<p>I am a freshman entering my sophomore year in the 2012-13 school year. I have three AP classes (AP Environmental Science, AP Language and Composition, and AP U.S. History). I know that it varies from teacher-to-teacher and school-to-school, but what was your experience in any, if not all, of these classes? What's the typical workload every night, including studying? What's your prediction of the amount of homework I'll have every night? I have a first hour study hall and my other classes are pretty easy (Drawing and Physics). These are year-long AP classes, by the way.</p>
<p>APUSH is notorious for having a lot of homework. At some schools APUSH and AP L&C are taught in a coordinated way, so that you are, for instance, reading a Civil War era novel while learning about the Civil War, which can be helpful.</p>
<p>Well, AP Language = AP English III in most places I’m aware of, so I don’t know how you’re taking eng III as a sophomore, but thats beside the point because there’s probably something different at your school.</p>
<p>Anyway. I had all 3 of those this year (my junior year) and yes, it really does vary from school to school. Personally, for APUSH, I was able to do most of my homework at school the day it was due, and pretty much not read my book, got a 97 in the class, and feel pretty confident of a 4 on the AP test. It really DOESN’T have to be that difficult, but some teachers just assign busy work because they think that more busywork = harder class. </p>
<p>The same goes for Environmental science, however I was less prepared for that test because I had it first semester, so a lot leaked from my brain since then.</p>
<p>AP English though comes very difficult to many people, since it’s essay-intensive. In my experience, a lot of kids who are strong in math aren’t necessarily the best essay writers, because there is not single way to do something in an essay, and requires much more creativity. We wrote a ton of in class essays, more than 1 a week, in preparation for the AP exam, and we did about 8 take home essays which were graded pretty difficulty. So most of our homework was essays, but at some schools, reading may be more important than essays. It depends.</p>