<p>I graduated last month and now I can't take any more AP Classes nor AP Exams! It feels really weird now. Can we have a farewell thread to the APs we took in high school? What was your favorite?</p>
<p>I took:
AP US History
AP Environmental Science
AP Japanese
AP English Literature
AP Biology
AP Macroeconomics</p>
<p>And my favorite was AP Environmental Science. It was such an interesting class and I wish I could learn about it more (but I decided on another major). It was a great class for me and I got a 4 on the AP Exam.</p>
<p>My least favorite? AP Biology. I expected it to be like AP Environmental Science, but it was completely different (except for evolution and ecology). I learned that I really didn't like Biology. I still got a 4 though.</p>
<p>Lastly, do you have any recommendations, tips, etc for all the people who will start taking AP classes next year? If I could tell them anything, I think I'd tell them to take classes that interest you rather than what "looks good" for college because you can end up having a lot of fun in a class that you're really interested in.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed chemistry and microeconomics. I also discovered my distaste biology, but I’m glad I took the class so I can get out of it in college!</p>
<p>@grandscheme Only about 2000 students take the AP Japanese exam every year, and half of those are native Japanese speakers. So I’m one of the 1000 non-natives (I’m white) and I passed it</p>
<p>Where do you go to school that you get to study Japanese to such proficiency?</p>
<p>A school in NYC. There are a few schools in the city that teach AP Japanese, we’re one of them. </p>
<p>Thats an awesome opportunity and good for you for taking advantage of it.</p>
<p>In high school, I took AP Chemistry, AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, and AP German.
My favorites were AP Calculus BC and AP German because the teachers were passionate for their subject. My least favorite was AP Chem because it was a very stressful experience for me.</p>
<p>For AP classes, I recommend that you actually do your homework, especially for math and science APs, because those are the ways you’re going to practice problems in preparation for the test. For Calc BC, I used to do unassigned practice problems the night before the test to ensure that I understood how to do them. For Lit and Lang, try to develop a higher level vocabulary so that your essays sound more sophisticated, and learn the rhetorical/literary terms.</p>
<p>I took AP Language, AP Literature, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, and AP US Government. </p>
<p>I enjoyed AP Language quite a bit - by far my favorite English class. It focused on writing argumentative essays, which I like much more than analytic writing. Almost of the reading was non-fiction, which was a big plus for me - all of my other English classes focused on fiction and poetry which I don’t enjoy. This was also the most useful class I’ve taken in high school. I also liked AP Physics. The topics were more interesting than I had anticipated and I loved the teacher. </p>
<p>While I hated Calculus, I loved it at the same time. I didn’t find the class enjoyable, and I didn’t like the teacher. But my AP Physics teacher tutored me and during those tutoring sessions I realized I wasn’t completely hopeless with math and he convinced me to pursue a major/career in what I liked (science/engineering) rather than what I thought I would be easiest. So that part of calculus was nice. </p>
<p>My tip for future students is to not be afraid of a challenge. I didn’t take AP Chem or Bio my junior year because I thought they’d be too hard and I wouldn’t do well. I did take AP Physics as a senior, after some pushing from the teacher, and I ended up doing really well and enjoyed it a lot. And now I regret not taking AP Bio or Chem because I was being a baby. </p>
<p>I only took AP Chemistry and wish that I have taken more. I moved high schools my senior year, and I replaced the AP German I was supposed to take (not offered at my current school) with AP Chem.</p>
<p>If there was one thing I could say to people to people beginning the AP journey is to know that life happens and be prepared for it. Shortly after the school year started, I was rushed to the ER for diabetic ketoacidosis, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and had to miss two weeks of school because of my hospital stay. I missed an entire unit in AP Chem, but, alas, I shed minimal tears and began teaching myself the material that I have missed and still managed to pass the exam. Back at my previous school, the AP German teacher ended up resigning less than twelve weeks into the school year and left my friends taking that class to their own defense;there were still students who have risen to the occasion, self-taught and took the exam in May.</p>