I’m taking PLTW Design and Drafting and my teacher is kind of notorious for giving out bad grades on a whim and long story short I’m already borderline passing third week in lol. I’m on my freshman year and I’m taking that class for my required art credit. I just wanted to know if getting say, a B or B- on that class would affect my college admissions later much. I want to know while ...
I have a slot in my HS schedule for either APES or PLTW digital electronics. I want to do chemical engineering, so I think they’re equally somewhat, but not really relevant to the career I want. APES could potentially get me college credit, whereas digital electronics probably won’t because very few colleges give credit for PLTW classes. However, my question is about rigor from a college ...
The online course is AP Comp Sci A which I understand teaches Java. (Though AP Comp Sci Principles is also avail online – but it’s very similar to the PLTW Computer Principles so no reason to take it. In fact, when you look up PLTW Computer Science Principles it says it matches up with the AP Principles framework. The PLTW does specifically mention Python as the programming language, if ...
PLTW listed College Partner that recognize PLTW as college credit courses by state. But the list is still narrowed. Only 4 in Illinois, 2 in Michigan, 2 in Ohio and 1 in Penn. And RIT is the only partner in NY state. Some may recognize Engr but not Biomed credits or vice versa. Those partners may not be the school some students want to apply.