<p>Alright, you're a female, I can't prove that to be wrong. :) 10 percent entrance is still a lot of people in my perspective. If you get in to 1-4 percent range, then that'll be a lot less people.</p>
<p>How did you redeem your skills? Did you show her what you could do? Plus what'd you learn in Algebra? Quadratics? Linear? Inequalities? Polonomials?, etc?</p>
<p>masterus: im talking about 10% into the school not the class into the class itself is about 1% of the amount of students. 10% isn't actually alot when you consider that i didn't say 10% are excepted but i stated that in order to even have a shot you better at least have scored top 10% after that they then consider did you at least be very involved in 10-15 co-curriculars, did u maintain A's and maybe a couple of B's plus were your teacher recommendations excellent, did you frequently volunteer and so on not to mention the dreaded 2 page each min. 6 essays.</p>
<p>to redeem myself we went over the entire test which took about two hours and she made me go back and reanswer every question about 300 questions. I'd say I missed around five this time which i then learned the next week in my algebra class how to answer(lucky me) we also went over the ones I got correct(hints the we went over the whole test) to see why I got those correct compared to the others)
the test was over: polynomials, linear inequalities,logarithms,factoring,matrices, and trig(tangent,cosine, and sine)</p>
<p>Yes, I'm more than 10 percent. I have gotten straight A's, I made Eagle scouts. A 2 page essay isn't that long. For Connecticut History day, we had to write a 10 page long essay on the life of Lincoln and his choices. I'm in the John Hopkins Gifted/Talented Children Program(CTY) scored in the top 50 people in math/verbal SAT based test. It's actually very well known because it prepares kids in the SATs. There are options like a 2 week Summer Program you could attend and live at John Hopkins. or a 7 week online course which you only devote 1-2 hours a day. You have to take the SATs though ,but they aren't the official SATs. They're meant for "older children" ,but it younger kids takre it. They're still based on the SATs though.</p>
<p>In my experience, I find going to a prep and a public not so different. Other than the smaller classes and more teachers focused on yourself.</p>
<p>Correction: It was the College Board SAT, I thought it was different because I took it once in 4th grade and again in 8th grade. They use different tests for these grades.</p>
<p>Your class in your public schools didn't teach that? I remember learning about those in 6th grade and reviewed again in 8th grade.</p>
<p>have you been to prep school because yes it is different i've been to a good public school forever and at my school there are many more differences. For one thing we have 25min breaks between each class, but academically speaking they are very different.So long to grading curves the stupid kids at this school are the ones that graduate with a 3.9 gpa. In public school a 3.9 is good. At this school if you can somehow pull off the magic 5.0 then you are worth talking about for 2min.
1-2 hours isn't alot of time for an online class i have a required online class for honors english this summer where im usually required to be there for about 3 hours a day. I said 6 essays min 2 pages each. If it was just one i think more people would have done good on the essays(these screwed alot of my friends over) I'm higher than the top ten percent also saying this on cc is nothing. I was simply stating that basically the stupid kids at my school are the top 10% in order to be honors you have to be way beyond top 10% which I am and I wouldn't expect any less the top 5%.(which still could use much improvement.) </p>
<p>Lastly those were the things that I learned in my 8th grade honors algebra class I was just having a bad testing day and I was freaking out. Everybody is aloud a couple of freakout days.
Plus prep school is so different. after all why else would we be number one in my state and we have the top debate team in the nation. Plus another main difference is that they actually have rate of students who attend ivy's(main connection with Yale and Princeton) compared to public schools who pretty much just expect you to attend the local state school and then go find an average job making 30,000. Plus have you ever noticed that all the top leaders in this country went to prep school. Practically every mayor and governor of my state went to my school. Plus all the Bush's(not that this is a good example) went to prep school, cheney went to prep, condalelisa rice(can't spell her name) went to prep school. despite that you don't want to admitt it you know prep school carries prestigue into some top schools that give you an edge.</p>
<p>Geez, Masterus...stop giving this girl a hard time. You bring up what math class you are taking/have taken in every single thread. Its annoying and there's a hella lot more people on CC that are even further ahead of you in math. You need a serious ego check.</p>
<p>Now, on to the point of this thread ;) Wowzers, if you feel like you know the content, talk with your teacher and explain your past experience in your math class last year and that you feel it was just a case of test anxiety. If you end up in the lower class, its not the end of the world either. A strong foundation in basic math skills is very important for your future classes.</p>
<p>thanks finally somebody with some good advise.</p>
<p>masterus stop bragging...we don't particularly care about you. and I went to CTY also.</p>
<p>Our leaders? I don't count Political Leaders as a normal matter. They are already rich , it is easy for them to bribe a little for college.
