I am currently a rising junior; I have taken four AP classes already (world, bio, environmental, and government). Next semester I will be taking Calculus I, French I, Public Speaking, and English 1101 through dual enrollment. My school doesn’t offer many AP classes, so I would like to take an AP class online along with those classes.
I plan on just taking half the class in the fall and the other half in the spring (even though my school is on the block schedule). I have narrowed down my options to CS Principles, Human Geography, Microeconomics, and Psychology.
Does anyone have any suggestions for which of these classes are the most fun or interesting? Also if anyone has experience with AP classes on GAVS, that would be great!
Take the one that sounds most interesting to you! If you’re interested in the subject matter, you’ll be more engaged and likelier to do well. For what it’s worth, I’ve heard Human Geography is a great one to take online and the exam is relatively easy. My D is taking Psychology online in the fall because she is interested in the subject. Best of luck!
I’ve heard that Human Geo and Psych are very manageable without the actual class. Both are social sciences, but which one aligns more with what you’re interested in?
If you’re going to do Economics, do both Macro and Micro. I’m going to guess that many schools won’t let you skip the first Econ class unless you get a requisite score on both AP tests. That might be important to you if you’re going to be an Econ major and potentially want to graduate faster.
To me, Psychology and Macro/Micro would be your most useful from that list.
I disagree with @ProfessorPlum168 ,…Micro and Macro Economics are separate college classes. However, if you want to move on to the next level Econ classes then yes you probably need both. But if you are not an Econ major, then just one is fine.
@bopper I don’t know if AP Macro and AP Micro are half-year or full year courses. If they are both full year AP classes, then I agree, it’s not ideal to take both then. However, UC-Berkeley for example will still require you to take the intro Econ class as a prerequisite if you wanted to take more advanced Econ classes, unless you get 3+ (maybe 4+? Can’t remember) in BOTH AP Macro and AP Micro.
For a lot of public schools in CA, Econ (both Macro and Micro) is covered as an Honors class in one semester, combined with AP US Government for the other semester. My kid self studied (knowing how much of a procrastinator he is, probably for no more than a week or two for each) for the 2 Econ AP tests and got 3s.
Right but if you are going to major in say Engineering and aren’t going to take further Econ classes then it doesn’t matter. or if you are going to major in Econ then you could just take Macro if you have already placed out of Micro.
Not to belabor the point, but using the Berkeley example, there is only one entry level Economics class, Econ 1, and it’s one semester. No individual Macro/Micro class. Anyone who wants to articulate out of Econ 1 via transfer credits must take both AP classes. So if you don’t take both AP classes and you want to take Econ classes, you’re starting from scratch with Econ 1. You do get the unit credit strangely enough if you take only one or the other class but it’s only like 1.5 semester units per AP Econ class. So for the bang for the buck, one individual AP Econ class isn’t worth much.
I think what @ProfessorPlum168 is maybe getting at is that if you want your AP Exam score to be used for credit/placement in college you need to take both macro and micro. I know Purdue even requires both exams w/certain scores in order for the student to receive credit.
