u/GrassNecessary2297

For some context, my house is a ~30 (depends on traffic) minute drive away from De Anza. I was designing a schedule for next quarter and realized that I’m probably going to need to come 4 days per week for just a single ~2 hour lecture each time.

Of course, I could just take online/hybrid classes, but I’m trying to limit doing so due to the universities I want to transfer to generally preferring applicants with primarily or all classes taken in-person.

Any idea about things I could do after the lectures end on each day other than studying in the library?

Hello, I started the class about 2 months ago and it’s currently my weakest class. When I initially did an 18-question diagnostic MCQ in the ~4th week (around that time) on AP classroom, I actually did alright (14/18), but recently, we were assigned another one and I got 8/18. Not entirely sure why, perhaps it’s because I didn’t read the full passages and only read the sentences that were asked about.

But anyway, does anyone have any resources (YouTube, textbooks, etc.) that provide practice/strategies for the MCQs?

Side note: This is way in the future, but I will actually be leaving my high school in April (a month before the exam). How much will that matter for the AP Lang exam? How difficult will it be to self-review the material for around a month before the exam?

Thank you all

As the title says, how much will your high school grades impact your chances at transferring into selective universities? Will a HS GPA, say, below 2.5 significantly decrease your chances if your college grades are good?

Planning on majoring in Econ. I know that it’s a pretty competitive major, and strong ECs probably aren‘t rare to see. What are some ECs I could do that help boost my application, and are they that useful?

There are a few universities near me, but none of them have dedicated programs for CC students to do research, so betting on becoming a research assistant is rather unreliable. Would simply having a job (fast food, for example)work as a EC? I’m sure it’s pretty common, but it shows responsibility, right?

At the end of the day, will it be GPA, major prep, and essays/PIQs (for UCs) that play the biggest role in the decision, or do ECs have significant weight too? For more info, I will have TAP when applying to UCLA specifically, though it’s not the only school I’m planning on applying to.

For those of us who have taken an honors math class before (Calculus/Linear Algebra, etc.), how was it? Are honors students given harder tests/assignments, or is it more like you get a special project at the end?

Heard from many people online that making friends after transferring in as a junior is difficult because most friend groups have already formed, but is that true?

Does the school/type play a role or not really? Is it generally easier to make friends/get to know people in general if you transfer to a large public school vs a smaller private school?

Now that many schools are becoming test-required again, how important will a good score be? For example, will a low score (by t25 standards, <1400) ruin someone’s app if their GPA was at or just below 4.0 and they had good ECs?

Vise versa, can a high score (1550+) save someone if their GPA is notably lower than the average admitted GPA at the school they’re applying to? (eg. average is 3.9, they have a 3.7)

I’ve heard mixed things about SAT/ACT for transfer admissions, some saying that it’s not nearly as important as it is for freshman admissions, and some saying that it’s just as important.

Does anyone have a definitive answer or at least an idea?

Hello, in winter of 2027, I plan to take Calculus 1, but due to personal reasons, I will only be able to take exams that are scheduled 3:45 PM or later. Does anyone know of calculus professors who schedule their exams after 3:45 PM?

Thank you all so much!

I took a math course that covered everything in this book (https://bim.easyaccessmaterials.com/index.php?level=13.00) + a few extra topics such as composite functions, average rate of change over an interval, literal equations, and piecewise functions (like floor and ceiling).

Since I did well both semesters, my school is allowing me to choose between AP Precalculus and AP Calculus AB for my math course next year. With everything that I've learned, will I be able to do well in Calc AB, or do I still need Precalc topics like polar functions, parametric functions, matrices, etc.?

As the title says, would it be possible to learn early AP Calculus AB/Calculus 1 material with only Algebra 2 and no Precalc? Eg. limits, derivatives, and area under a curve?

Rising junior here,

I know that this usually isn’t a good idea but hear me out. For reference, the Precalc teacher at my school is notoriously bad. He apparently barely does any actual teaching and assigns extremely hard questions for tests. I don’t know a single person in the class who has above a B. To add on, last semester’s average final score was about 55%.

But onto the actual course, the first half of Precalc is just IM3 review, isn’t it? So, after finishing IM3, could I just start on unit 3 of Precalc?

More info, already registered for dual enrollment philosophy for starting the third week of summer break, so would it be wise to try and learn both Precalc and Philosophy at the same time?

Also, next summer, I’m planning to take Calculus 1/AP Calc AB in order to take Calc BC in senior year, but taking IM3 + Precalc this summer would free it up.

Anyway, please tell me if this is a good idea.