Writing 6 short essays is easier than writing 1 topic with 10 or more pages because you have a different topic for each essay while with one essay you're limited to one topic which you must elaborate on everything. Top debate team in the nation huh? Where do you go to Prep School?</p>
<p>Like who goes to CC for 2 years of High School? The numbers are quite small. I'm going to be taken 4 AP Latin Exams in High School. Note that Cicero is practically impossible to read by yourself unless you have already majored in Classics. It is 3rd-4th year College Material. Excelling in one class isn't as good as excelling in all.</p>
<p>I'm not really braggin here am I? I'm replying to what she asked and I replied with the truth. Just because I say something which seems better, it is bragging?</p>
<p>Well, sorry if it seems like bragging to you because everyone has a different perspective.</p>
<p>Umm yes it is because you go out of your way to make others feel like their lesser than you. and u know what...u could have combined those three posts into one. there's a certain feature where you're allowed to edit posts.</p>
<p>You must be really insecure if you feel the need to tell people how much they suck compared to you. Not only do you have to tell people they're not good enough, you also have to tell them how amazing you are. I'm sick of it and so are a lot of people. I'm surprised no one has beaten the hell out of you because you're an arrogant little brat.</p>
<p>"Like who goes to CC for 2 years of High School? The numbers are quite small."</p>
<p>The number are NOT quite small. A good percentage of my school and a neighboring school goes to a community college/university for the last two years of high school (a lot of people finish BC in 9th grade).</p>
<p>zpmqxonw, there is no point in posting that. Masterus fabricates the courses he's taking and continously bumps up the level each time he sees someone with a stronger schedule when compared to his.</p>
<p>By the way, its pretentious people like you that never would set foot in a community college because it might ruin your "reputation." Too bad for you, *******. You're missing out on an opportunity to have tiny classes with some excellent professors. You were bragging earlier about your AP professor from UConn. Guess who taught my calculus class at the "lowly" community college? Yeah, a professor that just recieved his Ph.D. from UWashington. He was easily the best professor I've ever had, through all 12 years of my schooling so far. Imagine sitting in an AP calc class with 7 other students, while the teacher explains how the world works by using Calculus and Physics. Imagine this teacher stops class when somebody looks confused, and asks if you want another example. Imagine being challenged the first time in your life, and actually enjoying school. Yeah, that was me last year. And to think it happened at a community college. I felt the exact same way that you do now about community colleges, but I sucked it up and went. My opinions of community colleges have changed completely. Too bad, you might miss out on one of these wonderful opportunities too.</p>
<p>Sure, some of the students there might not be as priveleged as you. Maybe they don't have parents paying every single step of their college, and work 40 hours a week just so that they can get an education. The point is, most kids want to be there and I'm not ashamed to have attended one for a year. It served its purpose, I had great professors, much smaller classes, and learned a hell of a lot more than I ever did in high school.</p>
<p>Thanks, surge. Its not there anymore, its served its purpose. Masterus has already seen it now.</p>
<p>haha, anybody seen my post count? Pretty spooky ;)</p>
<p>The fun thing, Masterus, is that while you're going to be "undergrad" somewhere person that went to com. college is going to teach you that material as graduate student :)</p>
<p>haha, that's if masterus makes it to college ;)</p>
<p>Maybe he won't get into high school, who knows, he is not there yet..</p>