Deciding on a science course next year, suggestions?
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Alright, I'm going into the 11th grade, so I will be a Junior in highschool next year. I (for whatever reason) was forced to take Physical Science my Freshman year, so I had to take Biology I Honors last year (though I should have taken Bio in Freshman year, but I have no clue why they didn't give it to me).
Anyhow, I aced my Physical Science class with a 98% Overall, and got a 96% on the Final Exam. However, I took Biology I Honors last year and didn't do so well (plus I didn't care for a lot of the stuff, for example: DNA, the Skeletal System, Cells, etc.), and I passed with a Middle C, which was raised a .5 on my weighted GPA. This could be due to the fact that I took it second semester, and was getting tired of school, and started slacking, A LOT.
They're wanting me to take Chemistry I Honors next year, I passed Algebra II last year with a B-, and I heard that Chem. involves a lot of math. I can change my schedule though, my classes for next year are:
-Photography I
-Business Management Law
-Math for College Readiness (I didn't take Algebra II Hon, because I did bad in Geometry Hon., so I can't continue to Pre Calc until my Senior year, :/)
-English III Honors
-Chemistry I Honors
-US History
-AP European History
Anyways, that truly sounds like an easy schedule, since my biggest stress was Spanish II last year, and I am not going on to Spanish III.
My choices for Science are:
-Marine Biology (Sounds pretty fun actually)
-Earth Space Science (Which I think is considered an Honors course)
I have a 2.78 weighted GPA, and HAVE to get it to at least a 3.0 . So I really need classes that I can do well on, Honors or not. Please tell me what you would do!
Thanks guys.
Marine Biology can get you out to cool places, doing awesome things like diving, in the long term. I'm not sure what 'Earth Space Science' is, but if it's anything that involves Astrophysics, it's pretty cool, but involves a hell of a lot of maths.
High school Earth science is a waste of time. Take Marine Biology.
Edit: Waste of time as in boring. If your school is anything like my old one, you just study stuff like tectonic plates, no mathematics.
[QUOTE=ambershee;16077616]Marine Biology can get you out to cool places, doing awesome things like diving, in the long term. I'm not sure what 'Earth Space Science' is, but if it's anything that involves Astrophysics, it's pretty cool, but involves a hell of a lot of maths.[/QUOTE]
Well, I'm not doing anything that involves like Geometry, I hate that shit.
Thanks for the tip, I might switch over to Marine Science, and even if I don't get into diving, it is still fun. I live near both the Gulf of Mexico and The Atlantic Ocean. So I guess I could apply it whenever I go to the beach (if necessary).
I just want to learn about Narwhals really though.
[img]http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/photogalleries/narwhals/images/primary/narwhal1.jpg[/img]
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[QUOTE=wuzzimu;16077639] tectonic plates[/QUOTE]
OH HELL NO.
I want to learn about galaxy's and shit if I take Earth Space. And want to find out what a champagne supernova is (jk).
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