question for UScels related to HS:

[Deleted member 9819]

how much liberty of picking subjects/courses there is? can you just not do anything related to maths/sciencies, per example? (In my country we can choose not to)

i say this cuz i wanna spend my senior year on the US, but i would need to pick up on some subjects i haven't done in a year (not really hard cuz as far as i know it's easier there)

 

[Marsiere214]

no

 

[Deleted member 11675]

You seriously don't need that, one should study all subjects so that you can have options to study anything in future.
If you want to be an engineer, but didn't studied physics or math then you won't be able to become one.


I think it's better to study all subjects but in less of course. Some knowledge about everything is a good way to go.

 

[anon23223]

You have course requirements that everyone needs to take (ex. 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 4 years of history, 3 years of science, 4 years of some extracurricular, in some places 2 years of a foreign language). However, you can choose what language, what extracurricular and you can choose electives. Math, Science, History and English are all mandatory and you can't really change those (other than choosing AP vs honors vs regular).

Science - (freshman year - biology, sophomore year - chemistry, junior year - physics)

Math - (freshman year - algebra 1, sophomore year - geometry, junior year - algebra 2, senior year - pre-calc)

English (freshman year - English Composition I (freshman), English Comp 2 for sophomores, etc or British Literature, American Literature, etc)

History (freshman year - Global History, sophomore year - depends on what school you go to, Junior year - US History, Senior Year- Government and Politics)

Electives - depend on what school you go to

Language - Usually Spanish, French, maybe German or Chinese (depends on what school you go to)

Honors - Almost all schools have honors and non-honors classes, etc (Honors Algebra 2, Regular Algebra 2) Honors is the same course but you go deeper into the material and have harder tests/homework.

AP - Most rich/suburban schools have AP classes, even inner-city schools have certain APs, basically they are College-level classes you can take in high school and you take a test at the end of the school year which proves your proficiency in that subject. The test is graded out of 5 points, and Colleges only care if you get a 5, maybe a 4 in really hard AP Classes.

 

[anon23223]

What state are you planing to study in?

 

[Deleted member 9787]

They beat me to it