<p>I'm trying o decide if I'm going to self-sudy for either of the AP Latin exams. I've been taking Latin at school, bt my teacherisn't qualified to teach it at te AP level. Has anyone on here taken it, and what's the dificulty of either Latin Vergil or Latin Literature?</p>
<p>It depends, and I'll tell you why: AP Latin Literature, along with AP French Literature and AP Italian will NOT be offered after this year. If you a senior, then you can study for either exam. If you are a junior, you must take AP Latin Literature, so that you will have AP Latin Virgil for next (senior) year. </p>
<p>I would say that Latin Literature and Virgil are comparable in difficulty. So from there it is based on preference. I would favor Literature because you don't spend the entire time translating one author.</p>
<p>Oh ok. How did I not hear about that? Hmmm... Thanks for the heads up! </p>
<p>I think I'd enjoy taking Virgil better since it is one author.</p>
<p>But... it's longer. MUCH LONGER. I took AP Latin Literature this year, so here is the deal: Literature is shorter but more analytical, but Vergil is longer. My friends who took the class said it slowly faded into a "you're responsible for 400 lines at every test... which were every 2 weeks." That's 4 times the lines we needed to have for our tests.</p>
<p>Definitely go with language... not only will you be able to say "I took the last LatLit AP in history", you can also rest assured that it will make your English analysis as sharp as can be. I got a 4 on that AP, but a 5 on English Language, and I can honestly say that had I not know analytical terms and processes from Latin, I would have bombed the MC section of the Eng AP.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>