What AP classes should I take?

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<p>I'm a Junior, I can still make a dent in this, you know. I've got some time - over the summer, next year...so I need to make some decisions here. On which ones to take and which ones not to take. </p>

<p>Reviews? Suggestions? I can probably get Dual Enrollment or information on all...32, I have access to many of them, in other words, even if they aren't offered at my school, perse. </p>

<p>GPA: 3.8 UW/4.3 W </p>

<p>Potential major: Pre-Med/Biology (Minor in English?)</p>

<p>Pre-Req classes:
-Going to take Pre-Calc in the summer at a junior college<br>
-Taking Spanish 4 and foreign language GPA is a 4.0
-Taking AP Comp/Writing this year with a 4.0 GPA thus far
-Taking Music Theory I next semester </p>

<p>Out of the CollegeBoard's list of 32 AP classes, here are what my pre-reqs allow for: </p>

<p>Art History</p>

<p>Biology </p>

<p>Calculus AB - *The teacher is miserable, this class could wipe out allll other AP classes I need to take just because her class is extremely time-consuming. Worth it or just DE? </p>

<p>Chemistry - *The teacher is miserable, this class could wipe out allll other AP classes I need to take just because her class is extremely time-consuming. Worth it or just DE? </p>

<p>Macroeconomics </p>

<p>Microeconomics </p>

<p>English Literature </p>

<p>Environmental Science </p>

<p>European History </p>

<p>French Literature </p>

<p>Comp Government & Politics </p>

<p>U.S. Government & Politics </p>

<p>Human Geography </p>

<p>Music Theory </p>

<p>Physics B *The teacher is miserable, this class could wipe out allll other AP classes I need to take just because her class is extremely time-consuming. Worth it or just DE? </p>

<p>Psychology </p>

<p>Spanish Language </p>

<p>Statistics </p>

<p>U.S. History - *The teacher is miserable, this class could wipe out allll other AP classes I need to take just because her class is extremely time-consuming. Worth it or just DE? </p>

<p>World History</p>

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<p>art history: just time consuming and busy work, usually. 90% of my class was memorizing slides. It was fun to learn about the artists, boring to memorize the info.</p>

<p>Calc: Depends how good you are at math. Given you are not going to get a full year of precalc, but just a simple class at Community college, you probably should not take this class. The material is pretty easy overall, but like many classes, it depends on the teacher. I happened to have an excellent one. </p>

<p>Chem: known to be the hardest AP at my high school.</p>

<p>European History: The class is pretty hard, very reading intensive, and a pretty dry subject for me. I happened to have an excellent teacher that made the class someone interesting. Overall, I would not recommend unless you know the teacher is good. </p>

<p>U.S. gov/poli: This was my favorite class in high school. Mostly because I like politics and the teacher was excellent. Overall, the class was pretty hard though. Requires lots of reading. </p>

<p>Thats all I can comment on based on personal experience. You have AP physics down there. I took the Physics C version and it was the hardest class I took in high school. I got C/C as an A student. Not sure if Physics B is different or not.</p>

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<p>Self study them. and do college level bio, chem and psych.</p>

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<p>Since it seems that you're strong in languages, take
-AP Spanish Lang
-AP English Lit</p>

<p>I also recommend AP Bio if you like and are good at science.
Before taking it, I thought the class would be 100% memorization, but
I think applying the info is more emphasized in the class (at least mine.)
So if you're up for reading many many textbook pages, "knowing" the info,
and applying the info, don't hesitate!</p>