<p>yesterday… I guess it sucked. I finished a SAT test and my score dropped from a 2160 to a 2050 to a 1970.</p>
<p>YIKES.</p>
<p>Here’s my sophomore schedule:</p>
<p>History of the Old Testament
Honors Chemistry
AP Language
Geometry
APUSH
German 1
Music (Weekly Voice Lessons, Monthly Recitals, Music Theory Study)</p>
<p>I’m also homeschooled.
Is it a good schedule?</p>
<p>Well most sophomores that are college bound are taking Algebra 2 at least. Other than that, it’s a pretty decent schedule.</p>
<p>Do you think it is possible to do Algebra 2 and Pre-calc simultaneously in my junior year?</p>
<p>Nope you need Alg II background for Pre-calc.</p>
<p>Maybe I can start my Algebra 2 as soon as I finish Geometry (around May) and work on it through the summer.</p>
<p>@tofugirl: If you can get Algebra 2 first semester, then Precalc 2nd semester (if your homeschool does semester). But, if you want to do Precalc next year, try self studying Algebra 2 or take an online course. Math is one subject that you can not plunge into without developing the skills needed to understand the next step.</p>
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<p>I can just attest that I am being challenged like never before. I decided to try out for JV baseball at my school (which isn’t the best, but it only has 9 games this season). I was dog tired when I left today tryouts today. Then the coach said that he plans to practice on this Saturday! I guess this is a rude awakening into school athletics.</p>
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<p>Haha, welcome to my world. Football and Track are so demanding and I feel that they really take away from my studies. I never get home until 5 then its homework and studying for 1-4 hours depending on the severity.</p>
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<p>Yeah, sounds like high school sports…
During field hockey season I don’t get home until 6 and sometimes on game days I get home past 7. Saturday practices are the worst. My mom started making me take B vitamin pills to “keep my energy levels up.” The weird thing is that my class averages are usually higher during sports season. I guess I stay focused more because there is less time for procrastination.</p>
<p>@ apollo: Haha amen, sports are killer on free time. With track I don’t get home until 5 and then when we have a meet its around 8.</p>
<p>Hello everyone, I just heard that my school is considering bringing back AP Bio! So excited:)!
But there is a downfall to this… if I take this next year (junior year) then I wont have a AP science course to take senior year. Unless I take AP Physics B online (don’t really know what that consists of.) But I am also taking honors physics next year so at least I will have some background in the course. In your opinion what should I do?
And oh yeah, Biology is my best subject and I love it (99 in Honors Biology)</p>
<p>^ AP Biology is the best! It’s awesome that your school might re-introduce it into your curriculum. You should definitely take it if you get the chance.</p>
<p>^ I think I will probably take it. But that would leave me with having to take AP Physics B online senior year. I heard AP Physics is very hard and I would be taking it online,to make things worse.</p>
<p>@nate42: I just looked at the course offerings for NCVPS next year and they are cutting classes, especially APs. Keep a close watch as senior year approaches to make sure it is offered by then. And congrats on taking AP Bio next year. That will be a senior year class for me. (AP Chem and Calc BC next year if accepted into NCSSM, AP Eng if not for next year)</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Wow! They cut around 10 AP’s. Good thing you told me. Thank you I hope to learn a lot in there.
Just curious, how are you going to take Calc BC as a junior at NCSSM? Isn’t Calc AB a prerequisite for BC?</p>
<p>BC = AB at a faster pace + a few more advanced concepts. It’d be kinda useless to take a full year of AB, then take BC the next.</p>
<p>@nate42: Calc BC is really just AB with some extra stuff (series I think, but not sure). Plus, at NCSSM, I heard from someone that if a junior gets placed in Calc, then they skip them up to BC because AB is supposed to be just for seniors. I’m not sure about if this is 100% true, but it something along those lines.</p>
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<p>@anaychi: Oh ok, my school only offers Calc AB.</p>
<p>@evanb1996: Awesome, my school doesn’t even offer it. Do you know what classes you would be taking if you are admitted to NCSSM?</p>
<p>Calculus is split into three parts by the College Board: A, B, and C. Calculus AB is the first two parts, while Calculus BC is all three parts. Hence, you don’t get the C part if you take AB. My math teacher says that the C is just full of stuff they (the CB) couldn’t think to put anywhere else, so they “shoved it at the back.” </p>
<p>From Wikipedia: "AP Calculus BC includes all of the topics covered in AP Calculus AB, as well as convergence tests for series, Taylor and/or Maclaurin series, the use of parametric equations, polar functions, including arc length in polar coordinates, calculating curve length in parametric and function (y = f(x)) equations, L’H</p>