<p>Yeah, I had all 95 or higher my first semester, but this time around I have a 93 and two 94s. Which may not sound bad, but it’s still within B range if I do poorly on an exam. </p>
<p>Still, this has easily been my best academic year. All of my B’s have come in the second semester, so usually I have a bigger drop off than this. I guess being closer to college gives me some motivation. Freshman year, I was too young and dumb to care about my future.</p>
<p>Do colleges really look at grade trends?
If it’s somewhere from high A’s first semester to low A’s second semester, is that considered bad to them? I wouldn’t think they look at grades that specifically…</p>
<p>My trend:
Fresh1: 5 Bs, 2 As
Fresh2: 4 Bs, 3 As
Soph1: 5 As, 2 Bs
Soph2: 6 As, 1 B
Jun1: 2 As, 3 Bs, 1 C
Jun2 (to be): 3 As, 3 Bs</p>
<p>What about yours?</p>
<p>“If it’s somewhere from high A’s first semester to low A’s second semester, is that considered bad to them?”</p>
<p>I wouldn’t think so. My school doesn’t even keep the percentages (on the transcript), just letter grades.</p>
<p>I tend to get better grades second semester because the teachers at my school seem to make their tests easier second term (my school has block scheduling so each class only lasts a semester). I’ve gotten 100% on the past few AP Chem tests, but at the beginning of the semester I was regularly getting, like, 75-80% on them.</p>
<p>No, I don’t think they care. I just brought it up because I notice that’s how it always goes for me. In the grand scheme of things it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>So I got an 87 average in physics last term and my APUSH grade has also dropped since first trimester. I know it’s no use now, but should I be worried about this regarding colleges? Our physics class is two trimesters, but each grade shows up separately on our transcript. And in APUSH, I’ve dropped from a 94 to a 92 second trimester and this trimester isn’t looking too hot since I got 70s on my last five quizzes…</p>
<p>“If it’s somewhere from high A’s first semester to low A’s second semester, is that considered bad to them?”</p>
<p>Well, be glad you have that problem and not B, C, D grades to worry about.</p>
<p>^The second thing is my issue Bs and Cs… a decent amount of them</p>
<p>Hey everybody!
So, I was wondering what everybody’s opinion was on taking AP spanish.
Because I really don’t want to but I’ll force myself if that’s for the best…
I’m already taking:
AP Physics
AP Psychology
AP Statistics
AP Literature
AP Gov</p>
<p>I’d rather take two 1/2 semester fine art classes to give myself a break for the first time since freshmen year.</p>
<p>First of all, what Physics AP? B or C? And also, are you more of a conceptual person or a mathy person?</p>
<p>AP Physics B and C took up a lot of my time in high school. I would suggest that with 5 APs you not overburden yourself with another, especially if one of them is physics. Best of luck in your decisions!</p>
<p>Well today was… interesting. School got let out at 10 due to flooding, but every entrance to my neighborhood was flooded so I ended up at my friend’s grandma’s house all day. Just made it home now, but the water is still ridiculously high on the roads.</p>
<p>Yeah that storm yesterday and last night was a mess. The road near my house is flooded. And several of my friends have flooded basements.</p>
<p>Midwesterner problems.</p>
<p>My friends at my old school (Chicago suburbs) had school entirely cancelled for flooding today … They had a sinkhole swallow three cars at one point. Over where I am (southern Indiana) we’re getting storms and rain every night, but it’s not as bad as it is up there.</p>
<p>Oh right, I’m taking AP Physics B next year.
Umm… I’m neither? I’m not a math person but I’m not really a conceptual person either. Although I prefer the latter over the former.</p>
<p>And about the flooding… That was terrible here. I live in the Chicago suburbs and damn that was a lot of rain.</p>
<p>People who live in Chicago- besides the generally weird whether, what’s it like over there? I’d really like to live and work in the Chicago area after college.</p>
<p>It depends on where you live I guess. I’m close enough to Chicago where I would tell someone from out of state that I live in Chicago, but not someone from Illinois. </p>
<p>Where I live it’s pretty flat and kind of rural and boring, but you learn to appreciate it I guess. Chicago is pretty sweet though. Some parts, not so nice. There are some really nice suburbs too. </p>
<p>Also, we say pop. Not soda.</p>
<p>Oh my god, I wish California weather was more eventful. My area: Sunny, with temperatures between 50-80 with maybe cold mornings at 30. Sometimes rainy but usually you see the sun everyday. </p>
<p>@xxcs417: Hmmm well is Spanish extremely difficult at your school? I feel like a lot of this is based on school. I mean, at my school AP B is the more math-y even though in AP C we use Calculus.</p>
<p>Lol, all you suburban’ers. I feel like the only one who does live in Chicago.</p>
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<p>It’s a great city for tourism and not really residence imo. It’s too segregated, the public school system is awful and ran by a bunch of baboons, the housing is bland (even in the wealthier neighborhoods), and the traffic is intolerable. </p>
<p>I would recommend living in the suburbs and working in Chicago more than living and working in Chicago. Suburbs like Orland Park, Naperville, Hinsdale (OMG I WISH I LIVED THERE), and more are amazing. The school systems are much better, the areas are generally beautiful, and the people are nice.</p>