How are the AP classes at your school?

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<p>I’m taking 6 APs this year (well 5, and calculus 3)</p>

<p>English Lang, Lit
Spanish Lang, Lit
French, German, Latin
Bio, Chem, Physics B, Environmental
Euro, USH, Gov, Macro Econ (no micro)
Calc AB, BC, Stats, Calc 3 (not technically AP)
Art History, Music Theory</p>

<p>So 20?</p>

<p>I would say the average score is about a 3.5. Most teachers get a lot of 4s and 5s, especially in Calc BC, Physics, Bio, Gov, Stats, and Euro. Lang scores lower (probably average of 3), as well as Spanish and other languages.</p>

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<p>My school has the following:
Music Theory
Studio Art drawing
Studio Art 3D
Euro
Art Hist.
World Hist.
US Hist.
Human Geo.
Psych
Govt.
Macroecon.
Lang.
Lit.
French IV
Spanish IV
Spanish V
German
Chem
Bio
Physics B
Physics C
Environmental Sci.
Calc AB
Calc BC
Stat.</p>

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<p>We have a good variety. I’ve taken 5: Calc AB, Calc BC, Physics B, Physics C, and Economics. Granted, Physics C and Economics can count for two each, I guess.
My school also offers Lang, Lit, Euro, World History, Studio Art, Stat, Psych, Italian, Spanish, Chem, Bio, and Latin. So that’s 17 total. I would’ve been more than willing to take Psych, Stat, Chem, and Spanish/Italian, but scheduling issues prevented the first three, and a bad schedule choice freshman year prevented the last one. I also wish we had Comp Sci and Music Theory-- I’d take those in a heartbeat.
As far as difficulty, Economics is notoriously easy, but not because the teacher sucks. He just waits until everyone gets something before testing on it. Calc is hit-or-miss… you generally either get a mid-to-high A or fail miserably. Physics is pretty challenging.</p>

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<p>AP Economics, AP Comp Sci, AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP French, AP Spanish, AP Statistics
For Juniors exclusively: AP US History, AP English Language and Comp
For Seniors : AP Government, AP English Literature</p>

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<p>AP Lang, AP Lit, AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art, AP French Lang, AP Spanish Lang, AP Spanish Lit, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Comp Sci A, AP Comp Sci AB, AP Bio, AP Chem, AP Physics B, AP Physics C, AP Macroecon, AP US Gov, AP Psych, AP Euro, AP US History. </p>

<p>That is a total of 26, I think? I’m not sure if I’m missing some, though. Some classes are great pass rates, while others are abysmal. Teaching quality is definitely inconsistent. Still, AP teachers are generally much better than regular (and even honors) teachers. My school has recently had a push for adding many more APs, so many of the AP teachers are new to teaching the subject. The AP classes/teachers my school has had long are stronger on average than the newer courses. I know Calc AB and BC, Stats, Physics C, Psych, and USH have good pass rates. I think Bio, Chem, Span Lit and Lang, English Lit and Lang, and Euro have low pass rates.</p>

<p>My school doesn’t restrict APs by grade level except for a few exceptions (Euro for sophomores, USH and English Lang for juniors, English Lit, US Gov, and Macroecon for seniors). I’m pretty sure the rest can be taken by any grade level as long as you meet prerequisites or show ability to handle the course material. Still, most students don’t take many APs until junior or senior year.</p>

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<p>I go to a college prep school, so the work is pretty rigorous.</p>

<p>My school has AP Art, AP Studio, AP English Literature and Comp, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, AP Physics, AP Chem, AP Bio, AP World History, AP US History & Gov’t, AP Government (We used to have AP Euro, but we replaced it with AP Gov) and probably more that I’m forgetting right now lol .</p>

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<p>My school is pretty small (with about 300-400 students), so we don’t have many AP classes. We have: AP Literature and Composition, AP Language and Composition, AP Economics, and AP U.S. History.</p>

<p>Next year, I think two new AP classes are going to be added, like AP Spanish and AP Chemistry.</p>

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<p>According to the school website, my school has 25 AP classes. We also offer the IB Diploma so we have classes for that too. My school’s really ghetto but we offer lots of academic stuff so a lot of smart kids come here with a boundary exemption. The majority of the teachers have decent pass rates.</p>

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<p>AP
Biology - okay teacher, great book
Chemistry - poor teacher, poor book
Physics C: Mechanics- poor teacher, okay book
Statistics - this class is a joke, teacher is poor, book is good. We’ve still had a nearly 100% pass rate, but mostly because kids hate her so much that anyone who can’t get it on their own drops out.
Calculus AB & BC - same teacher for both. Is absolutely amazing. Great pass rate (near 100%), lots of 5s. Seriously the best human being in the entire world teaches this class!
English Lang
English Lit - same teacher for both, really good. Nice class. Not much homework.
US - good teacher
Euro - good teacher, but I don’t like his philosophy on how to cover material
Environmental Science - never taken this class, we’ve only had it one year
Gov & Politics - good teacher, not an incredibly difficult class.</p>

<p>My school limits AP courses to juniors and seniors. Sophomores can take only AP US and AP Stats.</p>

<p>Myself -
Soph - US
Junior - Chem, Physics, Eng Lang, Calc BC, Euro
Senior - Stats, Bio, Gov, Eng Lit, self study Physics E&M
(other course for jr/sr is “advanced” French, non-AP. Not a very impressive class)</p>

<p>I will have taken all of my school’s (11) APs by time I graduate except for Environmental Science. (Actually we have 12 if you count both Calc AB and BC, but students usually only take one.) The homework load is fairly heavy in Calculus and the sciences, but not terrible elsewhere (3 hrs/week, maybe).</p>

<p>AP US is the WORST AP at my school, absolutely loaded with tons of time-eating busy-work. It helps that our AP English courses give (almost) no homework but still have great AP test scores.</p>

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<p>AP English Lang-11th, AP Lit-12th, AP French, AP Spanish, AP Japanese (sometimes, depends on number of students) , AP Mandarin, AP Latin, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP World (10th), AP Gov (12th), APUSH (11th), AP Chemistry (10th), AP Bio (11th/12th), AP Physics B (11th/12th), and AP Studio Art</p>