<p>I’m currently in APUSH and it’s not bad! The course itself is not hard, but, at least for my class, we get a TON of homework and reading. </p>
<p>This is my current schedule (since I’m just joining thread):
h american lit
german III
AP Calc A/B
AP US History
Ceramics I (1st sem.)
Art III (2nd sem.)
Art Metals I (2nd sem.)
h Biology</p>
<p>and I’m on the swim team and synchronized swim team, and involved with key club, student council, and the newspaper!</p>
<p>Also, I posted a thread but no one has resonded yet, so I will ask here: </p>
<p>this is my junior schedule currently:
AP Gov
AP Econ
AP Calc B/C
AP Studio Art
h chem
h german 4</p>
<p>should I take AP physics as well? I feel like it would be best to take it while i’m still in a math class, since I’m not taking one my senior year, but I will have no study halls if I do. Will this be too rigorous for me?</p>
<p>I mean, it looks fine to me. I guess you just have to be confident in you math skills (I assume you are) and perhaps studying ahead of time will prepare you for that.</p>
<p>By the way, is there anyone attending the Women’s Outreach in Materials, Energy, and Nanobiotechnology at Cornell?</p>
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<p>@Aquiana: I’ve never heard of that program. What is the focus or the mission of the program?</p>
<p>Do any of you all have a hard time understanding trig? I am currently taking it and I feel like the teacher is speaking Esperanto or something. I understand the concepts, but when I hit the homework, I’m like sitting there with a huge brain fart. I understand the six basic functions, but when it comes to the different identities, I always seem to get lost or use the wrong one. This is weird for me as I understood Algebra, Geometry, and Precalc immediately. Some tips? I’ve tried studying and asking for help and it hasn’t gotten better.</p>
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<p>@evanb1996 It’s a program that exposes 10 grade girls in rural areas to chemistry and other fields in the form of experiments and connecting with alumni. I live about an hour or so from Cornell, so they’re very active in the region when it comes to things like this. </p>
<p>And about trig, do you ask questions and the teacher answers by giving you the same answer she used when she taught the matetial? My teacher always had a “what’s so hard about it?” attitude and people failed or barely passed the regents. By the way, you’re taking trig right? Since you mentioned precalc and that’s done after trig I thought. </p>
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<p>@Aquiana: The outside provider that I am taking math through teaches Precalc and Trig in a two part conjunctive course, so Precalc then Trig. I ask the teacher questions and he tends to overexplain things, which make me even more confused sometimes. He isn’t what I consider the greatest math teacher (after I learning from a great Geometry and amazing Algebra 2 teacher). But, what snows even more scared is the fact that I am having a test on next Friday on inverse Trig and the identities.</p>
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<p>Ah. My precalc teacher is the opposite. She will ask us what is 0 squared plus 0 and work through the problem, but she will zoom through the limits and SGN functions. At times like these, I use google. I can recommend checking out regents prep websites since they have tutorials and practice problems with answers.</p>
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<p>So…is anyone participating in National History Day?</p>
<p>I’ve finished my project and now I’m waiting on the judging period to end. I’m nervous as heck since most of the students participating are either upperclassmen in higher advance courses than me or students that are part of this special program that gives them extra help in academic things. Not only that but I just noticed that I forgot to source one photograph in my website. It was such a <em>headdesk</em> moment.</p>
<p>PippaKarenina: YES YES YES. Our district competition was last Saturday. I made it on (I’m doing a website). Kids doing NHD at our school are usually sophomores or less, and in the honors program (plenty of kids are in honors, though). If your project is good, you should have no trouble if you’re missing a source for a photo. Most judges wont notice/care. Especially because it’s still early on in the HD season. How big is your district? My school has kids go to nationals every year (I went last year), and usually have some make it to the final rounds.</p>
<p>Having trouble with trig? Check out khanacademy.com. Trig becomes really fun once you get used to it.</p>
<p>Wow. You’re so lucky! Usually our district competition isn’t that big. Around 80 people usually sign up but I’m not sure how many people actually finish their projects and participate. It’ll be amazing to go to nationals though. And I’m not sure how nit-picky the judges will be since most of the kids competing don’t have English as their first language (Irish, German, Scottish, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, etc.) but as newcomers from other states usually find out, these kids can kick butt :)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t consider that a small district. I’d estimate that there are about 30-50 competitors from my school, and maybe another 40 or so from other schools. What category are you competing in? Districts usually isn’t a tough competition, unless you’re in the board or documentary category. But nationals is really an amazing experience. We spent probably 2/3 of the time in DC, and the other third at U of M College Park.</p>
<p>It’s a district competition with a total of around at least 65-80 students in the entire area competing, not just our school. I’ll be competing individually in the website category while everyone else will be working in groups of 3 for their projects. From what I can tell most people will be doing documentaries and exhibits. Not sure about websites. Though, the total I just mentioned is counting both the senior and junior division. Still, its been a very fun experience so far.</p>
<p>Working on your own should put you to an advantage. Group work ends in sketchier sites, and less work happens when working in a group. Does your district separate group and individual projects? We don’t really separate at all. Even though 2 individual and 2 groups can go on to nationals, we don’t separate. (So what usually happens is our state sends 3 plays to nationals – last year, 1, 2, and 3rd place were groups, but only first and second went on, and a single individual play went on.)</p>
<p>Hello everyone, </p>
<p>Does anyone know if local community colleges allow high school students to take some of their courses over the summer? They already let people at my school come and take History and English classes during the school year but summer might be different.</p>
<p>This thread has been dead this weekend. Kinda odd, weekends are when most people have free time. Anyways can anyone answer the question above?</p>
<p>It depends on the CC. Most do. Why don’t you contact a few and see if they’ll allow you to take classes?</p>
<p>Awesome! I have contacted the local community college and I am awaiting for an answer. This is my back up plan for in event I am not admitted to a science and math summer program.
Would you happen to know how much a class costs?</p>
<p>The cost varies from CC to CC. I think it’s usually $500-800. But I’m really not sure.</p>
<p>Oh okay, that’s pretty expensive. But oh well.</p>