GKSB Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 What I mean is like, in normal High School courses, you will be assigned X amount of work, and expected to complete it, as the majority of the class may need to do that work in order to learn the concept. I was wondering if, in AP courses, they assumed you where clever enough to understand the subject properly, and thus assigned less work. Logic tells me yes, but I'm not sure. What it boils down to is that AP classes are designed to cover all the material that would be covered in the college iteration of that class - presumably to the same level of understanding. High school classes of the same topic cover less material and aren't as hard, ergo they aren't considered on par with a college version of the class. The work level depends on the class and teacher. For example, I probably got less actual homework in my Calc BC class as opposed to my AB brethren, because we had to move at breakneck speed to cover all the topics in the course and allow time for copious amounts of questions - so usually it was one assignment per section in the book, which constituted maybe two or three new ideas, while the AB kids usually ended up with two to make sure they got the concept. My Lit and Comp class, however, had a lot more work because the difference between regular and AP English was in the standard that writing and interpretation skills were held at - so we had to write a lot more and read more than we would have otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 In AB I remember it taking us a week per concept and we all got like 4-5s on the actual test itself. And we pretty much covered ALL of Calc B; next year is only Calc C AND Multivariate. I guess it varies depending on your school. I definitely got less Calc homework than Precalc or Algebra II, though. If you're taking like AP World History though, prepare to be nuked with homework. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestling Posted July 29, 2009 Share Posted July 29, 2009 (edited) Lol @ my school going "omg u b in da feshman n sophmoar so u be liek "i has no AP only honarz Anyways, I'm taking. Honors Language Arts Honors Biology (College Prep is Physical Science.) Honors Geometry (College Prep is Algebra 1.) Well, at least, I hope I make it in. I'm getting my schedule tomorrow, so I dunno ;3. The guy said he put me in all honors courses, but ya :D . Wait, what does Advanced Placement do? Do they just assume you'll learn faster and hand out less bullshit homework assignments? Do the classes move along faster? Pretty much, the work goes faster, and you go more in depth. Such as... College Prep: You read a book and do a few assignments about it. 95% of people don't really friggin care. Honors: You read a book and have a friggin debate on it and get more into it. The kids are USUALLY the kids that care. But I'm not sure how it works. All I know is that College Prep is like hell for me, since I freaking rage if I'm around stupid people. Also, you're more likely to get into a good college (Berkley <3) if you take honors courses, along with a bunch of other things. Edited July 29, 2009 by Nestling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 what the hell are you talking about Honors kinda varies from county to county, though. My old school used Honors as the highest non AP available typically (Honors > CM > Regular), but my new high school goes GT > Honors > Regular. At any rate, I think GT and AP would typically have the same effect on your weighted GPA... and APs save money with college credits (provided you pass the test), I don't think it's necessarily more likely to boost your chances of going into college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 The thing I've heard is that AP classes boost your college credits so little that you'll basically only have a semester at most less to take of a given college course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Yeah, that's actually about right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YokaiKnight Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Depends on the school. You've got a better shot at earning more at larger public universities, but a lot of the schools "AP students" will consider take little or no credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Cynthia- Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Depends on the school. You've got a better shot at earning more at larger public universities, but a lot of the schools "AP students" will consider take little or no credit. I earned about a semester's worth, Biology, Psychology, Chemistry, and Calc AB. Of course I still took Chem and did poorly for some odd reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Mage Ilyana Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 so how many of you have to do AP homework over the summer? im taking AP European history and all i have to do is study about 40 rulers(their names and the dates they ruled), answer some multiple choice questions, true/false, matching, definitions, and 22 short answer essays (3 paragraphs each)and all this work for 2 chapters. anyone taking AP European History who uses the text "Western Civilizations" by Judith G. Coffin and Robert C. Stacey need any help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Raven Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 I only had summer homework for Calc AB last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Shards Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 AP classes often qualify you for college credit. 3 gives you the credit at many universities, but more/most(?) universities (like mine) accept only 4s and 5s. I had summer class for US Government, but it was mostly reading. I think we might have also written a paper... Yeah it was like 1500 words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
California Mountain Snake Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Ｉｔ’ｓ amazing, now being in college, how much I can't care about this topic anymore. No longer do these meaningless labels and shit have to annoy me. It's almost like... being free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Communard Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Ｉｔ’ｓ amazing, now being in college, how much I can't care about this topic anymore. No longer do these meaningless labels and shit have to annoy me. It's almost like... being free. Heh, the Idealism of Youth. Soon you'll find that those petty chains of Academia have been replaced by the mighty chains of Society. You can never be free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Ｉｔ’ｓ amazing, now being in college, how much I can't care about this topic anymore. No longer do these meaningless labels and shit have to annoy me. It's almost like... being free. Turn off your JP keyboard, damn weeaboo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
California Mountain Snake Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Ｉｔ’ｓ amazing, now being in college, how much I can't care about this topic anymore. No longer do these meaningless labels and shit have to annoy me. It's almost like... being free. Turn off your JP keyboard, damn weeaboo. It was just for the first word, then I fixed it! God! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltoshen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) Last year? AP Chem. This year? APUSH AP Bio AP Statistics. Honor everything else. hello summer homework. ap history works you like a slave. 8D Edited August 14, 2009 by Eltoshen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 (edited) Last year? AP Chem. This year? APUSH AP Bio AP Statistics. Honor everything else. hello summer homework. ap history works you like a slave. 8D I dunno if you're school works this way, but Honor classes mean nothing. Usually, Honors classes are just prerequisites to get into certain AP classes. Like at my school; in order to take AP Literature (Junior year), I must go through Honors English 10, and AP European History (I think). What grade are you in? I'm guessing 11th or 12th considering AP Stats, but I'm not sure. You may just be great in math... Edited August 14, 2009 by Old Snake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltoshen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I'm going to 11th. By the way, our school doesn't require honors to take AP classes, and they're worth 5 in the GPA system. So basically, the only real point in taking AP is just for the college credits (which some colleges disregard anyways >_> ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Wright Posted August 14, 2009 Author Share Posted August 14, 2009 Some colleges disregard AP classes? Or do you mean just the credit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltoshen Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Some colleges disregard AP classes? Or do you mean just the credit? The credits, rofl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Honors classes boost weighted GPA's in about the same way as AP's here. Better than AP? No. Do they mean nothing? Uh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikahil Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 Just took AP Bio, taking Physics C, Calc AB, Eng 12 and Econ in a month. Didn't make it into US AP because my grades in world history were slightly below... but why does world history determine your us history placement, lol. Also we don't have AP world or AP european, which is a letdown, but we have America 1945-2009 honors though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Rabbit Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 I took AP computer programming last year, and I'm continuing with the next level of that this coming one. Also will be taking AP World History, but that won't be much of a challenge to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 You sure? Nat said it kicked her ass a bit, IIRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Rabbit Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 Ah, but I know most of the material. The only real difference between this and the class I previously took is the extra assignments/exams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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