AP Exam Tier List

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<p>Yeah, I know difficulty is subjective. That said, I think CC can still come up with a general AP tier list based on how much butt the exams kick. Here's my tier list, not ranked within each tier, based on my experiences and what I've heard.</p>

<p>God Tier:
Languages
Physics C: Mech
Physics C: E&M</p>

<p>High Tier:
BC Calc
Chem
Euro
Music Theory
Computer Science</p>

<p>Mid Tier:
American
U.S. Gov
Comp Gov
AB Calc
Bio
Physics B
Art History
World History</p>

<p>Low Tier:
Stats
Psych
English Lang
English Lit
Macro
Micro</p>

<p>Slag Tier:
Human Geography
Enviro
Studio Art</p>

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<p>Lang lit stats are all harder than comp gov</p>

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<p>Euro is high tier? I never would have guessed, but maybe that’s just because I’m a history person.</p>

<p>I would place the English courses higher, but that’s just my opinion.</p>

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<p>lang and lit are some of the hardest ones to get a 5. Definitely harder than Bio and US history</p>

<p>Calc BC isn’t too difficult, and the Physics C’s aren’t that bad either.</p>

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<p>yeah i thought euro was bad when i was taking, but ended up w/ a 5 o_o
im planning on self studying macro/micro enviro, and psych along with other classes.
you guys think it would be manageable? as they are lower tier?</p>

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<p>Im only going to rank classes that I am familiar with.</p>

<p>HARD (in no particular order):
English Literature
Physics C Mechanics
Physics C E&M (Hardest BY FAR)
Chemistry (too much content… the questions themselves are relatively straightforward)</p>

<p>MEDIUM (in no particular order):
Statistics
English Language (more teachable than literature because rhetoric is less subjective)
World History
US History
Calculus AB (a breeze if you’re good at math)
Calculus BC (just a little bit more content than AB)</p>

<p>EASY (in no particular order):
Comp Sci (this is the most fundamental level of Java!)
Comp Gov (joke class)
Biology (brute memorization…)
Psychology (a fun class)
Chinese
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics</p>

<p>With all that said, don’t let these “tiers” determine what AP classes to take. Do what interests you. Its not worth wasting a year in a blow off class for an easy A if you couldnt give less of a **** in class. Its also not worth wasting a year of hard sweat and tears if you take a “difficult AP” just to impress admissions officers.</p>

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<p>Art History is definitely in the “hard tier” because unlike the other Ap history classes, you are starting with no background knowledge in the topic. Plus, the AP test for it is pretty brutal.</p>