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hardest AP courses ranked (top 5)
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Asuna_Yuuki [#4]I took 21 APs and I can say
- Chem
- Physics C
- Calc BC
- lit
- US hist
I can tell you are from India
Asuna_Yuuki [#6]Heck nah
Literally the easiest AP ever
environmental science and apcsp is easier imo.
Asuna_Yuuki [#4]I took 21 APs and I can say
- Chem
- Physics C
- Calc BC
- lit
- US hist
e&m or mechanics for you? for me it was e&m
Ballsamolee [#8]environmental science and apcsp is easier imo.
Ngl its been so long that I forgot the difference between csp and csa
Never took environmental science but always heard it was easy
Ullyr [#11]Ap art history 💀💀💀
forgot about that class
Was lowkey way harder than it should have been
Ullyr [#11]Ap art history 💀💀💀
Nah if someone fails that class and goes into politics its over for us
Asuna_Yuuki [#10]Ngl its been so long that I forgot the difference between csp and csa
Never took environmental science but always heard it was easy
yeah i self studied environmental science and got a 5. It was really easy.
thatpower [#15]apush
calc bc
calc ab
bio
lang
i only took these 5
Why did u only take those 5
Those were some of the harder ones imo so you could’ve definitely taken more
Asuna_Yuuki [#17]Why did u only take those 5
Those were some of the harder ones imo so you could’ve definitely taken more
in hindsight, i should've taken chem, physics, and some of the cs ones but i didn't want to destroy myself at the time
Asuna_Yuuki [#13]forgot about that class
Was lowkey way harder than it should have been
it was a shit ton of memorizing. i hated that class, but it wasnt the hardest tho.
Uncleben [#20]Bc is free wtf
Ab is so much harder
that is just false. bc is just ab, but more stuff
Asuna_Yuuki [#4]I took 21 APs and I can say
- Chem
- Physics C
- Calc BC
- lit
- US hist
ngl for me I don't think chem is allat
also how did you take 21 aps wtf?
Asuna_Yuuki [#4]I took 21 APs and I can say
- Chem
- Physics C
- Calc BC
- lit
- US hist
Nah us history was easy af
Xplodd [#24]Nah us history was easy af
Yea I think my teacher was just terrible
Exam was light but teacher made it way harder than it should’ve been
It was just hard at my school
FireII [#23]ngl for me I don't think chem is allat
also how did you take 21 aps wtf?
Freshman - human geo
Sophomore - Calc BC, Cs principles, Bio, World, Chem, Physics 1
Junior - Cs A, Lang, APUSH, Physics 2, Art hist, mechanics,
Senior - Stat, Lit, e&m, EU hist, Psych, French, Gov, macro
Uncleben [#20]Bc is free wtf
Ab is so much harder
?????
Bro BC is double the material and like double the speed of AB
Literally any of the science and math ones, the social studies and English ones are a genuine joke. Never took any of the art or foreign language ones so I can't speak to their difficulty. Physics C (both exams) and Calc BC are definitely the hardest, heard that Chem is insanely hard but I took Bio (which is really easy). Not really sure how anyone found the history exams difficult, they're just rote memorization mainly so anyone can get a 5 if they study. I guess they can be hard if you find learning history a chore.
Fwiw CSP and CSA were by far the easiest ones, heard that APES is a meme too but I never took it
big_chungus69 [#30]Literally any of the science and math ones, the social studies and English ones are a genuine joke. Never took any of the art or foreign language ones so I can't speak to their difficulty. Physics C (both exams) and Calc BC are definitely the hardest, heard that Chem is insanely hard but I took Bio (which is really easy). Not really sure how anyone found the history exams difficult, they're just rote memorization mainly so anyone can get a 5 if they study. I guess they can be hard if you find learning history a chore.
Fwiw CSP and CSA were by far the easiest ones, heard that APES is a meme too but I never took it
have you ever done ap lit?
big_chungus69 [#30]Literally any of the science and math ones, the social studies and English ones are a genuine joke. Never took any of the art or foreign language ones so I can't speak to their difficulty. Physics C (both exams) and Calc BC are definitely the hardest, heard that Chem is insanely hard but I took Bio (which is really easy). Not really sure how anyone found the history exams difficult, they're just rote memorization mainly so anyone can get a 5 if they study. I guess they can be hard if you find learning history a chore.
Fwiw CSP and CSA were by far the easiest ones, heard that APES is a meme too but I never took it
Bro, you really thought Lang and Lit were easy?
Asuna_Yuuki [#28]Freshman - human geo
Sophomore - Calc BC, Cs principles, Bio, World, Chem, Physics 1
Junior - Cs A, Lang, APUSH, Physics 2, Art hist, mechanics,
Senior - Stat, Lit, e&m, EU hist, Psych, French, Gov, macro
Damn did you take those all in school or outside as well?
