Interesting thoughts about AP courses

HopeNorthwestern
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:29:38 +0000

We all know of them, and most of you have/are taking them. I’m taking them myself. They are very beneficial in the fact that they prepare students for college-level material and can possibly even give some students credit; however, I believe it is important to structure them in a way that actually helps you. For example, a student who wants to pursue a career in chemistry should not take AP Chemistry their sophomore or junior year of high school and then a gap year until organic chemistry in college. Organic chemistry is already tough. I have witnessed a lot of kids doing this to themselves. Some courses are best taken senior year. Some courses, such as AP Calculus AB are fine to be taken junior year in order to take AP Calculus BC their senior year. In this case, I believe it is fine and actually a better idea to do this. Furthermore, leave your thoughts below about this and tell me what you think?