Rank APs at your school

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<p>All of us on the AP tests forum have probably seen the AP Ranking game, which has been quite fun and interesting. Another thing I thought would be interesting to see is how APs rank at your school for difficulty. So this would be based on the AP class at your school, not the AP test that everyone takes the same thing. List all the APs at your school in order of difficulty. Imagine how you think this would come out at your high school if students voted on the difficulty of the AP class, so it will be cool to see where they come out on difficulty rankings when we’re comparing the class/teacher rather than the test. I’m guessing some will be just horrible at one person’s school and the same class could be a total joke at another school, so hoepfully we’ll see the differences. Base the difficulty of it on the class as it currently was this year, with that teacher. Some APs at my school have switched teachers and totally changed the class (when I took AP US Gov, it was a joke of a class; now, it’s sorta hard with a different teacher, but the test is easy for them).</p>

<p>I’ll start. Please go from most difficult down to least difficult/total joke.</p>

<p>1)AP European History (12) (yeah, not the hardest class at many HSs, but it’s completely because of the teacher. I took it this year- smallest class in the entire school, 3 people in it. No one has ever gotten an A in it- same teacher every year, our school is 11 years old)
2)AP Biology (11-12) (2.5-3 hours of homework every night)
3)AP US History (11-12)
4)AP Chemistry (11-12) (sorta hard, but then there are several days when they don’t do anything in class)
5)AP Calculus BC (11-12 depending on placement test)
6)AP US Government & Politics (10-12) (joke when I took it, different teacher made it harder now)
7)AP English Literature (12)
8)AP Calculus AB (11-12 depending on placement test)
9/10)AP Physics B/C (11-12) (I know this should be a harder course, but really, you take tests in the Physics B class and the teacher puts a massive curve on it, so you really don’t have to do anything. Everyone has A+s in it. Physics C- no class but allowed to take that exam too based off Physics B class)
11)AP Psychology (10-12) (regular, not AP course, but allowed to take AP test)
12)AP Statistics (10-12 depending on math placement)
13)AP Spanish Language (11-12 depending on placement test) (we don’t do that much, took it but didn’t feel prepared for test)
14)AP French (12) (they don’t do anything in any French classes)
15)AP Studio Art (?any grade I guess) (no class, just regular art, so you can do AP but it’s not highly regarded)
16)AP Computer Science (10-12) (no one really takes it, doesn’t run every year)
17)AP Italian (12) (no one really takes it, doesn’t run every year, joke)
18)AP Latin (12) (all our Latin classes are a joke, AP doesn’t run every year)</p>

<p>I had to think to remember all of our APs, but I think I got them, and also believe I’ve missed a few of them on some other previous threads about which APs my school offers.</p>

<p>The last 4 or so are about the same ranking for being some of the easiest.</p>

<p>I added some notes in about some of them, plus the grade levels that are allowed to take it.</p>

<p>Now it’s your turn.</p>

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<p>1) Physics C (usually 12)
2) Chemistry (11,12)
3) Literature (12)
4) US History (10,11,12)
5) Calc BC (usually 12)
6) Biology (10,11,12)
7) Calc AB (11,12)
8) Statistics (11,12)
9) Economics (11,12)
I think this is all my school offers…very, very few self study although the option is available. Most “smart” kids take honors through 11th then like Calc AB and Stat senior year and occasionally a science AP. The top 6-7 kids take at least 5 though.</p>

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<p>AP Biology (11,12)
AP Calc AB(12)
AP English Lit(12)
AP U.S.(11)
AP Spanish(10&11 (for native speakers),12)
AP Physics B (11,12)
AP Statistics (12)
AP Environmental (11,12)
AP Art (11,12)</p>

<p>AP Chemistry was added to our course selection for the upcoming year.</p>

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<p>Can’t rank all of them but the most challenging at our school would be

  1. AP Calc BC (11-12)
  2. AP American (11)
  3. AP Chem (11-12)</p>
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<p>AP Chem was until recently the most difficult AP course at my school, but the teacher is retiring this year and what will happen with the class is up in the air.</p>

<p>Oddly enough, Psych is regarded one of the most difficult AP classes in my school. Go figure.</p>

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<p>I haven’t taken all of these, but I have taken the majority of them, and i’ve talked to people about the others.

