Hardest AP classes and the Easiest AP Classes?

skieurope
Sun, 22 Feb 2015 19:02:18 +0000

This is not the first time this has been asked.

The teachers can make or break the class. If they pile on busywork that doesn’t teach the concepts or prepare for the exam, they are wasting everyone’s time. However, only the students at your school can provide info on that. Additionally, everyone has different skill sets; what’s easy for the STEM kid may be more challenging for the humanities-inclined student.

Some AP’s are intrinsically more time consuming than others. From my experience:

The hardest and/or most-time consuming, IMO, are: Calc BC (if taught as a one-year course after pre-calc), Physics C E&M

A small step down to the next level: Physics C Mech, Bio, Chem

A small step down to the next level: Eng Lit, Eng Lang, USH, Spanish Lit

A small step down to the next level: World Hist, Euro Hist, Art Hist, Calc AB, Calc BC (if taught as a one-year class after Calc AB)

A HUGE leap down to the next level: everything else