<p>How many hours of homework would you expect from 6 APs? 5 APs?</p>
<p>Honestly, it depends on which AP classes you are taking. Those that are heavier in reading seem to have at least an hour of homework per night. Although the subject matter may be more difficult I find that math and physics do not take as long. I have anywhere from 4 to, on rare occasions, 12 hours of homework per night. The fewest AP's I have taken is 4 and the most is 7. It also depends on the teacher and what sort of writing assignments are given.</p>
<p>I'm taking 4 APs this year (Stat, Chem, English Lang, and AHAP). I usually have around anywhere from 2 to 5 hours on a regular basis. Sometimes we get lucky with less than an hour or sometimes we get screwed over with 6 hour + (procrastinationnn). The key is to manage time with your APs, other classes, extracirriculars, and you non-academic life.</p>
<p>I know that our school, we're told that each AP will have the equivalent of one hour of work a night. It's rarely the case, since sometimes it'll just be studying for a test or something, but expect a lot of hours for 6/5 APs.</p>
<p>From the two I'm taking this year....usually 4-5 hours of homework per night just from those two classes. Add that to the other homework I get from precalc, english, and chem........</p>
<p>At my school, 6 AP's would probably equate to about 10 hours of homework per night, as crazy as that sounds. Thank god for weekends.</p>
<p>i have 4: US, chem, calc, and english lang. honestly we dont get that much except review stuff. ive had maybe 2-3 hours</p>
<p>prob @ least six hours... on a good nite</p>
<p>In a normal college class you're supposed to spend two hours on homework for every hour you spend in class. For an AP class this may be different since most are year-long.</p>
<p>I'm taking 4 AP's from my school this year and I get around 0-3 hours a night. For calc and stat the load is optional, and I don't need much practice with those, so I only do them when I feel I need practice.
For spanish and gov, I usually do a bunch of studying at once, and then not do anything on certain nights. Gov is mostly reading.</p>
<p>But I'm self studying chem, so that's kind of a lot of work.</p>
<p>Im only tkaing ap bio and statistics...I have no homework form both.</p>
<p>At least at my school, AP classes really are a lot like college classes in the sense that we don't get a lot of homework but there's a lot of reading and studying involved. For people who hate busywork this system is perfect, but if you don't study a little bit every night you'll feel overwhelmed the night before a big test. So to answer your question: not a ton of homework, but don't procrastinate or you'll be screwed for the tests (and in APs tests are- or at least they should be- 50% of your grade or more)</p>
<p>for 5, probably from 5-10 hours, and for 6, probably from 6-12 hours
with exceptions...
it completely depends on your school though</p>
<p>I think history APs are more time consuming b/c of the amt of reading.</p>
<p>i have: psych, chem, calc, and spanish</p>
<p>i usually get 1 hr from calc, and little from chem/spanish (spanish doesn't doesn't take long and chem is something you work out on your own) and psych is supposed to be reading 45 min/night but i jhust read the chapter the day bhefore the test (makes me a few horus) and i am fine, but psych is easy-peasy</p>
<p>^^^what do you think of an Independent Study in psych?</p>
<p>I took 6 APs last year... and had maybe one hour of homework every night. I also had block scheduling - so that meant 4 AP classes (out of 4 in a day) each semester (I had two "trailer" classes... it does add up, I guarantee it ;)).</p>
<p>The breakdown for me - on a typical day, pick 4 of the below:
AP English Lang - 30 min/day (2-3 hrs/week on papers)
AP Statistics - none* (homework optional)
AP Spanish - 19-20 min/day (worked in homeroom)
AP Comp Sci - 20 min/day (but intense in-class work)
AP Chem - 10 min/day (actually 2 hrs/2 week unit)
AP US History - 40 min/day (reading - when I did it)</p>
<p>*I was able to do this because I'd taken and finished Calc. Stats in junior year = best choice I ever made =)</p>
<p>I took all 6 AP tests in May: five 5's + one 4. I'm the kind of slacker who gets As in my (public high) school's AP classes and studies 6+ hours/day for the month before and during AP tests, haha...</p>
<p>In a nutshell, six APs are doable if you're in my school (and pick your APs carefully) but could also be impossible based on the difficulty of your school, the particular teachers, and your study habits. Best of luck!</p>
<p>"^^^what do you think of an Independent Study in psych?" i honestly could not say. psych's pretty interesting, i guess. i guess it's just not very hard; a lot of it is just common sense and actually reading hte chapter, which most of the kids in our class fail to do... i don't know about independent study/what you would actually do in an independent study.. like research? :/ sorry dunno. can't help you there.</p>
<p>^^yeah, I'm interested in psych. In my school, ind. study in an AP would mean that you basically study a chapter on your own, and take a test, and complete the book that way and take the exam in May. Its just like studying for the exam yourself except that you take tests and get credit for taking the "course" and have the opportunity to ask a supervisor (the psych teacher) questions, etc. The psych teacher would make the tests/midterm. (we have a psych class, just not an AP psych class)</p>
<p>Are you serious? 12 hours a night? That's ridiculous and almost impossible. Damn I'm so glad I'm only taking 3 this year and they're in the math and sciences so that doesn't require a lot of studying and HW.</p>
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<p>It depends on the school and the AP classes taken. History/Social Science AP classes are more work intensive than math/science AP's because there's more reading, analyzation, and writing involved in them.</p>
<p>I have 3. I usually get 2.5 hours a night in ap language, 3 in ap chem, and 2 in apush. My school is pretty tough though. It depends on the teachers and how difficult classes are at your school. For example, my chem teacher gives a lot of homework and rarely gives out A's, but has a 75% passing rate on the AP test. So it all depends.</p>