Just know that there are two grade books in DE. One is for the high school; the other is NOVA's standards (so no late work, no pluses/minuses). This can trick a lot of kids up. DE credits yield a college transcript which is never erased (requested when applying for jobs that require proof of education).

I have a junior at an IB school who I am trying to talk out of taking 7 IB classes and just do 6 plus one regular course.

Anonymous wrote:I know AP Lit is tons of reading - my older kid read ten books last school year.

I'm wondering if DE is similar? My rising senior has done ok in AP Lang but will struggle with something reading intensive.

My kid is in DE and it’s not that many. He has read good quality and challenging books (I think the Odyssey) but probably only about 4 or 5 so far. But they are text heavy and college level.

I know AP Lit is tons of reading - my older kid read ten books last school year.

I'm wondering if DE is similar? My rising senior has done ok in AP Lang but will struggle with something reading intensive.

I'd go with DE. My college Freshman is beating himself up for not doing English Comp in HS, would've saved himself a lot of time, let alone money. And it transfers to all DMV colleges, as well as some OOS.

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Anonymous wrote:AP Lit is so much easier than AP Lang. Just take it.

My DD agrees. Then, she likes to read a lot too.

What do they read in AP Lit?

AP Lit is classic literature. All novels, Faulkner, Hurston, Hemingway, Camus type stuff. AP Lang is rhetoric based so it’s shorter texts, typically speeches and narratives, that students analyze for language and rhetoric.

Mine also read The Handmaid’s Tale.