<p>Bump, anyone? Sorry for all the questions. I really don’t know what to do…</p>
<p>If you think you can handle both classes…</p>
<p>Go for it. </p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>^ Thanks! I just have to get it approved by the guidance counselors. I know I am taking AP Psychology, I need one more. Which one should I do Statistics or Gov’t and Politics? I really have no preference.</p>
<p>NOOOOOO DON’T TAKE STATISTICS jksdgadlihakjgalsdkghda</p>
<p><em>deep breath</em></p>
<p>Maybe it’s just my school, that class, the brand-new straight-out-of-college AP Stats teacher who was forced upon us, I don’t know. But that class gave me hell. And ruined my GPA. (Goodbye, shot at valedictorian…)</p>
<p>On the upside, I found out the day of the Stats exam that everything I was learning all year had nothing to do with the actual test (which was a lot easier than what I was expecting). </p>
<p>That’s hardly an upside, though. </p>
<p>IF you have a knack for torturously boring formulas and inference methods, or IF your stats teacher is a seasoned war veteran, then by all means.</p>
<p>But if I were you, I would take Gov & Politics.</p>
<p>Oh gosh… definitely not doing that now. Thanks for warning me! I technically don’t have a teacher though, its an online class. I also have the option of taking AP Human Geography, it is online as well.</p>
<p>I just had Honors Civics and Economics and the teacher said everything we did in there except the economics chapter, we will do if we take the online AP US Gov’t class. </p>
<p>Don’t really know much about the the Geography class, I have just heard that its hard to not make a 5 on the exam. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I will have AP Bio and AP English on top of these two online AP’s. So I am looking for minimal studying and homework for an A in the class and a 5 on the exam. Thanks for all of your help! I really appreciate it 
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<p>Human Geo’s great. I wouldn’t call it “easy,” but it’s certainly not difficult, and it’s very interesting. I took the class, read the study guide the night before the test, got a 5. An online class shouldn’t be much different- you’ll have plenty of resources to learn from. </p>
<p>AP Bio…I’ve heard it’s a difficult AP Science. Lots of labs and whatnot. At my school only the super masochists take the course. However, if you are one of those math/science people and can get a good grasp of the material, good luck!</p>
<p>And you’re welcome ;)</p>
<p>@nate42</p>
<h2>Definitely go for self studying ap human geo! I took the class this year and used the barron’s review book for the exam…I can honestly say the review book taught me more than the class. The ap exam wasn’t bad either. </h2>
<p>And just to post my schedule for next year…(traditional 6 classes per day)
Honors Pre calc
AP enlglish language and comp
AP chemistry
AP us history
AP studio art
Athletic PE ( i play lacrosse so i must)</p>
<p>I will also be self studying AP macro, possibly micro too</p>
<p>@catchtwentythree: Oh okay. I really don’t know which to take. Human Geo sounds interesting but on the other hand, Gov’t is fresh on my mind. I just spoke with the current Physics teacher, he said he won’t be returning next year :(. I love science but I don’t think I will learn anything with someone who has never taught it and struggled with it in college. Do you think Physics is really needed for college? I want to go into pre med. </p>
<p>@alexaa525: I might! I just can’t decide between self-study or taking it online. Also your classes look great! </p>
<p>Do you guys think this is a well-balanced schedule? Want to go to Chapel Hill.</p>
<p>1st Semester
- AP Biology
- AP English Language and Comp.
- Honors US (have to take it, no AP)
- AP Psychology / (AP US Govt or AP Geo) AP Online classes are 45 minutes a day.</p>
<p>2nd Semester
- AP Biology
- AP English Language and Comp
- AP Psychology / ( AP Gov’t or AP Geo)
- Honors Pre Calc</p>
<p>Is this manageable? I have sports year round with many clubs.</p>
<p>@catch23 Stats is one of the easiest tests.</p>
<p>^My teacher made Stats absurdly difficult. We didn’t even need to learn the concepts we were learning. I know more about statistics than I care to know, and none of it was on the AP exam.</p>
<p>Then again, it’s just my experience.
