<p>My school doesn’t offer AP courses, but exams are available in my city. Obviously, I’ll be self-studying.</p>
<li><p>French Language. I’m bilingual. I’ve been in the French Immersion program (yes, I live in Canada) since I was 5, and i just got back from France where I went to school for three months (on an exchange). I looked over the sample questions on the College Board site, and they looked extrememly easy for my level of French. I will write this next year.</p></li>
<li><p>French Literature. Similar to above. Sample questions looked easy, but is it misleading? I’ll write this next year too.</p></li>
<li><p>Spanish Language. I haven’t taken a Spanish course yet, but I’m enrolling in a Spanish camp (well, sort of…it’s extra classes at a college starting in the summer, and it continues through the year) and I’m taking two Spanish courses in school next year. I won’t be writing it until the year after next. Can I do it?</p></li>
<li><p>Japanese Language and Culture. I have started studying Japanese (self-studying mind you…) and I actually really enjoy it. I’ll be enrolling in the same course at the local college as with Spanish. I guess other than that I’ll be self-studying. Can I manage for the year after next? (Btw, I plan on studying abroad in Japan the year after senior year…right before university). </p></li>
<li><p>English Lit. Is this worth taking? I don’t particularly enjoy classic lit, but I don’t mind it sometimes. I can be good at writing essays depending on the topic. How does this AP even work? The site wasn’t too clear…</p></li>
<li><p>Biology. I have the book. I started self-studying. And then I decided I wanted to move on from neurobiology to linguistics. I am planning on to do neurolinguistics, but I’m hesitant on this one. Is it worth it?</p></li>
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<p>Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p>
<p>French Language-- why would you take this since you already speak French? AP exams are for advanced placement, so the college that you'll go to, if you decide to take French, will give you the level that you're at, so there would be no point. The only other reason is to get credit, but since you're planning on taking a few other language tests, I don't see the point in taking this or French Literature. Colleges, by the way, won't really care about a 5 on the French exam from someone who is, like, fluent in French.</p>
<p>Spanish-- Look at some of the old exams. It would help if you ask the Spanish camp people whether you think that you would be able to do well on the exam in the given timeframe if you work hard but don't overdo it. AP Spanish is for advanced Spanish-speakers. Same with Japanese.</p>
<p>English Lit--if you don't enjoy it, why do you want to take it? Might as well take it in college, or at least see if they offer placement exams so that you can read more interesting books in-depth in freshman year. How the exam works: first part is multiple-choice critical reading questions, and the second part is 3 essays in 2 hours: two asking general stuff (e.g. How does the author use ___ to ______? How does the author communicate the complexities of the relationship between Pozzo and Lucky?) and the last asking a general question where you have to back up your argument with literature you've read.</p>
<p>Biology: I don't even know what neurolinguistics is! Either way, it doesn't sound like biology would really help that much.</p>
<p>Bottom line: for languages, many colleges give placement exams so that you place into the level that's right for you. In that respect AP exams won't do anything. It seems like you plan on taking lots of language classes, so I don't know what good getting all the credits will do you.</p>
<p>the only reason im taking the APs is to be able to say ive done APs. im aiming for harvard, and im trying to do everything that i can. but maybe im missing the point here...maybe colleges dont want to see that youve done APs that are either too easy for you or not completely relevant?</p>
<p>They want to see that you've challenged yourself by taking difficult classes that you enjoy, because ideally you prefer a challenging class to an easy, boring one. Then ideally you take the AP exam for whatever class you took so that you won't have to retake it in college. It's as simple as that. The purpose of AP exams is to get college credit or advanced placement. Colleges won't care if you took an exam just to impress someone, not because you wanted credit or advanced placement.</p>
<p>Be careful with AP Spanish if you haven't studied it for at least a few years, unless you are a super genius who can assimilate extreme amounts of information. There are a lot more native speakers taking the AP Spanish exam than the other foreign language tests, skewing the scores somewhat. It's easier for them to pass the test, even without perfect writing skills and such, than it is for someone to start from scratch without having as much time with the language. I'd stick with French Language & Literature.</p>
<p>As for English Literature, the multiple choice is essentially critical reading 2.0. You have to be able to interpret poetry and prose passages. One of the three essays is one where you have to choose a piece of literature as an example to address the prompt. If you don't like reading literature, you'll want to die taking the class.</p>
<p>Wow, so many languages...</p>
<p>I'd do everything except spanish if I were you...</p>