Are the AP exams really that hard?

CollegeBound98
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:24:00 +0000

My high school offers 12 AP courses. Out of those 12 courses, this year (and many previous years), only 3 of those courses (psych, stats, and english lang.) had more than 1 person recieve a 5 on the AP exam. So, are they really this difficult, or is my school just really dumb?