Many students at Liberty will take an AP course over the four years of high school. The transition to an AP class may be an adjustment for some students. 

One piece of advice I would give students is if you do not understand content material, and the teacher has not clarified it, go to AP Classroom. AP Classroom has content review videos that they call AP Daily Videos. In subjects like math, science, and social studies these are really helpful. 

For English AP’s, they may help you understand what the task you’re supposed to perform looks like, but unlike the other subjects they do not condense course material. 

Here is some advice from students that they would have liked to know when taking their first AP. 

“It’s important to stay organized all year,” said senior Lauren Childs. “That doesn’t mean consistently doing every assignment early and never missing anything, but it’s really important to keep all your notes and store up resources that can help you study for the AP test.” 

“Use the materials outside of class, if you don’t understand the lessons, or understand the teacher, go and use AP classroom to find a different explanation and take on the topic,” said senior Varnika Mena. 

“Treat it like a college class,” said junior Diya Kandula. “I feel like in most high school classes you can coast by only doing work in class and then going home. In an AP you have to put in the effort outside of class as well.”

“The most important thing to remember is that although, yes you should take the class, you shouldn’t stress yourself out too much over it, every bad grade can be brought up,” said junior Elizabeth Aguirre. “Take the class if it’s something you’re truly interested in, not what anyone else wants of you.”

“Don’t worry about your first test score,” said senior Rehneet Sarang, “because AP classes have harder tests and you’ll improve on them as the year goes on.”

“Focus more on the grade in the class, then on the grade on the AP,” said Kandula. “At the end of the day AP classes are just to prepare you for college. With or without your AP score.”