Too heaby load for Sr. year?

MD_Mom_1
Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:14:11 +0000

AP work load varies a lot from school to school, so you may want to ask the question of current parents of seniors at your daughter’s school–or guidance. My daughter took five APs last year at a prep school that requires special permission to take more than three. It was not pretty. She looked at her English teacher early in the year and told her that she could drive herself crazy trying to earn an A or do very little and get a B and that she was shooting for the B (a first for DD). My daughter also said that if she had to do it over again she would take a fun English elective rather than the AP because she did not get any college credit for it. Her university gives six credits for a five on either AP English but not both. It will not be easy convincing your daughter to take the lower level classes, unless there is an elective that she would really like to take.

I agree with applicannot about the difficulty of the AP classes selected, but I did not want to make that post. Difficulty does vary so much.