EPTvery different from canada; most of the universities here take a look at your senior years' marks (grade 11 and 12: 11 not even for some universities).
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imperfect
Canada1652 Posts
very different from canada; most of the universities here take a look at your senior years' marks (grade 11 and 12: 11 not even for some universities). | ||
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ShadowDrgn
United States2497 Posts
On February 24 2009 11:13 Sunyveil wrote: AP credits do wonders in college, especially if you get 5s. I basically have to go to college for one fewer year b/c I entered with 27 credits (a normal semester load is 16) Yep, AP classes rock. I graduated in 4 years with taking 12-14 hours a semester because I started so far ahead. College is really easy when you're only taking 4 classes at a time, and I had a full scholarship so there was no reason to rush it. Funny enough, AP Spanish actually got me the most credit (6 hours vs 3-4 for other classes). Make sure you check with the colleges you're applying to and find out which AP classes they actually accept for credit (and what scores you need on the exam, of course). Don't waste your time with ones that won't get you credit. | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
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DrTJEckleburg
United States1080 Posts
AP Euro is a great subject as is Calc AB, I hated English and passed by the skin of my ass. Biology I"m neutral on, so it's your call on the class choices. Although, don't fuck up you GPA in your second semester, getting all A's then a bunch of C's and D's is not going to look good. | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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Astrogation
United States477 Posts
On February 24 2009 12:01 il0seonpurpose wrote: Thanks for the advice guys but there seems to be both sides to it, some are saying to take some AP but keep a somewhat relaxing schedule and others are saying to take a bunch to get credit. So I should take 3 max APs though? However many AP classes you want to take ultimately depends on you. I don't know what kind of person you are/what study habits you have so 3 is a number that is manageble while still having some bit of fun. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
Fuck working hard in highschool when you can get the same degree for less money and effort. | ||
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SaveYourSavior
United States1071 Posts
On February 24 2009 14:54 DoctorHelvetica wrote: I'm just going to community college and then transferring to a UC school. Fuck working hard in highschool when you can get the same degree for less money and effort. I know people who went this path, it works if you don't tank your grades (they are basically all you have) but you miss out on the college experience for 2 years considering you just live at home, study, hang out with friends. The same things you have been doing in high school for 2 more years. Fun.. Also, for the higher end UC's, at least for my nearby Community College (Mt. SAC), you need like a 3.00 GPA anyways to enter their honors program which is a 95% guarantee (apparently) of a transfer to UCLA, if you succeed that is and not mess up like half of the people who take it So unless you plan on going to a lower end UC, grades do matter in high school -- As for the main topic, your first semester of Senior Year is very important. In UC's, it is like 5x more important then your Freshmen Year grades which I believe UC's take a peak and stop caring. I recommend taking a few AP's (2-4) while getting As and Bs in all of them. A C will be drastic in first semester but not 2nd semester where you are already accepted, you need a D to screw yourself over then. | ||
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koreakool
United States334 Posts
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Chromyne
Canada561 Posts
I didn't want to forget extra curriculars. I wanted to show the school that I could take some difficult courses, be involved in and outside of school, and still pull off awesome grades. Of course, being in Canada, and attending the university I did, they completely ignore AP courses in the Engineering program. But it was still fun! EDIT: AP courses can save you thousands of dolalrs in Uni. So do it if you know you'll be taking those courses! Just make sure they'll accept them. | ||
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
ap lit honors japanese 4 ap psych h multvar calc / h diff eq mod phys astronomy graphic arts and i got into dartmouth ED (i did take plenty of APs in previous yrs too tho) | ||
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pinenamu
United States770 Posts
i'd say take a few regs mixed with aps, not all aps. that's like hell lol. second semester senior year was the best, so chill XD | ||
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Lurker
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it makes life easier :D and u can relax the 2nd half of the year....and 2-3 isnt that bad at all out oif like 5 clases | ||
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Monoxide
Canada1190 Posts
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EvoChamber
France2505 Posts
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HeavOnEarth
United States7087 Posts
-AP lit is a waste of time if you don't plan on testing out with AP -AP pysch is pretty easy but quite a bit of reading -AP chem is quite easy if you want to consider that. -physics is pretty brutal so ph34r -music electives?? | ||
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Everywhere
United States97 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11563 Posts
AP Bio AP Comp Sci Government/AP Econ AP Calc BC VMC (some stupid English course) Some Art class. I'd say go for what you want to take, but don't get lazy. | ||
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