<p>For me it's AP chem. I'm always looking at the tests like <a href="https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/1619132_749902398373768_1066993941_n.png">https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/t1.0-9/1619132_749902398373768_1066993941_n.png</a></p>
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<p>Numerical Analysis. I don’t like applied math and I knew that when I signed up for it and I don’t know why I did. </p>
<p>Spanish 3 AP, Pre-Cal, and Physiology. 
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<p>Chemistry as a freshman instead of Pre-AP Biology which is what everyone else does.</p>
<p>lol Rondo’s face though</p>
<p>I took a few boring “joke classes” in college to get GE requirements out of the way, when I could have taken interesting philosophy and language classes for the same GE requirements.</p>
<p>Classes (in high school and college) that have proven useless and forgettable to me include but are not limited to:
- economics (joke class; I should have taken AP Macroeconomics and actually studied; it would have helped in debate and extemp)
- US government (no way to redeem that subject)
- US history (had to trudge through history one way or another, and US seemed slightly less boring than world)
- anatomy and physiology (I regret blowing the class off and cheating my way through it; the teacher was one of the best I have ever had and I missed an opportunity to become well-versed in a fascinating and useful subject)
- “writing research papers” (got an A on a well-structured but full-of-BS paper that I wrote the weekend before it was due, after a few searches through Google Scholar and Google News)
- “research methods” (somehow, it made me worse at researching information)
- intro to communication studies (expected it to be an easy GE; it turned out to be a weed-out class for communication majors (don’t laugh) graded by sociopathic grad students)
- “art encounters” (most beautiful thing I saw was a 525-seat lecture hall without a single empty seat)
- life sciences (representative of my bad choice of a major, a mistake I have since corrected)</p>
<p>Classes that surprised me with how much I enjoyed and benefited from them include:
- a class that was identical to AP English Language and Composition (basically single-handedly taught me how to communicate in writing, but it also turned me into a paranoid perfectionist)
- a science fiction class (introduced me to some of my favorite books)
- Spanish (I. LOVE. LANGUAGES.)</p>
<p>Although I got an A in calculus 2 (integration and infinite series), I deeply regret not doing the homework. I feel so lost whenever I have to integrate in physics or higher levels of calculus. I learned so much more in calculus 1 even though I got a B in calculus 1.</p>
<p>And not that I could control this, but I wish it were standard for high schools to teach discrete mathematics classes like the one I am currently taking in college. It introduces what mathematics really is, and the only prerequisite is high school algebra. I would have immensely benefited from this class as a sophomore, as it actually teaches you how to solve problems and how to write proofs. I might have become a half-confident mathematician instead of the nervous, self-hating wreck I am today after years of banging my head against the brick wall that is calculus without a good mathematical foundation.</p>
<p>AP Biology as someone planning to take CS. If I had to go back I would have opted for AP Psychology instead. That said, I wouldn’t call it a regret of taking Bio as much as the choice of Bio over Psych.</p>
<p>Gym. Didn’t know that a). High school gym would be so stupid and b). There was a test-out…</p>
<p>The BS classes I took my freshman and sophomore year, but I regret the classes I didn’t take more.</p>
<p>Creative Writing. It was a fun class, but the grading was way harsher than I had imagined, and I ended up with am 89 – not bad for me, but in such an easy class with no weighting? I could have died.</p>
<p>@Halogen If you’re referring to Advanced Composition as the class identical AP Language, they’re actually quite different. If you’re referring to something else, maybe I don’t know your academic history as well as I thought. :P</p>
<p>I regret wasting my time on lower level English classes. Primarily English 1. I mean I guess it’s possible I would have not done well in my upper level English classes without it, but I can’t help but feel like I wasted time diagramming sentences and doing dumb busy work projects. I wish I had started off with more difficult English classes so I’d be in specialized English right now instead of AP Lit. Although I do love AP Lit! I’d like to have already taken it and be studying sci fi or fantasy or something else right now.</p>
<p>I also regret taking AP US Gov through the online school I took it with. I would have learned much more had I taken it from a school that actually knows how to teach.</p>
<p>@brokenandhealed</p>
<p>Wha… I admit, it took me a minute. And I will take your word for it about AP Language.</p>
<p>I wish i would have doubled up and taken algebra II with geometry this year. Despite all the complaints I should have take honors english this year and freshman year bc regualrs english is honestly a complete JOKE. I should have taken honors accounting instead of public speaking bc 1) i still can’t present my self professionally 2) gpa weighted with accounting duh. Going into junior year with classes i’m interested in while also challenging myself with more rigorous courses 
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<p>@Halogen You can’t escape me. Muahah.</p>
<p>Independent Research, aka Play On Your Phone and Talk For an Hour and a Half.
We’re supposed to use that time to do homework and study, but a few of my friends are in that class so it’s impossible to concentrate. I’m not even sure why I took it anyways because it’s Freshman year and I have no homework load. My parents make me feel guilty about it too because I subbed out of AP Stats for that…oopsies 
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<p>AP Lang. The teacher never grades or gives us feedback on anything we turn in, and we’ve only written one essay ALL YEAR. I feel crazy unprepared for that exam. :-< </p>
<p>AP physics C. The class is CRAZY! It’s so easy to fall behind. It takes up all of my time and the number one reason why I took it is because I thought it was going to be interesting. The information is so dry, AP chem was so much more fun.</p>
<p>Foundations of Technology. My state requires a tech credit: Digital Art, Foundations of Tech, or Designing Tech Solutions. I thought the other tech classes would be hard, but FOT was a true waste of time.</p>
<p>Computer Applications - The counselor in my middle school made a big deal about how it would be so beneficial to take as a freshman, so I took it. Most useless class ever - all we learned were the basics of MS word, powerpoint, and excel. I learned nothing new… Waste of time. </p>
<p>Psychology - Everyone told me it was vital to take regular psych before AP psych - definitely not the case! I would have done just fine in AP without wasting my time in regular first. </p>
<p>Physics - I didn’t have any interest in AP Physics during my sophomore year, so I signed up to take regular my junior year. I ended up taking AP my senior year… And since my teacher for regular was useless, it was also a waste of time. </p>
<p>US History - I thought 4 AP’s would be too much for one year (3 is far more than the typical student at my school) so I opted for regular. I should have taken APUSH though. </p>
<p>Accounting - It was a repeat of computer apps, but slightly more focused on teaching us how to use excel. </p>
<p>I could have taken so many more classes that were more useful and engaging in place of these. Digital Electronics, AP Bio, Anatomy, APUSH…</p>