Chance me?

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<p>Hi. I just finished my freshman year, and I would liked to be chanced.
I go to TJHSST (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology) in Virginia.</p>

<p>I had a REALLY bad year. Normally I am a straight A student, but I seriously underestimated my school, and I was super ignorant. By the time i realized this, the damage was done.</p>

<p>Anyways, here are my courseload and grades.</p>

<p>Spanish 1 - A
World History 1 - A
Algebra 1 HN - A
Geometry HN - A</p>

<p>Intro to Computer Science - A-
Spanish 2 - B
Gym - A
Algebra 2/Trig HN - A
Design and Tech - A
English 9 HN - B+
Biology 9 HN - B+</p>

<p>End of Freshman Year GPA - 3.72 unweighted, 3.95 weighted</p>

<p>Others
SAT: Math 800, CR 740, Writing 660
ACT: 33 Composite
SAT 2: Math 1, 2 - 800</p>

<p>ECs
Piano Player - 12 years, awards, amature recordings
Public Forum Debate
Forensics Debate
Odyssey of the Mind
Community Service - Teacher - received presidential awards
Crew - 2nd Boat</p>

<p>This is the future course load i have planned out</p>

<p>Sophomore
AP Computer Science A
Chemistry - HN
PreCalculus- HN
English 10- HN
World History - HN
Spanish III
Gym/Health</p>

<p>Junior
Post AP Multi Var/ Linear Alg
Post AP Artificial Intelligence 1, 2
Post AP Optics + Quantum Physics
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C
AP U.S History
English 11 - HN</p>

<p>Senior
Post AP Complex Var / Dif EQ
Post AP Organic Chem/ AMT
AP Music Theory
AP English Language
AP Government
Geosystems - HN
ChemAnal/Optics/Sys Lab</p>

<p>I learned many valuable lessons from freshman year, and I have confidence that I can get straight A's for the next 3 years. However I was wondering how badly my freshman year will impact admissions, because of the quality of my classmates at my school. I know that TJ does not rank, but will i be compared to them negatively? I have heard that princeton does not look at freshman year grades, so will i be OK? Thank you for helping! Please reply honestly!</p>

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<p>anyone help??</p>

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<p>Dude, you go to TJ.</p>

<p>Like half of Princeton went to TJ. I think you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>you’re thinking way too far ahead of yourself. concentrate on school, and worry about college admissions the summer after junior year. </p>

<p>a couple of B’s won’t screw you over, especially at one of the top schools in the nation.</p>

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<p>Especially one that doesn’t consider freshmen grades.</p>

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<p>No, the B’s will not screw you over. I just finished freshman year with straight A’s. Straight A’s at my school are equivalent to C’s probably at yours. You go to TJ, chill out.</p>

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<p>If you just finished your freshman year, relax man. You shouldn’t be worrying about your chances until maybe the middle of junior year. You still have time to do more cool things. Your SAT/ACT scores also aren’t bad for a freshman. I’m a rising senior and I only did 40 points better than you. Out of 1600, you actually did ten points better than me (I got a 1530/2240). Trust me. High school, especially if you take AP/IB and Honors classes, makes you more intelligent. Just keep working hard and you’ll get in somewhere great, like Princeton.</p>

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<p>That year doesn’t look so bad to me. It actually looks kind of good.
And how are you taking this Post AP Multi Var/ Linear Alg without taking
Calculus before it?</p>

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<p>lol ikr. Don’t even bother these types of questions.</p>

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<p>im going to place out of calculus by taking the AP exam. a 5 merits a placement into multi/lin</p>

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<p>You can go from Geometry to PreCalculus to Multivariable and Linear Algebra? Yup, who needs Trig and single variable Calc? Also, given your grades so far, the course load will only get harder and it’s doubtful you’ll get all As the rest of your high school career. I’d advise you to just not have too high expectations. And what is all this “Post AP” stuff? You sound too ambitious and aren’t aware of the difficulty of many the subjects you probably copy and pasted. Post AP Quantum Physics?</p>

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<p>Yeah, let’s just ignore the fact that he got an A in “Algebra 2/Trig HN” and that he intends to “place out of calculus by taking the AP exam”.</p>

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<p>You’re dealing with rather incomplete information. A high school Quantum Physics class could be… well, anything.</p>

<p>That being said, I will agree with your assertion that “it’s doubtful you’ll get all As the rest of your high school career.” tjhsstKid21, answer me this: you said “I learned many valuable lessons from freshman year, and I have confidence that I can get straight A’s for the next 3 years.” </p>

<p>What lessons could you have possibly learned that makes you confident enough to make this claim? I feel as if though you are just on a post-first year high. You haven’t exactly achieved anything difficult that is an indicator you can do any of what you claim, have you?</p>

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<p>Oh, I’m sorry I wasn’t keen enough to notice that he took Geometry and then Trig within one year. Because it really mattered. And placing out of Calculus? How exactly could he do that given the span he’s allowed himself? Learning Calculus while learning precalc at the same time? That sounds lovely.</p>

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Not at all.
He’s planning to take AP Physics C in conjunction with optics and “quantum physics”. Given an actual course in quantum physics, this would result in a college-type class (community college at the least), which makes no sense if he hasn’t even started physics until that year. Comparing his “post AP Quantum Physics” to his other “post AP class[es]” you can only assume he’s talking about a college-level course. I thought that was obvious. Apparently in some high schools you can definitely take a course called Organic Chem or Complex Analysis, which will be a total breeze. After all, it’s a high school class which could be anything right?</p>

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<p>First of all, he took them in different years. Secondly, yes, it clearly does matter since you decided to call him on it first.</p>

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<p>What’s in precalculus that isn’t in calculus or any of the preceding math courses? Not that much. Also, considering he has an entire year (summer included) until the next Calculus AP exam, he has plenty of time.</p>

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<p>Yes, you can. I’m not sure if you intended this as a sarcastic remark or not, but I’m not getting the point either way.</p>

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<p>Well, back onto my theme of “incomplete information”, I looked up the official school profile and neither Optics nor Quantum Physics was listed as a “Post-Advanced Placement” course. Go figure. I wonder what they are then. They could be anything.</p>

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<p>I am interested in knowing if any of these are dual enrollment classes, like I am looking at taking microbiology, but it’s through a local community college.</p>

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<p>haha. I’ve already taught myself Calculus. It was ridiculously easy.
i started working on it around april.
All i did was just get a Barron’s book, and did some work on it;;
If I’m currently getting only 1, or 2 incorrect on barron’s practice tests, and perfects on PR’s isnt that a good indicator? Now all i have to do is take the AP Exam and get a 5, and skip out of it.</p>

<p>The most valuable lesson i learned was NOT TO BE LAZY.
i honestly didnt try freshman year, thinking i could get away with it. BIG mistake :(</p>

<p>oh, and post APs = courses that have AP courses as a pre requesite or as a corequesite.
Artificial intelligence is one, Optics/Quantum physics is another. LOL and dont hate thinking i copied and pasted. This is from a 4 year plan i made with my counselor.</p>

<p>The only course im really worried about is spanish 3… since its my worst subject.</p>

<p>OH a majority of the post APs have a dual enrollment option, but im not taking the option since it costs money, and i could just take it in school anyways.</p>

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<p>we have lots of classes, that u probably cant even imagine.</p>

<p>they are considered to be post AP because they require an AP Course as a pre requesite class. They arent NAMED it, but they are considered to be at my school.</p>

<p>Quantum Physics - BC Calc, and Physics C are prerequesites</p>

<p>AI - Post AP (AP CS as requirement)</p>

<p>Multi/Lin/Comp Var/DifEQ - ALL require AP Calc, and the Post AP’s as a prerequesite</p>

<p>Organic Chemistry - AP Chemistry as a requirement.</p>

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<p>For all you haters out there, you clearly don’t know about TJ. This is THE TJHSST. More legit than probably whatever state school you’ll end up going to for undergrad.</p>

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<p>Then why even go to college when you can learn so much at TJ?
Seriously what’s the point if your going to place out of a lot of things
or already know it.</p>

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<p>Are you admitting the courses he’s listed is equivalent to your entire college education?</p>