High School Class of 2014

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Eek, I have skimmed through some of the posts here and it makes me worried about my classes despite the fact I take a challenging course compared to the rest of my peers.
My school doesn’t really offer much, like we only have a few APs and they can only be taken Junior/Senior Year and you must have taken other classes previously to be able to take them. Anyways my schedule this year is:</p>

<p>Honors Chemistry
Honors English
Adv. Alg. 2
Honors World History
Latin 2
Spanish 3
Earth & Space (elective)
P.E./Health </p>

<p>I really wish I didn’t have to take P.E. & Health but it is required to take it for a semester every year. Also, I had to take Earth & Space because the way the honors science track is set up leaves out the earth and space section which is on our state tests. I really rather take other classes to free up room for next year.</p>

<p>My ECs are kind of sparse which I plan to work on.
Track (winter)
Crew or Track for spring…depending how much I like outdoor track
Interact
Student Council
AcaDeca
Science Olympiad (hasn’t started but plan to join)
Volunteer at nursing home every Friday
& in the process of starting up my own club.
I always forget if it counts as an EC, but I play the piano</p>

1683

<p>I’m starting to plan out my schedule for next year (junior year). ANy suggestions? Here is what I have so far:
-AP English 11
-AP US History
-CP Physics
-AP Physics B
-Calc 3 at local community college
-Multivariable Calc at local community college
-Spanish 3
-Spanish 4</p>

<p>I am facing a dilemma right now, as I need a visual and performing arts class in order to graduate. I was thinking of taking basic art senior year, but would that look too much like slacking?</p>

1684

<p>^Calc 3 and Multi. already? I think your schedule is fine. With the art thing, I don’t think it hinders your chances at your choice school, unless you are going to an art school or doing something art related. I took Art 1 with a handful of seniors last year, and they all still got into some respectable NC schools (ECU, UNCG, UNCW, etc.)</p>

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1685

<p>This thread is dead…SOMEONE CALL 911!</p>

1686

<p>I just started indexing for familysearch.org- I’ve been doing genealogical research since 5th grade so this is really cool to me. Basically they send me scanned documents and I transcribe it to text</p>

1687

<p>My Chem teacher told our class that he thought that the CIA assassinated JFK. Fun stuff.</p>

1688

<p>For any of you who tote iPods/iPads/iPhones/Androids, do you play the game Words with Friends? I love it! PM me if you want to play against me!</p>

1689

<p>So…um… what’s new with everyone? Any new ECs, class challenges,etc. Let us keep this tread alive :D</p>

1690

<p>Tennis tryouts are tomorrow for me! Not that big of a deal as I’m already on the team and I’m pretty much guaranteed a spot on varsity but I still want to make a good impression. Looking forward to next semester when I have tennis at the end of school to look forward to everyday. :)</p>

1691

<p>Is working your butt off in high school and throwing away your teenage years all worth it when you get the acceptance letter you’ve always wanted? </p>

<p>This is bugging me. I want a life.</p>

1692

<p>^No. IMO.</p>

1693

<p>Yes, unless I only get accepted to state schools. THEN I will be ****ed because there are people who don’t do squat and still get into those.</p>

1694

<p>Science olympid is about to start soon. Anyone else here doing science olympiad?</p>

1695

<p>I am! Although my school has like no chance of winning because I go to a crappy public school with a bunch of great schools around it (Palo Alto, etc). Should be fun though.</p>

1696

<p>Time to start a new discussion! What are some schools that you love, but they have really lackluster (or sucky) academics/rankings/location? Personally would love to go Wingate, but it is too out of the way for me and it doesn’t have the best undergrad. But, it has a pharmacy school which is a plus for me!</p>

1697

<p>The New School in NYC. I adore the atmosphere of the place, I love NYC, there’s a men-to-woman ratio of 2:3 (hey-oh), et cetera. But my parents would think I’m insane to go to an artsy fartsy LAC in New York.</p>

1698

<p>The New School is very up and coming in NYC. I live in the City and go to High School a block away from the New School and pass it every day. The LGBT scene is very large there and I know that might be a problem for some people, and there are also a lot of hipsters. I know someone who got their BFA in Interior Design At Parsons and lived it. People aroung the city say to attend the New school over NYU because its a better bargain, and both schools are within 10 blocks of each other.</p>

1699

<p>I love the look of CSU-Long Beach, but the academics and student population are not my taste. Plus, people wouldn’t be impressed if they asked what college I went to.</p>

1700

<p>It may be odd, but I will put Stanford here. Palo Alto is sad. It only has Silicon Valley Google-money stuff and the worst kind of “college student ghetto”. Doesn’t make me not want to go there. :P</p>

1701

<p>^ If I may, there are an overwhelming number of positives that easily outweigh that negative. While Palo Alto is certainly no great college town, Stanford (and its party scene) is so good that it almost doesn’t matter.</p>