SORT OF KIND OF UPDATE
APs are half over for me. Calc was on Wednesday and it went alright. Parts were easier than I thought they would be, but others were harder. My friend Ryan and I didn't go to school on Tuesday and spent all day studying at Panama.
I also picked all my classes for McGill, assuming I get a 4 or 5 on the AP Calc test.
Fall semester:
PHYS 101 - Introductory Physics: Mechanics
CHEM 212 - Introductory Organic Chemistry 1
BIOL 200 - Molecular Biology
LING 201 - Introductory Linguistics
Winter Semester:
PHYS 102 - Introductory Physics: Electromagnetism
CHEM 222 - Introductory Organic Chemistry 2
COMP 202 - Introduction to Computing
LING 320 - Sociolinguistics
The Physics series is the easiest one I can take (I don't think Calculus is even involved), and the computing class is the only one off of a short list of science electives required for all freshmen in the Faculty of Sciences that looked even remotely interesting or useful. O Chem and Molecular Bio are sophomore classes for my major that I can get a jump on because of all my AP credit. I'm taking 28 units the first year, which means I'll likely be at McGill for 3.5 years. If I took one more class this year, I could cut it down to 3, but I'd rather be there for 4 if I can be.
In honor of me taking linguistics classes next year, here's a slightly pertinent meme.
Age: 18
Where you grew up: The San Francisco Bay Area
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: Cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: A couch.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Gutter.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sandwich? Maybe a sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Bathing suit or swim trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports: Tennis shoes or running shoes depending on the day.
13. Putting a room in order: Cleaning.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: Rolly Polly.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: See-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza: With my hands.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: Garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?: Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: Basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: Drinking fountain.
I also picked all my classes for McGill, assuming I get a 4 or 5 on the AP Calc test.
Fall semester:
PHYS 101 - Introductory Physics: Mechanics
CHEM 212 - Introductory Organic Chemistry 1
BIOL 200 - Molecular Biology
LING 201 - Introductory Linguistics
Winter Semester:
PHYS 102 - Introductory Physics: Electromagnetism
CHEM 222 - Introductory Organic Chemistry 2
COMP 202 - Introduction to Computing
LING 320 - Sociolinguistics
The Physics series is the easiest one I can take (I don't think Calculus is even involved), and the computing class is the only one off of a short list of science electives required for all freshmen in the Faculty of Sciences that looked even remotely interesting or useful. O Chem and Molecular Bio are sophomore classes for my major that I can get a jump on because of all my AP credit. I'm taking 28 units the first year, which means I'll likely be at McGill for 3.5 years. If I took one more class this year, I could cut it down to 3, but I'd rather be there for 4 if I can be.
In honor of me taking linguistics classes next year, here's a slightly pertinent meme.
Age: 18
Where you grew up: The San Francisco Bay Area
What do you call...
1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks: Creek.
2. What the thing you push around the grocery store is called: Cart.
3. A metal container to carry a meal in: Lunchbox.
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in: Frying pan.
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people: A couch.
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof: Gutter.
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening: Porch.
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages: Soda.
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup: Pancake.
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself: Sandwich? Maybe a sub.
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach: Bathing suit or swim trunks.
12. Shoes worn for sports: Tennis shoes or running shoes depending on the day.
13. Putting a room in order: Cleaning.
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark: Firefly.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball: Rolly Polly.
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down: See-saw.
17. How do you eat your pizza: With my hands.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff: Garage sale.
19. What's the evening meal?: Dinner.
20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are: Basement.
21. What do you call the thing that you can get water out of to drink in public places: Drinking fountain.