<p>Eh, I might as well share my AP experiences.</p>
<p>AP Calculus BC - easy peasy lemon squeezy. Math’s my strong subject though…did USAMO and such. Got a 5 without any additional preparation.</p>
<p>AP Language & AP Lit - my weakest subjects. If you achieve 700-800 on SAT CR and know some poetic/rhetoric terms, you can get a 5. My AP Lang/Lit classes were fine, but we didn’t really prepare much for the exams. Got 2’s on them, oh well.</p>
<p>AP Physics C - Mechanics - took this last year, got a 5. We spent the whole year covering mechanics since it’s not a very easy subject and you can apply Newton’s laws to almost anything (which is nice).</p>
<p>AP Physics C - E/M - not taking this one, but my classmate is self-studying it this year. He knows me well; he even says I might have a difficult time preparing for E/M in one month.</p>
<p>AP Chemistry - I’m not the best at chemistry, anticipating a 3 or 4 on it. If chemistry’s your strong subject, you should have no problem getting a 5, with or without extra studying. For me, I honestly don’t care about AP Chem…I’m going to MIT next year, and they don’t accept AP Chem, regardless of the score.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ll do fine on the subjects you’ll excel in. For such subjects, you can easily get 5’s with minimal preparation. If you’re taking AP’s in subjects that aren’t your strong points, or ones that you don’t enjoy…the 5 is going to be tough to get.</p>