School Workload-Need Some Advice

[MrRubix]

All I can say is that colleges do appreciate rigor, and do value a B in an AP over an A in a non-AP course. Rigor is looked upon very favorably, and it's even better if you can do well in those courses. The idea is that the school wants to see how you would perform there. If you only choose easy courses, a school may not really know what your capabilities are. Having all A's in easy courses won't keep you out of college, to be certain, but past a certain point, it will certainly not guarantee you anything, and it may even send a signal that you're lazy (if you can beast easy courses, colleges will wonder why you didn't choose to take the harder courses at your school).

[phe0nixblade]

Originally Posted by OneHandNow

You think that's stressful?
ROFL

Try taking AP Chem, AP Biology, APUSH, APLAC, AP Calc BC, Physics Honors, Spanish 4 Honors at your school while taking AP Psychology and AP Comparative Government at your local college..

Couple with speech/debate club, math club, FBLA, varsity tennis, and Robotics Club..

yeah anyways

1) Either be playing something, or working on something. NOTHING IN BETWEEN.
2) If you're gonna play games, play it all at once (1-2 hrs) then focus on homework/school stuff til 11~12PM ish.
3) Don't waste time lurking forums 24/7
4) Quit MMORPGs
5) Quit WoW if you play it

but you're azn so that amount of stuff for you is like kindergarten for us non azn people

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

All I can say is that colleges do appreciate rigor

Well, yeah. I was just under the impression that most don't care that much.

[MrRubix]

I'd say most state schools probably don't care -- having all A's in easy courses will get you in either way. But once you start looking into colleges and universities, they care.

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

I'd say most state schools probably don't care -- having all A's in easy courses will get you in either way. But once you start looking into colleges and universities, they care.

State schools are colleges and universities.

[Nyokou]

Some schools are becoming very picky though. They could admit like the top 3 best kids from high school A and then admit the top 3 at high school B even though they would have worse grades than the other 5-10 people at high school A that applied. And anyway, about my statements earlier, if you do drop a class, you should probably replace it with another. I have to go in to talk with my counselor sometime soon, actually...

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by Izzy

State schools are colleges and universities.

I'm talking about the non-state-school colleges. A university is a collection of colleges. What I said is still correct.


Seriously guys, when it comes to school and college ****, don't argue with me.

[leonid]

hey rubix ya wron h3h4

[MrRubix]

D: fuUUUUUUu

[Syhto]

drop out of HS

[Izzy]

Originally Posted by MrRubix

I'm talking about the non-state-school colleges. A university is a collection of colleges. What I said is still correct.

Seriously guys, when it comes to school and college ****, don't argue with me.

If you are indeed talking about non state colleges then what you said was incorrect if someone didn't already know what you are trying to say. Has nothing to do with school in particular, just the wording of that sentence.

It would be correct if you said "when you look for non state colleges/universities."

[MrRubix]

My point is, many schools care, lol.

[Syhto]

rubix, he knows everything there is to know about school.

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by Syhto

drop out of HS

what syhto said

colleges love burned out dropouts

they will admit you no questions asked

[A2P]

drop out of junior high

[MrRubix]

Yeah, I know what I'm talking about. Considering I utterly raped admissions, I have every right in the world, lol.

peenpeenpeen

[fido123]

I can't even read Rubix's post but ignore them. Find out what you want to do for a career, or what general field you want to go into. Find out what you have to do to get there and then do it. Simple as that. You don't have to take a bunch of bull**** courses unless you want to take some super hard yet probably unapplyable course which will leave you as a bright unemployable man.

[MrRubix]

You know, sometimes what people want to do for a career actually requires education.

But hey, if you want to disregard my advice and lowball yourselves and not invest in your own future, go right ahead.

[Syhto]

tons of people that didnt take OMG ALL AP CLASSES IN HS are successful in life today. it doesn't all depend on school and education. You stand a better chance, but it doesn't mean you'll succeed, just like if you don't have an amazing education it doesn't mean you won't. i dont think this forum is big enough for your head rubix

[MrRubix]

Originally Posted by Syhto

tons of people that didnt take OMG ALL AP CLASSES IN HS are successful in life today. it doesn't all depend on school and education. You stand a better chance, but it doesn't mean you'll succeed, just like if you don't have an amazing education it doesn't mean you won't. i dont think this forum is big enough for your head rubix

No, I would agree with your points. But there's NOTHING wrong with hard work and maximizing your chances at a successful future. People who try to cut corners all the time usually end up with what they paid for.

For people like me, I enjoy challenge and accomplishing things, and I believe in higher education and the power it has in terms of generation of value, and there is more than enough evidence to support this. You stand a better chance reaching this goal by investing in yourself -- you can do it without the education, but it will be harder and more reliant on circumstantial luck than direct action.

I can't believe there are people in here arguing that trying to push yourself in education is a bad thing, lmao.

That's FFR for ya, I guess.