<p>My d is in 10th grade taking AP Euro Hist and hating it! She is struggling and wants to drop to regular 10th grade history.</p>
<p>She is an honor student all around and is doing a mid-high 90 avg in all other classes so far but is border-failing this one. She just says she hates it and is wondering if it will hurt her college app when admissions people see a drop and exchange into regular 10th grade history.</p>
<p>Her goal is to attend a good school(NYU is her first choice at this time anyway) anmd she does'nt know if she should stay w/ the class and get a borderline pass grade hating it all the while, or drop and devote more energy to classes w/ less headache and probally get a high 90 in avg 10 grade history.</p>
<p>I'm currently a Sophomore taking AP Euro. Could the problem be her teacher? As of now, I seem to be doing pretty well. The course is basically straight memorization. If she wants, tell her to IM me, because I have an amazing note-taking strategy that could boost her grades in the class. But if she's really, really struggling, then she should switch out.</p>
<p>I agree with the previous post, what would she take instead as opposed to AP Euro. Also, is this her first AP, I am currently taking APUSH and am struggling because I am not used to the rigiors of an AP course, especially with the standards my school sets. Anyway, the above post is correct, it is straight memorization, like all history is. If I were in her position though I would stick with the class.</p>
<p>Bernie_Gabrielle--I'm interested in yourr note-taking strategy too, I'm having trouble with APUSH and I wonder if it would work for that as well...</p>
<p>I stole this one from my sister. Pretty much, I make a mindmap. My teacher tends to go on tangents, so this is especially useful for a teacher like this. What I do is, I put my main topic in the middle. Then I branch out. If you have time, you can color code, which is even better. It keeps everything a great deal more organized and it just seems to be more efficient for me. I know I've been doing very well with it.</p>
<p>I would stay in there just for the principle. I personally suggest she try harder and work through it. It breeds character and determination. Besides, I found the class easy, even though my teacher was so bad I had more knowledge of history than he did. I struggle too, but I never drop a class after I signed up for it just because it was too hard. If I ever did, I would feel like I wasn't good enough to pass the class. If she can't do it, then think of what it does to her confidence; would she really feel like belonging in a rigorous school?</p>
<p>In regards to chances, it probably won't affect you much. One of my Euro classmates dropped it and got into Princeton (or was it Yale?). Then again, I think she applied ED, so eh.</p>
<p>it probably won't affect her too much since AP Euro isn't MANDATORY in most schools, and it's not required. like at my school, you can't take AP's in 9th grade so it's like:</p>
<p>9th - honors world history
10th - AP euro (optional, some people don't take this year of history since you only need 3 years pretty much. they take it 'cause it looks good as another AP)
11th - AP US</p>
<p>and so on. but yeah, supplements can really help too. is it that the material is hard for her? or that she just can't memorize it all? the AP European History guide from Princeton Review is really helpful too. i used to hate history even though i got A's in it, but it comes all more easily if you just learn to enjoy and find interest in what really happened in the past. maybe that could help? </p>
<p>but yeah, i hope everything works out. i think she should stick with the course & really put in everything she's got, who knows what could happen? :D</p>