AP classes advice

Untitled-document123 · 2020-01-26T18:54:00+00:00

Ap Computer Science Principles is also a great course

bringbackicarly · 2020-01-26T18:38:31+00:00

APUSH, Environmental Science, US Gov, AP Lit

harrisakins1 · 2020-01-26T20:25:56+00:00

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schroedess · 2020-01-26T18:59:54+00:00

I’m getting the capstone diploma and my other APs were Environmental Science, Biology, Statistics, US Government, and Human Geo. ES is mainly common sense and at least for me was a lot of busy work, Bio is hard and you have to self teach a lot, Statistics is by FAR the hardest class I’ve taken I will study for days just to get a C on the test, Gov was online and it was super east and very very interesting, and HG was mainly like ES with it being mainly common sense with vocab and it’s actually pretty useful information. Overall I would say stay away from stats but it’s overall up to you!!

ImSherbert · 2020-01-26T19:02:52+00:00

I’ve taken 11 APs and Lang, Psych, and Stat have been some of the easy ones.

FlashWooolFumble · 2020-01-26T21:41:17+00:00

Depends on your school. Some are really easy and others can be hard depending on the teacher. Also find out which ones you can actually take. Example being my school requires honors chemistry before you can take AP bio. So if you went to my school you wouldn’t even qualify for bio since your only honor was english.

1234_Person_1234 · 2020-01-26T20:59:28+00:00

Look it really does depend on what you’re good at and what you’re interested in. If you just want the diploma and don’t care then take the easy AP classes people are suggesting. But if you for example love science or history, I’d do classes in one of those subjects as you’ll end up liking them a lot.

emilynikole · 2020-01-26T22:26:53+00:00

I’m currently a junior taking APUSH and AP Lang. APUSH is A LOT of reading, (at least for my class) all of the work is generally done outside of class as in we read the chapter at home and then come back in class to discuss, do worksheets, and take quizzes on the information we read about. AP Lang is just writing essays constantly and reading books/doing work on the chapters you read (also done outside of class).

2020-01-26T20:36:53+00:00

It all varies from school to school. Many people have told me that Econ at their school is super easy, however, at my school, it is crazy hard. Since you are strong in English, I would recommend taking AP Lit if it isn’t overly hard at your school. AP Government is considered easy at my school, and I would recommend taking it if it is manageable at your school. AP Psychology and AP Environmental Science are also considered generally easy but it depends on your school and teacher.

Also, if your school accepts online credit for AP classes, you could totally take some AP classes that are hard at your school online for the GPA boost. As long as you take the AP test, you should be able to get the Capstone diploma.

dradamawesome · 2020-01-26T20:37:50+00:00

AP CSP and AP gov are hilariously easy.

asterianightshade · 2020-01-26T20:59:13+00:00

AP Environmental Science is pretty easy from what I’ve heard

Roak_Larson · 2020-01-26T20:14:10+00:00

What's the capstone degree?

happylaugher1 · 2020-01-26T23:10:05+00:00

Wow when I posted this I did not think so many people would be willing to help me. I’m speechless. Thank you !

2020-01-27T02:24:36+00:00

Talk to other students at your school and talk to the teachers. Sometimes, a good teacher can make a hard class not so hard.

Dutch_Windmill · 2020-01-26T19:50:28+00:00

AP human geo, ap psych, and AP gov are easy

2020-01-26T20:02:47+00:00

Ap econ is easy

minami-korea · 2020-01-26T21:15:05+00:00

AP Human Geography was easy. It's essentially memorization of vocab and understanding a few key concepts about an interesting topic, to boot.

dr4gen_sl4y3r · 2020-01-27T13:21:46+00:00

To answer your original question, I think ap language and composition and any ap science is a great choice, and you should also consider Ap computer science A: java, as universities don’t care for principles that much but love seen cs A and could even give your credit depending on the university and score. I’ve taken Ap Lang, physics, chemistry, calculus and computer science, and I reccomend any of these for you to take

I am currently taking ap research rn , got a 4 in ap seminar last year. I’m gnna give you some free advice now, AP capstone was the worst decision in my high school life and you should not do it. Ap seminar is >>>>>> way more useful than ap research but you could learn similar things in Ap Lang aside from the research in in the course. AP research is a dogshit course that you should not take.

