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[transcendentalis...]

General discussion. Maybe we can turn this into an opinion overview of them or something funky.

What classes are you taking now? What do you like about them or dislike? How are the teachers?
What classes do you want to take?

Next year, I have lined up...

SEM 1:
Honors Orchestra
AP English IV
Calculus BC
AP Physics B
AP Microeconomics
AP European History

SEM 2:
Honors Orchestra
AP English IV
Calculus BC
AP Physics B
"World of Ideas"
AP European History

Eschool: Government, BCIS
Credit by Exam: Chinese I

After I test out of Chinese I, I'll decide if I want to fit Chinese II into my schedule.
If I don't take Chinese II, then I'll have six periods a day :)

I'm probably most excited about Orch, World of Ideas, and APEH. Orch because they're creating an elite ensemble without a minimum number of people so everyone will actually be decent, World of Ideas because it's history/philosophy/literature/art (!!!!), and APEH because the teacher is a badass. I'm interminably excited for APENG IV because I'm a nerd and always love my english classes. ;x

[Tung]

LOL at highschool classes and all the AP classes that are useless. trust me on this one. epic fail

I'm taking interesting courses this spring quarter

1. Cultural Anthropology
2. Woman's Studies
3. African American Studies
4. Contemporary Asian American Studies

[*absinthe*]

^ my AP classes in high school came in handy for me.
Hmm, let's see i'm taking

1. Geo
2. Music Comp
3. English Comp
4. Anatomy

[Tung]

it's pointless if you took AP classes, and didn't pass the test so it was all useless. also, if say you're a bio major, and you took APUSH. lol do you really need the history units? LOL.

[*absinthe*]

it's pointless if you took AP classes, and didn't pass the test so it was all useless. also, if say you're a bio major, and you took APUSH. lol do you really need the history units? LOL.

LOL, true. I`m guessing that happened to you, Tung?

[aaayotiffany]

it's pointless if you took AP classes, and didn't pass the test so it was all useless. also, if say you're a bio major, and you took APUSH. lol do you really need the history units? LOL.

i took APUSH my freshmen year in high school and i hated hated hated it. like i understood it and all, but i always thought that it was going to be useless for me in the future. lol.

i hate ap/ib exams. O_O
i dread them as well. especially since i have 5 ib exams coming in next month.

exams:
ib contemporary history.
ib spanish 5.
ib english 4.
ib biology 3.
ib math studies.

classes:
ib contemporary history.
accounting applications 1/2.
ib theory of knowledge.
ib spanish 5.
ib english 4.
ib biology 3.
ib math studies.
research 6.

[Tung]

Yup, i'm a pre-med student, and I took APUSH, and look at me now. I look back, and realize I wasted all that effort in Highschool for nothing. I mean it would make sense if say you took AP chem since it's a requirement for my major and I would save alot of money and time in college. but if you're taking AP classes which is totally differnt from what you are going to major in college, than i think thats pretty stupid.

[Melissa]

I got credit for AP Calc and that was about it. But AP classes def. helped my GPA which helped my ranking... so that's def. a plus.

Currently:
- University Writing (req)
- Mind, Brain, & Behavior
- Science of Psychology
- Literature Humanities (req)
- Gen. Chem II
- Piano :)

Next Sem:
- Chem Lab :(
- Contemporary Civilizations (req)
- Intro to Microbiology
- Science of Personality
- Art Humanities (req)
- (possibly) Physics
- Piano


booooo.

[transcendentalis...]

^WTF @ ib. I'm scared of ib, but if I had the opportunity I'd probably take on as many as possible. How much harder is ib than AP anyway?

Mostly I just take AP classes for the challenge (GOD I SOUND LAME). I don't care too much for GPA and I really don't keep track of ranks... the only time I know what rank I'm at is when the counselor asks me what classes I want to take next year. I actually enjoy my AP classes this year, even though they're kind of killer... but I think the experience is worth it.

As for AP exams, that's totally different. I really and seriously think those are mostly pointless, especially since the colleges I'm aiming at won't take the credit anyway.

I'm in APUSH right now and I just think it's interesting. My only other AP classes right now are Music Theory (which I'm going to need, not that I'll be getting credit for it anywhere) and English. I can't even begin to explain how much I love that class :(

[dustbunny]

if my school lets me:

1. honors phys
2. apush
3. honors precalc
4. honors english
5. ap music theory
6. spanish 3 honors

the questionable class is AP music theory, since my school originally wasn't even going to let me take my other 5 classes together to begin with. our school's curriculum is a bit more intense than others, so they're quite keen on keeping the students alive. hopefully i'll be able to get in AP music theory because I it's not a completely foreign subject to me and I have a background/foundation that will keep the class fairly cruis-able. Let's hope the school will say okay.

[*paperplane*]

Oh shit, this topic just reminded me I can sign up for classes today.

But not for another 35 minutes?!?!? gahhhhh

This post has been edited by paperplane: Apr 18 2008, 10:26 AM

[queen]

either summer and fall sem:

- physics 2
- orgo 2
- intro to research
- special topics chem
- micro econ
- micro bio
- bio 1 and 2
- whatever else i could fit in there.

[S-Majere]

Not sure on my second year studies, but my first year consisted of:

(Journalism)

- Media Law
- Public Affairs
- Practical Journalism

(English)

- Nineteenth Century Literature
- Nineteenth Century Poetry


Needless to say, I much preferred Journalistic studies!

[*paperplane*]

Ok, I've just scheduled my classes. As of now I'll be taking

The political science major class
Statistics, because apparently the above class is mostly stats
Italian, because I have to
And a Greek culture class and/or a history of western civilization

And oh shit, I'm late for English again

[Teesa]

^WTF @ ib. I'm scared of ib, but if I had the opportunity I'd probably take on as many as possible. How much harder is ib than AP anyway?

Mostly I just take AP classes for the challenge (GOD I SOUND LAME). I don't care too much for GPA and I really don't keep track of ranks... the only time I know what rank I'm at is when the counselor asks me what classes I want to take next year. I actually enjoy my AP classes this year, even though they're kind of killer... but I think the experience is worth it.

As for AP exams, that's totally different. I really and seriously think those are mostly pointless, especially since the colleges I'm aiming at won't take the credit anyway.

I'm in APUSH right now and I just think it's interesting. My only other AP classes right now are Music Theory (which I'm going to need, not that I'll be getting credit for it anywhere) and English. I can't even begin to explain how much I love that class :(

as a former IB student, all i have to say is that you have to be really dedicated and be ready to do a lot of work (and a LOT of busy work) to be successful in it. i also took AP classes and the main difference i found was that in IB, you have to take all of your courses at the IB "level", but with AP, you can pretty much choose to take subjects in it that you feel you will do well in and therefore, pass the test.

with AP tests, i felt like they were much more straightforward whereas IB gave me more room to show what i knew. but i really didn't have a preference.

anyway, i'm just glad i got a lot of college credit from IB :)

back on topic! this semester, i'm taking:
-Ancient Egyptian Civilization
-French Composition
-Psychopathology + Lab
-Principles of Journalism + Recitation
-Shakespeare

my favorite class is psychopathology because i LOVE learning about different disorders, etc. my most challenging class is surprisingly french because my teacher grades super hard and i've never thought french to be particularly difficult in college. the class that i completely and most utterly despise is shakespeare. love the reading, hate how the teacher teaches. i feel like i'm in middle school all over again, filling out dumb packets of questions about the text.

next semester, i'm taking:
-Physics I
-Chemistry I
-Public Affairs Reporting
-French Composition II

i ufortunately did not have enough room to squeeze in a psych class

[misoshiru]

I liked IB so much more than AP. AP was plain stupid.


Spring Sem:
- Imperial Japan Seminar
- Music Theory 3
- Music History 2
- Intro to Astronomy
- Performance Piano
- Chamber Ensemble

Fall 08:
- History Independent Study
- Music and Film
- Topics of Music: 19th century Chamber Music
- Intro to Geology
- Performance Piano
- possibly Chamber Music
- Springboard Diving


and then hopefully, I GO ABROAD SPRING 09

[xbanana]

as of now (second semester)
digital imaging
spanish 2
ap calculus a
ap us history
biology
ap english language.

i plan on taking political science and economics during the summer, and for my senior year:
ap literature
ap calculus ab
physics or physiology
leadership
peer college counseling
spanish 3

[Rachel]

Fall 08:
- History Independent Study
- Music and Film
- Topics of Music: 19th century Chamber Music
- Intro to Geology
- Performance Piano
- possibly Chamber Music
- Springboard Diving
and then hopefully, I GO ABROAD SPRING 09

Damn girl, you are taking MAD credits!!


Spring 08:
Spanish Conversation 1
New and Emerging Diseases
Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Family Violence
Basic Statistics
Human Environmental Impact- Past and Present

Fall 08:
Research Methods I
Sociology of Crime
Juvenile Delinquency
ntroduction to World Religions: Indigenous and Eastern
Africa through Film: Images and Reality
^Thats the class I am most excited for!

[Elba]

I am finally in Upper Division this semester, but still not in the accounting major until my GPA is at least a 2.9 and I take my finall lower division accounting class. I should be good by the end of May. So, right now, I have to take three upper division general ed classes because I can't take the upper division business classes yet D:

Accounting 202 - Managerial Accounting
Social Work 350 - Cultural Pluralism
Chicano/a Studies 350B - Chicano History
Microeconomics 321 - Intermediate Microeconomics
Geology 303 - Natural Disasters

During the summer, I am going to take Accounting 321. Don't know about the fall, yet.

[misoshiru]

Damn girl, you are taking MAD credits!!
Spring 08:
Spanish Conversation 1
New and Emerging Diseases
Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality
Family Violence
Basic Statistics
Human Environmental Impact- Past and Present

Fall 08:
Research Methods I
Sociology of Crime
Juvenile Delinquency
ntroduction to World Religions: Indigenous and Eastern
Africa through Film: Images and Reality
^Thats the class I am most excited for!

So are you!!

[Just_Dream]

Spring 08
Physics 1B
Physics 1BL (lab)
PS 12: International Relations
PS 100C: American Political Parties
Psychology 1

Summer Session I 08 (not finalized)
PS 142K: Politics and Warfare
PS 110B: Sovereigns, Subjects & Modern State

I'll post Fall 08 later when I sign up for classes :P

[rnicron]

Currenty
Art History 151
Math 110
CSIS 110
Indian Lit

Fall 08
Biology
Sociology
Math 120
Karate
Art 115 - Orientation to Graphic Communications
History 121 - US History since 1865

[Rachel]

I WANNA TAKE KARATE!

I think we have "Self-Defense" or something like that. We also have a .5 credit class "Run, Walk, Jog" and "Run, Walk, Jog II"

[rnicron]

Dude it's going to be killer awesome, and it's only for a couple of hours on Friday.

[Just_Dream]

I WANNA TAKE KARATE!

I think we have "Self-Defense" or something like that. We also have a .5 credit class "Run, Walk, Jog" and "Run, Walk, Jog II"

wtf I want to take a class like that. I wish I could take a PE class during the school year. I need to exercise more, but I don't really want to play sports. Just you know, actively moving and stuff. I don't think my university has that. D: