i just moves to massachuses for my senior year. I thought it would be fun… It is fun but i didnt know that i’d be taking the “requirement” subjects here currently i have. Health education,early us, modern us history,art,english,calculus,gym. Im basically taking 4 requirement subjects basically i think my life is screwed cause my subjects dont make sense, i wanted to take like economics, ap psych but i cant cause i have to graduate from here i dont know what am i supposed to do. Do you think universities like umass will accept me? Ive taken psat 1340/1600 and going to take act (will get 30 for sure)
Guys please give me your opinion it really matters, im really confused. I wanna go to a business school. I was thinking of taking AP Stats exam, the school doesnt offer ap stats so i’ll be studying on my own, do you think its a good idea?? Do you think state universities will consider me?
I think you might get some answers if you ask a coherent question. What exactly is your concern? You moved to Massachusetts and you’re not happy with the classes you need to take at your current school in order to graduate but you think the classes don’t make sense? Why do you think that? You want to go to business school. You want to take Stats but your school doesn’t offer it. Do we thing self-studying AP Stats is a good idea? Your questions are all over the place.
Have you ever seen a student
taking Art in senior year? I didnt know about the requirements i mean i did but i didnt know that 4 of my 7 classe would be requirement classss . I want to go to a business school so i think taking AP stat exam would be a good idea, im not sure about it. My concern is that will universities consider me even if i dont have any challenging or hard classes.
Thank you for replying tho
I appreciate it
Well, as the parent of a child that hated art and was stuck taking it late in his HS career, I get your concern. But I think you’re saying that because of grad requirements of your Massachusetts HS, you’re taking (1) a health class (2) a history class (3) another history class (4) an art class (5) an English class (6) a Calculus class (7) a Gym class. Gym/Health requirements here in our Mass town are a bit ridiculous, but at least here it’s one semester of a combined gym/health class each year, so your separate classes for each component seem a little over the top. And our town requires 4 years of English so that’s not surprising. But the others sound like you may have skipped earlier years of the discipline? For example, our town requires three years of history with two of those being U.S. History. So, if you’re taking two separate history senior year, maybe you only took it one of your earlier years? And regarding calc - if you’re a senior taking calc, you’ve presumably been taking math all along so I suspect your school district wouldn’t require it to graduate (our district requires 3 years of math.)
You can ask your guidance counselor to mention in his’her recommendation that because your moved to MA as a senior in HS that you had to take a number of required courses senior year in order to graduate and that precluded you from taking academic electives. If for any strange reason the GC will not include that in the recommendation then you can note it briefly and clearly in the additional comments section of the application. That stuff happens when people move – it just can’t be avoided and I don’t think it will hurt you.
@chaitan Requirements are requirements. I don’t get what your question is or why it is a “crisis.” Schools will look at your coursework in context with what is required.
Also, I took art my senior year of HS.
My kids who went to good colleges took some kid of art every year. Calm down – if your test scores and unweighted GPA are good, you will be fine. You can ask your GC to explain the you had to fulfill a lot of graduation requirements senior year because of moving if it makes you feel better.
You will get more coherent respondes if you pay attention to capitalization & grammar.
@intparent i think its a crises because l am the only senior taking art, health, early and modern us history. Freshman take art and sophmore take health and us history. My schedule is ‘easy’ compared to other seniors.Lets say there are two students applying to “x” university. Student A with 1 AP and 3 honors get 1300/1600 on sat and Student B with 1 honors and 4 intensive( me) get 1360/1600 on SAT. ** only considering these things*** who do u think will be picked over? My concern is i dont want universities to ignore me jus because i have an easy schedule. Is it possible? thank you
@happy1 thanks for you suggestion, i’ll do that
That is why you ask your GC to note why you had that schedule. Colleges are used to HS graduation standards – they will get it if the GC explains it. But if you are a jerk to your GC, that is not going to help your recommendation. Don’t whine about it, but ask them to please explain in their recommendation.
And if it is so easy, hope you are getting all As.
@chaitan, Is English your first language? Your posts would be much easier to understand if you used proper English conventions.
Where did you live before you moved to Massachusetts? I don’t understand how you could have gotten through 3 years of any US high school without taking US history, but you can’t change it so I wouldn’t waste time worrying about it. Colleges will look at your transcripts in context. If you came from a state that didn’t offer history and moved to a state that requires it, colleges will understand why you’re taking that instead of economics or AP psych.
I agree with the rest of them. Talk with your Gc, be sure the GC explains that you were missing required courses to graduate. That is out of your control, and colleges won’t hold it against you. In your case, I think it might be somewhat helpful to self study AP Stats if you have no way to take it as a class, especially as you want to study business. You won’t be able to post a score for it, but at the very least, it might get you a bit of college credit and skip an Intro course. You can even ask your GC to mention it too. I would do this as an online course.
In the first place, don’t be so melodramatic. Your life is not “screwed,” nor is this a “crisis.”
Secondly, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requires US History to receive a HS diploma. Additionally, a high school can impose its own additional requirements. It is what it is. Colleges know that schools impose certain requirements, and you application will be viewed in that context.
Course rigor and scores are only 2 of the factors that go into the decision process. Don’t get caught up in things that are out of your control.
Agree, this is not a “crisis” and don’t make it seem like one when you talk to the guidance counselor. Just ask him/her to note the facts behind your course selection on your recommendation (that you just moved to the state and had to take some required classes this year in order to get a MA high school diploma) and the situation will be evident to admissions officers.