Take it if you really like US History. I personally didn't take it, but all my friends who did sure seemed like they dreaded that class and it was always worrying them. Like $trinick said, I wouldn't do that to myself. I am, however, taking AP literature because I excel in English classes in school. I was also thinking about taking AP Biology but I don't need 4 years of science to graduate and I want to have early dismissal everyday for my senior year.