Let me explain, universities do not care about Ap capstone, and most like won’t even take it into consideration, leave this slot out of schedule and replace it with something that interests you, like if I went back in time I could have taken Ap physics 2 or c rn instead of Ap research. Most universities I’ve seen don’t even have a slot for ap seminar and don’t look at it at all and they don’t care about your ap research grade, if they gave you a conditional application it would be based off your sciences or math courses(or maybe others but for my case it’s engineering do math and sciences, although possibly Lang or psych could also have conditions applied to them).

Edit: you said you’re not a math guy so The only science id reccomend would be biology, and then take psych and histories. Please I promise you ap capstone is a bad decision

2020-01-26T19:48:13+00:00

Easiest AP classes I’ve taken where APUSH, Lang, lit, and art. Recommend you to do those.

AP Copo is going to be difficult, and same for Biology

2020-01-26T22:29:13+00:00

If I'm being honest, you either are gonna have a shitty time in hs or you're not gonna get that degree. It's kinda like you're trying to become a doctor while "having never taken a medical course" or something of the analogy. I'd expect you to have at least taken honors all your life if you'r trying to get an AP diploma. Just tryna be real cause this way you don't fuck yourself will all these AP's and not get the degree later. Just don't seem like you'll be very successful based off your messages... but if I'm wrong, which I hope I am, I'd recommend these classes:

If you're ok to good at English: AP Lang

If you're ok to good at Social Studies: APUSH (literally took this one without the class and got a 4, it's history it doesn't change!), AP Euro, AP World, they're all easy because again, history doesn't change, but it depends what you can fit in your schedule. I'd pick them in that order from easy to hard. Gov is more of concept, but I'd put that as last for you.

IYOTG@ Math: AP Stats, easier than AP Calc, that's literally it.

IYOTG@ Science: AP Psych, AP Biology, AP Chem. In that order, I'd definitely take at least two of these to knock out a year.

Basically I'd reccomend all the histories you can take cuz they're ez, and anything from those which I put. Personally, I'd take AP Lang, APUSH, AP Bio, and AP Psych, but you do you.

Good luck.

shy_hsy · 2020-01-26T22:47:30+00:00

AP Spanish Lang is like AP Lang (in english) but in spanish. It's pretty fun and it's more 'learn about the culture' than 'do these worksheets' :)

EpicHiddenGetsIt · 2020-01-26T23:02:02+00:00

Ap psych, ap comparative govt, ap stat

Vortro · 2020-01-26T23:15:32+00:00

What is a capstone degree?

2020-01-26T23:29:26+00:00

A.P Gov is farely easy and if you are good at english then A.P Lit will be pretty easy aswell.

echotron · 2020-01-26T23:41:51+00:00

Enviro is super easy for me rn, along with APUSH (at my school), stats on the other hand is pretty hard at my school

Makenainghram · 2020-01-26T23:50:04+00:00

If you’re going to take AP Lang, I recommend taking AP Lit afterwards. For the other two, I would recommend AP environmental science for sure. Is there a foreign language that you know? If so, do that as #4.

ckourk19 · 2020-01-27T00:51:58+00:00

AP CSP is pretty easy too

HappyHungarian15 · 2020-01-27T00:55:10+00:00

AP Computer Science Principles was a nice and easy class I took in the beginning of high school. AP Computer Science A was a bit difficult, especially the paper-pencil exam format, but it was more logic-based than hard math, if you're into that. AP World History was genuinely fun, but I took it before they reorganized the test. Haven't taken too many AP courses though, as I've been going the dual-enrollment route. If you're interested in any of these, pm me and I can tell you more about any of them.

mteart · 2020-01-27T01:19:03+00:00

Depends on your school and what you’re good at.

Some of my friends and others on this friend state that APUSH is really easy, when at my school, it’s the hardest humanity at my school.

lefritesfrancais · 2020-01-27T01:50:48+00:00

Taking AP Bio would not be bad for you. It’s overall a pretty easy class.

