<p>Do adcoms in the top 25 universities view all AP's as "most rigorous courses?"Are some AP classes viewed as more difficult and rigorous than others or is an AP an AP? Some of my friends are getting A's in classes like AP psych, stat, and Enviornmental Science while I'm working my *** off in Calculus BC.</p>
<p>bump…come on, answers por favor.</p>
<p>No, In no way are all APs equal. For example, at top schools Calc AB is frowned on if BC is available. In general, math, science and English APs are most important.</p>
<p>I think it’s agreed on that apush is one of the hardest ap’s, if not the hardest</p>
<p>I think AP psych and AP Environmental were the known easy AP’s for my kids. Don’t think APUSH was much harder. Calc, physics, Stats, Econ were harder.</p>
<p>What about AP Economics?</p>
<p>Obviously this will vary student to student.</p>
<p>No…think core math/science/English.</p>
<p>IMO these are the most important APs: AP English, AP Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, and any AP foreign language.</p>
<p>Anyone have any insight from admissions counselor?</p>
<p>Many people get the wrong idea about this. There is a difference in difficulty in ap exams, but in the classes it is impossible to know. It varies from teacher to teacher and school to school. for example, at my school ap euro is the easiest ap class because my teacher just gives like 500 points e.c. at the end of the semester. At a neighboring school it is extremely difficult!</p>
<p>Ap stat, enviro, and geo can be very challenging classes. At my school, the ap stat teacher goes much beyond the ap lessons. The class is quite hard because of the teacher not the subject itself. He grades very harshly, has many long tests and etc.</p>
<p>The ap enviro teacher at my school is also more difficult than the ap u.s. teacher. He goes beyond the ap exam and makes us memorize taxonomy, we have to identify species based on pictures on tests, we have to write a speech persuading congress of a novel environmental program(extensive research is involved). etc. Not that many people have A’s, maybe 3 out of a class of 40.</p>