<p>I have to pick out my senior year schedule soon and I honestly don't know what to do. At my school, senior year is when most people take APs. I'm definitely taking AP classes next year but I just don't know which ones. I've haven't taken an AP yet as I spent ninth and tenth grade outside of the U.S. and I spending this year completing the basic graduating requirements. Out of the list of potential APs I'm planning to take next year, could you guys rank them in difficulty because I'm sure most of you have taken a billion each haha. How many do you recommend taking? </p>
<p>AP Physics C
AP Calc BC
AP US History
AP Lit
AP Stats
AP World History</p>
<p>English/history from hardest to easiest:
APUSH
APWH
AP Lit</p>
<p>Math/science from hardest to easiest:
AP BC
AP Phy C
AP Stats</p>
<p>Hard to compare across categories. The humanities definitely have more work involved, but the concepts in math/science can be tough, especially if you're not a math/sci person.</p>
<p>Take them all? I'm taking 6 APs next year. But in your case, I would take only one history class, and it would definitely be World History over US. There's a lot of work involved in US and I presume if you are like most people, it would be very repetitive, stuff that you've been learning since elementary school (Boston Tea Party, American Revolution, WWI, WWII, etc). I think World History would be more interesting.</p>
<p>AP Physics C
AP US History
AP World History
AP Lit
AP Calc BC
AP Stats</p>
<p>Yeah you really do need to decide if you're a math/sci person or humanities. I'd do 2 AP's in your strong area and 2 in your weaker area. Overall, I think Physics C, USH, Lit, and Calc BC would be best.</p>
<p>Of these i've taken the BC and USH tests (taking Physics C this year). I found both very straight forward and got 5s on both of them. The BC test is not very time-pressure based so if you know the material you should have little problem on it. APUSH is a bit more time-crunch based, but they aren't expecting you to produce Anatomy of Revolution on each essay. I am not sure how your school does USH, but ours divided it into two years with USI being 1600s-1900 and then USII around 1880s-1990. If thats the case a lot depends on what your DBQ is on. Ours was on Vietnam which was a godsend as it was all in our recent memory. If you get a DBQ from early 1700s though, that can be annoying!</p>
<p>i think difficulty of each course is relative to your teachers and your strengths and weaknesses. at my school AP USH is easy, AB is hard, BC is easy, and AP eng is easy. </p>
<p>i wouldn't take that many AP classes either. enjoy senior year.</p>
<p>Easiest to hardest imo (keep in mind I'm a math person):</p>
<ol>
<li><p>AP Stats - this class is so easy. I think everyone should take it. It's AP, it's easy, looks good to colleges especially if you get a 5, and if you have decent math/analytical skills you should have no problem getting a 5 on the AP test.</p></li>
<li><p>AP Calc BC - this class is extremely easy to me, but some people think it's hard. Depends on your teacher and whether or not you are a math person.</p></li>
<li><p>AP Physics C</p></li>
<li><p>AP World History</p></li>
<li><p>AP English Lit - this class is easy to some people, especially those who are great readers/writers. English is by far my weakest class though.</p></li>
<li><p>AP US History</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I would not recommend taking two AP Histories in one year. There's no need to do that.</p>
<p>I would take the following courses:</p>
<ol>
<li>AP Calc BC</li>
<li>AP Stats</li>
<li>AP Physics C</li>
<li>AP English Lit</li>
<li>AP US History</li>
</ol>
<p>That will give you a rigorous, well-rounded courseload. You will have all 4 major subject areas covered in math, english, science, and history. It will be a lot of work, but if you want to get into top schools that is the curriculum I would recommend.</p>
<p>Of course if you don't want to take that many you certainly don't have to. I would take 3-4 though, and if I had to, I would eliminate AP US History from the list I provided.</p>