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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wondering what to start with in 9th grade, if the goal is to satisfy 3 years of Social Studies requirements with all APs (Gov, US history, World History).[/quote]

While there are always exceptions, AP Gov is generally considered more doable than APUSH for ninth graders.

More objectively, consider:

1. UMD gives 3 gen-ed credits for scores of 3,4,5 in the AP Gov exam. But for APUSH, for a score of 3, UMD gives you only 3 lower level elective credits (NO gen-ed credits), for a score of 4, 3 gen-ed credits, and for a score of 5, *6* gen-ed credits.

2. Some school districts have a one semester AP Gov class for seniors - I have family in the midwest, and their school district did it this way. (Some other posters have also pointed out how they did AP Gov in one semester.) I doubt any school district would offer a one-semester APUSH class.

So, relatively speaking APUSH seems more content heavy and more important from a college credit pov, meaning, if there is a choice, AP Gov is better as the first AP course for a freshman.

CAVEAT - for college credits I am using only UMD. It may be different if you look at other universities.[/quote]

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