What I mean by college courses being easier than AP classes is who the classes are built for.

AP classes are built for the smartest and most diligent students, and you can expect the teachers to grade you as such.

The college courses you’re taking (correct me if I’m wrong, but this will be at a community college or a branch of your state university) are meant for everyone.

This won’t be as true if you’re taking specialized courses, which it sounds like you might be (and should be, especially in computer science), but at least it’ll still take you one semester instead of a school year.

But I highly advise you look into taking your gen-ed classes at the college too. If you would take pre-calc or higher next year, take it at the college. If you’d take any AP English class, swap it for College Writing 101. These are everyman classes at everyman colleges. They are built for anyone to do well, so they are leagues easier than AP classes. And they take half the time. And they’re more respected (for a high school student to take them). What’s not to love?

And take fun shit too! Need a PE credit for high school? Take Ballroom Dance, Kickboxing, or ping-pong at college. Scour the course catalog. Maybe you’ll find Intro to Virtual Reality or Game Development in Unreal 5. Whatever you might be interested in, you’ll find more options at college than at high school.

Now that you’re in their system, you’ve unlocked a new world of opportunity. Use it!