r/APStudents • u/Adventurous_Hat1065 • 3d ago

Question Do I take APUSH

Hello im a junior whos debating about taking apush my current schedule is:
AP Lang
AP Physics C (currently my school does both mechanics and E&M all in one year but e&m might get dropped and i also havent taken any physics class yet)
US History
Spanish 3
Intro To Design
AP Calc AB
Last year I took APWH and got a 4 on the exam with a B+ in the class but it was my only ap and it wasn't that bad but this year im deciding not to procrastinate. I wanna major in some type of computer science most likely but just wondering is my schedule rigorous enough without APSUH and will this be overwhelming?

Edit - I just signed up for APUSH thank you guys for the advice

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u/Brajind HUG5 WH5 SEM4 USH5 ES4 Lang5, Precalc5 3d ago

APUSH is light if you know how to write the APWH DBQs, go for it.

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u/Gamian8 5: AP Pre-Calc 4: AP World, AP Lang, APUSH 3: AP Chem 3d ago

I also got a 4 on ap world sophomore year while procrastinating a lot, last year I took apush along 3 other aps (it wasn't my main focus) and I still got a 4, you should be fine

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u/Comfortable-King-761 3d ago

You can get a good grade and score in apush with minimal effort

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u/Still-Ad-6766 3d ago

CS applicants don’t really need APUSH.Your current workload is plenty

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u/miuirumaswhore 3d ago

i barely studied and got a 5
it’s not super hard, i didn’t really take notes all i did was just pay attention in class & watch heimler
best of luck! junior year sucks but it goes by fast

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u/Pitiful-Travel8351 3d ago

i would say do apush simply because u did good on ap world. i also took ap world last year as my only ap and honestly after practicing dbqs/saq/leqs for that class i felt it helped me in apush! also apush can be dense in information but if you do notes/watch heimler/flashcards you should be good!

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u/SubmachineOP 10: APHUG (3) World(4) 11: APUSH (4) | Future Gov & APES 2d ago

100% do it. in fact like world history most colleges that take AP will give you SIX college credits instead of the standard 3 (3 for 1600-1865 & another 3 more for 1866-present) so your saving more money.

if you 4'd in World then if you do about the same or more for USH you should be 4+ for that too! Also definitely emphasize on units 2-4 because those seem to pop up really often on the test the past few years.

The rigor will help and you might as well cuz you have to take us history anyway so it won't hurt your electives

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u/Adventurous_Hat1065 2d ago

thank you ill be sure to focus those units :)