Hey fellow '17ers, is A and A+ worth the same on a 5.0 scale? What about A and A-?
I’m in pre-calc too, which worries me because every single college I’ve toured talks about taking the most rigorous classes possible, and I won’t be able to take Physcalc or advanced calculus by the time I graduate
Also, anyone know of an internship for high school juniors interested in biomedical engineering?
@clichescreenname: they’re worth the same thing! As for internships, SIMR has some, but you’ll have to find housing if you don’t live in the area.
@bfc2017: don’t worry about precalculus; at my school, many people who take precalculus as juniors get into top colleges, and many people who take calculus as juniors don’t. A lot of it depends on the overall strength of your application. Usually, you get placed into math courses in late elementary/early middle school, so colleges won’t really hold it against you.
@photogeek8 I could only dream of getting a 100% on a calc test. I am really bad at calc and our tests are insanely hard. We have our first test of the semester tomorrow on Fundamental Theorem of Calc, definite integration, finding volume through cross sections and other stuff. I’m screwed because I got a B and a C on our first two quizzes.
The only bad thing about taking a college math class that’s actually difficult is trying to balance it with my six other academic classes… It’s like, a single problem on the homework can take me more than an hour to prove and write up, but I have a full load of other work to do and ECs to manage and it’s especially stressful because I can’t do proofs after 10pm!
@pseudoprimal Are you in differential equations? We started learning Bernoulli equations etc and one problem literally can take anywhere between 5-10 minutes =_=
@tigerman333 I’m in regular calc and we just finished optimization, so I don’t know what you’re talking about. xD Regular calc is relatively easy at my school, but my teacher has random homework accuracy quizzes, and I got a few…unsatisfactory results on them, which is why I thought I was doomed with a B+.
@ambitiousgeek If I was doing the typical thing, I probably should be; I did Linear Algebra first semester and am in MVC as well as a second math class. But after plugging-and-chugging my way through Linear, I wasn’t so sure I wanted DiffEq for engineers, plus all of the non-school-time classes conflicted with my rehearsal schedule.
So I went to go talk to someone at the math department and she told me that the math I did this summer would satisfy the prerequisite for an class that came after Abstract Algebra, and that’s where I’m at now! It’s a tiny little class, and it’s mostly seniors, but it’s quite fun. I do need to get back into a more mathematical mindset for the homework though!
SATs got cancelled for me. Looks like I’ve got some much needed extra time to study.
Does anyone happen to know when the Scholastic regional awards will be announced?
Anyone get SEAP acceptance?
Good luck to all taking sat today:)
Anyone else snowed in? I’m pretty sure I’ll have off until Wednesday or Thursday! Yay for snow days!!!
My SAT got cancelled (or rather- moved) as well
@iamnotironman I’m snowed in too! Really hoping for a snow day on Monday.
Nope. No snow day for us… because we lack the snow component.
@photogeek8 same! We just finished optimization and have our semester 1 final next week. It’s really interesting, but hard…
This is my 300th post… does that mean membership? 
@torquoiseworld depends on where you live; for the WRAL, it’s February 3. Not sure yet. I just really hope all my envelopes were sent this year; last year, three out of five of my submission forms were lost in the mail (and the two submissions that were left were very bad; I’m surprised I even got a Silver Key for one).