Advanced Placement (AP) student Jenna McMillan agrees that advanced placement classes are the hardest classes to keep up with.

“AP Bio is the class I struggle with the most,” said McMillan. “That class has the most work and (requires) the most information.”

Students that find themselves struggling to keep up with their grades due to their AP classes have no way out since AP classes cannot be dropped.

“It’s a district rule,” said AP English teacher Jon Wakeman. “They want to keep the class size high to justify classroom requirements.”

Students agree that if one student were to drop an AP class, more and more students would want to drop. Eventually Everett would no longer have the AP program.

“If one person drops, then more will drop, then that class will have to be cancelled,” said senior Casey Bilodeau. “That’s a lot of money lost investing in AP classes.”

Counselors have a different outlook on why students have AP classes, and what their actual purpose is.

“The purpose of these classes is to receive a college credit and pass the test,” said guidance counselor Raymond Rubio. “These classes aren’t meant to bring up your GPA, but to get you on the right track to pass the test.”

Classes that are math or science based are the most challenging for students.

“Students from every school in the district find AP math and science related classes the hardest,” said Rubio, “If I was a student I would also find those classes the toughest.”

The workload some of the teachers assign is not the only thing students find challenging. Students say that having a bad relationship or no relationship at all with your professor can make the struggle harder.

“It’s not only the tons of work, but a lot of students don’t get along with the teachers,” said McMillan.

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