<p>I was wondering if anyone ever refers to notes and stuff they took in high school, when studying for college classes. I'm seriously considering taking my AP science papers, and my binder of solutions for every calc BC free response problem in history to college in the fall, wherever I end up.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard of people ever doing that?</p>
<p>One of my roommates brought her Latin and French notes from HS. They were definitely helpful. IF you have good notes and handouts and whatnot, and they apply to things that you'll be doing in college, it's silly not to bring them.</p>
<p>My freshman daughter wishes she knew were her junior year notes are. She just did Frankenstein again and would have loved her old notes. I walked into her room thinking I would try and find them for her - one look at her room - yeah - not going to happen!</p>
<p>The HS Calc teacher said to save all the problems because chances are that you'll have the same book in college.</p>
<p>I wouldn't bring everything from every class, but if you took AP bio in HS (and had good notes) and you were taking it first semester, I'd take it then and send/take it home after the class is over. I'd avoid taking things from classes that you aren't taking that semester.</p>
<p>I think it is a good idea in some cases. I wish I would have saved my AP stats notes from HS, because that class was taught way better than the college stats class I'm taking now.</p>
<p>So you're all basically repeating a class you already took in high school?</p>
<p>Kinda defeats the point, doesn't it?</p>
<p>Yep but you don't always have a choice. A lot of classes in college are going to repeat elements of what you did in high school.</p>
<p>So if you took AP Calc AB in high school and passed the exam with a 5, there are colleges that would make you take Calc I anyways? What about a public university?</p>
<p>^ most schools let you skip out of lower division classes like calculus if you got a 5. However, if you have an idea of what you want to major in, research what classes the major (or grad school) requires. For instance, medical schools require two semesters of math at or above the calculus level.</p>
<p>Oh, and Wikipedia knows more than your notes do =P</p>
<p>^but don't ever use WIkipedia for your papers. Or else you'll get a F. I'm serious.</p>
<p>I didn't take any of my notes... took completely different courses in college than in high school. I used my AP scores to move out of introductory courses so therefore my notes from HS were useless. However, if you're going to stay within your major, definitely KEEP the books that you've bought- don't sell them.</p>
<p>Save ONLY really, really good notes, papers, and books. Thorw everything out.</p>
<p>Even if (and maybe especially if) you place out of the introductory classes, you can use your HS notes to refresh your memory of the introductory concepts. You'll forget things and the notes can help you remember so you can work more efficiently with the more advanced information.</p>
<p>Yeah i kept all my AP Physics notes, for second semester physics last semester. they were so helpful to look back on...i have like five notebooks full of magical physics glory. :)</p>
<p>I brought my high school Psych notes with me, and I have referred to them while studying for exams for my Psych 1 class last quarter and Psych 2 this quarter. My high school Psych teacher explained the concepts well, so looking back at them helps, especially since my Psych 1 professor was rather vague and disorganized. If you have stuff that you think will be useful, then bring them! Just don't bring EVERYthing. :)</p>
<p>I hadn't thought about this before, but now I'm very thankful I'm saving my high school stuff. It's good to know that I wouldn't be the only one saving these things that some would deem "useless".</p>
<p>Are AP prep books useful ever, or just textbooks?</p>
<p>I'm taking a Humanities class this year that's a combination of western lit, history, art, and philosophy, and the teachers have recommended multiple times that we save our notes for college...Lit might not be quite as useful as some of the others, but if I ever take a philosophy, western/Euro history, or art history class in college, my Humanities notes would definitely be helpful. </p>
<p>And even for AP classes where you got a 5 on the AP test and placed into a higher up class, it seems like notes could be helpful just for review/reference purposes. If took AP Calc AB in high school and placed into Calc II in college, you still might want to look back at your notes to review some theorem or formula that the professor expects you to remember...Not sure if notes would be of enough use to make them worth taking to college, but they could still provide some help.</p>
<p>I'm considering taking my Humanities and German notes, and perhaps AP Lit too (though it depends on what classes I take freshman year).</p>
<p>Unless you're really attached to your notes, I wouldn't bother.
You'll be learning many of the same concepts again in lecture and copying it down a second time will do nothing but help you retain the concepts. While it may sound promising that you could study your old HS notes, I'd be fairly surprised if anyone really ever did! In all honesty, you can find the same information online (often better and more thoroughly explained). For example, when I decided to add pre-med, I self-studied physics I, chem I, and bio I prior to jumping into classes that required those as pre-reqs and it has not been a problem (despite not taking coursework in those fields in 4-6 years). (Of course...I also generally don't believe in prerequisites in the first place...*)</p>
<p><em>I.e., that you *have</em> to take a college-level gen bio before you <em>could</em> succeed at microbio (sure, it's extremely helpful, but you COULD succeed...) or general psych before jumping into a cognitive sciences or neuropsych course... I think it should be up to individual students to determine whether they are up to the challenge (not up to colleges to baby us!)</p>
<p>the biology notes from my AP bio class would definitely be helpful in college, considering that my bio class is a lot harder than most college bio classes >.<</p>
<p>I definitely found some of my stuff from both high school bio and english helpful in college. Of course, it probably won't help much past the introductory level.</p>
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So you're all basically repeating a class you already took in high school?</p>
<p>Kinda defeats the point, doesn't it?
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High school classes are not equal in breadth or depth to college classes. I am specifically referring to APs versus their college counterparts. I would bet that this is true 100% of the time for math and science courses, and maybe a bit less for humanities and social sciences.</p>
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High school classes are not equal in breadth or depth to college classes. I am specifically referring to APs versus their college counterparts. I would bet that this is true 100% of the time for math and science courses, and maybe a bit less for humanities and social sciences.
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While what you said is probably true for most people, my high school AP science courses were more in depth than my college intro classes. A lot more in depth. And taught much better.</p>