#as these are not my major classss but my generals

[apollos-boyfriend]

i want to become a popular streamer but not because i want to build a community or make a name for myself or even for attention. i want to become a popular streamer because i think it’d be fucking hilarious if i was just paid to lie to people. every subgoal unlocks a new piece of my personal history that is wildly inaccurate, impossible, or just straight-up contradictory to past reveals. i hold weekly qnas and absolutely everything out of my mouth is total bullshit. i refuse to ever break character. my streaming career ends with an hour-long reading of an “apology letter” that explains i was nothing but a harvard experiment and to forward any and all complaints towards HR

#icarus speaks #this is consequentially exactly why i should not be allowed to become a popular streamer #either that or my career ends with me doxxing myself #but the doxxed location is actually just a chuck e. cheese or something. maybe a hot topic if i’m feeling festive #this post is brought to you by my recent realization that i’ll very likely never see anyone in my classes again after this quarter #as these are not my major classss but my generals #so i can say Whatever The Fuck I Want and they will never know it’s not true #i don’t know these people. they’re strangers to me. we’re not friends #there is no harm in making them believe the most mundane lies ever

[realtalk-princeton]

If I'm interested in Econ and have 5s in both AP macro and micro, is it adviseable to skip Eco 100/101 and jump to 300 level classes? I found AP macro/micro to be a breeze and was wondering if there's a significant different between the AP class and introductory courses. Would it be beneficial for someone loooking to take a lot of Econ classss/major in Econ to just start with the introductory?

Response from Maybach Renntech:

This has always been an important and legit question that has been asked for years. I have found students, professors, and advisors on both sides of argument. However, in my opinion, I really don’t think there is a concrete yes or no answer and it really depends on the student.

I personally used AP credit and was fine. However, I placed into mostly the non-math track classes. If you jump straight into ECO 310, it’s not even a good indication of whether your like ECO or are good at it. It’s a just a poorly taught (in general) multi variable applications course disguised as ECO. Because of this, some people with AP credit will find the course easy if they are very comfortable with math. Others will struggle and I know someone who failed the midterm. Even in non-math track courses there are big variations. Some freshmen find ECO 300 easy and adjust fast. Others realize how different it is from HS, are already struggling with the 3 other classes, and are overwhelmed academically in addition to socially. I just can’t in good faith tell prefrosh that they all should use AP credit when so many of them are already being too ambitious with a lot of their academic choices and end up sinking into a deep hole. 

This is why it really depends on the student. Are you very passionate about ECO and want to get a head start? Do you have a solid math background if you will place into math track courses? Do you understand that ECO at Princeton is vastly harder, faster, more quantitative, and analysis based that HS? If you answered yes to all these questions maybe skipping is appropriate. Maybe also if you can skip into an ECO course that’s not a core class (micro, macro, econometrics). Those are horrendous courses in general and don’t actually prepare you for a lot of future ECO classes. My friend took the Economic History of America his freshman fall with Bogan, loved it, and ended up majoring in ECO. Another option is to start in an upper level class be be prepared to drop down.

Now on the flip side if you think you will have a hard time adjusting to college, want to be safe, want to make sure you foundation is the most solid possible before jumping in, then it may be good to take intro classes. It doesn’t mean anything and they will teach a lot of concepts not taught in AP. The funny thing is that a lot of people don’t need to know these things if they jump straight into 310, which is a poor indicator of ECO.