<p>You beat me to it, Jonathan!</p>
<p>I agree. I visited a local prep school last week and I've heard from a few members on CC that the students from the school were a bunch of snobby rich kids, but I came to find that they weren't. There were definitely students who came from wealthy families, but there were also some normal, middle to upper-middle class families there.</p>
<p>Well, compared to me, I would think she is weak in language, but she is weak compared to many other students as well.</p>
<p>Materus, where you taught at home a bit before school, or do you just have a gift for languages? What language course and level did you take in the eighth grade? You are very lucky, as well, if your school allow(ed) courses above that level in middle school. What grade are you in?</p>
<p>My middle school had close to none opportunities. In sixth grade, when I first moved during the middle of the second semester, they had Spanish. The following years, they didn't. About 60% of the school took Woodworking and about 15% took pottery. Our "best" electives were Keyboarding, followed by Business Computer Technology I (Not as grand as it sounds), and BCT II. Each course was a semester, meaning a person could've finished BCT II by 7th grade. Instead, they placed grade restrictions on certain courses to not allow that to happen. I was saved from Woodworking because I was in Orchestra all three years (it was a year-round elective). Last year, I had to take Geometry for 90 minutes for 1 year. We wasted at least the last 20 or 30 minutes of each day playing flag football or just walking around the school, taking "field trips" to the vending machines. </p>
<p>It depends a lot on where you went. :D</p>
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Jonathan--No, I went to Oxford Royale Academy. I thought I sent you a PM about that.
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<p>I don't think I got it...</p>
<p>When did you send it?</p>
<p>About a week ago. I suppose it might not have gotten through. That's happened to a PM of mine before.</p>
<p>Maybe my inbox was full...</p>
<p>Let's just say I'm in AP latin and I've done it only for 3 1/2 monthes. I'm in Spanish 5 Honors as well and I'm a freshmen. I'm starting Greek 3 and French 4,5 Honors sophmore year with AP Latin and AP Spanish Language. I could be doing AP Spanish Language this year, but I didn't want to take the exam. I speak fluent Chinese as outlined by my 800 SAT II Subject test. Junior year I plan to have AP Spanish Literature, AP French Language, Greek 4 and Cicero study.</p>
<p>I suppose you must have a talent for tougues, then. Is foriegn language your main passion?</p>
<p>No, it's just easy. I'm going medical, it'll be so easy to get a job with languages. Maybe a minor or major in classics along the way. .</p>
<p>masterus, where do you currently go to school?</p>
<p>Masterus is a 14 year old Harvard freshman. Didn't you know that?</p>
<p>He's awfully humble, but lacks confidence.</p>
<p>Kiddo, I presume you're joking, because you can't take an AP class in college. However, my grandfather went to the University of Chicago at 14, and so did his father. They both later went to Harvard for graduate school. I wish I could do that, but the program they did doesn't exist anymore.</p>
<p>lol. ^^</p>
<p>Masterus, I'm taking EVERYTHING that is offered to me at my school. The only "advanced class" for eighth graders at my school is Algebra I, which about 20% of the grade takes.</p>
<p>Not everyone is as fortunate as you are, Masterus.</p>
<p>Actually Jonathan with EPGY and other online programs readily available, I don't think the most offered by your school is the standard.</p>
<p>And if your school does not accept EPGY, or several other programs, for that matter?</p>
<p>You don't need to do it for school credit, just for self enrichment. I never even asked my middle school for credit for all the programs I did but they were important in my prep school applications.</p>