AP Lit vs AP Gov

lovescookies
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 13:43:25 +0000

So next year (senior year) , I’m already taking AP Stats, AP physics and AP Spanish. I want one more ap, either lit or gov.
AP Lit:
really hard teacher, but all pretty good (I had the hardest ap lit teacher my freshman year, and she was amazing though difficult)
extremely stressful
A ton of work
Looks good on apps
I like literature a lot, and I find the class very interesting

AP Gov:
Only one semester (you can get it either first or second semester, can’t choose, and the other semester is regular econ, no ap option)
Teachers are hard but easier than lit
Doesn’t look as good as ap lit
I find government interesting but I don’t like taking notes, and this class has 40 pages of reading a week, something I don’t like
Don’t like busy work
Less stressful class

So which should I take? I want to take one or another to just have 4 aps next year, since I only took 2 aps (calculus bc and ap english this year) which is only average in my school- so I want my courseload to show rigor but not be too difficult. I’m aiming for UCB/UCLA and probably majoring in economics (or maybe statistics).