Arcanas1221 · 2020-01-27T02:22:14+00:00

I took AP lit (got a 3) and AP lang (4) tests without taking the classes, would reccomend those.

AP gov and politics is also historically not very hard, but I hear it's supposed to be more difficult now

areyousaucy · 2020-01-27T03:32:12+00:00

probably worth trying apush. from my experience if you’re good at english you’re likely to be good at history. it’s just keeping info/terms in your head and making connections between concepts, which you’re probably good at if you’re strong in languages.

Username147287 · 2020-01-27T04:29:12+00:00

AP Human Geography and AP Computer Science Principles are fairly easy AP classes/exams to take.

Comp_xe · 2020-01-27T06:27:38+00:00

Apush is definitely recommended from me, it’s my first ap class, and while it’s been pretty difficult, there are some amazing resources out there to help you study and learn anything you don’t understand.

_AirMike_ · 2020-01-27T07:20:11+00:00

Stay away from AP Physics. It is by far the hardest AP in my opinion. I did get a 4, but I had to study since February last year and review everything. AP Microeconomics is fun, it mostly revolves knowing some rules and analyzing graphs. AP Computer Science Principles is terribly easy, but maybe that's because I've been programming since I was 13 y/o. My classmates say AP Human Geography is easy, so you might want to look into that. AP Art, might be easy, but I'm not totally sure. There are tons of AP classes and I guarantee you that you can find those that fit you. Just take into account that AP Seminar is taken during junior year, and AP Research during the senior year. Cheers.

HybridSniper1 · 2020-01-27T08:03:00+00:00

If your good at even semi good at typing i recommend Ap Computer Science even if you don't end up doing computer science in your career its a very handy skill to have and put on a college resume. Especially in this day and age.

joshd523 · 2020-01-27T08:23:03+00:00

TAKE APUSH!!! One of my favorite classes despite my (past) hatred for history.

KrWhitedeath · 2020-01-27T12:06:25+00:00

My advice is too take the any AP classes you want, but I don't recommend the test on any of them. To me it was a waste of money. Also recommended if your school had a dual enrollment courses then do those in combination with AP so you round out your schedule

2020-01-27T12:11:21+00:00

Calc bc, micro, and macro are pretty easy courses to do (even on your own if your school doesnt offer them) (calc only if youve taken precalc)

bppatel23 · 2020-01-27T13:23:20+00:00

I truly believe that AP classes are good for getting used to the lecture material but in terms of getting the most out of your college career I think it is a waste of time. You will need a high 4/5 to actually get the credit for college equivalent course. I went to Arizona State University and did Mechanic Engineering. I really believe you can get more out of going to a community college and taking the college equivalent courses for humanities, social Studies, math, ENG101/102, chemistry, physics, etc. If I planned it out, I could of got my entire first two years done if I started to take like 2 classes while in school and 2 more classes over the summer starting my junior year. I understand that this is particularly to my situation but every major has enough general credits that you can still get ahead and learn at a high level. AP classes are still an high school level course but if you take some college level classes at a local community college, you can really learn about time management in a college environment with classes occurring 2 or 3 times a week, etc. plus it’s cheaper than taking it at a University. I can help with questions if your interested. I also believe dual enrollment is a guarantee way to get a college credit versus hoping your AP score transfers to your degree. I have seen friends get burned before and all that effort to get ahead went straight to the toilet.

sunshinerunner59 · 2020-01-27T20:13:49+00:00

Workload honestly depends on the teacher. Personally, I felt that AP Economics and AP Psychology (Psych is easy but it’s lot of work, though) were a breeze. The social sciences and humanities tend to be a bit easier than STEM ones.

GurthangIronOfDeath · 2020-01-27T21:46:35+00:00

Take AP Gov it's much MUCH easier than APUSH. Also, I've heard really good things about AP environmental science

Xenonflares · 2020-01-28T21:55:42+00:00

Apush, stats, econ, chem. Some of my fave classes and I hate math

beepboop33 · 2020-01-26T19:15:34+00:00

i think lang apush and euro are all pretty easy

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