<p>Hey guys!
I'm having some trouble deciding which class I should choose to fill in as my seventh class. I really don't want a free period, so I'd like to take a class that would look good for colleges. (Preferably not too rigorous.)</p>
<p>So, Discrete Math or Mandarin I?
(Or any other suggestions?)</p>
<p>Is this DE or through your high school?</p>
<p>It is through my high school…but I may get concurrent credit. I go to a math and science school that teaches all of their classes at a college/university level (so we have no APs and get concurrent [college] credit for most courses). @skieurope </p>
<p>Discrete Math. 1 year of HS Mandarin will likely not get you placement into college Mandarin 2.</p>
<p>Discrete Math is easy and fun</p>
<p>Discrete Math.</p>
<p>Do you guys think there is an option that would look better than discrete math? </p>
<p>What are all your options?</p>
<p>Digital Photography
Aquatic Ecology (not my forte as much)
Oceanography (same)
Linear Algebra
Number Theory
And then:
Discrete Math
Mandarin I (which now I probably won’t take)</p>
<p>So out of these can you tell me maybe two of them that you think would look good? I tried to stay with classes I think I can handle. @halcyonheather </p>
<p>Linear Algebra, and either Number Theory or Discrete Math. </p>
<p>Is Linear Algebra a difficult course? </p>
<p>It can be, especially if you’ve never seen proofs before. But I didn’t think it was that bad, and I thought it was more understandable than a lot of the stuff I learned in calculus. </p>
<p>Awesome. I’ve taken Calc I and II (AB and BC) but I didn’t want to take Calc III because of the other teacher. -_-
But my calculus teacher made us learn proofs, so hopefully I can take on Linear Algebra. 
thanks so much for the advice! @halcyonheather </p>
<p>If you aren’t going into a field that requires linear algebra, I would recommend number theory. It’s an incredible subject, especially if you haven’t been exposed to pure mathematics before.</p>
<p>Also, @halcyonheather, I was under the impression that all single-variable calculus courses cover proofs. Epsilon-delta limits come to mind, among others.</p>
<p>High school calculus classes are usually pretty computational, as far as I know. (I taught myself single-variable calculus, so I have some weird gaps in my knowledge and I don’t know how a class would be structured, but the epsilon-delta definition of a limit isn’t on the AP test and I never really internalized it.) My linear algebra class wasn’t actually all that proof-oriented either, but we had to do proofs on the homework and they mostly assumed that we were being introduced to proofs for the first time. Linear algebra doesn’t involve much (or any) calculus, but it usually has Calculus II as a prerequisite because taking calculus is supposed to help you develop mathematical maturity. </p>