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[Gnarly]

Welcome Y'all, to Study Hall.
I figured we could do with a place to hang out, get study tips and help with homework from people who can relate. You dig?

So feel free to discuss classes, homework, teachers and all the other things people discuss in Study hall, when they're not studying. :)

[skunkpumpkin]

what a grand idea...I know I'll be needing some help in the very near future with chemistry!

[Cissy]

Sounds great! I'm in the top ten, but I'm really lazy :p

[raylea]

I'm such a nerd.

My favorite classes are chemistry and math, pero a veces me gusta espanol tambien. I get all A's and I'm in the top 10%, but I credit it all to good luck :)

[AliasSpy]

I'm not sure if this is the right thread, but I was wondering if anyone else is going to college next year, and if so, which colleges are they looking at?

[vegansurfer]

I am in the top 10% but really don't know why. When it gets down to it, I am a nerd also. This thread probably will be coming in handy

[Gnarly]

I get called a nerd, but I don't really study much or anything. Laziness personified, that's me. :) Probably because I chose Chemsitry, Physics, Calculus etc just for fun. :p

[Second_Chance]

AliasSpy- I'm checking into Colby-Sawyer College up here in NH... that's my extent of college searching :p

[vegansurfer]

I am not going to college next year, I am only a sophomore, but I am really interested in University California Santa Cruz. It has an awesome Marine biology department and does exhange programs with Australia.

[misq17]

I have the biggest problem with procrastinating (like right now, I have 30 geometry questions, a Social studies project, and a journal entry to do but I'm here instead) and always leaving stuff to the last minute.

Well, all my teachers are either incredibly boring, biased, or just plain assholes :)

[Rebel Girl]

i am looking at Evergreen College in the Olympia area in orgeon. I have no idea why though, im only a freshmen, but thats alright! :shy:

[Cissy]

I'm a junior, so I'll be off to college soon :) I think I may go to Eastern Michigan (http://www.emich.edu). My brother's there, and they appear to have a good art program (art, textiles, etc - I want to go into fashion design) and a good French program (I may go into French).

[teh_ames]

I'm a junior too... eek this year is so stressful! i'm looking at Drew or Mount Holyoke for premed... or maybe political science... or spanish...or even journalism :confused: or i could be a physician living in spain who also acts as an ambassador to the US and writes articles! ha

[AliasSpy]

Well,the college I really want to go to is New York University. The thing is, is that it's really expensive and I'm pretty much poor. lol. So I would have to get grants and stuff. I probably won't even get in. I think I'm most likely going to the University of Pittsburgh. :) Did yuo guys take the SATs yet? The thing was a pain in my ass lol. i took it 3 times and I finally got over a 1350, 1410 to be exact. I was so surprised because the first 2 times I got a 1260. Sooo, i'm a senior now, and senioritis is taking over. I really don't feel like doing work anymore.

[Gnarly]

I have the biggest problem with procrastinating (like right now, I have 30 geometry questions, a Social studies project, and a journal entry to do but I'm here instead) and always leaving stuff to the last minute.

Well, all my teachers are either incredibly boring, biased, or just plain assholes :)

Well, I love most of my teachers but, Gad, the procrastination is sure something I can relate to. I have several assignments/investigations due in the next week and have done, Oh, pretty much none of them. Sigh.

[misq17]

I feel so young, everyone is talking about colleges :) Well, happily for me, my brother will be going off to Cornell next year (5-6 hours away from our house) so I won't have to see him much! :vebo:

[DannyKass]

I think I got someone to explain this to me before.. But I forget.. Is it just a class (of regular size) that you are supposed to study in? That has nothing to do with this thread really.. I'm just curious.. We have study periods once a week in my school (senior school only) and they are just classes made up alphabetically of no more than 30 people where you are supposed to study for an hour. Some teachers make you do it silently.. boo.

I procrastinate too much. Especially when it comes to homework.

[Rebel Girl]

for us study hall is required for all freshmen for the first quarter if you have an off period. If you get below a C in any of your classes you get put back in study hall. its stupid. anyway.

[Cissy]

We have a study hall... except it's called seminar. It's required for all students... it's a time to do your homework, make up tests, ask teachers for help, etc. We have it second block (block scheduling).

[iceflower]

I'm a self-confessed nerd too.
I'm studying English, Society and Culture, Biology, Food Tech and Exploring Early Childhood so if anyone needs advice or an opinion or anything I'm willing to help out as much as I can!

[Gnarly]

I have a study period once a week - that's just in a regular classroom and my whole year has to do it, but not all in the same room, of course. :)
But I also have Private Study 4 times a week for about an hour, because I didn't like the crappy class they were trying to put me in for that period so they gave me study time instead. :) Nice people. That group is in a different room everyday, practically. And they're all a year older than me - I'm the only one in my year taking only 5 subjects, i think.

[Gnarly]

Oh yeah, another thing... How many classes/subjects do you guys have to take, and what are they?

[Second_Chance]

At my school, you're required to have at least 6 classes. We have block scheduling :boo!: with 8 periods. Monday we have all 8 classes, tuesday and thursdays we have periods 1,3,5,6,7 and wednesdays and fridays we have periods 2,4,5,6,7.

My schedule for first semester was:

Period 1- late arrival
Period 2- College Chemistry
Period 3- Study Hall
Period 4- Humanities
Period 5 (beginning) Lunch
Period 5 (after 2nd bell)-8 Vocational School for Health Occupations

Now, my schedule for second semester is:

Period 1- Late arrival
Period 2- College Chemistry
Period 3- Physical Education (yeah, I have gym as a senior!)
Period 4- Humanities
Period 5 (beginning) Lunch
Period 5 (after 2nd bell) -8 Vocational school for Health Occupations.

teh_ames- Mount Holyoke is nice, I believe it's all female though, but hey, if you don't to go to a co-ed, all the more power to you! (I'm looking into 1 all female school, but it offers equestrian stuff as well as Nursing so I've got my 2 fixes right there :) ):yes: There are tons of schools out there that offer Pre-Med Good luck with your search!

[misq17]

I'm in crappy middle school so I dont even get to choose my classes other than language. I have to take: Earth Science, World Civ, Geometry, Language Arts and Literacy (a fancy way of saying English and making us have it for 2 periods), Chinese (or someone who doesnt take a language can have study hall), Gym/Health, and Cycle which is stuff like woodshop and cooking. They dont even count lunch as a period since we only have 25 minutes for it.

Next year I get to choose 3 electives :)

[skunkpumpkin]

each full-year class is one credit. by the end of senior year, we have to have recieved 22.5 credits.
we have to recieve at least 3 social studies, math and science credits throughout our highschool career, 4 english credits, and the rest are electives. Language is considered an elective. It's not required but highly recommended, as most colleges require it. pleh.

This year's schedule was sort of bland, I've just been trying to get my requirements through (and band=easy A, somewhat enjoyable.) Next year will be fun. I'm taking a break from math, and in addition to english, word civilizations, (SS) and Spanish (I may get to go to Spain!) I'll be taking creative writing, drama class, video productions, and "fun" sciences (since i'm no science whiz and no way in hell am i taking physics.) I know that whole sentence was jacked with parentheses and absolutely nuts, but I just wanted to get my point across. hehe.