<p>Hardest: AP gov(it's only because my teacher assigns a crazy load of hw, the course itself isn't), there should be some but idk</p>
<p>medium(as in needed to study but like about to kill myself): APUSH
Easy(barely did work): ap calc BC, ap chem(medium easy because i did do work sometimes), ap econs</p>
<p>ap gov't is super easy at my school!</p>
<p>Here is my break down. You have to remember, however, that I'm a math/science/computer person.</p>
<p>Calculus AB - Fairly easy.
Calculus BC - As long as you can master AB, you should have no problem with BC. It's only like 3 chapters more than AB. Most topics overlap.
Chemistry - Very difficult. Lots of conceptual topics and explaining. My teacher was also incredibly hard.
Comp Sci AB (there is no BC, only A and AB) - Pretty easy actually. For me, all the abstract data structures and algorithms are fairly obvious.
Biology - Not hard. You just need to do a lot of memorizing.
Physics C (Mech + EM) - Hard, but not too hard. If you aren't super focused, you could get hurt when trying to change the word problem into math.
US History - Not bad. Lots of memorizing (duh) and writing. Your hand gets tired late into the test.</p>
<p>Hmm...</p>
<p>Calc AB - I found the course and the test VERY easy. I do think I got lucky on some of the free response questions though. They were all straightforward, which isn't always the case.
Calc BC - One of my harder classes (material-wise, not grade-wise). I found BC required significantly more abstract thought than AB.
Chemistry - the class was a joke; the test was very tough
Biology - mostly memorization and nothing too tricky; Lots of material to cover. I'd say Medium level test. The class was awesome though
USH - lots of reading, lots of memorizing, lots of essay writing. If you're good at that, it should be a piece of cake
English Lang - potentially easy if you're a good writer..</p>
<p>Bio-moderately hard for someone who hates rote</p>
<p>Comp sci AB- easy, altough the Litvin book will only scare you.</p>
<p>US history -easy, I bombed the DBQ but still got a 5.</p>
<p>chem -I found it easy with a good text</p>
<p>Physics C E+M- easy if you know the calc</p>
<p>Calc BC- easy if your a math person, else a bit hard</p>
<p>US Gov - very easy if you foolow news</p>
<p>Comp Gov- I got a 5 without taking the class or self-studying</p>
<p>Humman geopgraphy- A joke, I walked in cold and got a 5.</p>
<p>Bill How did you get an 5 without reviewing the material?</p>
<p>Also does anyone know about the A.P. Spanish exam? Is it hard? Is it easy to self-study it. </p>
<p>Also is there a real big difference between Comp Sci A and AB? If you took a Java Course then would you not need to take either of the classes?</p>
<p>Sciencenerd:</p>
<p>i heard the AP Spanish Language exam was very very hard. My best friend speaks essentially fluent Spanish (though she's not a native speaker - what she knows she learned from her school) and she found it extremely tough. From what I understand, it's a lot like the English Language exam except everything is in Spanish and there's an oral section. It requires a VERY good command of the language.</p>
<p>I believe that AP Calculus AB can be readily prepared for. Check the previous free-response questions. The question types do not change; only the numbers do. It's math, so if you aren't comfortable with a question type, you have the luxury of practice.</p>
<p>I thought that Biology was very difficult to prepare for. It is hard to cover fifty-two chapters in depth in a school year in class. I had to resort to CliffsAP to cover stuff my class did not cover. Unlike Calculus AB, the free-response questions draw from more general content areas. The curve is fairly generous, though.</p>
<p>sciencenerd:
I listen to the BBC for several hours a day. I thus know international issues very well. I took a look at sample questions at the AP website for Comp Gov and Human Geo and found I could almost all of them with my current knowledge. It's kind of like how native speakers get 5's on the langague exams without studying</p>
<p>As for comp sci, A is mostly Java syntax and simple algorithms, AB is mostyly dat stuctures and program design.</p>
<p>Wow what propaganda, My UPUSH teacher said the UPUSH test is the hardest, because out of all the AP tests this one has the most test takers, so its grade the hardest. Propaganda I tell you</p>
<p>AP Art History is really hard. One shouldnt underestimate its difficulty for preparing for the AP exam. There's so much information to be learned!</p>
<p>I have AP Language & Comp. (easy), AP U.S. History II (easy, though the teacher gives pointless assignments), AP Spanish V (easy, but I hear the exam is hell, esp. since the AP languages at my school were going to be made into two year courses, but they changed them back to one, ****ing many people off), and AP Biology (the exam will probably kill me...the teacher always talks about how little we all know and how he needs to cram everything in, as we only have class four days a week (sometimes 3), and each class is only an hour long, yet he doesn't teach us!)...
I had AP American Gov. last year (my sophomore year), and it was pretty easy.</p>
<p>Hardest is Chem, the book doesn't explain some of the "conceptual" questions and just gives the answer.</p>
<p>USH and Bio were both pretty easy. You just have to memorize a bit in bio, but most things explain themselves in a logical progression if you think about them</p>
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I had AP American Gov. last year (my sophomore year), and it was pretty easy.
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That's odd. AP Govt (both US and Comp) are only senior year courses because they apparently require a good knowledge of 20th century history. My teacher outright said that he doesn't teach to the test though, so it may not actually be true. I heard because they're both semester courses, they're pretty easy. hmm...</p>
<p>Hardest: AP BIO- killer, so much information espeically if you have a weak intro to biology course
Medium: AP CHEM/ AP EURO/ AP US/ AP GOVERNMENT/AP ECONOMICS/AP SPANISH/ AP CALC AB- all not too bad... if you do the work and study you should pull off an A
easy: ap psych, ap english language- two easiest courses known to man, virtually impossible to not get an A in if u just hand in everything and do the work on time.</p>
<p>for everyone who thinks that AP stat is a joke...Do you think that the SAT I math section was harder, or the AP stat exam?</p>
<p>LadyinRed, at my school, AP American Gov. is one of the optional AP courses...Freshman year, students must take world history (AV, CP, or Honors), followed by U.S. History I (AV, CP, or Honors), then U.S. History II (AV, CP, Honors, or AP). AP Gov., AP World, and AP Euro. are all optional and may be taken starting in tenth grade. In my class, there were seven sophomores, including myself. I currently have AP U.S. History II, and I'm sure it would have helped me even further if I'd already had this class before AP Gov., though I'm sure that having had AP Gov. last will help me this year on the AP U.S. History exam. There are no real requirements, though, for taking AP Gov. One must be at least a sophomore, but that's about it.</p>
<p>Hardest: Foreign Language and Literature exams
Medium: Biology
Easiest: Chemistry (the class was tough though)</p>
<p>do you have to do a lab for the chems test?
for ap or sat II, and which is harder of them?</p>