High School AP Classes(Help!) Don't know if this is the right forum to post this.

curiousanddazed
Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:50:27 +0000

@Hobbithill: Haha Holocaust & Genocide Honors is an elective with honors credit for some reason. It was my 3rd choice elective, and it seems sort of interesting to me. Hmm…most people at my school take both AP Calc AB and AP Calc BC in the same year. I’m required to take music appreciation. My counselor couldn’t fit it into my schedule, so guess who’s spending their summer sitting in front of a computer?

What type of EC’s and volunteering do you suggest? I currently volunteer at a local hospital, and I’m planning on starting a service club I thought of at my high school when the school year starts. I know those aren’t enough for college. I’m not trying to “pad” my resume, and would only do EC’s and volunteer work that was interesting to me, but I’m not sure what else is there. :/

Thanks for the tip about AP Env. ! When people mention self-study, for some reason my mind thinks that it means studying for a year. Silly me.

Ewwww, the SAT’s. Wish there was another way to get into college without taking them.

@Esthetique: How was Holocaust & Genocide at your school? What do you do in that class? It’s something my school has just started offering, and I have no idea what we’ll actually do in it. Is it similar to a regular history course?

My school requires us to take World History(freshmen year), Civics & Economics, and US History before taking any AP history courses. Stupid…I know.

I took Honors Biology freshmen year which is why I wanted to take AP Bio junior year. My school doesn’t allow us to take AP classes sophomore year, whic limits me from taking AP Bio sophomore year. We are also required to take Chemistry & Biology before we take AP Chemistry & Biology. But you have a really valid point. I’ll talk to my counselor and see if I can take AP Bio senior year, and AP Chem junior year.

Is psychology really that easy to self-study for? I just get the feeling that it wouldn’t be as easy as AP Env.

BTW, are all of the Barron’s books good for AP courses? Are there any other books you’d recommend?

Thank you guys for reading and responding! It means a lot:D