but creates an increased workload. Are you seriously going to do all three of those plus ap english, calc 3 (basically), and ap econ/civics? That seems kind of overkill... especially for junior year. Is your plan for senior year to take ap chemistry and a bunch of ap non-sciences? It's honestly not that bad. Consider if you were in college you'd be taking about 4 or 5 of 3/4 cred classes or approximately 30 creds a year. Basically, it's approximately a years worth of classes. Except depending ont he school you go to you may not even get half the credits even if you get 5 on all of them. However, there is something to be said for people burning themselves out..... and taking lots of hard classes for no reason. Or taking them so they can brag about it. So actually I take that back and I do agree with you. -_- For most of these kids it would be better for them to drop a couple AP classes, play a high school sport, and develop a social life. The latter two of which will actually help you be more successful with women and with life in general in the future. Yeah, your AP classes won't really help you be successful with life sorry to say,. | ||
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lazz
Australia3119 Posts
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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goswser
United States3546 Posts
On June 27 2010 12:09 LosingID8 wrote: 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 Totally agree with Hot_Bid on this, I don't think its appropriate to classify people and judge them in these such ways. Tests are just tests, and in the end they are meaningless, if you score worse than someone it doesn't mean they are smarter than you, for example, I had incredibly high scores on tests in like 4th grade but I'm they were flukes because I've just scored average on every other aptitude test since then lol. Also I don't understand why you and your friends would interact in such a way, its like asking people what they got on their IQ test when you meet them, which is completely rude. I believe in multiple intelligences, and that none of these tests define a person's intelligence, because everyone is intelligent in different ways. | ||
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Thratur
Canada917 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:42 TheNearl wrote: I think the only really tough one will be Analysis 1. I haven't taken it, but I know some dudes who have and it's a pretty notorious course I hope so then. I'm always down for some challenge. | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
EDIT: Of course we all have our evil parents who could care less when we get laid. As long as we get that 4.0 GPA, they will be content and somewhat happy if we get into Yale. What I hate about a lot of Asian parents is that they seem to want to show off their kids to show how awesome their own family is. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:56 Shiragaku wrote: Of course we all have our evil parents who could care less when we get laid. As long as we get that 4.0 GPA, they will be content and somewhat happy if we get into Yale. What I hate about a lot of Asian parents is that they seem to want to show off their kids to show how awesome their own family is. What's wrong with that? People show off their house, their cars, their wives, why not their kids? Not remotely close to an Asian thing, everyone does it. | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On June 27 2010 14:52 redtooth wrote: rofl terrible brag blog. i hope you realize you aren't the only one that took that many APs in high school. TL has some really smart people scattered among their members. lol yeah a little too early to start bragging about ur academic stuff. he didn't even 4.0 through the crammed courseload, he's just bragging about his little schedule next year hahaha. i don't remember ever bragging about how many IB classes i took in high school oh and also: "i got 2310 on SAT and it was soooo low i wanted higher" cool, dude | ||
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
Problem is with many other Asian friends is that their parents put education too high up there and they seem to brag about their kids when our parents meet. I understand that they will be prepared for the future but I wonder how much of this is overachieving. I am not a straight A (3.8 by my school's system) student but I devote all my time and effort to history, a skill I know I will use in the future rather than trying to be all round. It seems more useful in the long run if you ask me. Gah, this also makes me feel so much inferior. I understand that I have great grades and can brag about it (which I am) but I am by far one of the stupidest kids in my circle of Asian buddies. They are loaded with college classes and are future leading scientists and doctors while I am going to be a simple history professor which and I remember one mother trying to persuade me to to do something more worthwhile. | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
Laughed really hard at this, as I'm color blind | ||
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vlaric
United States412 Posts
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0mgVitaminE
United States1278 Posts
