High school classes - 2

Rexx · 02-02-2013

ADVICE FOR PREPARING FOR COLLEGE CLASSES
Screw taking "College Prep" or AP classes unless you KNOW they give you college credits or set you on a path to get college credits in future high school classes. And make sure the college you are getting credit for IS the college you are for sure going to. If not you're just doing harder work for no reason. Colleges look at ACT/SAT and GPA more than specific classes.
Try to get into the highest math and science classes possible for your grade. Even if you're just taking the average class don't fail them. This pays off huge in the future and means less classes that you will have to pay for.

Trust me, I know you're in high school and you think it's still a long time before you have to worry about college but it truly is worth it and you'll thank yourself when you get there.
I'm currently playing catch up in math before I can even think of starting on my degree.

PS: Geometry as a freshman is a great start, I hope you do well.

Posted by Dusty

AP English/Lit
AP Biology/Chemistry
AP US History and such

^ theses classes took up most of my time in high school.

Wasn't in AP math classes though, wasn't very good at math. Last math class I took was Algebra 2. We had a CISCO class in the school, but it was impossible to get into...

the closest thing we had to an accessible tech class was Typing. LOL. Really wish there were computer science classes, I would have enjoyed them. I took some art classes of course, but they sucked pretty bad. Took Spanish classes... did horrible. Failed it once then struggled to pass it(needed two Foreign credits to graduate).

Man you think you're bad at math I graduated with my last math class being GEOMETRY...

Talon · 02-02-2013

Planning on taking these classes next year:

- AP Literature
- AP Gov/Econ.
- Physics
- Calculus

Maybe Computer Science for an elective.

Admiral · 02-02-2013

GCSE Art
GCSE Business Studies
GCSE Graphic Design
And anything compulsory.. i.e English, Maths etc.

I'm from England, we don't use this AP system for classes you guys have, so im just curious, is AP the classes you take when you get older, everyone takes them, or are they the classes that those who are very good at the subject take?

LavaClaw · 02-02-2013

Yeah, this AP or number system is weird, they just restrict the harder classes to the smarter kids (ie the sciences are hard to get into with the smarter kids taking priority) and have tiered maths/english (advanced being the highest)
That's backwards Australia, anyway.

Dusty · 02-02-2013

Posted by Reece

GCSE Art
GCSE Business Studies
GCSE Graphic Design
And anything compulsory.. i.e English, Maths etc.

I'm from England, we don't use this AP system for classes you guys have, so im just curious, is AP the classes you take when you get older, everyone takes them, or are they the classes that those who are very good at the subject take?

In America AP classes are supposed to be advanced classes for highschool kids, teaching on a college level. The classes I took were double period classes(meaning I only had about 4 classes a day. They were supposed to give college credits, but I can't say anything about that from personal experience. The point of this was to make the first year or two at college easier, as you didn't have to worry about taking a bunch of standard intro classes you'd normally take(or so I was told).

They were a crapton of work, at least for me personally. I know in my english/lit classes I was writing an essay every week in class, in an hour, and constantly reading books and such. I learned a lot though, and my teachers were nice(and involved).

GOAT · 02-04-2013

Posted by Dusty

What classes your schools offer probably depends on budget and such. I know my high school didn't offer anything other than the typical classes you needed to graduate. CISCO was one of the only classes I saw in the school that was different from the standard curriculum and they only had a single class a day or something. We certainly didn't have driving classes(I wish, because in MD you have to pay $300 for a driving class to get a license) or psychology or the such and definitely not really any useful computer/tech classes. We didn't even have things like shop class or such.

i live in a poor city where our schools have low national testing scores so it makes sense why they dont offer some of these courses.

Posted by twilit

-AP ComputerScience A (java)
-AP Statistics
-Calculus3 / DifferentialEquations (hell ya, highest math class offered)
-Accounting (:/ buncha idiots in that class...)
-Web II (ok i dropped this semester bc it was sooo boring)
-college CompisitionII

hm my previous high school years ive taken both US & World History, uh well every math class before Calc3, biology, AP Chemistry, englishenglishenglish, 2yrs of French, a couple othe computer classes, a few art classes...

i hate picking electives at my school. my school has enough money to fund for a large variety of electives, but none of them really interest me...

dam dude those sound like college courses.

