AP Capstone vs English 10H

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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I am deciding whether to take AP Capstone Seminar or English 10H next year… which one is more beneficial to me? I want to pursue the medical field (taking Bio…) and I wanted to know which one is more important to colleges… Also can someone who has taken AP Capstone Seminar please give a brief course description? Thanks

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I haven’t taken it, but I will be taking it next year. From what I’ve been told, AP Capstone Seminar is a research class in which during the first half of the year you work on a group project, and the second half of the year you’re practically on your own with some teacher assistant. It all depends on the teacher. I think that some of it is purely luck. The reason I think that is because you’re basically betting on whether or not you get a productive group, or if you’re stuck doing the entire thing yourself. All that set aside, I think overall it will help me with my writing abilities, unlike English (which at my school is completely awful, it isn’t even English), as well as with my research and presenting skills.

If English at your school is a joke like it is at mine, take Capstone, for sure. Neither one will truly benefit you in the medical field besides Seminar (I guess?), mainly because of the research skills taught during the course.

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Does AP Capstone count as an English class at your school? At mine it counts as a social studies class and colleges might not accept it as one of the four English credits you need for pretty much every college in the country

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In my school, Capstone Seminar counts as an English credit, while its successor Capstone Research counts as a Social Studies credit.

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Well make sure colleges will agree.

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Does 10H mean you are a sophomore? If so, I would take English 10H…you need to continue working on writing/reading skills.

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Yes, I will be a Sophmore next school year

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@snowfairy137 the high school assigns English or History credit to capstone, not colleges. The student does not need to double check with colleges about departmental credit assignments. Capstone is integrated into HS curriculums in a variety of ways.