Maybe it is the easiest test. (The exam itself really wasn’t that bad, but after this school year I want absolutely nothing to do with chai-square tests or inference EVER AGAIN.)</p>
<p>Decided to drop Honors Physics and Honors Psychology. So now I will be taking AP Psychology and AP Human Geography online instead. I have to talk to my guidance counselor about it next Wednesday. </p>
<p>On another note, today was my last day of school!!! No exams for me so I get the last two weeks off! Now I am going to study my butt off for the SAT on June 2nd.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any opinions on self-studying vs. online classes? I will be taking the two English APs and probably gov/geo/psych outside of school (they’re not offered at my school) over the next two years. Is one better/worse than the other?</p>
<p>Also, on another note: sat prep classes vs online courses vs just review books. Ideas? I took the SATs as a 7th grader and got a 2060 but I really want that 2400. I have time outside of my internship this summer so I really want to start early. Is one option better than the other?</p>
<p>@fieldsofpoppy: I suggest you self-study Psych and Geo, they are both very easy with Barron’s and other materials. I would take the English’s online, where you can be guided through lessons and somewhat have a teacher. There are many places where online AP’s are available.</p>
<p>For the SAT, I suggest the “The Official SAT Study Guide” from the college board. It has helped me a great deal, thus far.</p>
<p>@nate42
sooo lucky! We have school until June 8. Last year if you had i think a b average in the class and didn’t miss more than 3 days and wasn’t a freshman you didn’t have exams.</p>
<p>this yr. i’m a sophmore and was so excited about being exempt but they took out exemptions this year! It sucks!! </p>
<p>also at our school unless there was a mess up on the behalf of the school you can’t drop classes once you’ve signed up there’s no getting out. we also don’t offer very many AP classes. </p>
<p>I love my school, but the academics are seriously lacking!</p>
<p>Yeah, that stinks! The state canceled the writing test, algebra 2 test and the civics and economics test. So I was left only having to take the Biology exam.</p>
<p>My school is kinda the same way. Its a fight to drop out of a class, there is this whole appeal process you have to go through… not fun at all. I have even had to go to local school board to get the classes I wanted. My school only offers 5, face-to-face AP’s so if you want more you have to take them online through NCVPS. Which is what I will be doing next year. :)</p>
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<p>YESSS!!! I was so glad the state cancelled the writing test. Since we didn’t have it we didn’t have to write as many papers in english and could focus on other things. </p>
<p>we have teacher made exams and then EOC’s (End of Course). We only have three EOC classes. Algebra 1, English 9, & Biology. I’m in Biology so we’ve been having EOC review from 6:45-7:45 & 3:15-4:15. Each time you go you get one point added to you six week grade. There are 16 opporutnites to go. You have all of this week, then Tues. Wed. Thurs. of next week. I have been morning and afternoon all week so that’s 6 points for now. exams start next fri. and i have my bio exam 1st. & we take exams by period. so we have our 2nd period exam first, then 3rd, 4th, 1st. </p>
<p>my friend took pre-calc through our community college online. he couldn’t get it on his schedule and he wanted to double up. he said it was easy, but he’s busy during the week so he had to cram it all in the weekend. i’m thinking about taking one AP class through the community college but i’m going to talk to my guidance counselor. it would be second semester though, marching band keeps me occupied after school first semester. </p>
<p>good luck with it though & tell me how it goes</p>
<p>Me too! It was really nice in English this year. The class was really laid back and we read some really good books. </p>
<p>That’s exactly how we do it. Only 3 state-mandated exams and teacher made exams for those who want to higher their grade or the people who miss too many days. The Biology EOC is nothing to worry about. It is SOOO easy. I took it last semester and made a 97 on it. I’m guessing your school runs a block schedule as well? How do you like it? I love the block schedule :).</p>
<p>Your friend has guts taking a math class online. I would never do that. Yeah, I would take some AP’s if I was you. It’s not to hard for me to manage my sports and my classwork at all. Except when I get home from a track meeet at 9… that’s when it becomes very interesting. </p>
<p>Thanks! I’m going to need it! These will be my first AP classes. I hope 4 isn’t too much.</p>
<p>Wow I’m out of date on this thread! But I’m DONE! Finished finals today!!!</p>
<p>@atp: Awesome! I finished yesterday! I only took the Chemistry exam. What about you?</p>