Should I take AP Computer Science A?

Test Preparation AP Mathematics & Computer Science
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<p>I'm going to be a senior this coming August and I'm debating whether or not I should add AP Computer Science A to my classes. The class is not offered at my school, so I would have to take it online (FLVS). I would go ahead and sign up for it but the problem is that I've already signed up to take 6 other AP classes my senior year. Here's my projected schedule:</p>

<p>AP English Lit.
AP Calc AB
AP Chemistry (or AP Biology)
AP U.S. Gov. (1st semester) / AP Macroeconomics (2nd semester)
AP Art History
Lit in the Arts (an English honors class)
Gaming & Design (an elective)</p>

<p>My school has a block schedule, so we only take four classes per day.</p>

<p>I've taken AP Human Geography in 9th grade, AP World in 10th grade, and 3 APs this past 11th grade year. And this year with 3 APs, I did not really feel overwhelmed. There were some rare times that I felt stressed, but overall I was okay. And I have A's in all three of those APs (AP Eng Lang, AP Psych, APUSH).</p>

<p>I'm thinking about signing up for AP Comp Sci A on FLVS and starting during the summer and finishing the course at least before May of my senior year. I really want to take this class because I want to major in computer science. I have some programming experience, just with a few of the basics of Python.</p>

<p>Would it be overwhelming and overworking myself if I took AP Comp Sci A on FLVS along with the 6 APs I would take at school?</p>

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<p>I’m a sophomore and along with another sophmore, we’re the only two to be taking two AP’s in our grade:AP World and AP Comp Sci. Personally, AP Comp Sci isn’t really that hard. It’s mostly math and logic that you have to apply while also following rules such as inheritance and polymorphism that you’ll learn. I currently have an A for the year, so it shouldn’t be that hard; the AP exam is a bit tedious to study for, but its mostly figuring out outputs of what code spits out. Overall, I think you should take it; its really fun and you might like it as a college major! You never know :p</p>

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<p>Gaming & Design?? That sounds awesome</p>

<p>I would go for it - I decided to take it through GaVS since my school didn’t offer it junior year along with Lang/AB and BC/Psych/Physics B (although no block schedule). Especially since you are planning to major in CS (as am I), it is a great intro to Java. It was definitely my favorite class, and I have already used the knowledge to solve a lot of problems in other classes.</p>

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<p>Thank you elyvine and MoldyBrick for replying! I’ve decided to take AP Comp Sci and I just switched AP Art History to Spanish 3 so I won’t be too overwhelmed senior year. From what you guys have described the class as, I’m excited for it!</p>