What are the hardest AP's?

vulpix
Wed, 26 May 2010 18:31:35 +0000

Out of the tests I have personally taken, this would be my ranking for most to least difficult:


Physics C: Mechanics
Chemistry
Biology
Microeconomics
US History
Calculus AB
European History
Calculus BC
World History
Literature
Language
US Government
Environmental Science
Chinese (native speaker)


Although, to be honest, the only reason I considered Microeconomics “difficult” is because I self-studied it (meaning that I basically learned the entire course the week of the test), and I got the test date wrong (I thought it was 12pm on Friday, and on Thursday at 12:10pm I realized that the test was on Thursday and it had already started. Not good. I arrived at the testing site half an hour late and totally panicky, which obviously did nothing to help my concentration during the test itself).

I’ve heard from a lot of people (including some native speakers) that the French test is just brutal. I’m guessing that any of the language exams would be difficult for a non-native speaker, although if you’re a native speaker, the Chinese test is ridiculously easy and very generously curved to boot.