AP vs. Honors

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a high school freshman and have to decide by Monday whether to take AP U.S. History 1 next year of Honors U.S. History 1. If I choose one, I can't switch into the other in my junior year when I would take U.S. History 2.</p>

<p>Anyway, I'm looking at Ivy League schools and I've had my eyes set on MIT for awhile. I'm more of a math and science person, and not all that interested in the history classes, so in terms of my personal interests and what I would like to learn, I think I would rather choose Honors instead of AP so that I can focus my attention of other classes.</p>

<p>My question, however, is how Ivy League schools would judge a student who has taken Honors U.S. History versus AP U.S. History. Would I need to take the AP class in order to be competitive with other applicants? What if I choose the honors class but take the AP exam and do well on it?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>why do you take two u.s. histories? that's strange.</p>

<p>it would be better to take the ap class btw.</p>

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<p>I don't really know why. My school has a bunch of weird things that they do, and it all seems pretty hokey. In the social studies department, students are expected to take World Civ II freshman year (we would have had World Civ I in 8th grade at the middle school), then U.S. History I as a sophomore, and then U.S. History II as a junior. Do most schools cover U.S. History in one year, even for the AP exam?</p>

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<p>ap us history is the better of the two options for a person who is setting for ivy league colleges.</p>

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<p>APUSH is a joke</p>

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<p>^ depends at the school. 2 people out of 60 got As at mine.</p>