How intense is this courseload?!?!?!?!

harvard's my sex · 03-24-2009, 04:33 PM

Hello, all! I am new to the community and quite excited to be in the presence of future global intellectuals! I am an upcoming junior and would love some fellow overachievers' opinions on just how intense!!!!!11one my next year's courseload is!

*Note: My school is lame and we only get 8 periods a day. So, I feel that I'm at a bit of a drawback. How much will this hurt me in admission to Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and the like? (Not Yale, though. Ew.)

1. AP Chemistry/AP Biology (these are only semester classes at my school since the material covered is basically kids' stuff)
2. Advanced Aerophysics (AP Physics C is a pre-requisite, which I'm taking this year. Not worried because this class will mostly consist of simple concepts I learned back in calc)
3. University Writing (basically, most kids at my school exhaust the AP English curriculum by tenth grade, so my school has come up with this idiot filler class. Not at all worried about it)
4. Intro. to Organic Chemistry/Intro. to Biophysics (More semester classes, though I think they will be nice complements of AP Chem/AP Bio, don't you?)
5. Jazz Band (Very small, advanced, and selective group of musicians. We are nationally ranked. It's been hard trying to fit this into my schedule the last couple of years, but I think it's a lovely resume padder. How sexy do you suppose the Harvard adcom will think it is?)
6. AP Computer Science AB (It's a little annoying that I haven't yet taken this, especially considering that I mastered Java two summers ago.)
7. AP German Language (This class will be pure fun. The teacher had me for Intro. to German this year and loves me. She recommended me for AP German because of how I so easily assimilated the language. And because I'm a direct descendant of Hitler (no joke) and it's a little embarrassing not to have yet mastered the language.)
8. APUSH/AP Euro/AP World (Integrated AP history class. A total joke, from what I've heard, and most kids get 5's and 4's. Easily self-studiable, but I'm too lazy.)

Disclaimer: I know not having a math class looks bad, but I took AP Calc BC in eighth grade, and by the end of this summer I will have exhausted the local community college's math curriculum. So, it's either independent math study or teaching Linear Algebra to the district's gifted ninth-graders. Which looks better for Harvard?!?!?!

So, how intense do you think all this is, scale of 1-10? I'm a little worried considering I've already exhausted so many APs freshman and sophomore year, so it looks like I have a lazy junior schedule. I'm taking 7 AP exams but am really only taking 5 AP classes. Not so challenging. Pshhh.

Poseur · 03-24-2009, 05:09 PM

i can't figure out who you are

Invoyable roleplaying a girl? kinda creepyyy

socalscott · 03-24-2009, 05:51 PM

Is this a joke? You're a genius. Keep doing what you're doing.

Secret Asian Man · 03-24-2009, 05:52 PM

I'd give it a 3 out of 10. I really don't think you should take Jazz Band, I'm taking it right now and it's a joke.

That stinks that you only have 8 periods per day, we have 11 and I still am having trouble fitting in the classes I want. I don't know how you do it.

Not taking a math class is really not smart, though I guess teaching sort of makes up for it. However, if you're going to teach Linear Algebra, I would try to find a younger cohort. Harvard and similar schools would look down on a group of that age taking that math class as remedial.

Also, these schools won't like it if you only self study two AP exams, try and at least triple that number.

Overall, I really think you should reconsider your college options. Based on this information it seems like Harvard, MIT, Princeton and the like would really be a bad fit for you (your stats show that they won't be likely to accept you either). However, Yale! Now that seems to be the perfect college for you! I hope my input has helped and good luck!

socalscott · 03-24-2009, 05:53 PM

^
...are you kidding me

raiderade · 03-24-2009, 05:56 PM

^obviously...
this is a troll

socalscott · 03-24-2009, 06:01 PM

Oh i totally knew that
:P

Theos Rizos · 03-24-2009, 07:59 PM

Is this a joke?

Dude. You do realize that in comparison to other highschool across the nation, you're schedule is probably in the top .1 % as far as rigor?

~ Theos

Ivybound11 · 03-24-2009, 08:06 PM

^ I have to agree with Theos. Teaching math sounds interesting.. think we have a match for databox

mcel123 · 03-24-2009, 08:08 PM

Youre aiming too high. Id reccomend starting off at a community college and then maybe going on from there.

atomvseve · 03-24-2009, 08:14 PM

How did you take AP Calc in EIGHTH GRADE?!
Isn't the AP Program for high school students only?

DataBox · 03-24-2009, 08:26 PM

Sorry harvard, but I just think you lost....I exhausted the AP and IB curriculums as a 7th grader,took Math 55 at Harvard along with 52H at Stanford as an eighth grader...Now as a sophomore, I teach a MSc and three LLM courses at the London School of Economics along with Interplanetary Quantum Mechanical Biology (Honors) at Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur...

Yeah your chances at HPSM look pretty bad, you might (if you are lucky) end up at your local community college or Yale....

wombatsoup · 03-24-2009, 08:34 PM

Yea I'd say you have a better chance of being struck by a meteorite than getting into Harvard harvard. You might have to settle for Princeton, or even Yale!

Vitare · 03-24-2009, 08:50 PM

"Harvard's my sex", lol!

smarteeangel101 · 03-24-2009, 08:57 PM

some of these posts, man...very lol-worthy