Create thread so that you can show off AP classes. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On June 27 2010 15:02 Shiragaku wrote: That is true...but what pisses me off is that they use their kids to show off. Not their own car they earned or their wife their house they to work for. I am very glad my parents let me do what I want for the most part. Problem is with many other Asian friends is that their parents put education too high up there and they seem to brag about their kids when our parents meet. I understand that they will be prepared for the future but I wonder how much of this is overachieving. I am not a straight A (3.8 by my school's system) student but I devote all my time and effort to history, a skill I know I will use in the future rather than trying to be all round. It seems more useful in the long run if you ask me. Gah, this also makes me feel so much inferior. I understand that I have great grades and can brag about it (which I am) but I am by far one of the stupidest kids in my circle of Asian buddies. They are loaded with college classes and are future leading scientists and doctors while I am going to be a simple history professor which and I remember one mother trying to persuade me to to do something more worthwhile. Exactly, Asian parents are crazy. My father is 'disappointed' that I am only doing Master's, when his friend's son in China is doing his PhD in the States. I spent almost an hour arguing with him that a PhD will often hinder you in the job market unless it's research oriented (which I do not wish to pursue) and he just wouldn't listen. =( | ||
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Dave[9]
United States2365 Posts
I'm just curious, as I am a math major in the Monterey Peninsula area and it feels like math education is SCREWED up in california.. I don't mean to derail, just curious. | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27149 Posts
Part time teaching job on Saturday. Evening tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taking care of a 1 year old and 3 year old, ensuring their bilingual upbringing. Keeping a wife happy. Publishing a paper on extensive writing. Pre-reading for doctorate courses starting in January. Studying Japanese. Volunteering for the local festival group / river conservation group. Weekly reading sessions with a political science professor about historical influences on modern Japanese politics. I want to be back in high school again | ||
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China10252 Posts
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rredtooth
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On June 27 2010 15:02 OneOther wrote: the best part is when he bragged about bragging. only pro braggers can do that.lol yeah a little too early to start bragging about ur academic stuff. he didn't even 4.0 through the crammed courseload, he's just bragging about his little schedule next year hahaha. i don't remember ever bragging about how many IB classes i took in high school oh and also: "i got 2310 on SAT and it was soooo low i wanted higher" cool, dude + Show Spoiler + On June 27 2010 11:26 Kironide wrote: psh i don't need to be subtle about my bragging. hiding it is underhanded and shameful, i clearly put my bragging out into the open for all to see | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
On June 27 2010 16:11 Dave[9] wrote: I'm curious @ the OP, what kinds of things do they teach in a adv math class in high school? Do you go to a private school or public? I'm just curious, as I am a math major in the Monterey Peninsula area and it feels like math education is SCREWED up in california.. I don't mean to derail, just curious. Well I'll field this one until OP sees this: typically high schools that offer AP calc to freshmen/sophomores/juniors will offer at least an intro course in linear algebra (at least the computational stuff) and/or an intro to ODEs. My school also had a discrete math class which was kinda fun but more CS than math maybe. Probably aren't many public high schools with this issue of sophomores/juniors/seniors who have AP calc credit and no more math to take from their course offerings, so mostly private schools and some magnet schools. . | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On June 27 2010 16:14 Manifesto7 wrote: Full time teaching job Monday to Friday. Part time teaching job on Saturday. Evening tutoring Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taking care of a 1 year old and 3 year old, ensuring their bilingual upbringing. Keeping a wife happy. Publishing a paper on extensive writing. Pre-reading for doctorate courses starting in January. Studying Japanese. Volunteering for the local festival group / river conservation group. Weekly reading sessions with a political science professor about historical influences on modern Japanese politics. I want to be back in high school again This is why I haven't had kids yet. Although I think it will be super rewarding, I'm just too jealous of my free time. Psh who am I kidding, I'm umming and arghing over getting a dog atm because I'm unsure whether I'll want to commit enough time to spend with it.) Admirable load you've got there Mani .As a side-note, it makes you wonder whether we really need to be this busy in our work lives. Kids, family, social time - those are important. But increasingly, we seem to spend more and more time working... I think modern society has this backwards. On June 27 2010 14:46 lazz wrote: in my humble opinion you should spend less time doing AP classes and spend more time getting laid User was banned for this post. lazz lazz lazz | ||
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
The classes are probably really extensive? (If that's the right word lol | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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YejinYejin
United States1053 Posts
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
On June 27 2010 19:49 Divinek wrote: 16 classes in one semester? wat No for a year. So you do different classes every semester, interesting. Well that explains. | ||
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Canada4045 Posts
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KlaCkoN
Sweden1661 Posts
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Endorsed
Netherlands1221 Posts
