<p>If any of you guys has any knowledge of these classes, or have taken them yourself, any advice you could give? Thanks!</p>
<p>AP Environmental Science
AP US Government and Politics
Algebra II
AP English : Lang. And Comp.
Ancient Greek I
AP US History
Honors French V (the level before AP)</p>
<p>And AP Comp. Government and Politics (self-study)</p>
<p>Nah haha some advice though-other than that?</p>
<p>I took APUSH this year, and I can say it really depends on the instructor on whether the course is extremely hard or not. Our book was the 13th edition of The American Pageant, which is the most widely used textbook, an I believe I read somewhere that around 40% of schools teaching the course use that book. I’ve taken Algebra II Honors Freshman year, and if you can, I’d suggest taking it online quickly over the summer, than shooting into Pre-Calculus online if offered, so you can take AP Calc AB next year. </p>
<p>I’ll be taking AP US Govt. this year, and can’t vouch so much for that class, but the instructor who taught APUSH at my school also taught AP US Govt., and I had the pleasure of sitting in on a few of his lectures. Very interesting class.
Also taking AP English Lang. this year, but the instructor above’s wife is teaching Eng., and I hear he’s a teddy bear compared to her. </p>
<p>Advice for APUSH - Do the reading. Many people go into the class with a large amount of background knowledge into the subject, and think they can half it and pass the class/test with a decent grade. Even with large amounts of background knowledge, it goes rather in depth, and so I’d suggest staying on top of things. Study guides will be your best friend around December/January, even though I buy all of mine at the end of June/the start of July. Good way to get a jump start. In our class, we did notecards, that were graded, that had all of the major events/documents/people, and they became a God-send of a study tool at the end. Focus a lot on the social history, and how people dealt with things and responded to them, rather than just going through the motions and learning it.</p>
<p>Advice for Algebra II - None really. Math has always been an easier subject for me, since there’s no gray area about it; you’re either right, or wrong, no defending your argument. I’d say focus a lot on factoring, because even in AP math courses, you have to factor a whole lot. Make sure you can graph like a beast when you come out, and really know the stuff, don’t just memorize it. When you get into higher level math courses, the majority of the mistakes made aren’t with the calculus or with the trig, but with the algebra concepts that someone understood “just a little bit” or were “okay at” beast it up in the class, and make sure you can succeed at the next level.</p>
<p>Not too much else to say, good luck!</p>
<p>I’d also suggest taking a few more of the easier self-studying AP’s. At my school, we took AP Human Geo as Freshmen, and if you could handle more, you took more. I’d suggest that course if you haven’t already taken it, and AP Psych is more of a joke test in my opinion, self-study that if you can too. Although you don’t get the GPA points for these, you do get the credit, and possibly an AP Scholar if your scores are high enough and what not.</p>
<p>Bumppppppppppp</p>
<p>AP Environmental Science–easy test, take it
AP US Government and Politics—easy to double with ap us history
Algebra II-go for it, just math, no two ways about it
AP English : Lang. And Comp.–much less intimidating than it seems. really not a bad class. take the exam even if you dont take the class. the class really isnt necessary for the exam
Ancient Greek I-i wouldnt do that to be honest
AP US History-go for it, just study hard and youll be fine
Honors French V (the level before AP)-sure why not</p>
<p>Why not greek?</p>
<p>I took APUSH last year and since i’m not so hot in history I struggled… or was it because i didn’t really read the book? But what i suggest is to print out course notes on the American Pageant if you guys get that book for your class. It’s an overview of every chapter and helps you in reviewing what the chapter was about… it was my lifesaver on my chapter quizzes since i wouldn’t read the book…heh
here’s the link:
[US</a> History Notes | Course-Notes.Org](<a href=“http://www.course-notes.org/US_History/Notes]US”>Notes | CourseNotes)</p>
<p>and for AP English? really not a bad class… just focus a lot on the literary terms and you’ll do fine…</p>
<p>and alg 2 is a no biggie either…</p>