Kiko · 02-04-2013

Take psychology
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RedBoy786* · 02-04-2013

Your education system is so much different to that of where I am from (England, London).

NiTe · 02-04-2013

This year I had:
Ap Psycology
Ap Language (English)
Ap World History
Hon Physic
Hon Spanish 4
Engineering
Calc

Next year as a senior so far I have decided to take
Ap Literature
Ap Stat
Ap Micro Econ
Ap Macro Econ
Rest idk about since i already have all my credits. Might go for a half a day schedule, or bs them with art classes.

Qwillzilla · 02-06-2013

Posted by 99%

I dropped out of high school to pimp overweight African-American women. 'Nuff said.

PoeticFolly · 02-06-2013

This semester I have
Health
Sociology
Physical science
Algebra 1
Weight training
English 1
French 1

Next year I have:
French 2
Photography
US history
Small engines
Weight training
English 2
Geometry
Biology
that's all I can remember right now. I'll check my schedule for next year sometime.

Kiwi · 02-06-2013

I have
English Extension
Science Extension
Maths Extension
HPE Extension (Well, not really, but we're in the same class as the extension ones and they give us extra work anyway)
Japanese
Graphics

Next semester I'll have business studies, and ICT to replace Japanese and Graphics and SOSE Extension will replace HPE.

Rockstar · 02-06-2013

Technology
English
Maths
Science
Photoshop Advanced ( ICT )
Just the general poop.
Some other stuff, you know =)

MementoJoker · 02-06-2013

Funny that you guys get to choose before senior.

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Talon don't call it a comeback Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 8,268	Planning on taking these classes next year: - AP Literature - AP Gov/Econ. - Physics - Calculus Maybe Computer Science for an elective.

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Admiral Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,912	GCSE Art GCSE Business Studies GCSE Graphic Design And anything compulsory.. i.e English, Maths etc. I'm from England, we don't use this AP system for classes you guys have, so im just curious, is AP the classes you take when you get older, everyone takes them, or are they the classes that those who are very good at the subject take?

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LavaClaw amidoinitrite? Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Gold Coast, Australia Posts: 1,484	Yeah, this AP or number system is weird, they just restrict the harder classes to the smarter kids (ie the sciences are hard to get into with the smarter kids taking priority) and have tiered maths/english (advanced being the highest) That's backwards Australia, anyway.

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Kiko Times Change Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cairo, Egypt Posts: 1,872	Take psychology http://static1.fjcdn.com/comments/hue+hue+hue+hue+brrbr+br+_0b069cc8afc6ab45e3afe855f0a7242a.png (Unsupported image host)

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RedBoy786* Resigned iEra PR Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: London, United Kingdom Posts: 1,916	Your education system is so much different to that of where I am from (England, London).

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NiTe Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: over there Posts: 176	This year I had: Ap Psycology Ap Language (English) Ap World History Hon Physic Hon Spanish 4 Engineering Calc Next year as a senior so far I have decided to take Ap Literature Ap Stat Ap Micro Econ Ap Macro Econ Rest idk about since i already have all my credits. Might go for a half a day schedule, or bs them with art classes.

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PoeticFolly Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: In your heart Posts: 2,813	This semester I have Health Sociology Physical science Algebra 1 Weight training English 1 French 1 Next year I have: French 2 Photography US history Small engines Weight training English 2 Geometry Biology that's all I can remember right now. I'll check my schedule for next year sometime.

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Kiwi Registered User Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,956	I have English Extension Science Extension Maths Extension HPE Extension (Well, not really, but we're in the same class as the extension ones and they give us extra work anyway) Japanese Graphics Next semester I'll have business studies, and ICT to replace Japanese and Graphics and SOSE Extension will replace HPE.

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Rockstar Gani Admin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 1,904	Technology English Maths Science Photoshop Advanced ( ICT ) Just the general poop. Some other stuff, you know =)

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MementoJoker Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Egypt Posts: 2,939	Funny that you guys get to choose before senior.