  1. APLAC (11 for the most part, sometime 12) (probably the biggest gpa killer at my hs)
  2. AP Calc BC (a few from 11,12) (awful teacher, lots of work and most people basically had to self study)
  3. AP Chem (12)(A lot of work, doubles everyday make it a little better)
  4. AP Bio (12, 11 if also taking physics)(A lot of work, but with double period every day it’s somewhat manageable)
  5. AP Spanish (12)(the only language that is taken seriously at our school)
  6. AP Calc AB (11,12)
  7. APUSH (11)(GPA booster, but a lot of work)
  8. AP lit (12)
  9. AP Psych (11,12)
  10. AP Physics B(11, very rarely 12)(Double period everyday, so it is very manageable, also a very good teacher)
  11. AP Computer Science
  12. AP French (12)(the class is a joke, there were 10 people i think who took the class, and only 3 took the test)
  13. AP German (12)(total joke, we’ve only had one 5 since they started offering it, and he was a native speaker)
  14. AP stats (12 for the most part though some take at the same time as calc in 11th if they can fir it in)(total joke class, referred to by almost everyone as “ap study hall”)
  15. Envi-sci (12)(not actually counted as an AP course, but about half of the people who take the class take the test)</p>
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<p>1) AP English Language (10) (Our only AP, but the school, which I’m leaving, is getting 7 more next year. We have mostly IB)</p>

<p>I took AP US History course/exam and the AP World exam this past year (freshman year) APUS was online, APWH was S/S in addition to my Global Studies class</p>

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<ol>
<li>AP Physics C: Mech- (12) The class only covers Mech, and doesn’t include E&M, but the teacher is a genius and cannot bestow his knowledge very well. It takes a lot of self studying, from what I’ve heard.</li>
<li>AP BC Cal- (11/12) Same teacher as Physics C. Same thing- lots of homework and crazy hard teacher-made tests. </li>
<li>AP World- (10) Two teachers: one was pretty good while the other just plain sucked. A good grade was pretty hard to come by for both classes without intense studying as tests usually covered several units, and were composed of AP test questions.</li>
<li>APUSH- (11) Loads and loads and loads of homework. A good two hours on most nights.</li>
<li>AP Lang- (11) I’ve never had such a homework load for any class. Seriously, I love her as a person, but she’s an English Nazi. We were very well prepared, though. We also covered English Lit in the same class. However, next year our school district is moving her to REGULAR US History… An injustice if there ever was one.</li>
<li>AP AB Cal- (11/12) The teacher is awful, and thus lots of kinda fail this class. It would require a lot of self studying to do well, but my school does not generally consist of academic prodigies.</li>
<li>AP Chemistry- (11/12) A lot of homework, but it also took a lot of self studying. Most people held a low to high B. However, all tests and quizzes were usually curved in the same method as the Chemistry AP exam; we only had to get ~66% to get a 100 (a five on the AP exam).</li>
<li>AP German- (12) The teacher has an obsession with the German language and culture. Most people do very well, but there is a lot of work put in. Also, the class is being revamped to be even better.</li>
<li>AP Micro- (12) I’ve had plenty of senior friends complain about this class being pretty difficult.</li>
<li>AP French- (12) I’ve only barely heard about this class, but from what I can tell, it requires a good amount of studying, as with most language classes.</li>
<li>AP Spanish- (12) Same as French.</li>
<li>AP Lit- (12) Generally, the teacher of this class does not do much work, but that’s mostly due to the fact that AP Lang get’s most people a four or five, so no one really cares.</li>
<li>AP Statistics- (11/12) Just another math class. Easier than Algebra 2, harder than Geometry. Some work, but not a lot.</li>
<li>AP Computer Science- (10/11/12) There is a fair amount of work in the class, but most consider this an easy class.</li>
<li>AP Environmental Science- (11/12) This isn’t entirely a blow off class, and there is some work involved, but most people take it because they want an easy A.</li>
<li>AP US Gov- (12) I’ve heard plenty of people say this is a blow off class. However, results on the test reflect that as well.</li>
<li>AP Studio Art- (11/12) From what I can tell, really easy. I mean, it’s art… Pretty simplistic in grading.</li>
</ol>

