Difficulty of AP English at your school?

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<p>This is just out of curiosity, but how difficult would you say the AP English class is at your school.</p>

<p>The reason I ask is that the AP English class I am taking seems absolutely ridiculous where my teacher told me the average grade last year was like a 71% or something (and these were some pretty smart kids taking it).</p>

<p>He said it's a college level course and that he is on par with the CB standards, but as far as I'm concerned, I could just self-study it and get a 5 without having to sacrifice my GPA on this junk.</p>

<p>I'm all for difficult classes, but at least keep it legit enough that it's possible to get an A...</p>

<p>How hard is your AP English class? You think I should I drop this class or what?</p>

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<p>My AP Language class was very easy. The average grade was probably a B+/A-, and about 40% of the people in the class earned a 5 on the exam.</p>

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<p>At my school i’ve heard that it’s very hard. I got into AP english lit but declined due to a very strict teacher. It really depends on the teacher I hear, but overall both AP English classes (lit and writing) are very hard. You’re teacher prob makes it harder tho. </p>

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<p>I got a 93% in our class and a 5 on the exam. Almost everyone in the class got an A or B+. It was easy.</p>

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<p>Well, our class seems hard enough… but not to the point of being absolutely ridiculous.</p>

<p>~40% get As, and ~90% pass the AP exam (Lang).</p>

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<p>2-3 people got As, the rest got B/Cs I’m guessing. 95% got 5s on the AP test (Lang)</p>

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<p>Ours is really hard. Our summer reading project was a 24 page essay. And it’s only a couple weeks in and we already has a research project and we have to have a book read every month with essays every week and he have weekly debates. Our teacher is a *****</p>

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<p>Anyone who puts in the effort gets an A. I have not heard of anyone getting lower than a 4 on the exam.</p>

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<p>I’ve heard our ap lang class is fairly easy. My sister ended with a 97, and she’s really not an english person, so I hope I’ll end up with something like that too. My English teacher is so awesome. I love the class.</p>

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<p>^Wow your sister must have had a really easy teacher if she managed to end with a 97. Even the smartest kids in my class barely scraped by with an A-</p>

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<p>Very rigorous, but English is difficult at my school in general, so underclassman English and Writing Workshop [a required sophomore year class] prepare you for AP English well.</p>

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<p>Ours is extremely hard.
The teacher teaches AP Lang., AP Lit, English II GT, and English I GT.
She is a good teacher but she doesn’t give you any slack. In English I GT, I turned in an essay that would easily be an A in Pre-AP but I received a 64 F. The whole class was ridiculous.</p>

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<p>Mine is very rigorous, demands a lot of work, but is very easy to get an A in. As long as you put in the effort, you’ll get a grade.</p>

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<p>The AP Lang teachers are SUPER difficult from what I’ve heard, but they’re also supposedly some of the best in the school.</p>

<p>The AP Lit teachers are supposedly not as difficult and decent teachers.</p>

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<p>Just smile at the teacher’s jokes and you’ll get an A really. Most kids got 3’s on exam.</p>

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<p>AP Language was a joke. AP Lit however is insane. We just started our third essay, and we have a 17 page (minimum) midterm project.</p>