I am a rising sophmore and I plan on taking 10 grade language arts over the summer to get another class in my schedule since orchestra takes up room in my schedule. I was initially going to do anatomy& physiology in place as my 4th year science (it is required for graduation at my school). I then started to consider doing AP Lang as a sophmore instead so I don’t have to stress about another ap class later in hs. I am also taking ap world history and i play basketball so I was wondering if that would be too much for me. This year i take ap biology and ap human geography and it is not easy to manage already (and ap hug isn’t nearly as hard as ap wh) , but i wanted to know how ap lang is. I work hard and do not usually procastinate, but i work kind of slow. Is it very stressful and how much time would it consume daily outside of school? Do you think i will be able to manage doing all this and do well?
At my school, 4 years of english is a graduation requirement. There’s no point in taking AP English Language as a sophomore, unless either A) your school graduation requirements don’t expect 4 years of english or B) duel enrollment English is an option.
In any case, I’d alternatively try to find another AP level course to challenge yourself with rather than moving up in English. Granted that most ivy-bound students take lang their junior year, it’s more worthwhile to pick up on a facet of your course load with more room for improvement.