@VickiSoCal Our high school has a large percentage of families from testing cultures, so the expectation on APs is a 5…a 4 and below is considered “failure” by many parents…so the teachers give a ton of homework and extremely challenging exams to achieve the grades. He dropped down to Honors Chem…but the poor kid was so drained he struggled to pull a B. When it came time for his younger brother to sign up we forced him into regular chemistry…which has proven to be a good decision.