<p>I skipped a year in math because that year was review and I had a strong math background. </p>
<p>My school is probably the hardest open enrollment school in the area, and the fact that it’s IB helps a lot… But, I never feel like that when I’m there. There’s only really smart kids or just really terrible kids. I mean, there are definitely a couple in between, but for the majority they are extremes… (In case anyone was wondering, I’d consider myself one of the lower really smart kids. xD.)</p>
<p>Yeah, my school is mainly the extremes (but some grey area like your school). The top 7 kid are really bright (I mean not all Ivy-spec, but smart nonetheless) and there are like 15 who aren’t up to snuff. There are 10 kids who are abit marginal, and my school is really tiny btw! :)</p>
<p>Oh wow I leave this site for like half an hour and this thread is practically booming!</p>
<p>Well anyway, by my school standards my schedule is pretty rigorous. Most people take 1 or 2 AP’s a year. I still think my three is little. Ill probably regret not taking AP calc and AP art but I’m not applying to HYP or anything so I should be ok.<br>
I just wish my school had a good variety of electives, we can only take them junior and senior year as well. Kinda sucks!</p>
<p>My schedule probably seems easy to most CC’ers but than again I’m not the average genius CCer [= !</p>
<p>I don’t get how CC is filled with so many geniuses. It seems like more people would be out there doing something other than being on the computer, but I guess everyone procrastinates at times. </p>
<p>My school is actually pretty upsetting, the best schools we got into this year were Cal, UCLA and Vassar. Does this strike anyone else as particularly dismal? We had a lot of people rejected from Stanford, as well.</p>
<p>We have about 550 kids in the entire school, and I would say about 5% genuinely care about high school, not just that their parents care. Then about 40% want to get into the UC system, 15% into the CSU system, and 20% want to go to the local state uni, and the last 20% are going to Community College. Edit: For some odd reason, 2-3 kids always go Canadian universities.</p>
<p>I guess in comparison to most schools CC’ers attend, this would be one of the bottom. Eh.</p>
<p>My highschool is pretty large. 1500 kids plus. Probably about 15% of the kids actually care about getting into goof colleges. Last year we got a few goof school, NYU, Brown and such but most people want to stay instate toi college like Rutgers, Ramapo and such, pretty much the party colleges of jersey. I want to get out of my state for the most part. </p>
<p>Oh btw the average SAT scores in my school was like 1400. Just terrible! Haha. This one girl got an 800 and I’m not talking about the 1600 scale!</p>
<p>My school, like I said, is tiny and most parents care about their kid’s grades because it is a private school. We had a good graduating class, and several kids are matriculating into good schools (out of 39 graduates): Yale (2), Harvard, UCLA (OOS), Reed (2 I think), WashU in St. Louis, Georgetown, NYU, and Vassar. I mean it’s not like 25% are HYP, but that was one smart class! ;)</p>
<p>Yeah, this thread started bumpin’ in no time at all!</p>
<p>The average at my school was 1650, I think. </p>
<p>Okay, I’m trying to not let this thread die, but we’re running out of things to talk about. What’s everyone’s dream school? Mine’s Columbia. :') Although, Stanford looks pretty good too.</p>
<p>Brown actually sounds really nice as well, but I think that NY would be a better fit than RI for me. Also, the core at Columbia sounds so nice. </p>
<p>Ha, the only reason I know the average SAT score is because it’s actually stated in the newsletter. I think 1650 is actually only for people who took the SAT course that the school paid for, and 1400 is the average for people who didn’t take the course.</p>
<p>Grad school is still up in the air for me, as I’m pretty undecided about everything besides wanting to go to Columbia. =P Hm, what else is there to talk about… What’s one thing that you think sets your high school apart from other high schools? </p>
<p>For my school, it would probably be just how many people are fluent in Spanish/French. A contributing factor is that we’re in California so there a lot of Hispanics who are fluent in Spanish already, but if you walk around you’re bound to hear so many conversations in impeccable Spanish and French.</p>
<p>How so many pothead geniuses there are! Haha seriously though so many honors/ap students are so involved in the drug scene. Its pretty intense, you’d think druggies would be at the bottom of the barrell!</p>
<p>Columbia is very nice (as is NYC), but I prefer the Open Curriculum to the Core. Also, I really like RI, so I think it suits me the best. :)</p>
<p>For grad school, I want to either get a masters in biomedical engineering, or go straight to law school. I would lov to go to Yale Law, but doesn’t everybody? Dang, I really want Brown for undergrad & Yale for law…maybe I dream too big! :o</p>
<p>Oh wow, that’s great. Haha. Actually a lot of IB Diploma candidates were big on the party/drug scene and it was actually surprising. Although, a lot of the candidates didn’t get their diplomas, because of the tests. Which, even taking into consideration they didn’t try so hard, is depressing.</p>
<p>Edit: The core is pretty much the classes I’d be taking anyway. =P I don’t think you’re dreaming TOO big, by the way.</p>
<p>I agree that some brilliant minds are invlved in drugs, drinking, etc. Harold & Kumar comes to mind lol! I only rememeber one person actually leaving due to drugs, but so many kids go down the wrong path. <em>Sigh</em></p>
<p>Dreamer that’s kinda what my goal is too. Brown for undergrad, and harvard or princeton for grad. Either for a doctorate in history (or something like that) and law school is my second option. </p>
<p>I don’t really know how IB works. Lol, idk of many schools in my area that use that program.</p>
<p>Basically, the really terrible thing is you can complete all of the IB requirements: a 4,000 word essay, 150 hours of CAS (50 of which are service), do all of your Internal Assessments, World Lit papers, etc., and not get your diploma because you did not pass your IB tests, or meet any of the sub-requirements related to the test. </p>
<p>At my school, a lot of the candidates only test during their senior year and don’t find out until the July after they graduate whether or not they got their diploma. It’s crazy.</p>