<p>We have a good amount of AP classes. Yeaaaah…</p>

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<p>Just using the courses my school I know enough about:

  1. Calculus BC (12)
  2. Physics C (12)
  3. Biology (11, 12)
  4. US History (11)
  5. Latin (11, 12)
  6. Chemistry (11, 12)
  7. Calc AB (12)
  8. Env. Science (11, 12)
  9. World History (10)
  10. Psychology (11, 12)
  11. English Lang (11)
  12. Computer Science (10, 11, 12) - 2nd year CS, so super easy by the time you get to it</p>
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<p>Not gonna rank all of them, but the hardest by far is AP Biology (12).
The top 10 kids in the class of '11 took it, and that class killed everyone’s GPA. It was the biggest GPA massacre in my school’s history lol. The top 10 ranking was thrown haywire just because of one class. (Second year it’s being taught)
The rest are sort of equal, but AP English Lit is probably second. The teacher is so nice, but she grades like a monster.</p>

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<p>1: AP Physics C (difficult because the teacher doesn’t teach. Nice guy though ;))
2. AP Econ, Spanish Lang, Compsci, Chemistry (LOL I’m taking Econ, chem and Compsci as a sophomore next year!) </p>

<ol>
<li>The rest are pretty much same level. Teachers are all decent, you get out of the class what you put in. </li>
</ol>

<p>Here’s something funny though: HONORS US History is one of the hardest classes in the school because everyday, the teacher’s assignment for us is: “sit down and don’t you dare bother me unless you’re bleeding.”</p>

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<p>I’m just going to rank the classes I know enough about/have taken

  1. AP Gov/Econ (11-12) (They’re semester classes, the teacher is kind of insane for the subject and considering that the subject in econ…)
  2. AP English (11-12) (I just squished the two of them together here, I think Lit is 11 and Lang is 12. Lot’s of work for both of them)
  3. AP German (11-12) (You need to be good at German…)
  4. AP World History (9) (The teacher is absolutely amazing, it’s hard but mostly because it’s everyones first AP. The teacher is very helpful and cuts us a lot of slack)
  5. AP Human Geo (10) (Not sure what to say… work isn’t horrible)
  6. AP Computer Sci (11-12) (Easy teacher)
  7. AP Psych (10-12) (Really really interesting class with a great teacher but not too hard)</p>
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<p>1: AP World (11-12)
2: AP Chem (11-12)
3:AP Calc AB (12)
4: AP Stats (11-12)
5: APUSH (10-11)
6: AP English Lang/English Lit) (11-12)
7: AP Physc (12)
8: AP Spanish (placement)
9:AP studio Art
10: AP Bio (11-12)</p>

