re: AP classes harder than college? (a conversation with two cousins)

I don't know as I graduated from UGA in the early 90s.

But my oldest daughter is on a different academic path than I ever dreamed about. She is a junior in HS and ranked #1 in her class at a school acclaimed for academics. She is taking 4 AP classes right now and has a full slate scheduled for her senior year. She definitely does 3-4 hours of homework most nights and spends our vacations in the books. Heck, she takes her coursework to the beach, restaurants, etc..

This on top of being a HOSA State Officer, Varsity Cheerleader, Cross Country, Track, and studio dance. Her nose is in a book or on a computer screen with pen and notepad beside her just about every spare second she has. Easily 3-4 hours a day. I don't know where she gets it from because though her mother and I graduated college, we were nothing like her. She is best described as a socially awkward but extremely hot nerd. (My wife's description)

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It's not hard when you're the one getting the As

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There were some pretty damn brilliant frickers in those classes. It was humbling. I had to work like crazy my first two years and had a solid GPA, but I wasn't at the same level as some of those people, and I will freely admit that. I was a biology major, and there were a pretty good segment of Harvard and Stanford and the like med school admits, lots and lots of future bio and biochem PhD's, people who are now doing residencies at places like UCSF and Baylor, etc., etc. I was not in their league.

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But my oldest daughter is ... best described as a socially awkward but extremely hot nerd.

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Holy hell, what a creepy thing to say.

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3 was in AP biology which is still one of the hardest classes I've ever taken ( one of the best teachers ever too, I can still talk somewhat intelligibly about a lot of that stuff almost 10 years). I fricking got a 3 because I mislabeled hydroponic and hypoponic cell membrane. Anyway, I had to take biology in college again. I made a 99 in the class (and a d in the lab because I overslept the final). So yeah, I think in general, the AP is harder than freshmen biology in college

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Well, Biology AP is supposed to cover Biology 1,2, and both labs. At least that's the credit it's worth with 4+ on the exam at LSU. So the AP course better be more difficult that your Intro Biology.

Didn't take Physics or French AP, but LSU Spring testing lets you test out of so much without even needing AP.

I got straight B's in APs Junior year and somehow got 4s and 5s on all the exams, so I think my school was just particularly difficult. It does have that reputation.

Had more on my plate in HS than in my earlier years of college, so I thought AP US History was a little rigorous compared to some of the joke classes at LSU. It was good for improving writing skills though.

Anything is possible but I doubt it. She is dating an equally nerdy freshman at Samford University. He is a pharmacy student and if she gets pregnant it will be by him. He is holier than Tim Tebow and his family is ultra "do righters." Those two are peas in a nerd pod whose idea of fun together is watching old James Bond movies and talking about organic chemistry.

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if she gets pregnant it will be by him. He is holier than Tim Tebow and his family is ultra "do righters." Those two are peas in a nerd pod whose idea of fun together is watching old James Bond movies and talking about organic chemistry.

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sounds like perfect candidates to resurrect the Manson legacy

I'd say yes. The few AP classes I took in high school were a bitch. Plus throw in studying for the AP test and yeah I'd say they were harder