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[quote=Anonymous]Do you need a 4th year of hard science to graduate? In MCPS you only need 3 years of hard science- that having been said, many students take a 4th year. AP Why are you enrolled in anatomy - is it of interest to you, or do you need it to graduate? CSP will not fill a hard science requirement. It does fulfill the MD state technology grad requirement. Can you fit both classes in your schedule? If not, and if you don’t “need” either class to graduate, I suspect colleges won’t give more weight to one over the other, as one is honors and the other is AP although considered one of the easier APs.

As others have said, AP CSP is not considered an especially rigorous AP class. But, my DC had zero coding experience so found it a useful foundational class before she went to college. Like you, she is interested in exploring comp sci classes in college, but was intimidated because she felt many of her peers already had some coding experience from summer camps, personal online interests, etc. (and most students in her class did have coding background and were only taking AP CSP in order to move onto more advanced AP comp sci classes, but a lot of the class is collaborative projects so it was great for her to learn from peers).

If you were my child, my suggestion would be to talk to your guidance counselor, explain your thoughts, and get their recommendation as to whether not taking a 4th year of hard science would be considered a negative, and which of the 2 classes they would recommend to you. [/quote]

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