2012-12-23, 11:18 PM
Animation Wrote:The high school society here's a little weird. You get stigmatized for NOT taking AP classes, actually. Most students have at least four APs when they graduate. And for the classes, it's a random draw. Idiots who barely pass their normal classes have much as a chance to get in as good students. It's really sad when top-performing students don't make it in the classes they want while people who really don't deserve/actually care make it in. So yeah. Our AP classes get filled up really quickly. We don't have enough teachers. :/ Which is why there's a limit.
Looks like I'm taking Econ, while self-studying CS for the next 17 months.
My school had a similar bias against kids who didn't take any AP courses and most took at least some in their preferred subjects. It's really unfortunate that the budget is structured to limit the choices so much. I ended up taking 6 AP classes in my senior year alone and I know that they made a big difference when it came to me getting into college. I understand why they have to give even poor performing students a chance at AP classes but... man that sucks.
I'll also suggest that you can take community college classes in computer programming Java, C++, etc. That would be the obvious solution to guarantee college credit and having a teacher to help and answer questions if needed.