Red Tape Ruins My Life, sorta

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>My school has been hit hard my financial troubles. Many classes and teachers have been cut, we have even been reduced from 8 to 7 periods. I had actually organized a student group to protest this cutting of classes and as a result we now have the option to take an 8th class at 7am in the morning. However, the loophole is that many AP classes are only offered once a day. </p>

<p>Because of this crazy scheduling, I have a conflict where I must choose either AP psychology or Spanish 3. 3 of my friends (who are tied for first in the class) are taking AP psych to get the ranking boost, however I know you need 4 years of Spanish to apply to many schools so i'm thinking of taking the (non-honors) Spanish 3. (honors Spanish is not offered at all). It just doesn't seem fair that I have to choose between 4 years of Spanish and being ranked 1st. Can anyone offer any advice in all this mess?</p>

<p>Keep in mind too that my school is uncompetitive, and it makes me look really bad if i'm 4th at a non-competitive school =(</p>

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<p>Oooh only 7 periods! Whatever will you do? Try 6, and 7th twice a week :). I can’t answer your question about rankings, because I’m not aiming for any schools that care about ranking.</p>

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<p>I have the same dilemma. Many of the IB courses at my school are singletons and I have had to choose between IB Physics and IB Chemistry. There is also the matter of the discrepancies between the French and Spanish programs a my school–The French program is ridiculously easy because the teacher assigns books by Hugo and has a reputation for NEVER finishing the books, and as a result, has no true grading system in place. It’s easier to get an A in IB French HL2 than it is to get a B in IB Spanish Sl, from what I hear.</p>

<p>However, I have chosen to take IB Physics, to take Spanish, and to ignore the fact that people are ranked higher than I am. I feel that if I am in the top 10%, I will have learned more than the valedictorian who is taking French and taking TA periods in order to boost her GPA rather than taking non-weighted rigorous classes that I have chosen.</p>

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<p>There isn’t a big difference between 1st and 4th.</p>

<p>Take Spanish.</p>

<p>It hasn’t ruined your life. </p>

<p>Get over it.</p>

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<p>I would take AP Psych in school, and then take Spanish online somewhere and transfer the credit to your school, so that you still get Spanish credit.</p>

<p>EDIT: Some schools also allow transferred credit to not count in your GPA, so your rank would not be affected by Spanish :)</p>

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<p>Forget the rankings…just because you’re not #1 doesn’t make or break you.</p>

<p>Take the one that interests you more (or frankly, only take Spanish 3 if you’re going to follow with Spanish 4 or AP Spanish Lang…)</p>

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<p>You guys are so right, i’m sorry for sounding over dramatic. 1 or 3 is almost the same i guess.</p>

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<p>Take Spanish, but take an online AP class at the same time to keep your rank at #1.</p>

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<p>Same exact dillema for me. This is what I did:</p>

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<p>^Or that. Both that idea and mine will keep you at the #1 rank while letting you take both classes.</p>

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<p>Grades @ online classes are usually not incorporated into the Highschool GPA/Rank. Depends on the HS’s policy though.</p>

<p>That’s why I did spanish online.</p>

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<p>Oh. Depends on the school I guess. I think Spanish online is the best thing to do. It’d probably be easier anyways.</p>

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<p>What schools require four years of language?</p>