<p>@tennis A fellow Georgian replying, From my understanding, since I live near Georgia Perimeter, you shouldn’t be taking classes there because it is considered a lousy school. Taking a Dual Enrollment class would be better at Georgia State. I’m planning to do Dual Enrollment at Clayton State full-time. I don’t know about Physics and I have no aspirations in applying to Georgia Tech, would rather apply to Emory, so I have no advice in choosing between the two there.</p>
<p>@SirSamAlot Hiya (: Yeah, the thing is that my school doesn’t offer any Dual Enrollment outside of GA Perimeter/GA Tech (math only). So I guess I will end up taking AP Literature.</p>
<p>So my school’s AP Biology teacher convinced me to take it next year. And she’s a pretty cool teacher so I’m taking AP Bio instead of AP Physics. :)</p>
<p>“my school doesn’t offer any Dual Enrollment”</p>
<p>Isn’t dual enrollment offered by colleges and not high schools? If you go to a public school in a certain state, can’t any college that offers dual enrollment admit you? My school only publicizes information about dual enrollment at two local community colleges, but really we’re allowed to go anywhere in the state that offers it.</p>
<p>In Georgia, high schools can choose which colleges it wants to partner with I believe. My school choose to partner with Clayton State because we are extremely close to the school, less than one mile.</p>
<p>Hey guys, this is my first time posting here (on this thread). I’m a sophomore right now, but I will be graduating end of next year. So, yeah…</p>
<p>Nice, graduating early :)</p>
<p>Hello! This’ll be my first post here, but I’m just popping in to ask a little something something about AP classes since I’m in the process of choosing my classes for my senior year.</p>
<p>My big question is, I’m wondering about how much time/homework per night AP microeconomics, AP macroeconomics, and AP US gov all have.
I know every school and teacher is different, but I’d just like a rough idea.</p>
<p>The general consensus, I’ve heard, is that all three of those classes are relatively easy, and I’m sure I could handle all of them, but here’s the thing: I’m also planning on taking AP calculus AB, AP physics B, and AP chemistry, as my main focus in college will likely be in engineering, or at least some kind of science. So I’m worried that those social studies classes may take up more time than I would like to spend on them since I want to shift most of my time and attention on science/math.</p>
<p>Also, please note that I’m not taking AP just for the sake of taking AP; I actually want to learn and I feel that regular level economics/government would move far too slowly for my liking. But will taking the AP versions be too much work?</p>
<p>Blah, sorry, I’m going off on a tangent now. Any input is appreciated!</p>
<p>The thing with social science APs is that, it usually is never the material that makes it “hard” or “rigorous”, it’s usually the amount of reading/homework it requires. At least for my school that is the case. It you have great time management, then go ahead and take all of those classes, but if you know that you don’t spend your time wisely, it would be better to not take them. Does your school offer an Honors equivalent to those classes? At my school, Honors and AP go at the same pace and go over the same material, the only difference is the amount of homework and the fact that one has an AP exam. </p>
<p>If you still want the college credit for those classes you could do what this one kid at my school did. He wanted to take APUSH, but didn’t want a lot of homework, so he took Honors US History and just signed up for the AP exam. He ended up getting a 5.</p>
<p>For our school, dual enrollment is through the high school. If you go through a college, the credit isn’t “dual” because it doesn’t count as high school credit. Instead of AP credit my school has DC credit. It sucks because the colleges they pair up with don’t transfer ANYWHERE except for a very few in-state schools which I’m definitely not interested in going to… so you kind of have to self-study for the AP test :/</p>
<p>Ah, I’ve been considering self-studying too, but it’s just so tempting to take those classes because the teachers who teach them at my school are such fun people, and I’ve heard from this year’s seniors say even the classes themselves are fun and interesting!</p>
<p>So I suppose it’s just a time management issue then? We have a 90-minute study hall period every other day so I’m sure I can knock out a lot of homework during that time, as I’ve been doing all this year with my current classes. But besides that, I’m willing to put in a lot of time. I’m not doing any sports/extracurriculars either (besides volunteer work, but I’m taking care of most of that this summer) so that’s not a concern.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input! :D</p>
<p>I made it to the BPA state tournament, yay. Very happy. I thought I wouldn’t qualify. :)</p>
<p>I am soooo new to this app so what exactly is this chat about ? Besides us all being juniors in high school right now .</p>
<p>My hw assignment write a rough draft of your college essay using the new common app prompts, thank god I just came up with an idea. I hope it’s okay.</p>
<p>forgive me for being an idiot, but what’s BPA? Just wondering…</p>
<p>BPA = Business Professionals of America</p>
<p>JDance I have that assignment coming up too! How many AP exams are you guys signing up for?</p>
<p>ah, i see…
@ArtsyGirl, I am signed up for 5 AP tests</p>
<p>Two AP tests: AP Lang. & Comp, and APUSH.
@quidditchcat 5 AP’s :o
I suppose I have bad time management skills. I would never be able to take time to study for all of that.</p>
<p>2 AP Tests: Microeconomics and AP Chem</p>