How hard is AP English?

The workload depends on your teacher. At my school, AP English Language students have to write at least 2 essays per week. Most of the essays are written in class!

At other schools, more reading is done than writing. So it just depends on your individual teacher as all teachers operate differently.

The tests are on the books you read throughout the year (4 books total, 1 for each marking period). As long as you read your book or do research on it at the least and get the basics down of what it's about, you should be able to pass your tests. But I encourage you to actually read your book. You get to choose your own book for the 4 books you have to read throughout the year. Other tests you have may be on vocabulary which is very simple -- just study the vocab and you'll be fine.

Generally speaking, you do have to write a lot of essays but most are written in class which is both a pro and a con; a pro because you have less homework but a con because your time is limited to about an hour (unless you have a block schedule).

The AP English Exam was more difficult than everyone thought but if you study, it's doable to pass. I suggest ordering Princeton Review Book for AP English Language through Amazon.com. Make sure to study this review book at least two months in advance prior to taking your AP exam so that you're well-prepared.

ALL AP exams are in May.

Well, I signed up for AP English for my junior year as well. I'll tell you what I've heard and my experience with my summer work for the class.

For AP English I have to read 4 books over the summer, 2 fiction and 2 nonfiction. 1 of each genre is to be read by everyone, and we got to pick our other two from a list.

There is also quite a bit of work which goes along with each book. (The AP English teacher at my school assigns a ton of stuff)

The books are Amusing Ourselves to Death(req), A Tale of Two Cities(req), In Cold Blood(i picked), Light in August(I picked).

I have completed 1/4 of the work so far. So that's my current experience with the class.

From what I've heard there is A LOT of writing. Expect to write an essay every 1-2 weeks. I'm not really sure about the reading aspect besides my summer reading assignment, but be prepared to write!

AP english is a hard subject but not as hard as other AP courses. I say you should take it because it looks really good on your transript and it's great for your GPA.

It's one of the easier AP courses. Honestly though, the course load depends on your teacher. Some teachers are easy and do not give much work while others are hard and give lots of work.

It depends if you're taking AP Lit or Lang.

From what I hear AP Lang is harder than AP Lit, but they're both supposed to be a joke.