<p>I’m currently a freshmen in High School and I know I’m going to get a lot of responses saying that I should relax and take it easy but, I’m completely torn between so many things. </p>
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<li><p>Let me start off by saying that I hate history with a passion. The class is so difficult and it’s been taking away time from my other classes which I should be focusing on more. If I didn’t take AP World History I would honestly have all the time in the world to focus on all my Honors classes. These past two semesters I’ve been able to finish the quarter off with a very low B. Don’t even get me started on the essays. The AP Exam in the end of the year consist of three essays (45 mins each essay) and 70 questions. It’s so difficult for me to write essays for this class. It takes me nearly an hour to grasp an understanding of what I’m about to write and then another 2 hours to actually write the essay. I know that I won’t be able to pass the AP Exam. Should I transfer out of the class and switch to Honors to focus on my other classes? </p></li>
<li><p>I was looking into this dual enrollment program offered by my local community college called School of Advanced Studies (SAS / S.A.S) and I was wondering if anyone can elaborate what exactly the difference is between this program and attending regular college courses to obtain your credits?</p></li>
<li><p>Is there such this as an “AP” class in college or, are all the college classes in college one difficulty level? If there is such a thing as “AP” classes in college, does the SAS program have those?</p></li>
<li><p>Do you have to be attending an AP class to enroll yourself in dual enrollment / college courses?</p></li>
<li><p>I was planning on studying to get my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and I was wondering if it’s necessary to get my Associate in Science rather than my Associates in Art? I wanted to get my AA rather than an AS because the credits to get my AA are more broad and can be easily transferred to my local university.</p></li>
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<p>Thank you all so much. All responses are welcome even if you can’t answer all my questions.</p>
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<li><p>Ah yes, good ole AP World. My advice would be to talk to your teacher about what you can do to do better on the essays. AP World is all about themes and such, not hard facts. I don’t know if you should transfer out; on the one hand, you’re halfway through the class (and if you’re anything like me, you’ll enjoy the later time periods more than the earlier ones). Theoretically you don’t need to know any specific dates, just general time periods. If you need any help, feel free to ask me, PM me, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know anything about your community colleges; talk to your guidance counselor.</p></li>
<li><p>AP classes are college level classes in high school, so…no. There are, however, different levels to college classes. 100 level are the introductory courses, 200 is more advances, etc.</p></li>
<li><p>No. AP classes are separate from actual college classes.</p></li>
<li><p>I don’t know. Probably not necessary, but more beneficial, but I don’t know.</p></li>
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<li><p>Definitely ask your counselor. At my school, the difference is that a college credit hour is only worth 0.2 high school credits. A college class is usually worth three or four credit hours, so you have to take two college classes to meet one requirement. AP classes are generally consider better than dual-enrollment classes when an AP equivalent for a class is available. </p></li>
<li><p>Some colleges offer honors classes, and colleges with graduate programs will allow undergraduates to take graduate classes after they have enough background knowledge/prerequisites. This is not the same as classes being 100-level, 200-level, 300-level, etc. A 200-level class would generally cover more advanced (not necessarily more difficult) material than a 100-level class, and it might have a 100-level class as a prerequisite. It could be honors or not. A graduate-level class would probably be 500-level or higher, but different colleges number their courses differently. Your community college might have honors classes.</p></li>
<li><p>Definitely not. Talk to your counselor. </p></li>
<li><p>No.</p></li>
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