<p>Yeah, one can only take BC if his or her current math teacher explicitly says their capable, and that rarely happens at a rising Junior level. Chances are that I might not even take AB until I’m a Senior due to the course idiocy at my school. We’ll see how things play out.</p>
<p>@nate42: I looked at the courses I would take next year. I would take American Studies (US History and Lit combined), Intro Spanish, AP Calc BC, Advanced AP Chem, and Physics (I don’t think I would do so hot with AP) as my cores with Couch to 5K (running), Medical Ethics and Leadership, and Forensic Science as my electives (1 per trimester). I really want to fit Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2 in there, but I don’t wanna wait until senior year to have biology classes.</p>
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<p>Wow, my transcript for SVSM just arrived today, the last eligible day. Thankfully, I learned nothing from this experience and will continue to procrastinate.</p>
<p>@evanb1996: Sounds like a pretty challenging schedule to me. You don’t have anything to worry about with Spanish, it’s a very easy class. Good luck with AP Chemistry, I have figured out that I am more of a biology person than chem. In my opinion taking regular Physics is a good idea, since AP Physics is said to be one of the hardest AP classes. I also heard of a class called “Research Experience” that can be in Bio, Chem and Physics at NCSSM, will you be taking this?</p>
<p>@nate42: I don’t want to waste space in my schedule to do research. I’d rather learn as much as I could during the school year. Plus, those classes do have a lot of work associated with them and some meet twice a day. I don’t know if it’s the Research Experience class, but I think they leave in the afternoon twice a week to go to Duke, UNC, State, or NCCU to go to the labs, which makes scheduling crazy. I think I would do the summer research program they offer or find my own research opporunities.</p>
<p>@evanb1996: Oh I had no idea the class was like that. That really seems like a waste of time unless you come up with break through research. Which is very unlikely for a high school student. I think the summer research program sounds like a great idea.</p>
<p>I didn’t make the team, but I was offered the manager position. I think that it was best for me to be manager since I will still be out there enjoying my favorite sport, but I won’t be as tired. Plus, I can go home when I need to in case of a huge homework load or things that need to be done ASAP. So, a win-lose for me, but I’m happy.</p>
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<p>^What sport?</p>
<p>@helloel: Baseball. I thought I was pretty good, but HS is all about winning and the best players.</p>
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<p>I’m sorry you didn’t make it! Was there only a varsity team?</p>
<p>^No, there was a JV team too. But, baseball in the past has been a butt of jokes for the past few years because the coaches have picked lazy, good players over hard working ones. But, I missed a day of tryouts without telling the coach. Plus, I think manager is great.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Sorry man, at least your still the smartest on the team 
haha.
Have you considered running track or playing tennis?</p>
<p>@nate42: I didn’t consider playing either because I suck at tennis (I lost in the first round of the tennis tournament that my gym class had) and I’m not the fastest runner, even though I usually fly down first base super fast.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996: Oh, I love track, and you don’t have to be fast to run. You can be like me and do mid-distance and distance events.</p>
<p>Hi fellow 2014-ers! </p>
<p>Regarding Calculus BC: I’m taking it right now and basically we did AB calc in 1 semester and are now doing BC topics this term.
Like studious said, we’re doing series, polar coordinates and stuff like that for 3 months (until the AP exam). If you have a good teacher, it’s definitely not an impossible class.</p>
<p>AB 1 year and BC another is really a waste of time, IMO, seeing that you can cover BC topics in a few months. </p>
<p>@evan, good luck regarding your boarding school app! 
Oh, and don’t judge your tennis potential from one gym class tournament. I highly doubt that you guys were taught proper form…get lessons from a decent teaching pro and I’m sure that you’ll do better than you expect on the court. ;)</p>
<p>@ecouter: Thanks for the luck. I actually thought about getting someone to teach me tennis since it is a sport I am interested in.</p>
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<p>It’s official. I chose my junior year courses today! They are as follows:</p>
<p>-AP Calculus BC
-AP Chemistry
-AP US History
-AP Economics (Macro/Micro)
-AP Latin
-Physics
-English 11 Honors</p>
<p>Go ahead. Give me the gun now. That way my painful death will come a lot quicker.</p>
<p>What happened to AP Physics?! I was hoping for us to be study buddies.</p>
<p>evanb1996: You should definitely pick up tennis! I grew up in a big tennis family, so they were disappointed that I got into soccer, and quit tennis when I was really young. But I started playing again a couple years ago, and I found it relatively easy to pick up. It’s even easier when you’ve been playing another sport that requires good footwork. </p>
<p>I signed up for my junior year schedule as well:
APUSH
American Literature
AP Spanish
AP Biology
AP Comp
Precalculus</p>
<p>Anay, I’m working on it! I’d have to take physics over the summer, and I’m willing to, but my counselor isn’t sure if there’s a course they’d accept. I hope it works out.</p>