Anonymous
10/20/2025 13:05
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
Agree. APush is more rigorous than AP World.
AP Euro is very challenging tho.
This is a terrible way to decide what to study.
It’s also not universal. At our school, they are equally hard and World might be harder.
oMG of course the AP's are universal. There's not a different AP curriculum for districts or schools they are NATIONWIDE standard tests.
Of course this could be true. What people generally mean by "hard" is how hard it is to get an A. In that regard, you could have two sections of exactly the same class that are different levels of difficulty. The final AP exams will be standardized, but that doesn't mean the AP World teacher in a given school doesn't make their class harder than the APUSH teacher. (That said, in our school, APUSH is clearly much harder than World.)
Anonymous
10/20/2025 12:36
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
I can't speak about all schools, but DD's school does not allow sophomores to take APUSH, only AP World.
Right, I think was PP was suggesting was Honors World as a sophomore and APUSH Jr year.
Anonymous
10/20/2025 12:23
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
I can't speak about all schools, but DD's school does not allow sophomores to take APUSH, only AP World.
Anonymous
10/20/2025 11:42
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:My child is currently a sophomore in AP World, holding on to a low A. The course is a ton of work. It’s making us rethink whether they should just not take APUSH next year. They would take AP Chem. By senior year they still would have 6 major APs in a variety of disciplines, just not APUSH.
How important is APUSH to getting into W&M? My child would apply there ED.
It depends where your DD is applying from and what her peers took and how many of them are applying ED as well. The first hurdle is your school peers.
Anonymous
10/20/2025 11:31
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
Agree. APush is more rigorous than AP World.
AP Euro is very challenging tho.
This is a terrible way to decide what to study.
It’s also not universal. At our school, they are equally hard and World might be harder.
oMG of course the AP's are universal. There's not a different AP curriculum for districts or schools they are NATIONWIDE standard tests.
Anonymous
10/20/2025 10:23
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
Agree. APush is more rigorous than AP World.
AP Euro is very challenging tho.
This is a terrible way to decide what to study.
It’s also not universal. At our school, they are equally hard and World might be harder.
+1
Anonymous
10/20/2025 10:21
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
Agree. APush is more rigorous than AP World.
AP Euro is very challenging tho.
This is a terrible way to decide what to study.
It’s also not universal. At our school, they are equally hard and World might be harder.
Anonymous
10/20/2025 04:29
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think this is fine- but should have taken AP US instead of AP World
Agree. APush is more rigorous than AP World.
AP Euro is very challenging tho.
This is a terrible way to decide what to study.
Its just a basic fact, its not a course study guide based on individual interests.
Anonymous
10/19/2025 18:04
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
My kid is not planning to talk APUSH, he is planning to take BC Calc, AP English, AP Spanish, AP Chem and honors physics junior year. He took AP World and did well but wants to focus on stem classes as a junior since the calculus and science classes he’ll be taking are foundational for other classes he’ll take in college and he just likes that stuff more. If a college turns him down because of this, he figures it wasn’t the right fit for him anyway.
Anonymous
10/19/2025 16:05
Subject: Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Anonymous wrote:Well crap my kid is taking DE US history
It’s ok. My kid got in as a Monroe scholar with DE history. Lots of other APs and rigor. It was a good class.
Anonymous
10/19/2025 15:04
Subject: Re:Not taking APUSH and chances for W&M?
Thank you!
You are welcome! I wanted to mention, I am not sure if your child is interested in UVA- but our school counselor did tell us that UVA is a bit different than W&M because UVA wants the highest AP courses in the main subjects- math, science, english, lang/history. She told us that our daughter was inadmissible for UVA due to the no AP Calc, but W&M she had a shot. Our daughter was also told by her Regional Rep from W&M that in NOVA you are basically competing with the kids from your HS to get in. She also applied ED.
If your school counselor really said this they need to be fired. It is categorically untrue that without AP Calculus you are “inadmissible” to UVA. It’s better to have it, sure, but it is not an admissions requirement. As for W&M; until a few years ago they actually said on their admissions website that they wanted Calculus. They don’t say that anymore.
No disrespect at all, but for our high school-- this is true. I don't know anyone who got into UVA without it. And to be very blunt- many very strong students who did have all the top AP classes didn't get in either. I was really surprised at the kids who did not get into UVA this year. Very great stats etc.