Difficulty Rankings of AP Classes

<p>What AP classes are going to be added? I'll be taking AP Bio, AP Language and Compostion and AP Spanish next semster, so maybe I can squeeze something else in there.</p>

<p>TCB is introducing italian, chinese and japanese. Italian is going to be offered next year, and japanese and chinese in 2007 i think</p>

<p>Chemistry is not as hard as you guys are making it out to be. I mean, look at the curve! You can afford to get half of the test wrong and still get a 4 or 5</p>

<p>"Chemistry is not as hard as you guys are making it out to be. I mean, look at the curve! You can afford to get half of the test wrong and still get a 4 or 5"</p>

<p>BECAUSE the material is hard, you can get half the test wrong (actually 60% correct) and still get a 5. i personally didn't find it too hard but some people do.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Euro (hardest... maybe i was just too young, i dunno)</p></li>
<li><p>Eng Lang</p></li>
<li><p>US history</p></li>
</ol>

<ol>
<li>Physics C E & M (was going to self-study, looked at it, and almost died. gave up on trying to self-study. not a math-science person.)</li>
<li>Physics C Mechanics</li>
<li>Calculus BC</li>
<li>English Lit</li>
<li>Statistics (yes, big gap here...pretend that there is one)</li>
<li>APUSH</li>
<li>Chemistry (I actually thought this was the easiest AP I've ever taken...but I studied a lot, so, eh)</li>
<li>World History</li>
<li>European History</li>
</ol>

<p>AP Classes are ALL EASY,</p>

<p>I say this because international education is much harder.
AP is a joke.
Mexican education is far more difficult; including education in France.
Our school system is a joke.</p>

<p>Never heard of mexican education being far more difficult, though that may just be a stereotype. </p>

<p>Now education in Asian countries is crazy. Math and science are wayyyyy beyond our sophistication. They learn calculus way early.</p>

<p>And my friend goes to boarding school in Ireland - for jr. and sr. years they take college classes. Which means they take sophomore level classes senior year!</p>

<p>Well; I talked to my cousin that goes to a High School in Mexico, and it turns out that our SAT's are a huge joke. They take way harder examinations and they are required to take Calc; Calc is part of their examinations (which makes the SAT look like a joke, since the hardest thing you'll see on the SAT is algebra)...For one thing; she already graduated with a 10.0/10.0 grading scale, she took the hardest courseload and will be going to France on a full ride.</p>

<p>From what I have seen, AP music theory is REALLY tough. The class is truly reserved for only a few people, with a lot of classes only having about 10 students. From what I have heard the music theory is so tough and the material is so advanced that you can't get general education credit for it. A lot of people have to minor in music b/c you get credit the 200 division.</p>

<p>I'm going to combine AP and IB.
1) AP German (our German exchange students had difficulty with the exam!)
2) AP Physics C (E&M was harder)
3) IB Chemistry (my teacher was a former Duke organic chem professor with a Ph.D. from Columbia :eek: )
4) IB History
5) IB Math Methods (we learned way more than we needed to)
6) AP Calculus BC
7) AP/IB Biology
8) AP Psychology
9) AP English Lit/IB English (my English teacher relied on Spark notes)
10) AP Environmental Science (took as a sophomore-we did nothing but play cards, watch MTV, etc. and got 4's and 5's)</p>

<p>hardest to easiest..( info from students)</p>

<ol>
<li>APUSH</li>
<li>AP Chem</li>
<li>AP Art History</li>
<li>AP Enviromental Science</li>
</ol>

<p>Yeah this is kind of off but adding to ebonytear's post, the math and science system in both Taiwan and China is significantly more difficult than the American system by far. </p>

<p>The American math curriculum (for the normal student, assuming no jumps):
8th or 9th -- Algebra I
10th -- Geometry
11th -- Algebra 2
12th -- Precalculus/AP Calculus</p>

<p>The Taiwanese curriculum:
6th and 7th -- Algebra I
7th and 8th -- Geometry
8th and 9th -- Algebra II
10th and 11th -- Precalculus
12th -- Calculus (required)
*Bearing in mind that each subject topic is also far more difficult than what the American system teaches.</p>

<p>In China, they go even faster...this is why if contests like AMC is opened to every school in China and Taiwan the number of perfect scorers will make the number of American perfect scorers seem like a joke.</p>

<p>I've heard that it's typical for a Singaporean high school student to take multivariable calculus and differential equations.</p>

<p>I think Americans are okay as far as teaching goes. Sure it's harder in other countries, but here you learn how to think and criticize, while there they mostly just cram. I think the reason the US does not rank higher internationally in math is that the pinnacle of math is consistently considered to be calculus, while international and even national math competitions avoid calculus at all costs. If we switched the "advanced" senior class from AP Calc to Number Theory or something, I think the US would be undoubtedly first in the world.</p>

<p>you can say whatever you want, buddy.</p>

<p>anyway, ap classes i took from hardest to easiest.</p>

<ol>
<li>ap european history</li>
<li>chemistry</li>
<li>Literature</li>
<li>US History</li>
<li>Language</li>
<li>Psychology</li>
</ol>

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If we switched the "advanced" senior class from AP Calc to Number Theory or something, I think the US would be undoubtedly first in the world.

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<p>Actually, Americans already do fairly well in international math competitions, but that's because there is America generally stresses more individualism, which allows more talented students to pursue harder courses. But on average, the nations with stricter curriculums will be on a higher level.</p>

<p>Chem really isn't hard at all.</p>

<p>you guys really think that euro history is that hard? I am taking it next year as a sophomore... any tips? Maybe anything I should do over the summer to prepare and do well?</p>

<p>just to validate thesloc's comment Mexican h.s. are much more difficult that American ones. Plus the education level is higher. I attended school in Mexico for 10 years (2 high school)...it is much harder work-wise. What I mean about it being higher level is that for example what you learn in 3rd grade in the US you learn in 1st in Mexico. </p>

<p>as for AP ranking (from the ones I took)- hardest to easiest:
btw I'm not a math/sci person.</p>

<p>HARD:
1. Biology
2. Calc BC
EASY:
3. English Lit
4. English Comp
5. Microeconomics
6. Macroeconomics
7. European History
8. US Govt
9. US History
10. French Language
11. French Lit
12. Psychology
13. Comparative Govt</p>