<p>I'm thinking of dropping out of AP world, (for medical reasons b/c of my high stress in that class) and I don't know if I will affect my chances or not...
I'm thinking of doing running start, taking college classes, next year, and will that help make up for the fact that I dropped out of AP World?
Can someone please answer?</p>
<p>Dropping AP World itself probably will not affect your chances very much. However, running start and other APs you might take in the future will give you similar levels of stress, so if you can’t handle the stress of AP World, I don’t think you can succeed in running start.</p>
<p>Bottom line: your success in AP World is a good indicator of your success in other advanced classes. If you can’t succeed in those advanced classes, your chances of getting into the UW are lower.</p>
<p>edit: Try some time management techniques to lower your stress in AP World</p>
<p>Thank you very much for replying and giving me advice, I appreciate it!</p>
<p>But the thing is with AP world is that it’s a history class, and history is my worst class, and I don’t understand a single thing. I’ve really good with my other classes though.
It’s just history in general that I’m not the best at. It’s one of the subjects that I honestly have no interest in at all so that makes it really hard for me to focus or think as well in history.</p>
<p>I dropped out of AP BIO half way through my senior year. I also had medical reasons and i am planning to be a history major. I am good at other sciences but not bio. But yeah dropping the class did not really affect my chances of going to college that much. I was accepted into colleges then i notified them and explained why i dropped the class and they understood and did not rescind my acceptance… To be honest no one class can make or break an admission decision theses days it is just pure dumb luck and if you seem like an attractive person</p>
<p>Well there is a difference between dropping the class halfway through senior year versus junior year.</p>
<p>It may also depend on what you got in the class first semester. If you still managed a decent grade I imagine they would understand as long as you add a note to your app. If you didn’t do well though, they might be weary of it just being an excuse, unless you’ve actually been diagnosed or something of that nature.</p>
<p>Thank you guys so much for replying!</p>
<p>I’m only a sophomore right now.
But last semester, I got barely got an A, but that’s just because my teacher doesn’t put much things in the gradebook, usually only test and projects, which she doesn’t grade so strictly, saving my grades since my average test scores were about a C.
I’m just afraid that now that the AP exams are getting closer, the stuff we’ll be learning are going to be more challenging and that with my interest level in this class, it will be hard for me to concentrate and learn anything.
Plus, I don’t want to spend $90 on a test I know I’m not going to pass, or take a finals that is even harder, risking my grades.</p>
<p>In that case I don’t think it should be an issue. It’s good that you’re only a sophomore, I thought you were a junior. There’s still plenty of time for you to show what you’ve got. When you think about it, there’s no other reason someone would drop a class if they got an A first semester, so admissions should believe you.</p>
<p>With that said, do talk to your teacher and counselors before you decide to drop it, they know your classes/situation better than any of us. Especially ask your teacher if the workload will get tougher in 2nd semester, only she knows all of the remaining curriculum.</p>
If history is your worst class, why are you taking an AP history course? You need to take other AP courses and not history ones. Take AP Spanish, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP Statistics… it just seems very foolish to take an AP course in your worst subject.
@hadleighpierce This thread is three years old. The OP isn’t taking AP history anything anymore.