<p>I. Same Value
II. Honors Classes are more valuable
III. AP Classes are more valuable</p>
<p>It would be great if you included an explanation.</p>
<p>You didn’t take all of your available honors classes, did you? ;)</p>
<p>das –</p>
<p>As with all things, it depends. Let me give you a few examples. Honors Chemistry would almost certainly not be as impressive as AP Chemistry. Similarly, between Honors English and AP Literature – the AP course very likely is equal or better than the Honors course. On the other hand, let’s say you have Honors Chaucer vs AP Literature – if you have specific interest in Chaucer the Honors course may be equal to or better than the AP course.</p>
<p>Or … Let’s say you take AP Calc BC as a Junior, and your choice is between AP Statistics or Honors Multi-variable Calculus (which would be a course beyond the AP course), here the Honors course is clearly better than the AP alternative.</p>
<p>The rule of thumb is probably AP > Honors. BUT, if you have a specific educational reason for taking an honors course instead of an AP course, you should do so.</p>
<p>I’m taking Honors english II Honors Algebra II and Honors Chemistry as a sophomore. The two AP classes that were offered were AP U.S. History and AP Computer Science. Did I make the right decision?</p>
<p>Sophomore level English and math below calculus do not come in AP versions anyway. So don’t worry about not having AP courses in those subjects until you reach senior (or maybe junior) level for English, and calculus for math (which you should reach as a senior if you took algebra 2 as a sophomore).</p>
<p>If only two AP courses are available to you and you took both, generally that is not a problem, unless they are less useful ones (e.g. Statistics, Environmental Science, Human Geography) that are taken in place of more important courses (like English, math, history, biology, chemistry, physics).</p>
<p>Regular < Honors = Advanced < AP = IB < College </p>
<p>In terms of value, that should be correct.
In terms of value to colleges, that can vary.</p>
<p>Honors Physics in Sophomore Year and AP Psychology in Senior Year show different strengths. </p>
<p>Think of it this way also:
Regular = kids who make little attempt to put forth more, would end up in Comm College
Honors = Kids who are eyeing colleges, want to learn
AP = Kids who eye East Coast and California, do every scholarship, and write 10 page essays (lots of kids on here).</p>
<p>The change in difficulty from Honors to AP is there, also because the students in your class work harder and make it more competitive. You do learn more (especially in a history course), and you of course, have a chance at college credit.</p>
<p>If you’ve never had Honors before, then I’d recommend not making that jump to AP immediately. If you have a strength in a single class, then you might consider going AP. If you don’t get a passing grade by semester’s end, though, you get dropped from the AP class (at my school at least).</p>
<p>^honors doesn’t always equal advanced. at my school, accelerated below honors but above regular</p>
<p>^sorry, knew I forgot something.</p>
<p>Regular < Accelerated </= Advanced </= Honors < AP = IB < College Credit < IB Diploma < AA Degree</p>
<p>Now that looks more like it. Complicated.</p>
<p>My school offered AP Computer Science and AP U.S. History. Should I have taken those with an honors class instead of my three honors classes of English II, Algebra II, and Chemistry I?</p>
<p>My school has no honor classes. You go straight from accelerated courses to AP.
We do it this way:
Regular<Accelerated<AP.
And after sophomore year, there’s no accelerated classes. Junior year on, it’s AP or nothin’.</p>
<p>yes…my “honors” classes are actually accelerated</p>
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<p>You’ll need the English and math anyway, so don’t drop those (and the honors versions are typically recommended as preparation for the AP courses in those subjects that you will reach senior or maybe junior year). And it is generally recommended to take all of biology, chemistry, and physics in high school.</p>
<p>Generally, AP courses should be considered only in substitution in the same subject, or as electives. I.e. don’t drop an English or math course to take an AP non-English non-math course. But consider taking AP chemistry instead of regular or honors chemistry, and AP US history instead of regular or honors US history.</p>
<p>Note that if you are in California and are applying to UC and/or CSU, they consider up to 8 semesters of honors, AP, and college courses with C or higher grades to be worth +1 in their GPA calculation (which includes grades from 10th and 11th grade).</p>
<p>[University</a> of California Doorways Home](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/]University”>http://www.ucop.edu/doorways/) has lists of which courses at each California high school (including some private ones as well as public ones) count as “honors” for UC and CSU admission.</p>
<p>My junior daughter could not get into honors chem because of French IV and art which she insists on taking. She is taking level I chem. Will this hurt her? She is not going to go into science. Her other classes are AP English, AP History, French IV and honors calculus.</p>
<p>I understand. My school only permits sophomores to take 3 challenging courses, and Juniors and Seniors can take 4 at a time. I intend to take and excel in all my classes, by working hard. Am I on par?</p>