<p>guys guys i took my driver’s ed state exam (written exam) and i passed!!! i needed an 80 or higher and i like barely passed an 80! omg today’s like the happiest day ever. LOL i honestly stressed out way too much over this and now i feel like a big chunk of stress is goneeee</p>
<p>Did you guys go to any haunted houses?</p>
<p>No but I wrote a 4 page outline for AP Human Geo and I still got a C on my quiz</p>
<p>My skin is suffering from all this halloween candy.</p>
<p>Do you guys think I can take AP Physics C and AP Calc BC at the same time next year? Some people are saying I need to take Calc before physics, but others are saying as long as I take them at the same time it’s good. (I’m in Honors Physics by the way).</p>
<p>I would take Calc BC before AP Physics C. I’m assuming you’re class of 2016, so you still have another year to fit AP Physics into your schedule.</p>
<p>@imhkim - Congrats! (:</p>
<p>@letmeseetheworld - Same, only I got tired of candy after ~2 pieces.</p>
<p>I’ve decided to drop APUSH. Only have to do AP Bio, Cal BC, and SAT II Chem now.</p>
<p>Woo.</p>
<p>ahaha thanks! :D</p>
<p>and yeah i wouldnt take them at the same time, unless you really really want to. </p>
<p>haha i think it was a good choice to drop apush… especially if youre more of math/ science person, itll be good to focus more on those classes and just drop a college credit history class.</p>
<p>Guys, I have been wondering why my rank is so low (I mean not even in the top 10% low) for awhile now then I finally realized something. Taking extra classes online is actually lowering my weighted gpa. Ouch. Gotta do some strategic thinking I guess for next year’s schedule.</p>
<p>I actually have a copy of my transcript from first semester of freshman year before I started taking extra courses. Here, my rank was about 20 points higher. Wow, this hurts so bad. I really like the extra class I’m taking too.</p>
<p>i wish my school could give out ranks… i want to know where i stand… </p>
<p>hmmm i think one thing you should consider is… is your gpa more important than the extra class that you really like? honestly this really depends on the way you think, and id rather get a low gpa but still take a class that i really like. i actually have to make a similar decision this year (to either take an elective that i really want to take and have a lower gpa or to unwillingly take an honors class that i dont really like but end up with a higher gpa)</p>
<p>I want to know where I stand, but I also think it may upset me (a lot). Everyone already knows the valedictorian is going to be this super awesome and smart guy, but no one really knows about salutatorian. A lot of my friends keep telling me it’s going to be me, but they don’t know my grades…and even if I score higher on tests, my GPA is going to be lower because of health and gym (which others aren’t taking until next semester or next year).</p>
<p>I think I’d be ~7 if they did rankings right now. Which isn’t too good, considering my entire grade only has 250-300 kids.</p>
<p>I just feel like I’d be letting down myself and everyone else. ): I wish my school used a ranking system where you only know your standing, the valedictorian, salutatorian, and third (because they speak at grad, so it’s obviously public) but don’t announce anyone else’s.</p>
<p>I wish my school ranked with weighted GPA. It’s really unfair that people with 4.0’s in easier classes are the same rank as those in the harder classes. Hopefully they choose the valedictorian based on the difficulty of the classes they took. I get my rank at the end of junior year. As of right now I guess I would be right under the people with 4.0s because I got one B, so maybe 50-100 out of 1500?</p>
<p>@imhkim
You have a really good point. The thing that frustrates me about this though is that I’ve been working hard in my classes but I feel like this whole rank thing is not showing that. I mean yeah my grades show that but what about the 40 or 50 plus people that are ranked higher than me and are getting away with this from making B’s and C’s and I’m here working my but off trying to get all A’s. I think that’s a little unfair. Sorry, I know this is the internet but I hope this post doesn’t sound super sassy or anything like that…lol. I’m upset but not that furious.</p>
<p>Most top schools look at UW GPA, don’t they?</p>
<p>I don’t know but that’s another good thing to think about. I’ll try and stop worrying about it atleast until it’s time to pick classes for next year.</p>
<p>My question is: Do colleges switch your GPA? I know the UC’s have a special GPA formula, but my county is on the 7-point grading scale, and most places use the 10-point, so would they change my GPA? I think it’s kind of unfair if I get a 92 in a class and it’s factored into my GPA as a B, but for most other schools it’s an A. (Only some places still use the 7-point, most places use the 10-point, including colleges).</p>
<p>^My guess is that it’s all in the context of your school. Yep, they recalculate your GPA at Berkeley and other UCs, but who knows what other colleges do?</p>
<p>Yeah, if any of your schools rank using unweighted GPAs, that’s ridiculous and really unfair. /:</p>
<p>How much do you all think HS GPA matters taking into account the school? I attend an extremely competitive suburban public high school where students consistently need above a 4.47 weighted GPA just to make the top 10%! How would colleges look at me if I didn’t make the top 10% vs the fact that I would have had I attended a different school?</p>
<p>^I don’t think they’d hold it against you.</p>
<p>What’s the lowest grade you’ve all gotten in high school? I think I just failed my AP World test.</p>