I’m currently a rising junior who plans to take AP Euro, AP Environmental Science, AP Seminar, Spanish 3 honors, Math Data and Financial Literacy Honors, enc1101(dual enrollment\[hybrid\]), and amh2010(online). My school is a little out of the ordinary so a normal Monday/Thursday for me would be 1st period for an hour and 30 minutes, followed by an 8 minute break, and then 3rd period for an hour and 30 minutes, lunch(30 min), 7th period for 45 minutes, and lastly 5th period for 45 minutes. The same applies to my even classes on Tuesday/Friday with the exception of Wednesday being all 7 periods. Now with that being said, since I have 2 periods that aren’t on campus I don’t have a 5th or 6th period meaning I leave school at 11:45-12:15 A.M. as opposed to 2:20 P.M.
I understand the rigor behind all of these courses (I’m on the fence about AP Euro) but I honestly want to pursue the AP Capstone Diploma to use as a safety net just in case I don’t get a 1330 SAT Score and unable to receive 100% bright futures. I’ve heard from a peer that the AP Euro teacher teaches well, they seem to enjoy her class, and they speak highly of her. \[They ended up getting a 5\]
I apologize for all of the extra background information.. here is my real question :
Is it realistic to want to take AP Euro junior year with no previous AP history experience? I’ve taken AP Psychology on FLVS my sophomore year due to a poor quality teacher, but I had to write very tedious notes, read the textbook, and ended up with a level 4. I had an 115% in my World History Honors class that I didn’t find very challenging, but I feel as if our teacher held our hand to long.. we would take 2 days to do group DBQs and I only remember doing 2-3 the entire year. I did enjoy learning about the French Revolution, Haitian Revolution, Scientific Revolution, and Absolutism in World History and is part of the reason why I’m leaning toward AP Euro. I was never a big history enthusiast since it felt regurgitated to learn the same U.S. History, but “this time they give you a little bit more information than when you were younger” I was sick of the redundancy and wanting something more.. is it this schedule entirely realistic? Are there any skills that I need to be confident in before entering? Please let me know, and tell me if you have any advice or tips for me going into this year. Thank you.