I’ve had this thread in my bookmarks for a while but I haven’t been stalking this thread lol
Just wanted to swing by to drop off this link:
http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu
One of my personal favorites for reviewing/learning calculus stuff! Calc I should have Calc AB stuff, and Calc II should have Calc BC stuff. Calc III is sometimes known as “Multivariable Calculus” or “Multivariate Calculus”, for those of you who are taking it now/may be taking it in the future, and is basically 3D calculus. I think it’s super cool but I’m definitely biased lol
I’m out of high school but I took AP World History, AP Calc BC, AP Computer Science, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Physics C Mechanics, AP Physics C E&M, and AP Statistics. Super happy with all of my scores, and all counted as credit when I entered college, so those + my writing SAT with essay score = I entered college with two semesters’ worth of credits and half of my general ed requirements done.
(Makes me feel really bad for those who don’t thrive in an academic environment and those who don’t already have an idea of what they want to do...)
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Less of an academics question and more of a social question: Does/did anyone else feel like there are peer groups in high school based on how many APs you’re taking? Because I felt really weird being in the “highest” peer group... From how others interacted with me, I was in their peer group despite taking only 60% the number of APs they took (read: by convention, I should not have been in that peer group; I was an exception, an outlier—and people were 100% okay with that, thank God, but it doesn’t change the fact that I traditionally should not have been included), and I’m convinced it’s because 1) I’m a fabulous hermit with actual friends who were in the peer group proper and 2) my APs included Calc BC and both Physics C’s + I took multivar my senior year. There were almost no bullying issues in my high school but DANG I could feel the divide.