On June 27 2010 21:20 Divinek wrote: 16 classes for a year what? you do 16 classes all year, how does that work? Math French Deutsch English Dutch Latin Greek Chemistry Physics Sports Economy History Drawing(?) Art(?) Geography Levensbeschouwing (a class where we learn about ethics and religions. Don't know a good translation) I must say that normally Latin and Greek wouldn't be on that list. We learn to translate old latin and Greek texts. (which is freaking hard lol) and a bit about history. Next year(4th year) i'll specialise more and wont have al those different languages, etc. But it's really easy imo. I haven't done anything the last 3 years. And i'm averaging a 7(out of 10) I guess that's a B or a C. I love highschool. | ||
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Oracle
Canada411 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i47.tinypic.com/r1hrhe.jpg) Still a work in progress - gonna try and get a CS 245 section after CS 246, - possibly switch Math 237 (calculus 3) for Math 235 (linear algebra 2), - possibly drop french for another math course (combinatorics) | ||
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Klockan3
Sweden2866 Posts
Probability Theory Differential geometry Topology Commutative algebra and algebraic geometry Statistical Mechanics Condensed Matter Theory | ||
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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
On June 27 2010 11:21 baller wrote: Oh baller, you and your graphs. My schedule is Theory I Aural I Composition I World Music String Methods Piano Class I Voice Lessons Percussion Lessons Sophomore in college. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
1st period - A math class that takes me down a notch because I got too high last year 2nd period - Some class that I'm going to annoy the shit out of the teacher 3rd period - A class that would be hard for me if I didn't make analogies to StarCraft all the time 4th period - Phys Ed - A nerd's impending doom 5/6 period - A class where I learn what kind of dicks different organisms have 7th period - Food time! 8th period - I want to go home. 9th period - I want to go home and shoot myself. 10th period - AP Looking at the clock | ||
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United States10328 Posts
On June 27 2010 20:19 DTK-m2 wrote: MY SCHEDULE IS COLLEGE! I'VE BEEN DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FOR A MONTH!!!! :D Woo high five Lol@OP... Sounds like he's from CA or NY lol But yeah that kind of schedule is pretty standard for Asian kids haha Next year I am hoping to take real E&M (unlike AP C E&M), Algebra 1 (linalg/abstract alg), and analysis 1... Maybe some type of 1st year bio or chem (again AP chem is a joke). And hopefully join some kind of musical performance thing, if credits allow :/ Oh and maybe some type of Econ/linguistics | ||
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onihunter
United States515 Posts
Debate AP Bio MVC/ODE AP Physics C Honors Japanese IV APUSH Honors English III Next year: AP Stats Honors Linear Algebra AP English AP Economics Micro/Macro AP Japanese AP Comp Sci taking 6 AP tests in the spring after I get into college isn't going to be fun | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On June 28 2010 03:21 onihunter wrote: Junior year (last year): Debate AP Bio MVC/ODE AP Physics C Honors Japanese IV APUSH Honors English III Next year: AP Stats Honors Linear Algebra AP English AP Economics Micro/Macro AP Japanese AP Comp Sci taking 6 AP tests in the spring after I get into college isn't going to be fun Sounds like a class on how to manage your drones in StarCraft. | ||
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
On June 27 2010 23:18 Koltz wrote: + Show Spoiler + Still a work in progress - gonna try and get a CS 245 section after CS 246, - possibly switch Math 237 (calculus 3) for Math 235 (linear algebra 2), - possibly drop french for another math course (combinatorics) Yeah, Waterloo fighting! My schedule for the fall right now looks like Biol 259 (Evolution), Chem 266 (Basic Org Chem 1), CS 341 (Algorithms), CS 350 (Operating Systems), CS 360 (Intro to theory of computing), but I have to swap chem266 for 264, and find some course to replace cs350. | ||
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dani_caliKorea
730 Posts
IB English IB World History 1 IB Theory of Knowledge AP BC Calculus (not IB )IB Spanish 5 IB Biology HL 1 IB Chemistry SL | ||
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Sabu113
United States11048 Posts
French Revolution : 1785-1800 Philosophical Topics: (or rather, logic hopefully) Early Roman History Muslim as Enemy [Political Theory] Should be a peaceful semester ^_^ debating whether to drop phil topics or the poli theory class and pick up monetary and fiscal policy. | ||
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Manifesto7
Osaka27149 Posts
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Xeris
Iran17695 Posts
- study for GRE - study for LSAT (grr) - find a job (hopefully) - apply to PhD/JD/MA programs - get short stories and/or poems and/or a research paper published I'd like to have something more concrete to do that isn't totally based on my own motivation, I.E, "oh crap I have a test next week and X amount of material to go through" rather than "well, I should probably write something and send off manuscripts to places at some point soon" ... it's so much harder this way GRRRRRRRRRR! | ||
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lighter
United States152 Posts
AP Calc AP Music Theory AP US History AP Chem H Latin 3/4 <- latin sucks balls Wind Ensemble | ||
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Perguvious
United States1783 Posts
senior AP english gov econ stats asian studies spanish 4 i like to brag about my crappy classes | ||
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lighter
United States152 Posts
