AP Chem. Our teacher said lab write-ups should “only” take a minimum of 5 hours… We also had 12 page tests to finish in 50 min and practically no one could finish them. Each test tested not only the stuff we just learned but also stuff from the beginning of the year and honors.
That class was literal hell.
How is that even fair? 12 pages? I understand the lab write ups but 12 pages… Wow
Can’t really compare a one-semester CC class to a full-year AP high school class. They may cover some of the same material but are almost certainly not taught the same way.
Ranked based on workload and exam difficulty-
Hard: Calc BC and Physics 1
Medium: English Lang
Easy: World, US, English Lit
Basically a Joke: Environmental
Hardest: AP Chemistry
Easiest: AP Language and Composition
Hardest: AP Chem. Hated that class so much, just because I never knew what was going on. It was pretty much an amalgamation of things I didn’t understand as we went from chapter to chapter, and those labs KILLED me. So many memories of crying at 1 am trying to google answers. Ugh.
Hardest to Easiest in my opinion that I’ve taken:
- Chemistry
- Physics 1 (material was tough but curve was generous)
- US History (just a ton of information)
- European History (ton of information but I loved the class)
- Calculus AB (had amazing teacher, made me love math)
- English Lang + Comp (essays were a drag but naturally good at writing)
- Psychology (super interesting class)
- Spanish Language/Culture
Hardest: Calc AB and BC
Easiest: AP Govt
in my opinion
Hardest: AP Calc
Easiest: APUSH
My APUSH class was a joke, bit I still somehow managed a 5 with no real outside studying.
Easiest: APHG
Hardest: Bio
I took HG last year and I’m in bio this year
Only those 2
AP Chem was a disaster. The teacher was bad and everything just went downhill from there. I got a 2 on the AP test, lol.
Hardest: AP Euro
AP Photography (Studio Art 2D)
AP Calc BC
Easiest: AP Computer Science A
Easiest: AP Bio
Medium: AP Lang (any articles dealing with 18/19 century literature, it is so BORING and I always do worse on those)
Hardest: AP Physics
We are like two weeks into school and I hate Chem, despise Chem, want to jump out a window in chem. I hated hn Chem but because I’m a go-getter(sarcasm) I took AP to help for college. My teacher is so especially over qualified to teach the course it’s unbearable.
People who hate chemistry aren’t patient. To be successful and love you have to be patient and read along.
My rating of my AP classes so far(1 being easiest):
- AP Computer Science A
- AP English Language
- AP Statistics
- AP Chemistry
- AP US History
- AP Human Geography (seems like it should be easy, but the lack of actual content makes this class incredibly difficult)
Hardest-Easiest
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature
AP World History
AP Biology
AP US History
AP Physics 1
AP Economics (my school combined micro and macro)
Hardest:
AP Lit (haaard for me 
)
Easiest:
AP Chem (definitely not easy, but not hard as long as I study)
APUSH
AP Euro
Hardest: AP Euro
Easiest: AP Physics 1
Hardest: AP Music Theory. I’ve taken/am taking 7 APs so far. I have barely any background. Low-key almost cry in the class once every 2 weeks
Easiest: AP Stats
I think a lot depends upon individual and their teacher. AP class grades and AP scores can differ significantly.