This is class is a LOT OF WORK for senior year. There is only one reason you should take this class and that is if you are aiming to max out your college application with every possible AP class you can take. Other than that, it is not worth it, especially if you have a 5 on AP Lang already. There is a lot of group work and it's terrible if you have a bad group. Make sure you're in a good group with friends you can meet with. You have to impose deadlines on your own group and space out the work otherwise procrastination will kill. The "claim" about this class 1st semester is that you spend a lot of time working on your college essays, but in reality if you're really aiming to have a good essay you'll do most of your work outside this class and submit whatever random drafts you have for homework. Hopefully you are a fast reader, a fast thinker, and a fast writer for this class otherwise you are screwed.