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<ol>
<li>AP Spanish Language (12) (Heard it was near impossible to get an A, very rigorous)</li>
<li>AP French Language (12) (Lots and lots of work assigned along with material that needed to be learned independently. Also hard to get an A in this class)</li>
<li>AP Chemistry (12) (Horrible teacher who read verbatim off Powerpoints, randomly gave tests of unpredictable difficulty, at times assigned us multiple lab reports and packets, left 4 chapters to cover, let us figure out labs for ourselves, and didn’t care that we had hardly any prep for the AP exam)</li>
<li>AP English Language and Composition (11) (Teacher grades insanely hard)</li>
<li>AP Stats (11-12) (Very poor teaching, lots of homework, let kids figure it out on their own)</li>
<li>AP US History (11) (Awesome teacher but lots of reading and difficult, lengthy tests)</li>
<li>AP Psychology (11-12) (Easy material but was assigning homework and projects, including a project for each break)</li>
<li>AP Biology (12) (Lots of reading, straightforward but tests were from Campbell test generator and were more detailed and difficult than AP questions)</li>
<li>AP Calc AB (12) (Very, very straightforward. If you looked over the example problems in the notes before a test, it was easy to ace it. Almost no trick problems were given)</li>
<li>AP US Government (11-12) (Heard it was teacher’s first year teaching an AP class and had never even taught an honors class before. Very lax)</li>
<li>AP English Literature and Composition (12) (Ha, this was a joke. Our teacher treated us like kindergarteners, making us play games and have a tea party. She also mostly graded for completion and we only wrote one real paper.)</li>
<li>AP European History (10-12) (Teacher assigned us homework about once every two weeks and the class was mostly taking notes from his lectures.)</li>
</ol>

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<p>Can’t rank them all but I would have to definitely say the hardest is AP Euro (10). Everyone agrees even the seniors. And to add to it, its the first AP the school let’s you take</p>

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<p>^That just seems so stupid on the school’s part, sorry, that they let you take the hardest one first. </p>

<p>AP Euro is the hardest at my school too!</p>

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<p>Hard:
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Comparative Gov’t & Politics
AP Spanish Language (non-native speakers)</p>

<h2>AP Physics B</h2>

<p>Medium:
AP Macroeconomics
AP Environmental Science
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics</p>

<h2>AP Calculus BC (BC is easier because we have a better teacher)</h2>

<p>Easy:
AP English Language
AP US Gov’t & Politics
AP European History
AP World History
AP Spanish Language (native speakers)
AP English Literature
AP Psychology</p>

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<p>My school has classes that are easy to get an A in yet hard to pass the AP Exam!</p>

<p>Easy A’s
Calc AB
World
Environmental
Macro
Bio
Eng Lang</p>

<p>Medium
Calc BC
Stat
US History
Spanish
Eng Lit
Psych
Chem</p>

<p>Super Hard
Physics C (not enough kids to take it so they must self-teach)</p>

<p>AP tests that people pass?
Eng lang
world
Environmental
Stat
Psych
Spanish
Macro</p>

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<p>Dang, I forgot the year taken. Sorry:</p>

<p>Hard:
AP US History (11)
AP Biology (probably half 10 half 11/12)
AP Chemistry (11,12)
AP Comparative Gov’t & Politics (11,12)
AP Spanish Language (12, non-native speakers)</p>

<h2>AP Physics B (11,12)</h2>

<p>Medium:
AP Macroeconomics (12)
AP Environmental Science (11,12)
AP Calculus AB (12)
AP Statistics (11,12)</p>

<h2>AP Calculus BC (12, BC is easier because we have a better teacher)</h2>

<p>Easy:
AP English Language (11)
AP US Gov’t & Politics (12)
AP European History (12)
AP World History(10)
AP Spanish Language (12 native speakers)
AP English Literature (12)
AP Psychology (11,12)</p>

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<p>Of the 6 I have taken, ranked from hardest to easiest:
AP English Language-2 of the 3 teachers are fairly legitimate, while the 3rd(which I had) is much easier
Biology-the teacher is very difficult, but she teaches very well
US History-Both current teachers are fairly difficult
Tie between Physics B and Calc BC-I found both ridiculously easy, but that’s probably because I’m a math guy. The work isn’t that bad
Chemistry-The teacher was very laid-back, and the class basically self-studied the material.</p>

<p>Calc AB-I never took it
Stats-I never took it
Env Sci-I didn’t take it
Macro-I didn’t take it
Eng Lit-I didn’t take it
French-I didn’t take it
Spanish-I didn’t take it
Music Theory-I didn’t take it</p>