<p>okey-dokey, today in english my guidance counselor came in and talked to us (read: scared us) about college apps. he said that colleges loved, loved, LOVED, AP classes, especially when taken by by sophomores.
just curious, but is it common for a sophomore to take 2 or more APs?
it isnt where i live, but i need some perspective. they offer 2 APs for sophs, human geography and chemistry (or bio) which ill be taking next year.</p>
<p>thnx .-_-.</p>
<p>I took Euro and Psych AP's sophmore year, but most kids only had one.</p>
<p>I'm taking World History and Chemistry this year.</p>
<p>Yes, it is common.</p>
<p>I'm only taking Euro... but that is an accomplishment in a school that offers 1 junior year and three senior year.</p>
<p>BTW I am a sophomore.</p>
<p>I'm taking AP U.S. History, and I'm a sophomore.</p>
<p>my school just has honors for sophomores. which are plenty challenging :] lol.</p>
<p>I took AP US History as a sophomore and AP Gov't.</p>
<p>It's common here to take AP Biology since we have 4x4 and can double up: Frosh Science/Biology in 9th grade. Some people (I know one except me) take APUSH/AP Lang sequence. I know one guy who took AP Calc in 9th grade :)</p>
<p>I'm personally taking four APs and will be a sophomore in six days:
AP English Language
AP US History
AP Calculus AB first half, they had schedule problems with second part, I hope I'll get in though
AP Chemistry</p>
<p>PS. Thank God, first time in my life I have a schedule I like :)</p>
<p>I took 4 tests last year, but only 3 classes.</p>
<p>At my school, APs aren't common for any grade (only 40% of each class goes on to a four-year university), but I took AP Spanish Language as a sophomore. (My mom's a Spanish teacher, so I had a good head start on the language.) Then a few kids last year took AP US History as sophomores, but I haven't heard yet how they did -- it was the class' first year at my school, and I don't know if the teacher had any experience teaching AP history before coming here.</p>
<p>i took 3 classes/exams last year
US, Chem, Stats...not a problem at all</p>
<p>Wow, my school doesn't allow us to take AP classes until junior year...</p>
<p>I took two APs sophomore year, and did reasonably well (4 and 5). Spanish Language (4) was quite difficult because I never figured out until it was too late how to study properly. APUSH was easier towards the end as I figured out proper methods earlier in the year.</p>
<p>I have no AP classes, and I'm in my junior year..</p>
<p>My school doesn't even offer AP classes.</p>
<p>The ONLY AP class offered to sophomores at my school is APUSH. But there are plenty of honors courses available too.</p>
<p>i took 4 aps last year as a soph</p>
<p>Most kids don't take AP's at my school sophomore year. If they do, it's Computer Science A, which is the second-year course in our comp sci series. Also, if you skip Honors Chem, you can take AP Bio or AP Chem.</p>
<p>I personally took Comp Sci A the class, and then took that AP exam as well as self-studed two more. But I was the only person to do that in my school.</p>
<p>It may be common on CC, but it's not common for college-bound students, including Ivy-bound students.</p>
<p>My small school offers no sophomore AP courses (no AP Chem annoys me), with one exception. They generally have you take Western Civ 1 and 2 (semester each) at the on-campus state university, but you can take APUSH if you take a California HS requirement-fulfilling world history course over the summer and forgo the college classes. The college classes are too boring and easy--I regret taking them somewhat. I have no idea why my HS doesn't simply offer AP Euro, especially since the APUSH/AP Gov teacher even admits that he's better at and enjoys teaching Euro more than the other courses.</p>