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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD met with her counselor to look at coursework for her junior year this week.  She enjoys writing but has always been on the slower side, so generally prefers to do most of her major writing assignments at home rather than in-class.  She wants to take on the challenge but as I was reviewing at her potential course load, I am a bit concerned.
- AP Calculus BC
- French 5
- AP Chem (double period)
- AP Comp Sci Java
- AP World History
- AP Composition & Language

I am not sure how difficult AP Java is, or how time consuming?  I am thinking she needs to either do Honor World History or perhaps Honor English 11 instead, or maybe both?  Perhaps even wait for AP Java until senior year if it's very time consuming.  FWIW, DD is a good/motivated student looking to enter a STEM field, but this doesn't look manageable to me with all her other extra-curricular activities.  Your insights would be appreciated.[/quote]

Punt AP World History because it's time consuming. Also you may want to hold off on AP CS Java for a year if she can. It's not that it's super hard but it is time consuming.[/quote]

OP here.  Can you elaborate on the time that typical kids normally spend for AP CS Java?  She knows she wants to pursue the sciences but does not know for certain in which branch, so feels taking Java would at least expose her to the programming side earlier on for assessment purposes.  If she likes it, she might even include in additional programming class in senior year.  As a sophomore, DD is taking AP Physics 1 and Hon Chem this year.  Has found Honor English 9/10 to be manageable, and seems fine in both APUSH and AP NSL.  Extracurricular commitment is everyday for about 3 hours.[/quote]

Java (and AP CS) is a miserable introduction to programming. Get a taste of programming using the Internet / YouTube tutorials for more pleasant languages like modern JavaScript and Python. [/quote]

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