What are some of the easy and not so hard APs and Honors classes to take during your high school years?

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Hi, so there are plenty of AP and honors classes to take. I just took AP psychology, and it was a very fun class. I am an average student so moving up that big of a step is pretty difficult, but overall the class wasn´´´´´´´´´´ t bad at all. There is a lot of work, but if you can keep up with schoolwork the it shouldn´´´´´t be too hard. Other classes are like AP literature, which is a lot lot of reading but if you like reading then it´ś more of a fun class. You can take almost every class in honors level which is a positive. So if you wanted to boost your record, taking honors classes in mainly all your classes, it wouldn´t be too hard. Hope this helps!!

In my experience here's how "Honors" classes generally differ from on-level

Math- same content, just moves faster. Good for if you pick up on concepts quickly.

Science- similar content, but more math based. Sometimes you must be in advanced math to take Honors science. Good for people who enjoy math and their applications.

History- similar content, moves quicker, more advanced readings. Good if you enjoy history and have strong reading/writing skills.

English- loosely similar content, read longer and harder materials, write more and faster. Good if you want more in-depth content.

I recommend you take some honors classes before taking on a lot of AP classes to see how you handle the workload and faster pace. Jumping from on level sophomore english to AP Lang & Comp would be a massive leap! Best of luck to you my friend.

I can't say for sure since I am in the same situation as you. However, I have heard that AP Computer Science Principles and AP Environmental Science are very easy. Good luck with scheduling!

Please don't take the arts like Music Theory and Art and Design if you don't have any background in them, they aren't as technical as other courses and you may struggle, especially with making a portfolio. It's a bigger project than it seems, but if you like art and are willing to dedicate/manage your time, it might be great for you. All course descriptions are on CollegeBoard's website, so you should look at them there and possibly at your school (because they might teach US history over two years instead of one, for example) before picking courses. You don't need to take certain pairs like both AP US and World history, unless you won't take both exams, since you will probably only get credit for one exam depending on your college and major. Another unnecessary pair is AP Lang and Lit, Lit is like lang but harder/more poetry, so unless you need it for your major I would just take lang or lang + lit with no exam. I've heard psych, human geography, and envi sci are all relatively easy. If you're good at the world language you're taking, you can take AP as an upperclassman. And I don't really see people say this, but considering that I took micro and macro together as a one-year course, and have found it pretty easy, you can definitely take at least one of them in the same time.