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tomahawks11
02-23-2006, 04:30 PM
ok.... here is my question... do universities accept students who have done all applied courses at all??? and also... lets say u have a subject and your taking academic but u dont need it for what u want to be.... does that help taking it at all to get into university??
wolfie8914
02-23-2006, 04:45 PM
ok.... here is my question... do universities accept students who have done all applied courses at all??? and also... lets say u have a subject and your taking academic but u dont need it for what u want to be.... does that help taking it at all to get into university??
Jesus, speak English. Your sentences dont make any sense at all and I have no idea what you are asking.
Be more clear.
skip0l
02-23-2006, 04:46 PM
i dont really understand what you said. but my guess is you're talking about electives. In Highschool i took elective chemistry, physics, and calculus. When applying to college's they liked that alot.
HdGLaxWarrior
02-23-2006, 04:49 PM
i dont really understand what you said. but my guess is you're talking about electives. In Highschool i took elective chemistry, physics, and calculus. When applying to college's they liked that alot.
How did you do in those classes?
skip0l
02-23-2006, 04:56 PM
really well, i got a 90 in both chemistry and physics, and an 89 in calculus. Being from new york, in order to get credit for those classes i had to pass a "regents" exam. In the chemistry about 70 % of NY failed the year i took it, and did very well, 92 i believe.
tomahawks11
02-23-2006, 05:07 PM
ok what im asking is.... do universities accept students that take applied courses??? (applied is the easier courses taken in high school)
HdGLaxWarrior
02-23-2006, 05:08 PM
My brother took no AP or honors, and got into Towson. But it was in a music scholarship.
skip0l
02-23-2006, 05:09 PM
yes they do. i've never heard to them referred to as applied in the U.S. I think we call them core classes, and of course they accept them.
HdGLaxWarrior
02-23-2006, 05:11 PM
yes they do. i've never heard to them referred to as applied in the U.S. I think we call them core classes, and of course they accept them.
Core classes are like English, math, science.
Do you mean like special ed classes?
zanderaruba
02-23-2006, 05:12 PM
Jesus, speak English. Your sentences dont make any sense at all and I have no idea what you are asking.
Be more clear.
ya ur not getting into college with those sentences. no jk try to fix up ur sentences and maybe we can help u
zanderaruba
02-23-2006, 05:14 PM
ok what im asking is.... do universities accept students that take applied courses??? (applied is the easier courses taken in high school)
i know what you are talking about. depends on what types of grades you get in those classes and what high school u go to. it also depends what universities you are planning on applying too. some universties will acept u but u prob wont be going to an ivy league school. I don't mean to get ur hopes down and I don't know what types of grades u get so.... i hope this helped
zachm90
02-23-2006, 05:16 PM
I think that as long as you do well in your classes in your senior year, the colleges dont care because they have usually accepted you before your senior year.
HdGLaxWarrior
02-23-2006, 05:19 PM
I think that as long as you do well in your classes in your senior year, the colleges dont care because they have usually accepted you before your senior year.
Ok. So you're saying do good your senior year so colleges cant see it? Sounds like a plan to me! :crazy:
Lax101
02-23-2006, 05:26 PM
ok.... here is my question... do universities accept students who have done all applied courses at all??? and also... lets say u have a subject and your taking academic but u dont need it for what u want to be.... does that help taking it at all to get into university??
Ok, after a lot of questioning, I think I finally know what you mean.
It depends all on the University. Higher academic universities (like top 120 ranked ones) will likely not accept you. Lower ones might. It also depends on how well you do in these "applied" classes, and how many you take.
In America, for kids who try in school (in other words, don't skip every class and fail because of a lack of consideration), there really is a college/university for anyone of any academic level. It's become an American standard to go to a university or college.
livin4lax09
02-23-2006, 05:54 PM
like lax101 said, at least 1 college will accept you, yes. Maybe it won't be a higher class school, but there are plenty of schools out there that take lower-class students. Take Castleton State for example. average SAT is 970.
