I started taking AP courses my sophomore
year and I also took them my junior year.
I started off with an AP.
It was a Spanish Spanish
because I went to magnet school.
Name is Collinswood and so in my opinion,
I think that class was like
pretty easy for me, you know?
So I was like you know what I'm gonna
go ahead and take more AP classrooms.
So I took AP calculus and I took AP,
Environmental science and a few
other ones and I think that last
year was like my hardest year taking
AP classroom because obviously
you know COVID and everything.
Everything was in like the computer so you
know everything was pretty challenging,
especially for me.
'cause I'm really like a in person learner.
I don't really learn in the computer.
'cause I get like really distracted
most of the time.
So you know,
this year as a senior I was like
I don't think I should take any AP
classrooms because since it was
like very hard for me last year,
I didn't think I could do it this year.
So you know, I'm taking,
you know my core classes right now, no?
APS. And I think I'm doing pretty fine.
But you know,
I think I would encourage people
to take AP calculus.
Just 'cause I mean, AP AP classes.
Just 'cause I didn't take them this
year doesn't mean other people shouldn't.
So you know, yeah,
it's pretty much all I have to say.
Yeah, so I guess I'll add on so I am pretty.
I'm currently not taking any AP courses
'cause I did previously take him I I believe
I started on my sophomore year and I.
Continue into that junior year,
but then I I started and the reason I
stopped taking those AP courses were
'cause I enrolled into this program at
Central Piedmont Community College,
which is called the dual enrollment program,
which was offered to me or it was
presented to me by one of my counselors
and it was just a better alternative
and I get college credits for taking
those courses and I feel like I
have a variety of classes to choose.
From and I believe that AP courses are.
It is a great start for many students
at US ACMS and that a lot of students
should take it 'cause it does
benefit them in the long run.
So I also started my AP classes
when I was in South Maria.
I actually I am a magnet student
as well as late tonight and we
went to the same middle school.
So I start with AP Spanish. Not well,
I feel comfortable with the language.
Spanish is my first language so I
just wanted to feel comfortable
in my environment and then
after that I took AP English.
I just wanted to challenge myself and
it was a really good opportunity for me.
I feel like. I'm better,
I'm better like in my writing my book,
Cabul airy is more.
It's bigger, so yeah,
it I really encourage students
to take them and I feel like
freshman's are not really into
taking it because it's not because
they're not aware and like teachers
don't encourage as much I feel.
And based on my experience.
So I really we are.
We are all in the magnet program.
We all went to middle school
in elementary school together.
So we've all kind of started off with AP
Spanish language as our first AP class,
but I've taken.
I've taken 6 exams.
I took my first as AP Spanish
language and sophomore year,
then junior year I took five
because of my counselor and then
this year I'm taking four.
So by the end of the year I
should have taken like 10.
Miss sophomore year was kind of chill
'cause you know it's only one class
and I feel comfortable Spanish at
this point to where it wasn't really
a problem and I'm there are a lot
of familiar faces in that classroom,
so it was just a really nice
class to be in junior year.
I would definitely not recommend taking
five at once, and I was also doing
dual enrollment at the same time,
so I had additional college
courses on top of that,
and I mean it came out of it fine.
I never got C in the class,
but it was just a lot to
keep up with mentally and.
I mean, I'm sure some people are
able to handle it that way that way,
but like it totally wasn't
something that I could do,
but it still worked out for me.
'cause AP classes they do a lot
for as well as CPCC classes.
They do a lot for your GPA and
that was the main appeal for me.
And sort of just knocking those
classes out so I wouldn't have
to bother with them in college,
but I definitely wouldn't recommend
it taking a ton if you don't
think you can handle it,
'cause not a lot of people can.