A class taken by a group of overachievers, aiming to wow colleges by taking a unique class that's supposed to teach them to do college research papers. Upon applying for the class, students often have no idea of what to expect, but are calmed by the idea that they soon will. It's only until the day before the actual AP exam that students realize they still haven't figured out what the class is all about. Yet, when others ask them what the class is all about they are known to recite the exact description published by Collegeboard word for word. And while students often complain about the overwhelming workload, they are secretly comforted by the fact that it's their easiest AP and refuse to let the outside world uncover their darkest secret. The typical AP Seminar student is known for their deep desire to write and publish their own review book on the class in order to profit off the class before opponents such as Barrons or the Princeton Review can.
AP Seminar student applying for course: I have no idea what this course is all about
AP Seminar student day before AP exam: I have no idea what this course is all about
Non-seminar student: "What do you guys even do in AP Seminar?
AP Seminar student: "Oh, we learn really in depth college level research skills and learn to write Master level research papers. The class is all about argument..."
AP Seminar student day before AP exam: I have no idea what this course is all about
Non-seminar student: "What do you guys even do in AP Seminar?
AP Seminar student: "Oh, we learn really in depth college level research skills and learn to write Master level research papers. The class is all about argument..."
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A disease which is common among seniors and reckless sophomores. The typical symptoms include lack of energy, inability to fall asleep, decrease in social participation, and excessive anxiety. The patients tend to show either/both apathy about life or/and pathological fervor about historic subjects. The disease frequently begins in September each year, reaching its climax in late April and early May, and wanes in June and July. The mortality rate it causes among patients is higher than the chance to get a 5, which is a cure for this disease.
Parent: My child got an allergy involving AP World History.
Doctor: I'm so sorry to hear that! That poor kid must be suffering so much.
Doctor: I'm so sorry to hear that! That poor kid must be suffering so much.
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Student 1: I'm going to avoid taking Calculus by taking AP Statistics.
Student 2: Good luck, fam. I'll pray for you.
Student 2: Good luck, fam. I'll pray for you.
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Type A AP Euro Teacher
The teacher that makes it easy is a teacher that gives little to know busy work, actually talks about questions that will be on the exams, and gives curves. Some kids who are retards or are extremely lazy will still find a way to fail, but majority of kids will pass, and about half will pass the AP Exam. They will even let you share the work with other students at times. This is the type of teacher you want, if you get this kind of teacher, it is a great way to boost your GPA.
Type B AP Euro Teacher
This teacher likes to give 2-3 hours of homework every night, mostly considered busywork every night. Tests will be on the 8 chapters assigned the night before the test, and almost everybody will fail and there will be no curves. They will also create retarded projects, useless essays and make you memorize vocab words which wont be on the AP Test. This teacher will likely give you 5 different textbooks, and expect you to read every page of every textbook by the time the year is over. When the AP Test comes around, the 7 people who haven't dropped the class usually end up doing ok, but at the cost of drastically lowering their GPA. These teachers are responsible for roughly 8.2% of teenage suicide.
Type A AP Euro Teacher
The teacher that makes it easy is a teacher that gives little to know busy work, actually talks about questions that will be on the exams, and gives curves. Some kids who are retards or are extremely lazy will still find a way to fail, but majority of kids will pass, and about half will pass the AP Exam. They will even let you share the work with other students at times. This is the type of teacher you want, if you get this kind of teacher, it is a great way to boost your GPA.
Type B AP Euro Teacher
This teacher likes to give 2-3 hours of homework every night, mostly considered busywork every night. Tests will be on the 8 chapters assigned the night before the test, and almost everybody will fail and there will be no curves. They will also create retarded projects, useless essays and make you memorize vocab words which wont be on the AP Test. This teacher will likely give you 5 different textbooks, and expect you to read every page of every textbook by the time the year is over. When the AP Test comes around, the 7 people who haven't dropped the class usually end up doing ok, but at the cost of drastically lowering their GPA. These teachers are responsible for roughly 8.2% of teenage suicide.
Student A:I love my AP European History teacher, I have a 95% and I barely study, he goes over all the test questions in class, and I only read chapter outlines on his website! My History teacher Rocks!
Student B:Screw you, There are no A's, 1 B, 3 C's, 40 D's and 80 F's in all of my AP European History teacher's classes, I spend 3 hours a night on homework and have to study 4 hours to get a D on a test, 5 students have killed themselves this year, 7 are in mental hospitals, 6 have eating disorders, 3 are in jail for trying to kill the teacher. AP European History sucks.
Student B:Screw you, There are no A's, 1 B, 3 C's, 40 D's and 80 F's in all of my AP European History teacher's classes, I spend 3 hours a night on homework and have to study 4 hours to get a D on a test, 5 students have killed themselves this year, 7 are in mental hospitals, 6 have eating disorders, 3 are in jail for trying to kill the teacher. AP European History sucks.
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WARNING ** This class will make you question the point of education and life as you know it ** WARNING
WARNING ** This class will make you question the point of education and life as you know it ** WARNING
First day of school
Mom: Hey son, got any homework tonight?
Son: Yeah, AP Euro
Mom: Oh really? I meant that as a joke, it's the first day of school...
Son: Well, it can't be THAT bad, right?
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Friday, May 6th 2016
I emerged from the testing hall and was filled with a strange but vaguely familiar warmth. What was it, that filled my body so gloriously with rays of strength and euphoria. I opened my faded and bloodshot eyes that hadn't seen anything other than Jackson J. Spielvogel's Western Civilization 9th Edition textbook for 8 months. I gazed at the horizon at a bright but pleasant light.
"Sun..." I whispered aloud, remembering the name of the post Scientific Revolution center of the solar system. My eyes wandered to the fields of trees dotting the horizon, and the numbness I felt from the test began to wear off. I had a new melancholic emptiness inside me, a hole in my heart from the now useless information of the entirety of European history encompassing the later middle ages until the present day. My faded and bloodshot eyes welled with tears of happiness, as though I had finally regained something I had lost a long time ago. I took my first few steps as a new person. I was home now. I was free.
Mom: Hey son, got any homework tonight?
Son: Yeah, AP Euro
Mom: Oh really? I meant that as a joke, it's the first day of school...
Son: Well, it can't be THAT bad, right?
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, May 6th 2016
I emerged from the testing hall and was filled with a strange but vaguely familiar warmth. What was it, that filled my body so gloriously with rays of strength and euphoria. I opened my faded and bloodshot eyes that hadn't seen anything other than Jackson J. Spielvogel's Western Civilization 9th Edition textbook for 8 months. I gazed at the horizon at a bright but pleasant light.
"Sun..." I whispered aloud, remembering the name of the post Scientific Revolution center of the solar system. My eyes wandered to the fields of trees dotting the horizon, and the numbness I felt from the test began to wear off. I had a new melancholic emptiness inside me, a hole in my heart from the now useless information of the entirety of European history encompassing the later middle ages until the present day. My faded and bloodshot eyes welled with tears of happiness, as though I had finally regained something I had lost a long time ago. I took my first few steps as a new person. I was home now. I was free.
by deadinside000 May 20, 2016
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