<p>My plan was to take an English at the local college this year (my senior year). Because of that, I doubled up on English in my junior year. Last year, I took Honors English 11 and AP English Literature and Composition. However, I can't afford to take a class at the college this year. This means that I have to somehow take an English class this year. However, the only English classes left are AP English Language (but I've already taken AP Lit/English 11, and AP Language is technically English 11) and World Literature, which is a non-honors/AP class that's interesting but definitely a blow off (but my school doesn't weight my GPA so it's not hurting me in that sense). I have four credits of English but only three years. I want to have all my bases covered. That said, I have two options for my schedule this upcoming year, as a senior:</p>
<p>AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Economics (Macro & Micro)
Japanese II</p>
<p>AP English Language and Composition AND Honors World History</p>
<p>OR</p>
<p>AP World History AND World Literature</p>
<p>What do you think I should do? The first option certainly looks better and is more challenging (which I like), but the second option is more interesting and geared toward my prospective major (IR).</p>
<p>I would do AP English Lang and try to get credit so I don’t have to take it again in college. I thought I absolutely sucked at English, the whole year I pulled off around an 85, and I managed to get a 4 on the AP test which should get me credit at most places.</p>
<p>While I agree that’s good advice, I already have a five on AP English Lit. At almost all of the schools I’m looking at, either both AP courses give you the same credit or they count toward the same requirement. The same goes for World History - I already have a 4 on AP Euro (and a 5 on AP US), so I really won’t get credit for any courses.</p>
<p>You’re not getting any college credit, so either option doesn’t really matter in that sense.</p>
<p>Your school doesn’t weight GPA, so that Honors label won’t affect your ranking, GPA, etc.</p>
<p>You wish to major in IR, a field in which knowing about the history and culture of a region would definitely be a plus.</p>
<p>What’s the point of having another AP English credit? You already have 4, and that’s all most colleges expect you to have. You also mentioned that you wouldn’t get any extra credit for AP Lang.</p>
<p>If I were you, I would go for the second option. While you’d be taking World History in either situation, taking World Literature would offer you a chance to read and interpret key cultural works for yourself. If you take that with World History, you’d be well-prepared to do well in IR. And the best part, it seems like you’d have more fun with that.</p>
<p>I checked BC’s AP credit and they gave them differently so I based it off that my bad. (I just looked again and they switched things up and it’s still the same thing… gadkgfadg) anyways, take World Lit then, if it’s easier and more appealing to you</p>
<p>Check the AP Credit Policy with the colleges/universities you are interested in attending. At certain schools, they have different policies so your APs may not waive your classes or GE classes.</p>
<p>Usually, AP english won’t get you out of writing class in college. You’ll still have to take it. But then again, it depends on the school.</p>
<p>At the schools I’m looking at, I’ll really only get a couple of credits even though I’ve taken AP courses. I’m okay with that. I’m not taking AP courses for the credit, but rather, because they’re challenging. You guys have made perfect sense. I was worried about taking what looks like an “English slack year” since I don’t have a tough English class (not even honors, since it’s not offered) for my senior year… not like the rest of my schedule isn’t tough.</p>
<p>Well, no matter what I do, my schedule always gets thwarted. This makes four out of four years. I transfered out of my old school because of this problem, and now my new school is doing the same thing.</p>
<p>My school has completely changed its program. Now I’m only allowed to take two AP courses (this worst part is that they have said they will NOT note this on my transcript…). So now I have these options. I would appreciate it if someone would comment. I’ve already taken all of the honors classes available (especially since they deleted the ones I haven’t taken) and I have almost no choice of classes. Which is better? I’m impartial to the actual subjects; I just want to know which one is “better”. For an explanation of my English cunundrum, see above posts. I have to take AP Stats because it is the only math class I have left to take.</p>
<p>AP Stats
AP Economics (macro & micro)
Creative Writing</p>
<p>-OR-</p>
<p>AP Stats
AP Language and Composition
Economics</p>
<p>-OR-</p>
<p>AP Stats
AP Biology
Creating Writing</p>
<p>The last schedule is tougher but slightly less interesting to me; I added it to see what kind of hits it would get. </p>
<p>I’m really distressed because of the new rules. I could use some guidance. The rest of my schedule looks like this:</p>
<p>AP Statistics
(AP Economics OR AP Language and Comp)
Physics
Japanese II
Contemporary World Issues
(Creating Writing or Economics)</p>
<p>You’ve already taken an AP English course…If you haven’t taken an AP history, I would say take the APEcon or if you haven’t taken an AP science, APBIO to complete the AP cycle (at least one AP course in each area)…I can’t imagine that your school profile will not reflect the fact that you are limited to 2 AP’s; you may want to add it to your additional info on the common app; ask your guidance/college counselor for advice…</p>
<p>I’ve taken an AP course in every subject (AP English Lit, AP Euro + APUSH, AP Environmental Science) except for math (which I have to take anyways) and foreign language (not going to happen). I definitely have a lot of social studies credits - something like eight.</p>