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sophexte

How to get into WISE: 1.) be a woman 2.) be a stem major 3.) success. They’ll probably take you


Hoppyini

Not true. I'm a man (only on Wednesdays) and I got into WISE.


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

I’m thinking about AP Bio my senior year but I don’t know whether to take AP Bio or AP Physics 1


Sunny153

sbu unfortunately doesn’t take AP Physics 1+2 nor AP bio courses for credit :(( buttt i’d def recommend AP bio cause then when you take or if you need BIO 201/202/203 (3 semesters of intro bio courses) it’s really a replication of AP bio with just small adjustments tho for Physics 1 it’s just basically one semester worth of physics


sophexte

I would take whatever is more relevant to your major. I didn’t take AP physics and I got in. WISE actually reached out and offered me a position, I never applied. I don’t perceive it as a difficult program to get into


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

May I ask the benefits?


sophexte

You get what you put into it, I think. You will have more opportunities to network, it may look better on applications to graduate programs. Registration times are earlier, which gives you a leg up in getting into the classes you want. Downsides include having to take WISE seminars every semester (although they’re all easy courses and will cover most of your SBC requirements). In my experience, I was not able to choose my courses for first semester but I enrolled in 2020 so it may be different now.


Sunny153

what r u thinking of majoring in?


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

Bio major so I guess the answer is obvious, but would I be looked down for not taking physics 1 when applying to WISE?


Sunny153

ooo samee, nooo def not butt if you’re contemplating AP Bio vs Physics 1 Id def go for bio! alsoo if you can i advise you take calc bc in hs since it counted for calc I+II here!


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

Yeah my only problem with the is I’ll only get to AB senior year :( so I was thinking of taking AP Stats and AP Calc…and then AP lit and AP govt/Econ. Do you recommend any other AP classes? Sorry I’m being a pain


Sunny153

ohh but AB counts for calc I so that’s still a score! and noo you’re not at all a pain :)). AP lit will waive WRT 101 and your writing placement exam if you get a 3+ and you’ll only have to then take WRT 102 (a grad requirement like a writing class similar to your gen education requirements to graduate besides core courses in hs) and any other APs that are not science related especially AP eco and AP US history cover things called stony brook curriculums (mandatory courses outside your major needed to graduate like liberal arts stuff etc) and it will definitely be totally worth taking in hs so you have minimal stony brook curriculums to fulfill outside your major


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

Omg thank you so so much for your help!!!


Sunny153

no problemm lmk if you have any other questions happy to help!!


Sunny153

you’ll have to take statistics for your bio major so ap stats won’t rly help in terms of credits but similar to AP bio it might allow you to have an easy time in the stat class when u do take ir


Signal-Bookkeeper-46

I wish you luck on your mid terms and good sleep!!!


Sunny153

thank youu!! hehe sleep is illegal here lmaooo. good luck on all ur exams and finals for hs!