Post your classes next year!

[rabbit]

Senior Year:
AP Language or AP Literature (I'm not sure yet)
AP Comparative Politics
AP Environmental Science
World History 1
Pyschology
Study Hall
Study Hall
Study Hall

Haha..study hall.

[Super_X]

Orientation to Engineering
Calculus II (If I passed my AP exam)
Advanced Basic Chemistry
Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving
Freshman Honors Colloquium I (Basically, this class studies the works of Western Civilization up to the Renaissance)

Haha; Advanced basic chem. Kind of contredictory, no?

[dark_drake]

Orientation to Engineering
Calculus II (If I passed my AP exam)
Advanced Basic Chemistry
Introduction to Engineering Problem Solving
Freshman Honors Colloquium I (Basically, this class studies the works of Western Civilization up to the Renaissance)

Haha; Advanced basic chem. Kind of contredictory, no?

It's actually Advanced General Chemistry. :S

[trust]

Senior Year:
AP Language or AP Literature (I'm not sure yet)
AP Comparative Politics
AP Environmental Science
World History 1
Pyschology
Study Hall
Study Hall
Study Hall

Haha..study hall.

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[Towelie]

AP american history
AP calculus AB
AP physics
AP english
Honors choir ftw

[dark_drake]

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AP american history
AP calculus AB
AP physics
AP english
Honors choir ftw

Your school only goes five hours a day? If so, that's laziness.  Back when I went to school, we had 7 hours a day in school.

[Rule]

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AP american history
AP calculus AB
AP physics
AP english
Honors choir ftw

If you have a choice, I suggest taking AP Calc BC.  You get an AB subscore anyways, and you may get a lot more out of the course. 

[trust]

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AP american history
AP calculus AB
AP physics
AP english
Honors choir ftw

If you have a choice, I suggest taking AP Calc BC.  You get an AB subscore anyways, and you may get a lot more out of the course. 

At my school you take AB then BC.

[Rule]

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AP american history
AP calculus AB
AP physics
AP english
Honors choir ftw

If you have a choice, I suggest taking AP Calc BC.  You get an AB subscore anyways, and you may get a lot more out of the course. 

At my school you take AB then BC.

Heh, that seems like overkill.  In my opinion there wasn't much more to cover in BC (although I'm not *positive* what the differences are).  If you took AB, got a 5, and then spent 6-7 months just on the BC portion, that would be the easiest class ever -- I'm not being cocky, it's true -- it would be like spreading a month's worth of material across 7 months...

At my school, they ordered 1 extra BC exam and shorted on 1 AB exam.  A friend of mine (who was in AB) was the last of his class to enter the testing room, so he had to sit down and write the BC exam impromptu -- lol. He was fairly smart, (e.g. got 1510/1600 on the SAT I, 750/800/800/800 on SAT II), so I'm curious what his AB/BC scores turned out to be.  It's possible he got a 5 on the BC exam without learning any of the material, heh.

 

[deadly7]

When I'm a junior I'm just taking calculus 1 & 2 at the UofM.  Fuck AP.

[Newby]

When I'm a junior I'm just taking calculus 1 & 2 at the UofM.  Fuck AP.

I had a talk with my chem teacher about kids taking classes at universities instead of taking the AP classes.

I've come to the conclusion from what he said that it's not worth it unless you have no other options. :)

[Sidoh]

Last time I talked to you, you were going to be taking Calculus III as a Junior. :\

[Rule]

I wouldn't think taking introductory calculus at college is any better than taking AP.  Actually, you'll probably learn more if you do AP Calc BC.  The course doesn't make the artificial disconnection between integral and differential calculus that most colleges do, and it's geared towards 'elite' students, unlike Calc I & II.  The only way it would be better at college is if the professor were far better than the teacher.  Having been the TA for Calc I, II, and IV, I can say that the AP approach to calculus is superior.

On the other hand, AP Chemistry is severely lacking in certain areas like organic chemistry.  You'd be far better prepared for university if you managed to do IB Higher Level Chem or possibly took 1st year chem at college.  If you just want to go to an elite university though, AP Chem will suffice =).

[Chavo]

Advantages of AP over taking it at the University:
- cheaper per credit hour, much cheaper
- since its an advanced class, there are less dumbasses in the class
- the teachers are more motivated and usually better because of the lack of dumbasses (usually)
- smaller class sizes and better chance of having an english speaking instructor
- its not an f'n weedout class
- no bitch labs (ie the weedout classes always get the worst possible lab/recitation times)
- doesn't affect your gpa if you do poorly for some odd reason
- being ahead in your prereqs helps a ton with scheduling (you aren't competing with everyone else in your class to get into the same full classes)

Disadvantages:
- grading scale is usually tougher
- no curve (at least at my hs)
- annoying AP test

Definately a pros outweighing the cons imo

[Apollo]

My roommate last year took Calc BC in high school and got a 5 on the AP test, then came here and got a C in Calc 1.