Know that the content builds on itself as the year progresses. I highly recommend keeping an separate organized notebook/binder for all the equations and calculator shortcuts you will learn. Also don’t feel bad going in at lunch or before school to get extra help… you don’t want to be lost and then have more content build on top of that. Lastly Khan Academy is a huge help when stuck at home
I’m a sophomore and next year I am taking the AP US History class (in AP World History right now) and am planning on self-studying for the AP Calculus BC exam (in Algebra II right now). I know calculus might be a bad idea but I already have a grasp on some calculus concepts, I plan to major in math, and my school doesn’t offer the class. Plus, I like math and do relatively well in it! I’ll study some more calculus and see if it is a good idea before I commit. (´ε｀；) Thanks for the video!
When you stated that AP Psychology was hyped up to be much harder than it actually is… my jaw dropped 🥲 I have a C- because I’ve gotten 50%-60% on all of my tests so far 😭🙏 our class average are always 60%-70%… my teacher makes us test on 70-90 questions under 45 minutes 😍
I think the ap psychology class in my school is the same, it’s taught by the same ap human geo teacher and honestly both these classes averages are D-C on tests 😭 despite being easier classes it’s average is lower than both Ap bio and ap calc ab 😭😭
I had the same problem in psych, my teacher never curved the tests. I eventually got better and it does prepare you for harder ap classes though so it’s actually a good thing, it did drop my gpa though. But because of it, I am able to take 3 aps (most sophomores usually take 2) and maintain an A in all of them. Trust me, you’re being prepared. As long as you develop ways to study more efficiently through the year and you see progress you’ll do better and better. I wish you luck on the ap exam, i reccomend studying vocab a lot, and get the Princeton review book…
I’m taking a bunch of AP classes next year as a junior. 5 APs, 1 IB, 1 Honors AP Comp Sci Principles (SO FREE) AP Japanese (manageable-ish) Pre-Calculus Honors (SO FREE) AP Physics C: Mechanics (save me) IB English (easier than Honors eng lol) AP US History (kinda hard honestly) AP Statistics (easy for now) Not really looking to ask anything - just thought to share my schedule. Good luck when school starts!
@@micah6330 Honestly you’re better off looking up a video comparing AP and IB since there’s too many differences between them for me to explain. I don’t know too much about it myself, but it’s pretty much the same difficulty as AP classes, can earn you college credits (only if you get the IB diploma though), and apparently you have to take most IB classes for 2 years (at least at my school, idk about others).
@@Dertheus theyre actually good rn, way higher than i was anticipating! (but theyre totally gonna drop really hard next semester. i can feel it.) i dropped robotics honors and took AP CSP instead bc of peer pressure AP Comp Sci Principles: 100 AP Japanese: 97.9 Pre-Calculus Honors: 99 AP Physics C: Mechanics: 98? (i cant check grades but its definitely not lower than 98 atm, as thats my lowest score on hw/grade/lab/quiz.. anything) IB English: 92? i missed a few hw lol AP US History: 91.43 AP Statistics: 99.19 just to clarify, my english teacher has been grading stuff but doesnt allow me to see my grades, and my physics teacher has also been grading, but the website i have to use to check my grades blocked me or smth
Taking Ap hugeo rn and I feel like ur teacher matters a lot- for me every class we have lectures, staring at a PowerPoint for 2hrs then bam we take the test and a lot of the things weren’t even taught. I’m passing with an A but it’s just very tedious 😭
I am currently taking ap human Geo and it is easy plus our teacher is chill. My AP seminar teacher though..😬. He is a college board member so he takes all this AP stuff seriously and assigns us SO MUCH homework
just making sure everyone here is not misguided by this video. We take ap classes because they follow our interests; dont do them just to take an easy A. For example, if your future is following computer science and you are taking the easiest ap class, ap human geo, you are wasting your time if youre just there for an easy A. If you have the mindset of always having the easy way out, you will not prove anything to colleges that you are worthy.
I mean I basically got a full ride due to my straight A’s in AP classes and came into College as a Sophomore credit wise due to all the AP tests I was able to pass… saved me a lot of time and money personally. Was able to bypass taking many bac-core classes once in university due to all the random AP credits I had
@@RU-vidSchooling Sounds good to you, however if you know what you are going to do, I dont think there is a point of taking random "useless" classes. It's not about the amount of aps you take, its what aps in my opinion.
