@pathtocollege In the end, it’s not a matter of taking an AP class. It’s also a matter of what grades you will get in it and how well you do on the ap portfolio review. If grading for the class puts you in a position of being judged against other talented and more committed students who have taken art throughout high school, I would not do it. If teachers are willing to accept any level of work as long as it meets the deadline, then you can perhaps still pull an A. I highly doubt you will score well enough on the AP portfolio review without more instruction. There would be no advantage to sending to colleges a 1 or 2 score. Luckily the scores will come later than your acceptance at a college.
These are the requirements for the review:
- Carefully select 5 works that show in-depth understanding of and engagement with 2-D Design, Drawing, or 3-D Design issues in their concept, composition, and execution. (These works are in addition to works done for your concentration. Often they are done a year before AP art is taken.)
- A body of related works that demonstrate sustained and thoughtful investigation of a specific visual idea (12 images, some of which may show details, second views, or process documentation)
- A variety of works demonstrating a range of conceptual and/or technical approaches (12 images for 2-D Design and Drawing. These are different works than the 5 works for #.
So in all, you will need to produce about 25 pieces of art and an essay by May 5. Is it worth it? Remember that most people will have a decent number of those pieces done by the time they start the class, using pre-exiting pieces from their portfolio that were done in prior years.
Here is a link to the quality of the work they expect:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/228412.html
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/228413.html
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/228414.html