Senior Year: AP Lit or AP Lang?

lindayay
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 04:33:34 +0000

I took AP lang as a junior and I’m currently in lit as a senior. If you like writing more, do lang. At my school, lit is notoriously difficult. For the exam, you would have to be familiar with different authors and know at least a couple books of literary merit, although your teacher would expect you to know several, ranging from various genres. Then, you would have to learn how to write the different essays. IMO, lang is much more enjoyable. It’s less stressful in that there isn’t a lot of pressure to study, and I find the coursework to be much more interesting. For example, one of the essays is the argumentative, which practically gives you free reign. Also, lang may also come in handy when you start to write college app essays.

I’m not sure if one is preferred over another by colleges. If I had to guess, I would probably say lit would be seen as the more challenging since you have both read and write. Still, I would go with lit. :)

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