For anyone who took it in HS, how bad is it? | ||
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kingkong001
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On June 27 2010 16:56 redtooth wrote: the best part is when he bragged about bragging. only pro braggers can do that. + Show Spoiler + On June 27 2010 11:26 Kironide wrote: psh i don't need to be subtle about my bragging. hiding it is underhanded and shameful, i clearly put my bragging out into the open for all to see I think the best part about brag blogs is seeing people like you two whine about it. OneOther was so incensed he actually had to post twice to complain! The horror! A high school kid with an ego! It's a good thing we have such experienced, worldly people here to advise our young friend of the vagaries of his unbelievable teenage beliefs. In fact, I believe OneOther graduated from high school LAST YEAR. He is already a mature, cynical human being with no time for the starry eyes of youth. Life ain't fair, OP, and life is pain, and these motherfuckers are here to make sure you fuckin know that, kid. Don't worry, in a few years you too can rest your world-weary eyes in resignation on the foolishness of TL youth. | ||
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Mickey
United States2606 Posts
I'm asking because my main goal in life is to become a parent and a good one at that. | ||
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gamecrazy
United States421 Posts
On June 28 2010 14:34 lighter wrote: Ive heard calc is hell. For anyone who took it in HS, how bad is it? I took AP Calc last year and thought it was alright, but that's cuz I'm asian. So it depends on how proficient you are at math really. I have an easy schedule for this year. HS Senior English 4 H AP Physics Japanese Art (UC required >.>) Econ/Civics (graduation requirement XD) *insert college math course* *edit: hmm i noticed that this is sorta a brag blog for OP so: My schedule last year: AP Lang AP US AP Calc AP Japanese AP chem physics honors AP's really are typical fare if you're a competitive student aiming for "top" colleges. So, not really a great reason to brag imo. They're always looking for extra-curriculars, and this sorta stuff barely sets you apart from the pack. | ||
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DarthThienAn
United States2734 Posts
On June 28 2010 03:21 onihunter wrote: Junior year (last year): Debate AP Bio MVC/ODE AP Physics C Honors Japanese IV APUSH Honors English III Next year: AP Stats Honors Linear Algebra AP English AP Economics Micro/Macro AP Japanese AP Comp Sci taking 6 AP tests in the spring after I get into college isn't going to be fun Let's see... if you're planning on going somewhere Ivy-level and all, English doesn't count. Japanese will 'count' if you plan to continue in terms of placement tests. Comp Sci probably won't count unless you do the AB test and ace it. Econ will probably count (5s). Stats/Econ's pretty easy / straightforward. Comp Sci is pretty easy too. You should be okay, oni =p. OP... bragging's cool. My schedule last last year (08-09) as a graduating junior: AP Bio AP US History AP English Lang AP Economics AP Calculus AB ('self-studied' BC) AP Physics B Band (Honors, but Band was inherently honors at my school) Pre-AP English Lit (needed an extra English to graduate ^^) (2nd semester, everything else full year) Gym night class (8hrs total) AP Calc > Adv Calc AP Physics > AP French We all know AP CompSci's a joke ^^ Public school in MA, etc. Pretty lucky that my school had all these AP's considering the students there. Don't slack off senior year if you're not going to graduate+go to college after junior year. College admissions is too iffy for that =p. Go get an internship or a job or something and be cool. On June 28 2010 14:34 lighter wrote: Ive heard calc is hell. For anyone who took it in HS, how bad is it? Calc's easy, don't worry. | ||
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teh leet newb
United States1999 Posts
And here's my junior schedule because I'm really bored at work: 15-415: Database Applications 15-437: Web Application Development 15-440: Distributed Systems 70-101: Intro to Business Management No class on Fridays ftw. | ||
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gdroxor
United States639 Posts
Organic Chemistry Dinosaur Biology (yesssssss) Medical Terminology Hooray pre-med :D | ||
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New Zealand3962 Posts
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Bereft
United States1007 Posts
On June 28 2010 17:46 teh leet newb wrote: OP: Someone once told me that success is determined by 3 factors: intelligence, hard work, and knowing people to be able to find opportunities. While I'm sure that you score pretty high in the first 2 categories, you'll definitely need to work on your social skills and awareness to be able master the 3rd. Ahh networking. As somebody who just finished their second year of college I've grown to realize how much it actually matters. It was kind of depressing for me to see one of my smartest friends struggle to get second round interviews for internships while a friend I don't find particularly bright got multiple internship offers due to networking... But that's life and you just gotta learn how to play the game I guess. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
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rockon1215
United States612 Posts
Last Year: IB ITGS SL IB English III HL IB Econ I HL/AP Macro IB Research/Theory of Knowledge/BS class IB Spanish IV SL AP Calculus BC (calc I & II) IB Chem II/AP Chem | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
advanced microeconomics public policy intro political science - the congress statistics 104 calculus - linear | ||
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