<p>@Studious and anaychi: You two are too funny. But everyone knows that the NCSSM is the best school in the nation because of its amazing mascot: the Unicorns! The Unicorns have won several state sports championships and science competitions of the like. Plus, who wants to mess with a Unicorn?</p>
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<p>^ That’s pretty awesome. Unicorns… Haha.</p>
<p>What are some mascots that any of you come along over the years that was totally out of the box or just too general? For example, my school’s mascot is so general (the eagles). </p>
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<p>@Studious I’m not doubting TJ’s strength as a school. I have friends who are alumni, so I’m aware that it’s a fantastic school to attend with stellar stats. I constantly hear of its high academic standards and the like. All I’m saying is that IMSA is of equal rigor and value. Though, I don’t know if it beats having a unicorn as a mascot! :)</p>
<p>@evan Our school district made all of its high school mascots cats. It’s bland. Our school is the “White Tigers.” Other schools are Huskies, Lions, Wildcats, etc. Essentially your typical mascots for a high school.</p>
<p>Who here has taken Honors or AP Psychology? If so, how is it?</p>
<p>@nate42: Even though I just started Honors Psych today, I have lots of reading to do for just the first chapter, which is on the background of psychology and the statistical measures that it uses. I haven’t started working yet, but the first chapter only had 7 assignments, including the quiz and and summative assignment. </p>
<p>Edit: My Honors Psych is online.</p>
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<p>@nate: AP Psych is supposed to be one of the easiest AP courses. It’s said that you can study a review book for a week before the AP test and score a 5 quite manageably. However, different schools run AP courses differently (duh), and you could very well be placed in a class that is complete overkill (reading/summarizing for 2 hours a night, huge tests, etc.). I encourage you to ask peers who have taken the class about its difficulty. As for honors psych, I wouldn’t know. It seems like an unnecessary class if you can go straight to AP (which you can in my school).</p>
<p>@evanb1996:Oh okay awesome! There’s not a lot of homework then?</p>
<p>@studios: I feel that it would be better for me to take Honors before I jump right into the AP course. I would like to have background info on the subject then make a 5 on the exam.</p>
<p>Taking Honors Psych is pretty useless if you plan on taking AP Psych. You’ll just be wasting your own time, nothing more.</p>
<p>I completely agree with anaychi; it’s a waste of time. Do yourself a favor and jump straight into AP.</p>
<p>My Schedule for Junior year assuming I don’t change it, is:</p>
<p>AP English Language
AP Environmental Science
Project Lead The Way: Engineering and Design-Honors
AP US History
Spanish 3 Honors
Advanced Algebra & Trigonometry Honors
Individual Sports</p>
<p>I am nervous about taking the engineering class because I don’t want it to deter me from becoming an engineer. Has anyone taken this class before?</p>
<p>^ Ooh, bullets! Neat! </p>
<p>I’ve never taken an engineering-specific class, but if you’re strong in STEM fields, you should be fine.</p>
<p>@studios & @anaychi: I would take AP but my schedule won’t allow it. Plus with my schedule I will be needing a easy class.
If I was to take AP Psychology, I would have to drop either Honors Anatomy (online) or AP Environmental (online) and I don’t want to do that.</p>
<p>I was reading the first chapter of this book called “Don’t stalk the admissions officer” on B&N’s website, and it’s pretty funny just because of how brutally honest it is. I kind of want to go buy it now, lol. </p>
<p>[BARNES</a> & NOBLE | Don’t Stalk the Admissions Officer: How to Survive the College Admissions Process Without Losing Your Mind by Risa Lewak, Ten Speed Press | NOOK Book (eBook), Paperback](<a href=“http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dont-stalk-the-admissions-officer-risa-lewak/1018727521]BARNES”>http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dont-stalk-the-admissions-officer-risa-lewak/1018727521)</p>
<p>@anaychi and Studious: The thing about NC is that its graduation requirements now emphasize CTE classes to where you need a four course core pathway that you need to decide, though it doesn’t have to be CTE (AP, foreign language, etc). CTE is a great advantage to take of instead of taking just all Honors/APs because it prepares you for the working world. So if one wants to do a CTE track, then it would be difficult to squeeze an AP class in one’s schedule as most senior year CTEs are yearlong. Many personally prefer work experience over an extra 3 credit hours at a college.</p>
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<p>@Lydia15
Maybe it’s just my school but I’m taking PLTW’s design class it’s a ton of fun! No hw and we just sketch or use CAD for the entire class. I want to become an engineer also. JHU has a program that will let me take and engineering class for credit over the summer and I’ve heard that sketch/design classes will help a lot. Being a creative problem solver and being able to work with and visualize 3D images in your head helps a lot with the class.</p>
<p>Anyone here taken AP Statistics or AP Environmental ?</p>
<p>What I’m hoping to get but probably won’t due to lack of students being interested :P</p>
<p>Junior Schedule:
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
Honors Trigonometry
Windows Applications
Honors English III
Latin III</p>
<p>Those are my main classes and the others I decided not to post up since they’re more like stress-free electives. Also, planning on taking at least two subject tests and studying like heck to do good on the ACT. One of the colleges I want to apply for apparently wants scores two days after Senior years starts which sucks since it means you have to do beyond great in Junior year.</p>
<p>^ Nice wish my school had AP Bio.
These are the classes I wish to take next year: (Junior Year)</p>
<ol>
<li>Honors Pre-Calc<br></li>
<li>Honors English 3</li>
<li>Honors Anatomy and Physiology (online)
4 .Honors Spanish 4</li>
<li>Honors Psychology (online)</li>
<li>AP US History </li>
<li>AP Environmental Science (online)</li>
<li>Team Sports </li>
</ol>
<p>These are these classes I am thinking about taking also:
<p>I am pretty open to any suggestions, let me know if I should change any of the classes for the ones at the bottom. Thanks!</p>
<p>*correction please regard the last “these” *</p>