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AP Art History for 8th grader
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Replies to: AP Art History for 8th grader
My daughter took Art History as a senior. She'd had AP Euro, Latin, and a ton of religion classes. She found it hard but really liked it. Why would an 8th grader need to take it, and is it even allowed?
My standard answer for AP Art History, based on my expereince as a 12th grader, is if you are into art and architecture, and have reasonably good memorization skills, it's a piece of cake. If you don't like art and/or bad at memorization, it will be a loooooong year. That said, I'm not sure the reason for taking in 8th grade. Course credit ultimately depends upon the college she ultimately attends. Public colleges generally give credit for every subject with an acceptable score. Privates are more selective. For those private colleges that give credit for AP, art history falls about somewhere in the middle. Not as universal as calc, but more than AP Research. I did not take a survey, but I'm not aware of a college that will refuse credit simply because the course was taken in 8th grade, although there may be a few.
If you just want an AP and a score, well, dont hold your breath adcoms at a top private will swoon.
If the only reason you are taking it is for college credit, don't do it.
The higher ranked the college, the less likely you are to be getting credit, because at highly selective college students who took APs/IB classes are the default setting.