My school district has a ton of pretty strict course rules so kids don't destroy themselves with APs, so i cant take that many lol
Asuna_Yuuki [#29]?????
Bro BC is double the material and like double the speed of AB
wtf
At my school ab is 8 units and bc is 2 units
Ballsamolee [#22]that is just false. bc is just ab, but more stuff
If you take AB as a junior then BC as a senior I can see how you would find it easier. Half the material you already know. The transition from pre-calc or trig to actual calculus may be harder than the transition from calculus to... slightly harder calculus. I only ever took BC and found it quite difficult but some of my friends who took AB first found it easy. Then again, they were just way smarter than me too 😹
Rodu [#35]
- Art History
- Bio
- Chem
- AP World
- Ap Physics C
BC and Physics 1 may be harder for some people, but I like math so they weren't personally bad for me. Rn in high school with a total of 7 ap tests, and im taking 5 ap courses rn in my senior year.
art history number 1 is wild bro
big_chungus69 [#36]If you take AB as a junior then BC as a senior I can see how you would find it easier. Half the material you already know. The transition from pre-calc or trig to actual calculus may be harder than the transition from calculus to... slightly harder calculus. I only ever took BC and found it quite difficult but some of my friends who took AB first found it easy. Then again, they were just way smarter than me too 😹
Ye that’s what I did
Plus at my school ab is 8 units and bc is 2 units + ab review
Bc is literally the easiest math class I’ve taken since algebra 2
Uncleben [#34]wtf
At my school ab is 8 units and bc is 2 units
I get it
So the traditional path in your school is to take calc ab before bc?
In that case it would make sense that bc would be easier
In my school BC was 10 units and AB 8 units and people would take choose between them
Rodu [#35]
- Art History
- Bio
- Chem
- AP World
- Ap Physics C
BC and Physics 1 may be harder for some people, but I like math so they weren't personally bad for me. Rn in high school with a total of 7 ap tests, and im taking 5 ap courses rn in my senior year.
No way bro put Bio and world but not BC
Asuna_Yuuki [#39]I get it
So the traditional path in your school is to take calc ab before bc?
In that case it would make sense that bc would be easier
In my school BC was 10 units and AB 8 units and people would take choose between them
Ah that makes sense
Yeah I’m my school u can’t take bc without passing ab first
Ballsamolee [#37]art history number 1 is wild bro
Bro this class is so fucking useless, like the only reason im taking it is because i need a visual art to pass. and i cant take fun shit like ceramics or reg painting cuz no classes r open with my sch. Mf i swear to god if i ever have to anaylze a portrait of mao zedong walking to mines again in my life im ending it.
Asuna_Yuuki [#40]No way bro put Bio and world but not BC
I like math, so BC was pretty fun and easy. I had a great teacher as well so it was pretty light.
Dreoxx [#43]AP Physics C: E&M
AP Physics C: Newtonian Mechanics
AP Chemistry
AP Calculus BC
AP Literature and Composition
Bro my physics teacher is supposed teach both Mechanics and Em and she hasn't even finished mechanics. im so fucked
FireII [#33]Damn did you take those all in school or outside as well?
My school district has a ton of pretty strict course rules so kids don't destroy themselves with APs, so i cant take that many lol
All in school
I had special permission to take a few APs early though
Asuna_Yuuki [#28]Freshman - human geo
Sophomore - Calc BC, Cs principles, Bio, World, Chem, Physics 1
Junior - Cs A, Lang, APUSH, Physics 2, Art hist, mechanics,
Senior - Stat, Lit, e&m, EU hist, Psych, French, Gov, macro
your old school has 8 periods?
thatpower [#48]your old school has 8 periods?
Yea
Don’t most schools still have 8?
Maybe its just a Texas thing
Asuna_Yuuki [#49]Yea
Don’t most schools still have 8?
Maybe its just a Texas thing
I live in California , we have 6 periods, students can take 5-7 classes cause of an "extra" period, and teachers teach 5 or 6 periods
Asuna_Yuuki [#47]All in school
I had special permission to take a few APs early though
oh that makes sense. im a sophomore taking calc ab, chem, and euro history, so i think i will end up with like 13-15
Rodu [#46]Bro my physics teacher is supposed teach both Mechanics and Em and she hasn't even finished mechanics. im so fucked
it's wraps for you gg
just self-study is what I recommend. em >>> mech in terms of difficulty imo
Asuna_Yuuki [#32]Bro, you really thought Lang and Lit were easy?
