After taking an AP class or two in high school, nothing is worse than taking a timed essay. It's a session of intense writing compacted into an hour or less with no idea whether or not you've written the best essay ever or an unusually garbled piece of poetry.

The Advanced Placement program, run by the College Board, allows high school students to take special courses that qualify for college credit. However, the pressure of studying rigorous introductory college courses as a high school student simply isn’t worth the pressure and here’s why.