Should I take APUSH? (HS Junior)

annawegs
Sat, 06 Aug 2016 16:04:40 +0000

Hello! This year I am going to be a junior in class of 2018. As of right now my schedule looks like
1st: APUSH
2nd: Psych 2 (2nd semester will be psych 1)
3rd: Algebra 2
4th: Econ Honors (2nd semester will be AP Microeconomics)
5th: Chamber orchestra
6th: Physics Honors
7th: AP Language and Composition

Sophomore year I took AP World and had an amazing, but a very difficult teacher. His pass rate is above average and somewhere around 75% of his students pass the exam. I got a 3 on the exam.
Recently, I decided that I don’t feel the need to go straight to a 4-year university after graduation and would rather just go to CC for 2 years and then transfer to somewhere like University of Florida or Florida State. I’m not much of a history lover but I did enjoy AP World sometimes because it was so diverse and thought the cultures were interesting. I did struggle in the class though because his tests were hard and two days long (First day was 70 multiple choice and the second day would be either compare and contrast or continuities and changes). Tons of students would get scores around the 50s and 60s.

I’m not sure if I want to do APUSH anymore because I feel like US history can be a bit boring and redundant compared to last years world class. Considering my other two AP classes, what do you guys think about me taking APUSH? Is it really necessary if I’m not striving for a 4 year uni anymore? If I drop APUSH, I would probably do Pre-AP US History (with a bunch of sophomores). Thanks!!

*ALSO, the previous APUSH teacher quit teaching the class this year because of the redesigned course and it will be the new teacher’s first year teaching apush (he does have some experience teaching AP Government though)