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Re: Good news for anyone taking AP Computer Science

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Preponderance is not online. Preponderance
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01 Nov 2013 01:02 PM
They are dropping the Gridworld case study next year for the AP tests.

So be happy guys :)
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:05 PM
I wish I could have done Computer Science at anything... What's this AP Computer Science, though? What's AP?
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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01 Nov 2013 01:05 PM
Yeah, what's AP?
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:05 PM
I have a feeling that the usa will appear at least once...
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Dr01d3k4 is not online. Dr01d3k4
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01 Nov 2013 01:10 PM
No idea what AP is either, I know AS and A2 though.
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:11 PM
I am still angry that they only introduced Computer Science after I did my AS levels... Rage.
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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01 Nov 2013 01:11 PM
AS?
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Preponderance is not online. Preponderance
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01 Nov 2013 01:11 PM
AP is an Advanced Placement course and computer science is just a java class.
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Dr01d3k4 is not online. Dr01d3k4
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01 Nov 2013 01:13 PM
@Not: Ask if you could do the full course in 1 year? And most unis won't mind.

@Android: A2 = second year of A-levels, and AS (Advanced Subsidiary) = first
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:13 PM
Is it related to America?

@AndroidKitKat: Do you live in the UK?
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:14 PM
@Dr01d3k4: Its not that, its just annoying that they had to introduce it THIS year instead of LAST year.
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Preponderance is not online. Preponderance
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01 Nov 2013 01:15 PM
Yes, it's basically the North America (Both US and Canada) version of the AS levels.
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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01 Nov 2013 01:18 PM
@Not: Nop, I live in a SEA country.
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 01:32 PM
@AndroidKitKat: Then I have no idea how to explain what AS(s/'s/es) is/are.
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lordrambo is not online. lordrambo
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01 Nov 2013 02:18 PM
Yes, AP classes exist in the United States. They are the equivalent to a college course.

AP computer science (in my school district) is almost entirely Java. It's called "Computer Science" because it supposedly was primarily about hardware back in the day. You will also spend a short time on some other things like binary.

I don't have it this year, as I need to take the regular Java course as a prerequisite. My Java course will begin at around February.
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 02:19 PM
You lucky people with your fancy Computer Science and Java courses...
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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01 Nov 2013 02:22 PM
Java? Hardware? HAHAHAHAHA, Java's the farthest thing from hardware with their stack-based memory.
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lordrambo is not online. lordrambo
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01 Nov 2013 02:27 PM
@AndroidKitKat
I think you misread my post. The course used to be based around hardware. It is now based around Java.

@Not
It's not very "fancy". Our courses are 1 1/2 hours long, and they last for 4 1/2 months. Two months have gone by so far and they don't even know what arrays are.
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 02:28 PM
Much more fancy than my horrible Chemistry which I really hated :<
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lordrambo is not online. lordrambo
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01 Nov 2013 02:30 PM
We also have to take Chemistry, as well as Physics and Biology.
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Notunknown99 is not online. Notunknown99
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01 Nov 2013 02:32 PM
Hmm, it might be better to compare it to my GCSEs then, when I took IT thinking that it might have something to do with anything smart, and spent two years typing in MS Word about how to turn soda cans into flower pots.
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AndroidKitKat is not online. AndroidKitKat
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01 Nov 2013 02:44 PM
lord, I read your post correctly, but if it was based on hardware, they SHOULDN'T make a transition to Java, because they should well, teach hardware, that's the use of CompSci.
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lordrambo is not online. lordrambo
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01 Nov 2013 03:04 PM
@Not
I had to take Computer Applications last year. I took Computer Apps 2 this year. I hate it but I figured I may as well take all the computer classes that are offered. At the end of the course I get a Microsoft Office certification. That class actually switches with my Java class midway through the year at around February.

@Android
My apologies, for whatever reason I thought you thought I said something along the lines of Java being related to hardware.
At any rate, I kind of agree. There is already a course for Java as it is. Anything being taught in AP Computer Science can be taught in Java. AP Computer Science can then be dedicated to mostly hardware and machine code.
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k9rosie is not online. k9rosie
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01 Nov 2013 05:15 PM
most universities use java to teach CS anyway
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uyjulian is not online. uyjulian
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01 Nov 2013 05:32 PM
changed over the years....
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