I know this depends on your school but I’m a senior taking English 12 and I really regret not taking AP Lit. I have no idea why but its eating me up and I realized I love literature. I want to switch into the class second semester (the problem is I have a second-semester AP, ap gov, also so I’ll be moving from 3 to 5 aps). But I am second semester senior with no college apps anymore (I’m not going to get senioritis, jus knowing myself. I like school).
Do you think it would be crazy if I switch into AP Lit (I took AP Lang last year and did fine)? I have no idea if my school admin will let me but anyway I can convince. To be honest, I’m fine with taking AP Lit and it counting as ‘euro lit’ on my transcript.
@gouf78 they are just reading different books and writing essays. So it’s not like AP Calc BC where everything builds open each other but obviously, the class would have more experience reading/writing. They are starting a new novel second semester I think so I’d just start reading it with them if I did switch. I don’ know if it would be too much work for everyone involved though.
All you can do is ask. Yes, the workload will be higher than your regular English class, and yes, senioritis is real. But only you/your parents/your teachers know if you can handle the switch (assuming the school allows it).
The actual AP credit won’t help with college admission at this point so this is purely your own desire to do some perhaps higher level work. If you’re bored in your own class and want to do it then go for it.
Or just do some extra reading on your own.
FWIW, AP Lit turned out to be an extremely useful class for my kid. By getting a 5 on the AP test, he was able to skip out of both of his mandatory Reading and Composition classes that all students are required to take. (But policies on this do differ from university to university and even from college to college within the university)
Again, it can’t hurt to ask. There may indeed be a cap placed on the class size (and it’s met already) or the teachers’ contract limits the number of students per teacher. But let the school tell you that’s the reason. And if the school comes back with such a valid reason, don’t be that kid that demands an exception be made. It won’t be made and you’d earn no goodwill. After all, they’re doing you the courtesy of even listening to you since course selection for a full year course was probably last Spring. But be prepared to jump in and not second guess if they agree.
You could try asking your current teacher if it would be okay to ask the AP teacher first which may or may not be necessary. I see nothing wrong with asking politely. Are the classes the same period so it wouldn’t alter the rest of your schedule?