My DS did both. Doable.
I took it and loved it. Talk to upper classmen who took it before you and ask what they would do.
I personally found AP World History to be one of the most important classes I've ever taken. The subject matter isn't why it's the most important to me, though it certainly is fascinating and I loved it; rather, AP World History taught me how to write well. If you take any AP classes that aren't AP Calculus or AP Chemistry, you will need to be able to write well. AP World History prepares you to do this. The students in my later AP classes who didn't take AP World History really struggled due to the amount of writing, especially argumentative writing, that we had to do.
To add on, I've also taken AP Physics and AP U.S, currently taking AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Gov and AP Environmental.
I've never once heard of anyone having a good experience in AP Physics or AP Chem, so I think your opinions on AP classes are still valid.
I took AP Physics when we were online. The teacher told us it was going to be even more difficult than it already was, especially since we can't do any of the labs we were supposed to do if we were in person.
I’m not worried about the content I’m just worried about the amount of homework and studying. How many hours a night did you have to do homework/study for it?
What was the workload like?
I’m actually taking AP world this year and in my opinion it is actually very interesting. However there is a LOT of information to know and remember and for me at least a lot of homework. I have the AP exam coming up in May so I am studying for that. If you don’t like history I suggest you don’t take this class.
I like history a lot actually but I’m trying to get into some leadership and extra curricular activities next year and am unsure if I will be able to keep up with all the homework
For my class, every unit (there are 9) we have a reading guide that is about 20 pages of questions to answer. With that comes about 40 pages of reading to answer those questions. On top of that we have assignments daily relating to a specific thing in the unit like the events of the Cold War or the Mongols conquests. We have practiced SAQs (short answer questions), LEQs (long essay questions) and DBQs (document based questions). Most of our tests are multiple choice but some have been written like the examples above. If you do decide to take the class I recommend Heimlers History YouTube channel. He has videos for every chapter and topic. Hope this helps!
Thank you!!
I didn't spend very much time on homework, despite the fact that I did thorough outlines of each chapter of our textbook. I spent maybe an hour each night on homework for World History (on average, some days I had no homework, sometimes I had a bit more than usual). It'll depend on your teacher for sure, but you likely won't have too much homework. I did AP World History as my first AP class and while working part time as a dishwasher, spending ~2 hours in the gym each day, and still engaging in my other extracurriculars. If you're even considering a service academy, you probably have the work ethic to deal with World History.
It really depends on the teacher and how they teach it. Mine was very textbook dependent, but if you can find other ways to supplement the material (quizlets/YouTube/other textbooks) then you will do okay. Expect to do lots of multiple choice and AP style writings. If this is your first social studies AP, you may struggle a bit, but in time you will get it.
Great point also. It helped prepare me tremendously for other AP class writing as well as essays in general. Ultimately elevated my writing style as a whole.