<p>Yes, perhaps. I think that AP Chem is most likely the 2nd hardest class at most schools. My school had Calc BC, Chem/Phys B/Bio/etc. Chem is harder than Phys B (at least in pass rate and mean AP grade). We did not have Physics C or Comp. Sci A or AB.</p>
<p>i took the AP Chem exam and got a 1</p>
<p>oh well</p>
<p>Probably because of bad teaching not rough material Adidas. I firmly believe that.</p>
<p>thanks youre probably right</p>
<p>Take the AP science course you'll enjoy. I'm quite sure the admissions office doesn't care. I think which course is easier is really a matter of your natural talents and interests. My son got a 5 on both the bio and Physics C APs, but he worked much, much harder in the bio course. There's just so much material to memorize. He hardly worked at all in physics. He is however a bit of a math whiz and knew a lot of physics from doing Physics Lab at Science Olympiads.</p>
<p>Because I like chem and I'm fairly decent at memorizing I would rank the AP sciences in the following order of difficulty:</p>
<p>Bio < Chem < Physics C</p>
<p>But then again both my parents have taught uni level science courses so I guess I at least have some of their genes ;)</p>
<p>"There's just so much material to memorize. "</p>
<p>That's true, but the vast majority of it you will never be tested on, and the curve is really easy. I didn't really know anything past 9th grade bio about plants and systems of the human body because I decided to do crossword puzzles during the last half of AP Bio, and still got a 4. The exam is way too easy</p>
<p>I'm with ElPope. A lot of people complain about the amount of material on the bio exam, but the curve is so ridiculous that I didnt feel it required more retention than any other class.</p>
<p>Truthfully, if you understand a few underlying themes the memorization wasnt that great. I didn't study and got a 5 because I had a decent teacher and understood that certain information is never going ot be asked, and certain questions are ok not to answer correctly.</p>
<p>I am with SBR on the difficulty level. Physics C even knowing a lot of math requires the most problem solving skills-- you legitimately have to apply information to new situations which you have never seen before. CHemistry COULD have been that hard, but it's a much more predictable exam and you can get away with memorizing a few things for the part IIs that are always asked.</p>