<p>The title is self explanatory. </p>
<p>I’d say Lit, but that may just be me personally. For lang, all you need is to be able to use sophisticated language and sound intelligent when you write. For lit, you have to be able to do in depth analysis of book of a “high literary quality” which for me at least is much more difficult. </p>
<p>At my school, Lang is the harder course because all of the things we read were old, challenging non-fiction pieces and the teacher was really demanding when it came to the workload and tests/essays. However, I think Lit is the harder exam because it has a lower percentage of 4’s and 5’s and a higher percentage of 1’s and 2’s. (I found that here: <a href=“2014 AP Exam Score Distributions”>2014 AP Exam Score Distributions)</p>
<p>I would think it depends on the student and what their strengths are when it comes to English. If you’re not good at analyzing fiction in depth, Lit will be harder. If you’re not good at writing essays and reading non-fiction, Lang will be harder. I personally didn’t find the Lang exam to be very difficult, but I can’t say for Lit because I’m in it right now and it’s only been a week. I think the hardest part of Lit for me will be all the poetry.</p>
<p>In my school, they were pretty much the same class. At least for the colleges I applied to, it seemed that more of them accepted Language AP credit than Lit AP credit. YMMV.</p>
<p>AP Lit is <em>usually</em> taken after AP Language, and the readers will expect a somewhat higher level of writing in Lit; the AP Literature rubric includes an evaluation of the style and ability (“flair”) of the student’s own writing, while AP Language merely looks for a well-supported and organized argument. </p>
<p>For me it was Eng Lang. It just depends on the person; some people prefer the structure and the “logical” side of an essay in Lang and others prefer the interpretation of a novel in Lit. </p>