Yeah, I've always naturally found reading and writing far easier than math. I barely studied for them while crushing them despite failing the BC exam even though it and Physics C were the only ones I genuinely grinded really hard on lol. I graduated in 2020 so I'm having some trouble accessing my collegeboard account but I'm pretty sure I got 5s on both, maybe a 4 on English III. I had incredible teachers for both too, especially my English IV teacher. She was definitely a top 3 teacher in my entire life, she bailed me out so hard after I just stopped turning in my work lol, 2020 COVID year fucked everything for me and I nearly failed all my classes that required HW/Zoom attendance as part of the grade 😬😹
tbh depends when/how many you take, don't overwork yourself just because your friends are, speaking as a student from a very competitive high school who suffered from extreme burnout both in high school and early college.
i only took three as a result of burnout (and the big C), but my rankings out of the three I took are (hardest to easiest)
- AP US history
- AP Stats
- AP Environmental Science (class easy, not many people get 5s)
it does all depend on your willingness to self study and how you best learn, teachers, etc of course
big_chungus69 [#53]Yeah, I've always naturally found reading and writing far easier than math. I barely studied for them while crushing them despite failing the BC exam even though it and Physics C were the only ones I genuinely grinded really hard on lol. I graduated in 2020 so I'm having some trouble accessing my collegeboard account but I'm pretty sure I got 5s on both, maybe a 4 on English III. I had incredible teachers for both too, especially my English IV teacher. She was definitely a top 3 teacher in my entire life, she bailed me out so hard after I just stopped turning in my work lol, 2020 COVID year fucked everything for me and I nearly failed all my classes that required HW/Zoom attendance as part of the grade 😬😹
Did u make ur collegeboard account with ur school email by any chance?
Asuna_Yuuki [#55]Did u make ur collegeboard account with ur school email by any chance?
Yep, did it with my school district issued email and it's since been disabled in the 4 years since my graduation. Tried to see if I could change my login email but apparently the support line is only open until 6 pm lol
big_chungus69 [#56]Yep, did it with my school district issued email and it's since been disabled in the 4 years since my graduation. Tried to see if I could change my login email but apparently the support line is only open until 6 pm lol
RIP
I know multiple people who lost access to their collegeboard accounts due to logging in with their school emails
Schools usually terminate a student’s emails after they graduate
kshah [#2]
- chem
- physics (calc-based)
- lit
- calc
- physics (algebra-based)
chem was pretty easy for me idk. calc fucked me up though but i had to miss like 3 weeks of it for health reasons so thats probably why
Rodu [#42]Bro this class is so fucking useless, like the only reason im taking it is because i need a visual art to pass. and i cant take fun shit like ceramics or reg painting cuz no classes r open with my sch. Mf i swear to god if i ever have to anaylze a portrait of mao zedong walking to mines again in my life im ending it.
yeah i agree with everything you said cus i also had to take the class because we had to do at least one fine arts class so we can graduate.
Uncleben [#38]Ye that’s what I did
Plus at my school ab is 8 units and bc is 2 units + ab review
Bc is literally the easiest math class I’ve taken since algebra 2
oh damn it is a lot different from my school. for us ab wasnt a prerequisite for bc, so our school just taught ab and also the extra stuff in bc.
Uncleben [#45]
- Physics 2
- Chem
- Calc Ab
- Physics 1 (just electrostatics or whatever that shit was called)
- Microeconomics
Easiest gotta be
- AP csp
- AP environmental science
- Ap lang
- Ap calc bc
- Ap world history
ap lang in easiest????????
Asuna_Yuuki [#26]Yea I think my teacher was just terrible
Exam was light but teacher made it way harder than it should’ve been
It was just hard at my school
Tbf my US history teacher is considered the best teacher in my entire high school and is probably the best teacher I've ever had
FireII [#50]I live in California , we have 6 periods, students can take 5-7 classes cause of an "extra" period, and teachers teach 5 or 6 periods
exactly the same for me as a californian
Asuna_Yuuki [#17]Why did u only take those 5
Those were some of the harder ones imo so you could’ve definitely taken more
stacking up on APs is useless. even if you want to go an Ivy, you only need like 10 max
Jitu [#66]stacking up on APs is useless. even if you want to go an Ivy, you only need like 10 max
Nah bro it doesn’t look good if you don’t take the hardest classes available to you
Asuna_Yuuki [#67]Nah bro it doesn’t look good if you don’t take the hardest classes available to you
u can take the hardest classes available and not stack up APs. i know a girl going to cornell who only took 5 APs
Jitu [#68]u can take the hardest classes available and not stack up APs. i know a girl going to cornell who only took 5 APs
Well the hardest classes available are usually APs or at least at my school they were
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