<p>I'm planning on studying two AP subjects over the summer and into the year (Art History and Music Theory). </p>
<p>Is it doable? Next year (Junior) my courses look kinda crazy.
Honors Physics
Ap Euro
Ap Psych
Ap Lang
Ap Calc AB
Honors Latin 4 (learning a year over the summer)
Honors Chamber Orchestra. </p>
<p>I also will be captain of science olympiad, Latin club officer, do a season of volleyball, forensics (basically two seasons of speech), do a production in theater, and a bunch of other clubs. So I will have very little free time during the year. Would it be possible to spend about 4 hours total on both subject everyday of the summer and a little during the year be ready by May?</p>
<p>For Art History, I have Gardner's, am planning on buying a review book or two, and have a teacher (that's certified) willing to help. </p>
<p>For Music Theory, I have a teacher (not certified, never taught it, but completely set on helping me) and her resources. I'm planning on buying a review book. </p>
<p>I know very little of both subjects, (I know a little of theory due to playing), but I really want to learn these subjects. I want to be a Humanities Major, or an offshoot, and I want to learn and take the test for these two. I'm not just taking the test to get credit and college app material you know? </p>
<p>So my question is, is it doable? To basically learn maybe half of both of these test over the summer with little background, and do a significantly less amount of work during the year?</p>
<p>Also if anyone has and comments about these two subjects I would really appreciate it!</p>
<p>For AP Music Theory, don’t use a review book. Study using Spencer’s The Practice of Harmony and online ear trainers. The AP Music Theory teacher at my school uses these two and has never had a kid fail. Of course, it is worth mentioning that I attend a performing arts school, but that just ensures that kids can play music; everybody has to learn how to write it and transcribe it from scratch.</p>
<p>Do have access to an online class such as Virtual High School? My school offers this option so students may take classes not offered at the school and I know VHS offers AP Art History. This year I took AP US History online.</p>
<p>Wow, all i can say is nothing is impossible, but this is HELL. Even if you do learn half the material, you’re probably still going to get hw. Art history, Euro, and your clubs are what’s going to give you hell. I hope you’re not creating a grocery list of clubs. To be honest, I would suggest dropping some of your clubs (maybe ones that you don’t have a leadership position?). With 3 positions already, you’ll be super busy–I talk from experience. Oh and don’t forget about SATs. </p>
<p>I would drop either Euro or Art. It’ll create a balanced schedule of heavy and light APs. You don’t want to kill yourself 
Also, remember, quality>quantity. Junior year is your prime year, so if you don’t do well in all your AP classes and exams, it’s not going to look good on your transcript.</p>
<p>No, Virtual High School is not an option. My school is not a member and it’s expensive. Yeah, this IS to much. I think what I’ll do is start the first mouth of school and see how things go. Then when clubs start up (late October) I’ll decide if I need to drop one of the self study classes or a few clubs.</p>
<p>Art History is not difficult, but it is incredibly broad. If you can motivate yourself to get a good portion of it completed during the Summer (Egypt/Near-East - Humanism would be good) you’ll be fine. That gives you a good section of time to cover Baroque-Postmodernism, as well as any Indigenous art you feel might be necessary. </p>
<p>[aparthistory</a> (msmegg1)](<a href=“http://sites.google.com/site/msmegg1/aparthistory]aparthistory”>http://sites.google.com/site/msmegg1/aparthistory) has a list of the top 200 works for the AP exam (bottom left corner), and I felt it was pretty helpful for last minute cramming. </p>
<p>Once you’ve managed to cover a decent survey of Western art it pretty much comes down to memorizing works you can use for the open essays. I’d recommend 20 Western and 20 non-Western; better more than not enough. REA is a good review book, but it is missing a fair amount. Make sure you study the early architectural terms carefully, as they will come up throughout history and the structures do become more complex. </p>
<p>Another thing that is helpful is picking up a survey book that isn’t a text like Gardner’s. Most people here recommend The Annotated Mona Lisa, but I found that E.H. Gombrich’s The Story of Art is far more interesting, in-depth and scholarly, all while being easy to read. It’s excellent to read before you begin the course; I feel it helped me gain perspective and knowledge on the evolution of art. </p>
<p>I hope this was helpful / not too scrambled. Good luck!</p>