<p>@gamergirl52 I actually wouldn’t say I KNOW Japanese, not yet. I’m expecting rough fluency within two years. Right now (after 10 months) I can understand most of any Jpop song, read/ watch raw Naruto, Attack on Titan, etc. and understand at least 80%. I skype and voice call friends in Japan (several of whom don’t even want to try to speak in English). If you’re interested, check out these sites: </p>
<p>Language immersion works for every language. It’s pretty simple; you don’t need to be smart or gifted at all to learn a language fast. It’s like. Actually fun. Studying=watching japanese TV. Throw your textbooks out the window, you’re never going to be using them. Surprisingly, I actually used the techniques i gleaned from those sites to learn 300 SAT vocab words within 5 days. It just works.</p>
<p>@avix215 Wow i’m jealous! Are their similar sites like that for French? I’ve been taking French in school for a really long time & I feel like I have plateau’d.</p>
<p>On-topic: Stanford is a REALLY high reach, I know someone who had better stats than you besides the languages and she did not get in. But hey, a kid with a 3.0 GPA got into Harvard so never say never. I believe you have a great shot at getting into UCs.</p>
<p>Wait sorry, I meant that AS levels aren’t recognized as equals to AP exams: A levels are. Not even knowing the basics of what the college recognizes show how unprepared and unworthy you are of a Stanford education. </p>
<p>@Chrislee1111 I’ve done my research and compared past papers. AS level is either equivalent to or at a slightly lower level than AP, and A Levels is slightly beyond AP. I mean, we don’t even take as many subjects in A Levels just because of the difficulty level. Ask any student in CIE or for that matter, any British student. Most take at max 4 or 5 A Level subjects, in comparison to the greater number of subjects taken by American students. It’s a bit more generalized and more in-depth. </p>
<p>For example, we just have one subject for Maths, involving two papers, Pure Maths and Statistics, Pure Maths includes slightly more advanced calculus, complex numbers and polar coordinates, and linear algebra, which is lacking in even the AP Calc BC syllabus. Of course, our syllabus also skips over some minor topics covered in yours, which is why I compensate by equating the two exams. Statistics (not optional) is again roughly equivalent to AP Stats, with some more and some less topics covered.
Therefore I conclude: AS Pure Maths= AP Calc AB; A Level Pure Math= AP Calc BC; A Level Stats= AP Statistics.
The same is true for other subjects; AP chemistry is especially odd because it doesn’t even include basic organic chem.
I would be happy to provide links to past papers if you feel the need.</p>