Talk to me about your HS students experience with different AP courses

[Anonymous]

I have a Sophomore who has taken AP Computer Science Principles, and is currently taking AP Psych and AP Seminar. All have been manageable and not his hardest classes, although I’ve seen the vocabulary for AP Psych and it’s A LOT! It’s more like a bio class. He likes it. I also like the seminar class. We pushed for him to take it because I don’t think his school does enough writing. He calls it English 2. But he’s doing well in it, and I like that it focuses on current events, research and public presentations.

Next year he will take AP English, AP Physics, AP Computer Science A, and AP Research. He’ll be in honor pre-calc or whatever that class is because he was in private middle so didn’t accelerate as fast as some of the public students.

I’m not having him do APUSH with all of those other APs. He will do honors. I’ve heard it’s notoriously difficult. Collegeconfidential.com is a good site to ask about how students have perceived various APs. I’m confused about freshmen taking APUSH. I’m not in NOVA, but I’m in VA and I don’t know how they would do that unless they took World History 1 as an 8th grader and then WH2 in summer school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between my two kids, they took the following courses and some tests:

AP Bio - As in the class, did not take the exam as it was supposedly very hard and they did not want to take it for other reasons as well.

AP Psych, my DD thought this was a tough class because it covered so much and nothing in detail. Got a B+ in the class (only B other than AP Calc) and a 4 on the exam.

AP Gov, Comparative, World History, APUSH, all easy, A and A+. 4s and 5s on the exams.

AP Calc AB - my kids are not math people and this was hard for them. Was also during distance learning and they had a terrible teacher. Got them a tutor. Both I think got B+ and my DS took the exam and got a 4. My DD didn't take it.

AP Lang and Lit - both considered easy, 4s and 5s on exam

AP Human Geo - easiest, A+ and 5 on exam

AP Spanish - class not too tough, A+ but the exam was tough, only got a 3

That's a lot of A+ grades. Your kids definitely don't go to my kids' school!

They really were not hard for my kids who barely ever did homework, I kept hearing stories of kids doing homework until 1 AM with all these APs, and that was just never even close to the reality. Was it our school, maybe? But they did well on the exams too so seems like it was enough preparation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between my two kids, they took the following courses and some tests:

AP Bio - As in the class, did not take the exam as it was supposedly very hard and they did not want to take it for other reasons as well.

AP Psych, my DD thought this was a tough class because it covered so much and nothing in detail. Got a B+ in the class (only B other than AP Calc) and a 4 on the exam.

AP Gov, Comparative, World History, APUSH, all easy, A and A+. 4s and 5s on the exams.

AP Calc AB - my kids are not math people and this was hard for them. Was also during distance learning and they had a terrible teacher. Got them a tutor. Both I think got B+ and my DS took the exam and got a 4. My DD didn't take it.

AP Lang and Lit - both considered easy, 4s and 5s on exam

AP Human Geo - easiest, A+ and 5 on exam

AP Spanish - class not too tough, A+ but the exam was tough, only got a 3

That's a lot of A+ grades. Your kids definitely don't go to my kids' school!

They really were not hard for my kids who barely ever did homework, I kept hearing stories of kids doing homework until 1 AM with all these APs, and that was just never even close to the reality. Was it our school, maybe? But they did well on the exams too so seems like it was enough preparation.

Our FCPS high school hardly gives As in most higher level classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Between my two kids, they took the following courses and some tests:

AP Bio - As in the class, did not take the exam as it was supposedly very hard and they did not want to take it for other reasons as well.

AP Psych, my DD thought this was a tough class because it covered so much and nothing in detail. Got a B+ in the class (only B other than AP Calc) and a 4 on the exam.

AP Gov, Comparative, World History, APUSH, all easy, A and A+. 4s and 5s on the exams.

AP Calc AB - my kids are not math people and this was hard for them. Was also during distance learning and they had a terrible teacher. Got them a tutor. Both I think got B+ and my DS took the exam and got a 4. My DD didn't take it.

AP Lang and Lit - both considered easy, 4s and 5s on exam

AP Human Geo - easiest, A+ and 5 on exam

AP Spanish - class not too tough, A+ but the exam was tough, only got a 3

That's a lot of A+ grades. Your kids definitely don't go to my kids' school!

They really were not hard for my kids who barely ever did homework, I kept hearing stories of kids doing homework until 1 AM with all these APs, and that was just never even close to the reality. Was it our school, maybe? But they did well on the exams too so seems like it was enough preparation.

Our FCPS high school hardly gives As in most higher level classes.

What HS is that??