<p>ok, i've made a thread about this before and i think i got mixed advice but i decided to not take AP french- my issue is that i made that decision and got the form to switch out of my AP french placement, but i've had the form for about a month now and i haven't given it to my teacher to sign, so i think that maybe i'm still having serious doubts, so could you guys maybe give me some advice?</p>
<p>here's my schedule for next year:
*AP English Lit
*AP Euro
*AP Calc BC (i'm going to try this, and if it's too much i'll switch down into AB)
*Honors International Relations
*Bioethics
*Peer Mentoring for ESL students
*Chorus (which i may drop, but it's a long story and irrelevant)
*AE French OR AP French</p>
<p>-i know that 3 APs is a little low by CC standards, but at my HS it's still very rigorous, and it keeps up with my pattern of 4 honors (or AP)/1 AE (accelerated) classes every year, so do you think not taking AP french will be ok, admissions-wise?
-basically, is it worth the extra work? i feel like if i don't have one blowoff class my gpa will suffer and i won't have time to commit to the APs that i actually care about
-i haven't heard that much about AP french at my school; in your opinion, is french a hard AP? is it a lot of reading?</p>
<p>thanks for your feedback! i'm still leaning against AP, but i don't really know what to do, so any advice would be greatly appreciated :)</p>
<p>if next year is your junior year i say take it… you want to take the hardest classes possible while keeping your gpa as high as possible, best case scenario. however if you really really feel you wont be able to keep your gpa up then dont take the class. maybe enroll and then drop the class early next year in case you find it to be too difficult.</p>
<p>^it’s for my senior year, does that change anything?
and yeah good idea about enrolling then dropping; i’m considering that option but there’s only 1 of each class so it could seriously mess up my schedule…do you think it’s worth it?</p>
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<p>It’s hard to say… but i feel like the senior year schedule is less important than junior. i would go with he enroll and drop option; even if it “messes up your schedule” if you are still able to get into all of the classes you need then you can sacrifice the order of your classes; besides what if the schedule you end up getting sucks? then dropping will be a gift.</p>
<p>^haha yeah good point, the only issue is (and i guess this could happen either way) the peer mentoring thing doesn’t have a lot of flexibility, so i can’t really rely on being able to switch without giving up the opportunity to work with the ESL kids :'(</p>
<p>You’ve got a pretty tought situation 
Maybe see if your counseler has access to the schedule for next year’s courses too see if it would be possible to switch out of the class and still be able to take the class with ESL. Or sign up for classes now, and then check again during the summer when the course availability is known (if it isn’t already). You can then adjust your schedule accordingly.</p>
<p>That’s a great idea!! I’ll make another appointment with my counselor to see if that’s an option. Thanks for your help! :)</p>
<p>I’m hopefully talking to my counselor about this tomorrow, but does anyone else have thoughts on whether having a 4th AP is that important?</p>
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<p>Taking and succeeding in AP French can be a major plus in your college application. Many very selective colleges recommend 4 years of one foreign language. Taking french through the AP level is one of the better ways to meet this recommendation. If you have good foreign language learning skills I doubt that it will take more of your time then a lesser french course, and I would expect that your AP French classmates will be more committed and engaged. This will make for a more interesting and productive environment for language learning. I would encourage you to take it.</p>
<p>ok, thanks for your opinion! i’m honestly not sure if it would be better since i’ve heard that AP french is more structured to the test while AE focuses on making you fluent, but maybe i’ll look into sitting in on a class for each level to see how difficult they are…</p>