@snowfairy137 I took honors Chem and did well, but I will have difficulty completing labs without someone to supervise me. An independent study in Calc presents its own challenges too because I haven’t really done math(does ACT prep count?) since Sophomore year (I had to take Stats last year for the same conflict).
I took Calc BC this past year, and can’t imagine doing it as an independent study. If you do choose to do it, though, I still have all of my notes and “cheat sheets” that I would be willing to send you as a resource. I got a 5 on the exam so the notes aren’t (hopefully!) too bad.
In my opinion, don’t take music theory, and save it for college. I was actually going to take music theory this year, but after hearing how difficult it is, I chickened out. I also believe that most colleges don’t take music theory credit, even if you get a 4 or 5, so I don’t really think it’s worth it (then again, I can be wrong, feel free to correct me).
I’d say take AP Chem in a class setting, considering you’d have to do numerous labs. One of my friends did AP Chem as an independent study, and he said that instead of doing the labs he just found videos online explaining them—but it wasn’t necessarily helpful compared to actually doing a lab and having a teacher for support. Apparently the course also has a lot of math and memorizing formulas, which might be easier if you have a teacher by your side for help. Best of luck with whichever schedule you choose!
@hamlon what was your last math class?
@Hamlon I do agree that if you choose to take calc or chem instead of theory, then save it for college instead of trying to do it by yourself. Although if you find yourself with extra time and you want to learn a little bit, YouTube videos are really resourceful and educational if you want to mess around with some theory. Also, musescore is a really good free music notation software. If you want to pay than finale is pretty good too, but I don’t recommend using the free, limited software finale provides called finale notepad. Whatever you choose to do, I hope you are able to do theory at some point in time, because it can be really fun!
Does anyone listen to BTS? I finally started working out on my own again (e heh…) but they are sooo much fun to run to.
@BioRocksMySocks I would love to have those notes! I’m leaning towards a guided independent study for Calc and using my other free period for Physics C now.
@snowfairy137 H pre-calc. My school doesn’t do a 2-year sequence for Calc. AB is scheduled the same time as BC.
@hamlon could you just self study for the AB exam? That has a much more flexible schedule to learn by yourself
@Hamlon I’ll DM you the first set of notes once I actually organize my school stuff (still haven’t touched my backpack filled with junior-year stuff since last day of school haha).
I wish you the best of luck! BC isn’t that hard if you took pre-calc. In reality, there’s a lot of algebra with certain topics so if you’ve been doing ACT or SAT math prep you’ll fare well. Along with notes, I’m always glad to help as well 
In my opinion, I wouldn’t take AB just because most colleges don’t accept AB credit as they consider it to be too easy/not substantial enough to waive a calc I or calc II class in college (in my class we had already finished the AB curriculum within two to three months, which is why my school doesn’t offer AB Calc). When you receive your AP scores for the BC exam, you’ll also receive an AB subscore, which is equivalent to what you would’ve gotten on the AB exam. BC might be a bit tougher, but it’s definitely doable.
^ ah that’s true. I heard some colleges though will not take only the bc credit and make students start from the beginning again… I would just check the colleges you are applying to first. But with lots of help and if you are dedicated then yeah, go for bc! It does cover more material. I recommend khan academy vids for everything Calc.
I just saw my posted schedule. I have 2 empty blocks instead of classes; such a mess…
As much as I don’t like my school, I have to give it up to my school for their scheduling. They resolve all scheduling conflicts before the previous year ends.
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Advice for AP Calc:
The best advice I received was to do old FRQs as I learned the topics. So if we studied Riemann sums in class, I would go home and do a couple FRQs on that in addition to my homework. An easy google search can lead you to websites that sort FRQs by topic. If you have no idea what the question is asking for then read and take notes of the answer key from the college board website (and ask your teacher!). I have a notebook filled with FRQs and their answer keys that I plan to continue using for BC. This really helped me in my class, especially closer to the AP because my teacher started using questions on tests that I had already practiced from.
edit: this Quizlet saved my life when I was studying https://quizlet.com/134035621/ap-calculus-review-notecards-with-example-questions-based-on-when-you-see-the-words-this-is-what-you-think-of-doing-worksheet-flash-cards/
@Hamlon I also suggest you should use Khan Academy! Idk any good test prep books though. Fast Track to a 5 is my teacher’s recommendation but I felt like those problems were very different from the ones on the AP test. I ended up studying from released tests the most.
Really starting to stress about going back to school. I wish I still had another month of summer break 
Yes, I second using the released exams to study! That’s your best bet to doing well on the actual exam (and free yay). You can try looking up Calc textbooks online, and prep books may be helpful to keep you on track, but problems from the collegeboard itself are what you need to study ofc
My goodness! Some of you guys have a REALLY late summer vacation! Today is my second day of senior year. Classes are good but I’m not a fan of my Comp Sci Principles teacher. I also found out that I’m going to have to find another science fair project and start all over. All I had left for the other one was to do the experiment :((
Yesterday, I had a life defining moment: my choir teacher was doing a class count (fresh, soph, junior, senior) and I almost raised my hand for junior. Then I realized: I’M A SENIOR 
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@BioRocksMySocks @Marg532 @agentaquastar @dietcig @snowfairy137 Thanks y’all. I’m probably going to go through with a Calc BC independent study. If things get too hard, I can always drop down. If I manage my time well, I think this will be more efficient than taking the class. Can’t wait to assign myself homework that I will procrastinate on until the class period before it’s due… 
My math sequence is so messed up. I took Calc AB last year and was planning to take AP Stats this year, since my school doesn’t have BC. As it turns out, for the third year in a row, Stats is only offered during Orchestra. I’m required to take a math to graduate, but my school doesn’t offer a math class I haven’t taken that doesn’t force me to drop orchestra. However, there’s a magnet school down the road that offers a combo Calc AB/BC class first period. So now I’m taking that so I can graduate, but it also likes like I took AB twice. Ugh.
@sewing2music late September is when I go back to school haha
Just finished shadowing at the arch firm! Honestly schooling sounds really intimidating. Long hours in the studio working on projects that will only get rly harsh critiques, plus extremely vague assignments for the first 3 years. Then once in the “real world” there are all sorts of expenses, liabilities, and clients to worry about, and arch is one of the harder hit jobs during recessions.
There are a lot of negatives but everyone working there really loves their job. Studios are so pretty and you make lots of friends easily. We got free lunch to listen to a company pitch their products. Design is like problem solving and while there are a lot of requests to follow, it makes the challenge more engaging. We toured a building that they had just finished and it was so cool. The most satisfying thing is walking through your design irl after starting with a vision in your head.
Overall I’m really still not sure about arch. Or anything in college… It’s all so difficult and different, so I wanted to choose something that interests me most, but I have widespread interests and no focus.
tip: actually read all of these emails from colleges because sometimes they throw in fee waivers at the bottom of the message!! I really wasn’t all that interested in Swarthmore because I already have enough reaches. But they just waived my application fee so I may end up applying in late December