<p>I'm a home schooled student preparing for a few APs this year. Already planning on Chem, Gov, probably Psych. I figured hey, why not do an English one as well?</p>
<p>But then I didn't know which I should do, Lang or Lit. Which will more likely get me college credit? Or, is there any point to taking both?</p>
<p>Furthermore, would I really need to put any effort into actually studying for these exams or do they just test standard skills? For a little background, although I haven't taken AP english classes, I got 800 SAT CR and 800 SAT Literature. My essays were not quite as good (SAT = 8/12).</p>
<p>If you’re confident about your skill in the English Language (and by this I do not mean simply being fluent in English, ofc), take Lit. Lit requires more preparation and more reading in my experience. It’s also more difficult to score a 5. And yes, these are incentives because while it probably won’t give you more credit (AP courses are not for graduation credits, they just let you skip the 101 course), it’s generally considered to be of a higher level.</p>
<p>I took both because I took it to be a step-by-step process. Some people regard it to be somewhat of a Math IC-IIC relationship, though.</p>
<p>And yes, you do need to study for them. Especially the essays.</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure about the AP Lit test since I haven’t taken it yet, but I took the Language test last year and didn’t study. The AP class that I took that year was more than enough practice. If you’re starting to study now for it you’re going to have a difficult time because it’s not memorization, it’s skill acquisition. Also, depending on what college you’re looking at you can get credit for both tests if you score a 4 or 5, but usually you only get one credit, plus advanced standing for the second one.</p>
<p>IMHO i think if you’re a formulaic type of person lit is the way to go. because as long as you throw out proper eng. terms CORRECTLY, it’s an automatic 5. Lang, is very dependent upon your writing style…</p>
<p>you can try to study for these tests but seriously, i do not know how you would besides reviewing terms and books of literary merit that you’ve read in the past. other than that, you can’t really study b/c everything else is dependent on your natural ability to convey your message.</p>
<p>note: only take one of the tests. most colleges only accept one english credit so why waste your time and 90 something dollars?</p>
<p>Both English exams are dependent on writing and analytical reading skills. Literature is harder than language because it has poetry, whereas language is easier since passages are usually essays, so they can be straightforward at times. Moreover, in the FR section, for Language, two argumentative essays and a rhetorical analysis essay, and for Literature, three analysis essays.</p>