@@mxologies No I see your point. I actually advice on taking as many APs as you can, but prioritize those you are actually interested in over just easy A's. Either way though, taking them regardless of preference demonstrates perserverance to colleges (they look really good), so don't skimp out on them!
You forgot to mention AP Comp Sci Principles. It is such a FREE class, I am currently taking this class as a freshman and it is just like a regular computer science class. Also I barely have any coding experience and this class will not require much of that
Thanks for sharing! I personally didn’t have that class offered at my school but seems like it would be a great foundational course if you have any sort of interest in comp sci. I would’ve definitely taken that if it was taught at my school!
@@RU-vidSchooling Would you recommend that I take AP Comp Sci with AP Human Geo in my freshman year, or would 2 AP courses in my first year be a bit too much? I'm still deciding on this.
rising sophomore, my probable courseload for next year is: - ap chem - ap calc ab - ap psych - apush - plus (my non-APs) accelerated english 10, spanish 3, and astronomy it seems doable, though i'm most worried about chem lol. whatever, we'll figure it out. hopefully i got this edit: i'm actually taking ap physics 1 instead of chem lmao
@@knightxl380 im probably doing a summer course? and if i cant, im doing adv chem instead of ap. ive heard that chem is a lot harder without a course beforehand so idk (i did ap bio this year with no prev bio experience and its been great, but i dont think the same applies with chem)
You got this! And in my experience it's about a 50/50 split between people who think AP Bio or Chem is harder. I never took AP Chem but AP Bio went great. Only reason I never took AP Chem was because I had too many friends in the normal chem class and ended up learning next to nothing lol. If I wasn't drawn towards Art (therefore taking AP Art History) I would have def taken AP Chem
I'm a rising junior, and I plan on taking these AP's next year. Everyone I have talked to aside from my parents have told me I will academically die next year. AP Seminar AP Precalculus (this will be the first year it runs) AP Computer Science A AP Physics 1 AP Chemistry AP Biology
holy moly AP physics, AP bio, AND AP chem. Jesus you are either really smart or you’re going to really die good luck 🤞🏻 I’m also going to be a Junior next year and I’m doing AP Chem AP lang AP us history (I’m also taking AB pre calc but it’s not an AP) How do you even fit all of those classes 😅
i'm currently taking 5 aps and they aren't that bad (i'm a sophomore) ap lang - no homework ap chem - hw everyday but teacher doesn't teach well ap world - it's okay i'm just not a big history person ap calc ab - eh ap comp sci principles - easy peasey
My school doesn't have any of these ap classes :( I took AP US History this year and it was an absolute nightmare My Junior Year I'm taking AP English Lang and Comp AP Micro AP Art History Algebra 2 H Chem H Government H Orchestra Senior Year: AP Lit AP Chem Precalc H CCP AP Euro AP Physics 1 Pop Culture Stats H CCP
I'm a rising senior and it'll be my first year taking AP classes so I'm really nervous. I don't plan on taking a lot, literally only three: AP Stats, AP Gov, & AP Lit. I know the first two will be easy since I've had the teachers before for honors but I'm scared for AP Lit, mainly because of the workload... I know it depends on the teacher but if I would have to read multiple chapters of books every day, I don't know if I could do it (because of time), so tbh I'm thinking of not taking it but I'm not sure... I know it'll help me prepare for college but I plan on going to a cc next year so mb I can do without it? I just want to have a chill senior year but I don't know :(
Yes, as long as you aren’t a procrastinator and like writing. I will say the class does require some work but you choose what you want to write about and I find it interesting.
Next year as a sophomore, I'm taking my first AP class as in AP Euro A lot of people freshman year taken AP World but I couldn't because my old school didn't offer it I hope AP Euro will be alright for me, I took regular World History and that class was the easiest class I've probably ever taken
@@melaniecubells1236 I have noticed the teacher has started giving us lots of work, some stuff takes like 2 hours to do. But I'm doing pretty well for the most part and the more I get used to it, I'll definitely keep doing better
