<p>Out of all the APs you've taken, what would you say were some the hardest ones and least hardest ones?</p>
<p>least hardest? o_O</p>
<p>why not just say easiest?...</p>
<p>Calculus was the easiest for me, either US History or Spanish were the hardest (the ones I didn't get 5's on).</p>
<p>If you go by the percentage of 5s awarded, English Language, English Literature and Composition and some of the foreign language AP courses are quite difficult. As for the easiest, Calculus BC has a high percentage of students who score a 5 on the AP exam, but this is more likely to be a result of the high academic caliber of the students taking the course, and not because the course is easy.</p>
<p>^^ Ya. Just because people did well on the AP exam doesn't mean it was easy or hard. It really depends on the teacher. Teracher could be extremely easy, but really bad so you fail the AP exam. Or the teacher could be extremely hard, but an amazing teacher so you get a 5. Therefore, difficulty depends on your school :).</p>
<p>^Not entirely accurate. The overall grade distribution on the AP exam matters because it shows how students nationwide who took the course performed relative to a standard measure. As such, I think you can say that it is GENERALLY correct to assume that the AP courses with the lowest percentage of high scores on the exam are more difficult than those with a higher percentage of 4s and 5s.</p>
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Calculus BC has a high percentage of students who score a 5 on the AP exam, but this is more likely to be a result of the high academic caliber of the students taking the course, and not because the course is easy.
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<p>Well, I think that that's so high because such a large number of the students took AB before.</p>
<p>For classes:
AP US history = hardest
AP English lit = easiest</p>
<p>For exams:
AP Spanish language = hardest
AP psychology = easiest</p>
<p>In my case, at least.</p>
<p>My school didn't allow me to take AP courses as a freshman/sophomore. Not fair.</p>
<p>Furthermore, my school required that I take the normal honours courses for sciences before I did the AP courses (even though I had covered much of the same material in Singapore). Ho-hum. I want to file a lawsuit against my school now, for hindering my academic progress...</p>
<p>Anyway, I've only taken 2 AP exams so far! (AP Calc and English Comp). Thanks a lot, stupid school administration. I have 4 further courses, Bio, Physics C, English Lit and World Hist, but I'm considering self-studying Environmental Science, AP Chem, French Language and French Lit (not really self-studying since I do take French at the local university now), Calc BC (school doesn't offer, so I have to take classes outside, so not really self-studying either), Macro/micro econs, probably psych, stats, european history, us history, us government, comparative government, human geography. Maybe art history, if it's not too difficult (based on what I already know) and physics B.</p>
<p>Actually, I probably could have self-studied for the exams during freshman/sophomore year, but I didn't know about this. I now have a vendetta against my school for not adequately informing me (and for basic competitions like the AMC too). Does anyone else think their school administrators should be sacked?</p>
<p>AP Latin Literature/AP Latin Vergil. Worst test I have ever taken.</p>
<p>the lowest national average for AP tests is AP Envisci (like 2.1 or something). but that's cuz envisci is full of kids who didn't get into bio/chem/phys... i took it in my soph year cuz it was the only AP science open to sophmores, unlike other high schools around us, and for good reason--our school wants to keep like a 4.9999999 AP average. last year we had the highest average in our state and all, but on the ap envisci test only like 10/40 ppl got a 5 in. but maybe that's cuz they were all seniors who already got into the best colleges :/</p>
<p>you cant judge the hardness of classes. all high schools differ in the % of students that get 4s and 5s on AP exams depending on how prepared teachers made the students and how well/easy classes were taught. also calc BC is one of the hardest topics conceptually, even tho the numbers may not say this</p>
<p>The hardest are the ones you least like, the easiest are the ones you most like.</p>
<p>"Does anyone else think their school administrators should be sacked?"</p>
<p>Me. They FORBADE me to take certain APs, DEPRIVED me of science credits I got in a foreign High School, counted ALL my foreign courses as academic (instead of being top 1%, I am basically top 25-30% of my class), obliged me to take Health/PE/and a bunch of unuseful stuff. I don't even have the basic foreign language credits despite spending 14 yrs of my life in a foreign country, and having 5 on both AP french language/literature.</p>
<p>Basically, they destroyed my chances for good colleges. Sometimes, life really sucks.</p>
<p>Classes all depend on the school. But AP Languages are not the hardest. Just to make a point, AP Calculus BC is NOT HARD for anyone who is capable of taking multiple AP classes. You can't say its hard when your (not specificity pointing to anyone but just as an example) only classes are AP Human Geography and Comparative Government.</p>
<p>Some AP's w/ high percentage of 5s: Calc BC, Physics C, Japanese, and Chinese</p>
<p>You think those classes are easy? Ha ha. Those APs have high scores because only the most intelligent people end up taking them. AP Chinese had 80% 5s. Those kids were probably all fluent or have uber strict Chinese study regiments. In my school, it's the same elite group of students enrolled in AP Phys C, AP Calc BC, and AP Chinese. In comparison, the AP English takes in multiple classes from Soph to SR level. The elite class = almost all 5s. The English courses receive 5-10% 5s.</p>
<p>You can't assume difficulty from the statistics because the sample pool differs for each exam.</p>
<p>Also wouldn't you take Physics C with Calc AB? I'm currently very bored in AP physics actually, because the calculus used is so elementary. You don't even get to use related rates, never mind multivariate functions or partial derivatives ....</p>
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Calculus BC has a high percentage of students who score a 5 on the AP exam, but this is more likely to be a result of the high academic caliber of the students taking the course, and not because the course is easy.
Well, I think that that's so high because such a large number of the students took AB before.
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<p>That's one big reason. And at the schools where this doesn't happen, AP Calculus BC is the more advanced AP calc class whereas AP Calculus AB is the less advanced AP calc class, which would also explain it.</p>
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The hardest are the ones you least like, the easiest are the ones you most like.
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<p>Not completely true. I personally love Spanish (and languages in general), but that was the hardest exam for me, even though I'm fluent in it.</p>
<p>I would have to say that AP world history was pretty hard for me, but it really depends on how much effort you put into the class. If you really want to pass and make a good grade, you need to pay attention and dont goof off during class. That's what I did when I was in AP history and it was really hard to make at least A B average.</p>
<p>I've also taken AP biology and AP Physics. </p>
<p>Both of those classes were alright, except you have to remember a lot in Biology more than you do in physics. And if you're decent at math, you'll pass AP physics. </p>
<p>AP biology takes a lot of memorization and studying, it's not a class where you can pass without studying, unless if you're naturally smart in it.</p>
<p>So, the order I'd put this in from easiest to hardest is has followed:</p>
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<li>AP Biology</li>
<li>AP Physics</li>
<li>AP World History</li>
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<p>I took 15 + ap's and I'd say chem has got to be the hardest one, the range of topics it covers is amazingly wide. Econ (micro/macro) is in prob the easiest one to self study to a 5.</p>