<p>I'm in AP Human Geography right now, and I don't think I could possibly get an A in it I was wondering if it looks better to get a B in an AP or an A in a honors course?</p>
<p>I'm trying to get my GPA up so I might transfer out of it</p>
<p>Well your GPA wouldn't be affected too much if you were to get a B because it gets weighted. But if you think you might do worse than a B, or even get a low B, tranfer into the honors class.</p>
<p>but do all colleges even see weighted GPA?</p>
<p>I think most colleges look more at weighted but there are a small few that only look at unweighted</p>
<p>ok good haha</p>
<p>If you're concerned about your GPA, tell me how your school weights the different levels. For example, our school scales on a 5.0. Regular courses get a maximum of 5.0, Honors/Pre-AP a 5.5, and AP a 6.0. In other words, all of my classmates engage in AP-loading (crudely known as "GPA-whoring") because a B in AP is a mid-A in Honors. Also, if you get a B in the course but manage to score a 5 on the exam, I think it will show colleges that you understand the course material well.</p>
<p>i've heard the opposite</p>
<p>At my school Honors and APs are of the same caliber and get the same weighted grade. If it's the same at yours, switching into honors won't really help. </p>
<p>But if I were you, I'd take the be in AP over the A in regular. It means you challenged yourself.</p>
<p>The opposite, meaning an A in the course is more impressive than a 5 on the exam?</p>
<p>Well I wouldn't know for sure, since it's probably subjective to each college, but an A in the course could mean anything from a competent student to a blow-off teacher, whereas a 5 by CollegeBoard is very much a national standard.</p>
<p>i heard the opposite too.
from the college admissions people when i would visit they say they look at an unweighted GPA. they recalculate i think and make it out of 4.0.
they say that they look at your GPA and how rigorous your courseload was. it should be hard courses and high GPA for top schools.
i would take the AP class. I said the same thing at the beginning of AP US. but i worked really hard at it and now i not only got the A but have a perfect teacher to write a recommendation for me. he really saw me struggle and work through things. i think it would be a good perspective to get a teacher from one of my not as good subjects to write a recommendation. gives a good perspective.</p>
<p>and now im just rambling like i always do.
but i would take it and work hard at it....hard work will get you a good grade
oh and as people said before. if you think you will get lower than a B...i would transfer out. but if you think you can get a B def take it.</p>
<p>I just talked to some kids from last year, and they said almost everyone gets a B but you have to work really hard to get an A, so I guess I'll try to work it out and get an A!</p>
<p>Good for you! :)</p>
<p>in my opinion, the human geography course curriculum, from what i've heard at my school, anyway, isn't that difficult. So if you're deciding between honors and ap human geo, then just go with the ap.</p>
<p>Definitely getting a B in an AP Course is so much better than getting in an A in an honors course because AP shows that you are capable of handling college level work, whereas honors is just a little bit harder than regular which doesn't really show that you have challenge yourself. My AP English Lang. teacher last year told us that even if you get a B in an AP Class, it is soo much better than getting an A++++ in a regular class. I suggest you to just keep AP Human geography instead of transferring to an honors course. Plus, if you ended up getting a B in the AP Class..that is like getting an A because you get one extra pt in every AP class you took. If you really want that A in AP human geography, just push yourself really hard, study and review all your materials so that you can score high on all your tests. I've learned from experience, I took AP U.S. History last year and I didn't study that much for my tests and ended up failing every test and did horrible on my AP exam. I ended very close of getting a C in that class, which is REALLY Bad!
This is just my advice to you. I've been there and done it.
One AP class is hardly rigorous for you to handle. It's really not that hard. I took two AP classes last year and plus joined a sport. It was extremely hard for me to handle, I get really behind in class because I have to attend games and had to get caught up the next day of class.</p>
<p>That's all. Have a great day and best of luck to you!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I have 2 APs this year including Human and Lacrosse and various other ECs.</p>
<p>Colleges want A's in AP classes.</p>
<p>The fact that it is very difficult to answer that question should indicate that the A in honors is roughly equivalent to the B in AP... or else it wouldn't be difficult to answer.</p>
<p>The question you pose is posed hundreds of times each year on this board. The answer is always "its better to get an A in AP", which is another way of saying that both outcomes are about equivalent. Think about it -- the only questions people refuse to clearly answer are ones in which there is no answer... .that there are two approx. equivalent answers.</p>
<p>The reason the outcomes are about equivalent must be that adcoms are about evenly split in their evaluation critera ... one adcom will prefer to stand behind the high gpa with lower rigor, and another adcom will prefer to stand behind a lower gpa with higher rigor.</p>
<p>If this were not the case, why would the answer to this question be so elusive here, in admissions books, and elsewhere?</p>
<p>Exactly, it's different per case and there's no definitive answer...it's just whatever you want to do, in the end.</p>
<p>If it's overburdening you (honestly I'd think a B in an AP class is fine but...), drop it before it's too late.</p>