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
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
@@RUclipsSchooling 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!
@@RUclipsSchooling 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.
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
my teacher just makes us fill in blanks and yaps at us all day, we barely do anything. once we had an answer to a test question be from the next unit 😭 it's the only class I have a B in and I failed my first test ever 😍😍 im tweaking get me out.
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 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 :(
AP Psychology depends on your teacher. In my school, we have 2 teachers and one inflates grades while the other one deflates a grade. It’s unfair considering the students who have teachers that deflates grades also does worse on the AP Psychology Exam.
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
I recommend everyone to take AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: E & M 💀 Just kidding, please think twice about these courses. (Very challenging, both require calculus and it’s advanced physics in both of them, also the AP exam, one of the hardest AP exams EVER)
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
Which AP class are you taking next term?
Make a vid on how to manage multiple ap classes and like how to make a schedule to put time for for each one to do homework.
@@ayo3014 that’s a great idea, I will plan to make that video in the coming weeks
Any tips for AP stats since i’m not really mathematically inclined ?
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 😍
Wait same !!!!
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…
Damn mines the opposite
My teacher does literally everything to make the class impossible to fail
extremely helpful thank u so much this so useful!
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!
Best of luck next year! You got this 🤝
what is IB
@@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).
what your grades looking like rn?
@@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
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
@@RUclipsSchooling 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!
@@mxologiesas a parent I want my kid in AP classes because it keeps them focus , better teachers, and around a better crop of students.
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!
@@RUclipsSchooling 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.
@@zay2k539those are the easiest aps, i did the exact same thing. Definitely do it
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
my teacher just makes us fill in blanks and yaps at us all day, we barely do anything.
once we had an answer to a test question be from the next unit 😭 it's the only class I have a B in and I failed my first test ever 😍😍 im tweaking get me out.
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
BRO U GONNA DIE IN CHEM IF U HAVEN'T TAKEN A COURSE BEFORE
@@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
@@RUclipsSchooling thank you!! much appreciated :)
Yo, astronomy sounds so cool, I wish my class offered astronomy
Which ap gov r u referring to? Ap comp gov or us gov
AP environmental student here, homework is 7, the actual class with the tests is difficult, with a bad teacher this class easily becomes a B maximum
When I accidentally skipped to the part of the european map I thought he was talking about ap european
AP Euro is a bit hard until you get to ww1 then its free from there.
and here my school is with the only APs available being bio and calc ab
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
You got this! Sounds tough but you can do it
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 😅
Cut our seminar
3 ap sciences and 2 ap math good lord
I'm taking Honors Chem, AP Gov, Honors English II, Honors Geometry, AP Micro, and Honors Spanish III in sophomore year
Great video I'm wondering why it got so little likes 😅
taking precalc with 2 easy ap classes my junior year, yall think ap calc ab is a good choice for senior year?
if understand pre-calc confidently then yes
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 :(
Having the same issue about ap lit rn, but I’m hoping things are working out for you now?
Can AP Stats help if I wanna go into medical field?
I think it wouldn’t hurt! Definitely would help you with analyzing data, which I imagine is a critical part of certain medical jobs
@@RUclipsSchooling alright ima take it thanks
Yes much needed!!!
AP Psychology depends on your teacher. In my school, we have 2 teachers and one inflates grades while the other one deflates a grade. It’s unfair considering the students who have teachers that deflates grades also does worse on the AP Psychology Exam.
You took 13 APs? What the heck...
Yep it's possible if you've been taking 4 since like 9th or even 10th
Should I take AP Seminar?
Don’t you have to write like 4 essays and make 4 presentations but like super detailed
@@canmanfpv384 Yes.
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.
I'm taking
Algebra 2
Honors Chemistry
Latinos in Action
AP Psychology
AP U.S. Gov and Politics
Graphic Arts
Psych in lit/Creative Writing
Is ap gov and pol easy
Damn you’re lowkey cute but thanks for the info too
Ive taken 1 honors and taking 2 IB classes and im a junior, am I cooked?
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
Hi! I’m currently taking AP EURO and I like it, but just be prepared for so many notes and HARD tests
@@BryanUSG Well I think I'll do just fine, i started school today
ap euro is very difficult tbh so make sure ur prepared for the work and course load. especially since it’s your first ap
@@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
@@highoctanegames how u doing rn
I recommend everyone to take AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Physics C: E & M 💀
Just kidding, please think twice about these courses. (Very challenging, both require calculus and it’s advanced physics in both of them, also the AP exam, one of the hardest AP exams EVER)
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
that's awesome!
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
Do you know which AP or other classes I need to take in high school to become a Police Officer?
I would study law and government while in high school. Maybe AP Psychology as well