<p>I'm taking AP Art this year, and I'm fairly proficient at art- my mother is an art teacher, so I've always drawn ever since I was a child. I'm hoping to score at least a 3, hopefully a 4 or a 5. Do colleges see AP Art as a "not as serious" AP class, like Stats or Environmental Science, or do they consider it as tough of a class as subjects like calculus?</p>
<p>i think they consider it as a tough subject.. at least with IB art kids, I've seen the huge amount of work they have to do. that class is no joke.</p>
<p>art history? Art history is actually one of the harder classes...but it's kind of like AP music theory. It's hard, but it's not a core AP.</p>
<p>i thought the OP meant studio art, not art history.</p>
<p>Studio Art is a serious class. People take it because they don't think it's serious and need their fine arts credit. They get a huge wake up call. =P It's pretty tough and you have a heavy workload. I guess it depends on your teacher but mine was pretty intense the first semester. </p>
<p>Art history would be hard as well. A lot of reading, a lot of visual memorization, etc etc. But studio would prob involve more time.</p>
<p>If you are applying to an art program, colleges be impressed if you got a good score. If not then I guess that they would consider you to be a well rounded student.</p>
<p>Currently, I'm taking 6 AP classes: Microeconomics, Biology, Literature, Calculus AB, Computer Science A, and Studio Art: 2D Design.</p>
<p>Out of all of them, the heaviest workload, most harshly graded, and most effort-consuming course is Art. I swear, if anything kills me this year, it will be that course. And even if it doesn't kill me this year, I will probably still be suffering repercussions well after the completion of college.</p>
<p>Seriously, in order to have AP Art be a non-life threatening course, you should be preparing for it for two or three or even four semesters. I'm sure colleges realize this.</p>
<p>Unless you're totally cheap, and submit entirely photographic portfolios, in which case it should be a breeze. (I really wish the breadth judges would tighten up on that "using a variety of media" part of the syllabus.)</p>
<p>EDIT: @nerd855: I thought the general consensus was that colleges don't particularly care for your AP score; it's just the class credit that they care about...</p>
<p>@trjohnson:</p>
<p>That's freaky. You have a bunch of the same classes I took senior year. </p>
<p>Scores? Oh. Ack. I mean good grade. Same thing. Sorry, I was going to say something about art schools and whatnot but decided against it. Should have deleted that part. Could not figure out how to edit. Haha. Im through with the whole admissions thing so I don't remember a lot of details anymore. </p>
<p>Actually, I don't think you have to prepare so early for it. If by prepare you mean, start projects. </p>
<p>I did nothing before the class except look at examples of past years and it didn't kill me. Still here. And I did no photography. =) </p>
<p>It is ALOT of work though, I found myself putting off my other homework or doing it in the morning right before class because I didn't have time (and I didn't really care about anything except art, but that's besides the point. =P). You can always do vocab or whatever anywhere, you cant work on some huge painting outside on the bus stop. I guess it depends on how fast you can work while still having good quality.</p>
<p>AP Art exists?!?</p>
<p>Wow, i learned something new today. :D</p>
<p>@nerd855: Bizarre. Down with photography breadth portfolios!</p>
<p>@somekidinnyc: Yeah, you have Drawing, 2D Design, and 3D Design.</p>
<p>One thing to note about the difference between the Design courses and Drawing: whereas the Design courses are less focused on the actual craftsmanship of the work and especially the subject matter (they don't particularly care about the symbolism or social commentary or even just the originality of your work - that's not what design is about) and more focused on being adept at using the principles of design: balance, emphasis, rhythm, etc., the Drawing course is largely focused on craftsmanship and judicious use of media and far less on the principles of design, if I am not mistaken.</p>