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[CAV of Gang Green]

I'm sure that my school is in the top 500. Then again, I think all 7 of the specialized high schools in NY are.

[Spritzie]

My honors classes, were actually my favorites. The rest were boring. I was so upset when I graduated with a 3.94 GPA. I was not amused at all. <_< My tutor screwed up some of my grades and gave me Bs that should have been As. The school refused to fix them too.

[Unstream]

I haven't heard of specialized high schools. Didn't know you could really pick which public school you went to either - usually it's based on where you live.

 

Ah that stinks. But a 3.94 isn't a bad GPA either.

[-Ryan]

I enjoy my honors language arts class alot, only place I can get some decent time to read, plus, secretly I enjoy writing assignments.

And Avid is fun as well. Only class I know where you get to volunteer at a fair, spend multiple hours on google reading Chuck Norris jokes, or going outside and figuring out how to get 24 kids across a sidewalk without touching it using only 2 small peices of wood.

Plus, we all got free tickets to a baseball game once. b)

[Spritzie]

I haven't heard of specialized high schools. Didn't know you could really pick which public school you went to either - usually it's based on where you live.

 

Ah that stinks. But a 3.94 isn't a bad GPA either.

 

It usually is based on where you live, but you can go to other schools. I had a friend that lived really close to one school, but she went to the one I did. (She wanted a better orchestra program.)

 

But I wanted my As!!! :mellow:

 

And I can top you all. I didn't go to it, but Colorado has the # 1.... party school in the nation. (College) :laughingsmiley: I don't know if it's currently #1, but it has been for quite a few years.

[Divya Bean]

Goodness gracious, I just realized that we are talking about school during the summer! :ohno: Lol!

 

In my MS, the only advanced thing that they have is math. I am in the double-advanced track so I wont be behind in HS. :graduated:

 

LOL Spritzie!

[CAV of Gang Green]

I haven't heard of specialized high schools. Didn't know you could really pick which public school you went to either - usually it's based on where you live.

 

To get into a specialized high school, you have to pass the test. It was hard, but I did it. And when I was given the offer, I accepted.

[livvy]

XKCD - unquestionably the best. Ever.

 

Will, you'll do well in AP classes. If you're breezing through honors, then you'll enjoy APs. I've taken a lot of them, and they're sufficiently challenging. (The amount of coursework depends on the teacher though.)

 

I have no idea where my school is ranked, but we're a pretty good school in South Carolina. We've got AP but not IB, and a couple magnet programs. (I'm finally done with the tough years of Discovery, yes!)

[Unstream]

That's cool. I don't think they have any specialized high schools around here though. Our school is really bad with its gifted programs. APs are only available after sophomore year, and even then the selection is really limited until senior year. And the gifted programs themselves are practically non-existent. But on the bright side, we have one of the best facilities in the country too.

 

I don't know what magnet programs are either :P

 

And yay! Someone supports my support of xkcd :D

[livvy]

Wow, really? At my school, APs are available freshman year! Only a few, but they're available nonetheless. I took an AP my freshman year. o_O

 

Magnet programs are programs that attract students to the school. They're usually focused on some subject or pair of subjects. (Discovery is very math/science focused.)

[Unstream]

Lucky. Apparently our school delayed APs so that people would do better at them when the time came. And they have prerequisites such as you have to take Honors Chem before you can take AP Chem, and so on.

 

Hm, sounds interesting, but I don't really get it. Aren't they kinda like normal courses?

[IrishLiz]

*poofs in*

 

Hi!

 

Nah, I'm just allergic to morning

I think I am too.

 

Stop talking about early mornings. It's bad enough I've been getting up at 5:30 for work that last 4 days. Then the last 4 days have been 12 hour work days. And I still have to get up at 5:30 for work tomorrow too. Though it's only a 6 hour.

:crying:

eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww

 

I must mention that xkcd is unquestionably the best comic ever.

Seconded! Or I guess thirded now? I LOVE that comic. This one, which is recent, made me laugh because it's true.

 

Good err...bad?? I want a job, but not a hard one. Ideas include:writer, teacher, comic strip writer, editor, rocket scientist, composer, musician(tubist, clarinetist, pianist), conductor, scientist, mathematician, Neopet worker/designer/coder, manager of a very important company, owner of a fast food chain, etc.

