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Originally posted by SuperDanman
Never did like English....
Out of curiosity, how much emphasis do other people's schools place on AP or that equivalent level - IBN or something - classes?I've heard some people's schools offer maybe one or two total. My school offers almost every AP except the foreign language ones, so a lot of people end up taking two, three AP classes a year - next year, I'm taking 4 AP classes and 6 ( ) tests (some classes like Physics C have two tests - Mechanics and Electromagnetism). Do everyone else's schools have that "You gotta take advanced classes or else you're going to fail at life" atmosphere?
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Stop Describing my own school and future! I can't take it!
Our school actually sets up their courses so in order to take no AP classes you would basically have to a) drop 'honors' and go 'academic' or b) not come to school senior year. Lets take math for example (advanced honors track)
(middle school) 7th-Algebra I
(middle school) 8th-Geometry
(high school) 9th-Algebra II/Trig (taught together)
(high school) 10th-Pre Calc.
(high school) 11th-AP Calc. (AB exam)
(high school) 12th-AP Calc. II (BC exam)
OR AP Stat. (AB exam)
Not the class to fall asleep in.
By the way, next year (10th for me) I'm taking AP Bio. Those of you that have taken this course, either share your thoughts on it here, or PM me! I've heard it's one of the more difficult courses and seconded only by AP Chem. (If my grammer or spllin is somewat of thats fine becaus i'm not plannin on takin AP English in any form or capacity what-so-ever...But knowing my school I'll end up forced into it anyways
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Anyways... On the AP Bio tests that I got my hands on (old ones), I scored a high 4 or a low 5. (I really need that 5 or my parents will *kill* me. They both majored in Bio at UD with the blue hens, and my dad has a Phd.)
Just my 2.1 cents.