My school starts August 10th and I'm only taking two AP classes, AP US History and AP English. Does anyone with experience in these classes know if I'll be able to juggle a job without much more stress? I know the amount of classwork depends on the teacher and whatnot but what has your experience been?
2006-08-07 21:10:44 · 7 answers · asked by Fatima 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
How much you can handle and how you want to spend your time is a personal decision. If you babysit instead of working retail or fast food you can study while you work and make about the some money. Personally I chose to drop 2 of 4 AP classes and work because I needed to work 30 hours to pay for my new car and I tested out of those classes anyway. Same credit without the busy work of an AP class. BTW those cleps were easy (english and history). Back in my day there was a big fee for AP classes so the cleps were cheaper too. Science and math APs are worth the effort IMO, there is some learning there beyond memorization that may be hard to get on your own. Depends on your situation too. I knew it didn't matter how well I did in high school, I was going to the state university because that was all I could afford. If you will be going to some expensive, competitive, private college, take those APs and don't work. They don't want to see work. They want to see you have no life outside of school. So spend that time an extra curriculars if that is your plan.
2006-08-07 21:23:02 · answer #1 · answered by tenaciousd 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I took both of these classes in the same year as well. In my experience, I had plenty of free time left... But I also happen to be very good at not studying/rush studying. I would reccomend you not take a job until you find out whether or not you'll have enough time. Make sure to let your employer know too that you have a rigorous academic load if you choose to get a job.
Chances are, depending on how good a student you are and how smart a student you are, it's going to take up a lot of your time. Test the waters before diving in, or one or the other of your duties (school/work) will suffer for it.
2006-08-07 21:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Meredia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You neglected to say how many hours your job would take up. What you need to do is understand how many hours each activity you do will take up (including sleeping, eating, relaxing, etc). Then you can map out your week in a schedule. Set aside enough time to study so you can get the grades you want, and you will know if you can hold your job or not.
I say go for it all. Worst case, you get the job but relalize you don't have enough time for both, and you quit. You are no worse off than if you never took the job to begin with.
2006-08-07 21:17:12 · answer #3 · answered by 006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AP classes are a lot of work but like you said. it depends on a lot of things: the quality of the teacher, your committment to the class, your strengths/weaknesses in english and history, etc.
i took ap us. history and ap. english at the same time and personally, i found history really difficult but english to be manageable. (i find history to be really hard in general)
it will all depend on using your time wisely, setting priorities, and also knowing your limits.
good luck!
2006-08-07 21:19:14 · answer #4 · answered by Xenon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You better, otherwise what are you gonna do when you get to college when you'll be taking 4 maybe 5 classes that are at or above AP level. So yes you'll do fine, as long as you organize yourself.
2006-08-07 21:16:29 · answer #5 · answered by I77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've taken 2-3 college classes, 3-4 units each, while holding down two full time jobs. it just depends on how motivated, intelligent and diligent that you are. i will say that 3 classes was just too much and i only did it once.
2006-08-07 21:14:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its going to be realy hard so get a job after.
2006-08-07 21:16:24 · answer #7 · answered by itsey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