Go to your guidance counselor. She can look at your actual transcript and reccomend colleges etc.
Dadabhoy_Muzzi
02-23-2006, 08:19 PM
It would depend on what you want to take in University. Which grade are you in? If you are choosing for grade 9 (meaning you are in grade 8 currently), try to take more academic courses. It is better you get 65% in University/academic courses then 80% in college/applied. Also speak with your guidence councellor (sp?). They will help you better.
Hackstall
02-23-2006, 08:22 PM
I think your best bet would be to maybe talk to your guidance counsellor or the actual schools themselves. Asking a bunch of primarily American kids what you need to get into a Canadian University is probably the worst place to get advice. I myself am finishing my second university degree and I don't even know what it takes to get into university anymore because they have revamped the system so much since I left highschool. For instance, when I went to highschool we had to take grade 13. Like I said, book an appointment with your guidance counsellor and ask the questions and plan out what you need to do to get into the college or university program that you want. That would be probably be your best plan of attack.
When I went to highschool, I felt like I kind of slipped through the cracks because I didn't have great grades but I wasn't a troublemaker either. I was a low 70's average student. When it came time to apply to university, I kind of just got caught up in the whirlwind. It seemed like my friends with better marks (not necessarily smarter since I have done very well since getting into university) were catered to by the guidance counsellors and they knew what they were doing while I had no idea what was going on. I am actually still a bit angry that my school allowed middle of the road students like myself to go pretty much unnoticed. Anywho, my point is that you need to force the hand of the counsellors and you need to let them know that you need help because they aren't going to go out of their way to help you unless you take the initiative.
smooth87
02-23-2006, 08:23 PM
Take the hardest classes you can and still being to maintain a B. If you can take an AP course and get a B, it would look a lot better than if you took an average level class and got an A.
Hackstall
02-23-2006, 08:33 PM
Take the hardest classes you can and still being to maintain a B. If you can take an AP course and get a B, it would look a lot better than if you took an average level class and got an A.
I think that is bad advice. Honestly my advice in choosing classes would be to choose classes that you like. I have seen friends and peers time and time again take courses that they don't really like because they think it will help them later on. Unfortunately, they hate it so much that they don't put in the effort to get a decent grade. If anyone listens to one thing I say regarding school, "take courses and choose a career that really interests you". If you love what you are learning, you will make the extra effort to advance your knowledge in the course and in the field. Take each year as it comes and do your best in that moment in time and don't worry about the future. If you try your best and get good grades, it will open up opportunities at the next step.
I had very, very smart friends who went to university and entered fields that they were not interested in. For that reason, in many cases they did not succeed. My best friend from highschool went into engineering which he was pressured to do because he had superb marks and because of the prestige and financial opportunities for engineers. He hated it so much that he failed out of it...despite the fact that he was more than capable of actually doing the work. He just wasn't committed to it from the very beginning and it took its toll. Choose what interests you and you will excel just because you will naturally want to try harder.
ColtsLax
02-23-2006, 08:39 PM
Takes classes based on interest. If you want to get a science degree, take more Physics, Chem and Bio. If your going English, take more creative writing and lit classes. Same for all subjects.
Dadabhoy_Muzzi
02-23-2006, 09:19 PM
Like someone once said. "Find something you love then find a way to get paid to it.". Find courses you are interested in. Out of curiosity, what courses did you take this year?
Canadian Lax
02-23-2006, 09:30 PM
tomahwks i know what u mean.
And the answer is no you need academic courses for university, applied courses are for college.
laxgoalieking
02-23-2006, 11:05 PM
tmahawks, im the same boat but i wanna change from applied to accedemic for next year buit i guess my 62% average isnt good enough even though my ezams were all over 87%
Dadabhoy_Muzzi
02-24-2006, 02:31 PM
tmahawks, im the same boat but i wanna change from applied to accedemic for next year buit i guess my 62% average isnt good enough even though my ezams were all over 87%
Which courses do want to transfer? You can also take summer school if you want to change from applied to academic.