Comparative ranking of these AP courses?

Centry
Sun, 22 May 2016 20:33:30 +0000

If Calc AB was easy for you, then BC should be too. A majority of the AP Calc BC Exam, about 70% I’d say, is composed of BC topics. The only new topics that pose a challenge are series (especially Taylor and Maclaurin), integration by parts / trig sub, and maybe polar or arclength.

AP Language is the test that I feel like you can’t or don’t want to practice for, but you still can. Ask your teacher if you can have weekly multiple-choice questions, and write essays at least every three weeks.

AP Physics 1 is algebra-based, so more about concepts than mathematics – though formulas still play a heavy role. Test will be semi-difficult, but the curve is generous.

AP US History in my opinion is the easiest if you can study throughout the year. I’d recommend review books such as Essential Content or AMSCO.

AP Computer Science Principles, it’s perhaps the most time consuming to learn but easy to review as your knowledge of CS is built and reused.

Hardest

Calc BC
Physics 1
Comp Sci
Lang

U.S. History

Easiest