<p>We started scheduling for the 2014-2015 school year a couple weeks ago. I'm starting to choose my classes, but I still have some uncertainty with it. Here is what I'm planning to take for my senior year schedule next year:</p>
<p>AP English Lit and Composition
AP Biology
AP Physics 2 (College Board changed how they do physics, so now it is Physics 1 and 2 instead of B)
AP Statistics
AP Spanish Language
Chamber Choir
Band (includes marching band)
Senior Project (Sem. 1)/Astronomy (Sem. 2)</p>
<p>The senior project would include being a student conductor for a younger choir at my school, and I think it would be a good experience for me. However, right now it is not looking too good just because of the process I have to go through and the complications I am having with getting the project going. In place of the senior project and astronomy, I thought about signing up for AP European History. I am not really a history person, so I'm not sure how easy it will be for me. Has anyone taken AP Euro and would you be able to tell me a little more about the class?</p>
<p>I plan on majoring in either music therapy or physics when I go to college (two very different paths, I know), so I'm not going to drop AP Bio or Physics. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but would it be too difficult to add AP Chemistry to the mix instead of AP Euro? Thanks for the help!</p>
<p>I am in Calculus right now. It is the equivalent of both Calculus AB and BC, but it’s a dual credit class run through my school’s local community college. Statistics is my only math option for the next school year unless I somehow find time to take Calculus III at the community college.</p>
<p>@Camilouisee
The difficulty of AP history classes is generally as hard as the teacher makes it. As far as the material is concerned, history is generally easy to grasp.</p>
<p>I can see both sides to the situation. The biggest problem is that my school isn’t really sure about what goes on with the class. It has been in the course description book for the longest time, but it hasn’t been offered as a class for years. Most kids don’t even know it’s there. I have a couple other friends of mine who signed up for it, but if there aren’t enough people, the class won’t run. Therefore, I don’t know who the teacher would be for the class. </p>
<p>However, I’m hoping I might enjoy it more just because it’s not US History at all. All of the history classes I’ve ever taken had to do with the US, but this would be new material and hopefully more interesting. I also like the idea of getting AP credit and not having to take as much/any history when I go to college. I would take another science class (ex. AP Chemistry) instead, but that would be my third AP science class in one year, which would be insane.</p>
<p>I’m a sophomore right now in AP Euro (at my school it’s a class only offered to sophomores…). It’s my first AP class, and the workload has hit me pretty hard, coming off an easy freshman year. The material is interesting, but the amount of work nightly is ridiculous. I usually get less than 5 hour of sleep on weeknights because of this class. I took it because I like history, but so far in hating the work that comes with the class.</p>
<p>Sophomore now, AP Euro is generally pretty easy with tests and stuff, I don’t study much but I guess it’s because my teacher is really good at lecturing and he forces us to do around 40-50 flashcards every chapter due on the day of the test. The workload however is different. Every day we have a four question quiz at the beginning of class, open note from the night before. Your quiz grade is 20% so not taking notes often could affect your grade. He tells us the notes from the night before, usually 3-4 pages but deeply jammed with content. It’s not very difficult but the workload is pretty hard. It’s kind of the reverse of my AP Physics class, the workload is barely 12 problems a chapter and online quizzes but the tests and content overall is the most difficult I’ve ever had.</p>