<p>My schools only offers a limited amount of APs courses and only lets you take a maximum of three a year: Art History, European History, US History, Government and Politics, Spanish, French, Calculus, Computer Science, Statistics, Enviromental Science, and Psychology. Some of them have prerequisites that prevent me from taking them: Computer Science and French, which I don't want to take anyways. (Well actually I want to take French but I didn't start until sophmore year as an elective, so I won't ever be on that level come senior year.)</p>
<p>I took European History last year as a Sophomore, it was the only AP offered to me and got a 3. Mediocre if eveb, but given that I didn't study, and had a very facinating teacher that talked more about South Africa, soccer, and anything under the sun than Europe, I think I did fairly okay.</p>
<p>This year I am only taking US History, and it is my only AP class as a Junior. Does it look like I'm slacking? Come senior year, I plan to take AP Spanish and Government and Politics, if I make the cut off and if there is room in the class. (Unfortunately even if you make the cut off in my school you don't necessarily get the class because of programing and class size.) I hate how I can't take Spanish as a Junior as people in my other schools are already allowed to, I am an a year accelerated in Spanish, I finished the NYS Regents curriculum last year and am currently taking Spanish Literature. I am in my second year of both French and Latin. (I took the National Latin Exam and Medusa last year, I got a mention for the NLE, but not a perfect score.)</p>
<p>Sorry for inundating you all with this long explanation, but would you guys recommend self studying some APs, or just taking AP English Lit without taking the AP class since it isn't offered? Is taking both the AP and SATII exams for US History a silly thing? I do that that in this particular class I will be prepared for the exam. And do you knwo if I should take the SAT II's for Spanish this year, or the year I take the APs?</p>
<p>Overall...I also would like any feedback on AP Psych and Enviromental Science, which one would be the easier class to take. I'm not very science oriented, but I do very well on the Regents. I do have an extra year of science transfered from middle school, but Regents Bio, Chem, and Physics is a requirement in my school, so I will have extra credits in general.</p>
<p>AP Calculus vs. Statistics? Statistics is generally offered to the people that don't do as well in math at my school, but want to take a math AP. After Regents math is completed (I am accelerated a year) they split you up into advanced algebra and precalculus. Theoretically I should be taking Calculus senior year, but I may be one of those individuals they talked about the first day that just happened to do well in math through mememorization which may pose a problem in Calculus?</p>