<p>Trying to decide... Should I waste my time in bs AP classes my senior year, wasting a lot of time, or should I take many college classes, getting more credits and making better use of my time?</p>
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<p>depends who’s paying for the college classes :D</p>
<p>100% free, I have free instate tuition.</p>
<p>Take college classes. They are really beneficial once you hit college, and you know if you pass you are getting the credit, not risking it on a final test. Plus I am taking them because it will be nice to have a change of scenery from my high school everyday.</p>
<p>Take the college classes.</p>
<p>You can self-study for the AP exams. (Certainly do not do it for Chem and certain hardcore subjects, but many of the humanities subjects are self-studyable.)</p>
<p>Anyway, unless they conflict – why not take them all?</p>
<p>I had 10 classes per semester this year. Man, was stressed the most I had ever been, but it paid off in my applications.</p>
<p>Haha, wow. That must have been intense. So colleges don’t care that much whether you take an AP or 2 college classes?</p>
<p>It really depends on what the classes are.</p>
<p>If you’re replacing an AP subject with a college class, go for it.
If you’ve reached the end of a course series (e.g. you’ve finished fifth year German and your school doesn’t offer any more) and the only way to continue is to take a college class, go for it.</p>
<p>Do not substitute AP sciences unless the college course replaces that science itself (which is unlikely IIRC, since most science courses at college require morning lab components).</p>
<p>I’d advise you to fill up your school schedule first until the only courses available for a slot will bore you / are very much inferior to the college course you plan to take. [Then again, is just my perspective, since I don’t have a car and I had to be shuttled everywhere – if you own your own transport this might be less of an issue for you.] </p>
<p>I think schools will be impressed if you take both options rather than one or the other. I’d recommend that you not give up the majority of your AP classes, either, and if you do substitute, start with the “softest” AP courses first.</p>
<p>Many colleges will not accept credits from college courses taken during high school, even if they do grant credit for AP tests. Check with the schools you’re applying to so as to be sure.</p>
<p>There really aren’t that many good APs left for me to take.</p>
<p>List the AP courses you could take, and list the college courses you’d consider taking.</p>
<p>AP Psychology, it used to be a joke but we are getting a new prof. I think
AP Environ, easy joke class, not good prep for AP test
AP Comp Sci, teacher is not the best, people hate the class
AP Euro, I will likely take this
AP English, LOADS of work, people don’t like the teacher</p>
<p>College classes: Calculus 3, Statistics, English 101, English 102, can’t think of anything else right now.</p>
<p>^Why take english 101 w/ ap english?</p>
<p>Not both, those are my options</p>
<p>college classes - if the AP classes are supposed to be similar to the real deal, why settle for the imitation? </p>
<p>I do 10-15 credits of college classes per semester</p>
<p>As far as I know, AP English Literature is superior to community college English classes – IMO it’s not a good exchange. AP English should be a lot of work – and generally AP English credit will be accepted (more or less, though you might need a 5) while English 101/102 won’t.</p>
<p>Calc 3 and Stats are good options, and if you can’t take them simultaneously with your AP classes, then substitute the worst ones.</p>
<p>Im taking college classes my senior year instead of AP’s. Im taking them at a 4 Year University, and the best part is, from what I have heard, they are all as easy as normal high school classes, but they will still look great on my transcript! bahahah!</p>
<p>I really discourage substituting AP courses unless it’s absolutely necessary – I encourage only supplementing them.</p>
<p>why? AP classes are supposed to be like college classes. Therefore the logic follows that it you have the opportunity to take a college class instead of AP you should. </p>
<p>Doing both would be best, however.</p>
<p>Your logic may be correct, but it’s a real-life fallacy. Colleges readily grant credit for AP tests, or allow placement out of intro courses (not all of them, of course, and only upon good scores). They are much less likely to grant the same credits and placements for classes taken at colleges during your high school years, particularly if the classes are used to replace your high school courses and appear on your high school transcript.</p>