AP Chemistry harder than AP Physics B?

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<p>Coming from a person who took both in my jr year.
although ap chem is hard, i had an excellent teacher who taught the subject very well(ap chem pass rate = ~98%) and i enjoyed the class very much. (AP GRADE =5, 770 sat II) </p>

<p>ap physics B was relatively easy for me but Electricity and magnetism was NOT for me. it was one of the best classes that i have ever taken and this is thanks to the teacher that i had( ap physics B pass rate = ~99%)
(AP grade = 5, 720 sat II)</p>

<p>the pass rates was for my school, not for the entire nation. :)</p>

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<p>AP Environmental Science
AP Biology
AP Physics B
AP Chemistry
AP Physics C</p>

<p>What you posted seems about right, most of my friends in environmental did next to nothing in class and thought they did alright on the exam.
AP biology I think varies but definitely compared to the AP Chem and Physics B exam I found Bio alot easier…I did study for it more.</p>

<p>AP Chem and Physics B I got 3’s on both, i’d say they’re around a similar level depending on the year…physics B was certainly the easier class of the two but the exams themselves I think are similar in difficulty depending on who you are…</p>

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<p>Is the Starr/Taggart book really the AP Bio book? because I’m currently using it in 9th grade Bio and the AP Bio book at my school is literally 10 pounds and over 1200 pages. AP Physics B and Environmental Science isn’t even offered at my school. We have AP Physics C and normal Physics. I haven’t really heard any complaints about AP Chem, but AP Bio is the thing that a lot of the sophomores complain about.</p>

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<p>Different schools use different books. My school uses reese-campbell.</p>

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<p>I think AP chem is slightly harder than AP physics. The math is about equal in difficulty, but chemistry is tougher because the concepts are harder to understand and visualize, which makes it harder to figure out which equations you even need to use. Physics is easy because in most of the problems it’s simple to figure out exactly what is going on. They’re about things like pulley systems and ramps rather than what obscure molecules are doing. Also, chem has more rules and then even more weird exceptions to those rules, all of which you have to remember.</p>

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