05-29-2003, 02:29 AM
Baylan: Well it's a small world afterall :) I live in Birmingham - just graduated from Brother Rice myself. Nice to know there's a Lurker in the area.
As to the actual post... You're giving I.A. too much credit. I've known a couple people from it and, well, every single one of them had almost zero homework. What do they do at I.A.? Basically just take practice AP/IB tests over and over and over again: no real knowledge was learned. They hated it there, but there parents seemed convinced that it was a good school (complaints from their children aside) because they were paying so much for it that if it wasn't a good school it was a complete sham. Self denial I suppose.
You want to know the real reason they didn't factor in AP/IB test scores into their formula? Because they needed to get the article out this month to hit their deadline... but AP/IB test scores don't come back until late July.
All this talk about AP tests is making me anxious to see how I did on mine though :D (Come on, Mithy doesn't want to have to take Intro C++ again...)
As to the actual post... You're giving I.A. too much credit. I've known a couple people from it and, well, every single one of them had almost zero homework. What do they do at I.A.? Basically just take practice AP/IB tests over and over and over again: no real knowledge was learned. They hated it there, but there parents seemed convinced that it was a good school (complaints from their children aside) because they were paying so much for it that if it wasn't a good school it was a complete sham. Self denial I suppose.
You want to know the real reason they didn't factor in AP/IB test scores into their formula? Because they needed to get the article out this month to hit their deadline... but AP/IB test scores don't come back until late July.
All this talk about AP tests is making me anxious to see how I did on mine though :D (Come on, Mithy doesn't want to have to take Intro C++ again...)
--Mith
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London