I got a LOT of possibilities

Well, if you don't want it to be hard, from experience I would say definitely cross out scientist and composer/musician/conductor... conductor might be the easiest of the three though (that's a bit of a joke). Or maybe I'm just a bit jaded. :whistle: I got college degrees in both, and they were not easy. :graduated: I've looked at a zillion careers in both. I'm going to grad school to be a scientist though, and I do really love both disciplines, so on the other side, I think it was totally worth it. That's a pretty good list of jobs though. :)

 

No, it's a college preperation class. So hard to get into too. T-T

And unless you live in California or states close to it I doubt you've heard of it...

 

In 6th your teachers select a few kids from your school to be considered, then you get interveiwed, then you have to get 2 written tacher recomendations, then you write an essay about why you want to join the program thing, and THEN they decide who gets in. -headdesk- Only 24 people got in though and i'm extremely suprised I made it.

Congrats on getting in! My high school doesn't have the IB program. I just took AP and dual enrollment college courses.

 

My honors classes, were actually my favorites. The rest were boring. I was so upset when I graduated with a 3.94 GPA. I was not amused at all. <_< My tutor screwed up some of my grades and gave me Bs that should have been As. The school refused to fix them too.

Nooooooo! That stinks. That would drive me nuts. I got one B in high school because my physics teacher was a stinker, and I was so mad. She didn't like me at all. :sad01_anim: I still had above a 4.0 though because honors/AP classes were weighted. :whistle:

 

It usually is based on where you live, but you can go to other schools. I had a friend that lived really close to one school, but she went to the one I did. (She wanted a better orchestra program.)

 

But I wanted my As!!!

 

And I can top you all. I didn't go to it, but Colorado has the # 1.... party school in the nation. (College) I don't know if it's currently #1, but it has been for quite a few years.

Yeah, I can understand wanting your As. :yes: My college was the top party school at one point, and has been at least in the top 10 for a while. They're trying to get rid of that image though. Part of the problem is that it's just HUGE.

 

 

 

 

I had to delete some emoticons before I could post this.

[Divya Bean]

Hi Liz! Wow, that was a lot of replying! Haha.

 

My HS doesnt offer APs until Sophomore year, but you can do a kinda of advanced thing in Freshman year where you basically sit in on an older class.

[jumpingbeans]

I don't know what any of you are talking about, but:

I helped start a school conversation! Go me! Go me!

[Anisha]

Wow. You guys talk a lot. :O But I am too lazy to read.

 

Anyway, hi everyone! ^_^ But I might poof in no time though. :shiftyeyes_anim:

[jumpingbeans]

Greetings fellow earthling.

You come in peace? Good.

We do not.

We leave you in pieces.

P.S.Liz I will un-think my thinking of thinking of becoming a thinking scientist-thinking.

[CAV of Gang Green]

I've been online the whole time. I'm just playing Burnout Paradise at the same time, and I got caught up in playing that.

[jumpingbeans]

What's Burnout Paradise?

It sounds cool.

Is it an online game?

[Anisha]

Online gaming is not very nice to me. :/ I don't like short flash games. I lose all the time.

[IrishLiz]

Aww, now I feel bad... science isn't bad, it's just difficult. Ask me again when I'm done with school. :yes:

[jumpingbeans]

Are you done of school yet? Can I ask you now?

[IrishLiz]

haha, well I have two bachelor's degrees - one in science and one in music. In order to be a scientist, I have to get my PhD. That's what I'm starting next week.

[Anisha]

Aww, now I feel bad... science isn't bad, it's just difficult. Ask me again when I'm done with school. :yes:

Who on earth said science is bad? It's so awesome! :O And interesting. I love Biology.

 

It's maths that is socked with evil.

[jumpingbeans]

I've got 0 bachelor degrees. Then again, I'm going in to Junior High, so I'm allowed to not a Bachelor's degree.

[IrishLiz]

haha. That's fine.

 

I'm getting my PhD in molecular/cellular biology. I always liked biology and chemistry in school, but not physics. My undergrad is in biochemistry - I wanted to combine the two. :laughingsmiley: