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Hamster, what did you score on English Comp and Psychology? iI'm interested in those 2 courses.
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<p>I'm still in English Comp and Psychology right now (this thread is about the difficultly of the CLASSES), but I anticipate solid 5's on both based on the practice tests we've done in class. I'm strong in English because I've always been a voracious reader, and psychology is just about knowing a lot of vocabulary. If your school offers these you should definitely take both.</p>
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Hamster, you rated AP Chem as the hardest. Will it totally kill me if I take it in my junior year with a whole bunch of other APs?
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<p>Chem is hardest for me because we have a lot of homework and my teacher is not very good. I probably spend more time on Chemistry than my other three APs combined (US, English Comp, and Psych). This is not to say that the material is too difficult, it just takes a lot of time to go through the book and make sure I have all the concepts down. The good news is that the AP Chem Exam has a generous curve.</p>
<p>desi_chik, you should be fine taking Chemistry with other APs as long as you're willing to commit the time necessary to learn the material. I'm currently in 4 APs, 1 honors class (precalc), and taking a night class (spanish III) at the community college and I still manage to get everything done. Being busy teaches me time management, something that is sure to benefit me more than many of the things I learn in APs when I get to college.</p>
<p>Phys C (taking a drink from a fire hydrant anyone?)
Comp Sci A
AB Cal
USH
the only things hard about US was the massive amout of infromation, the others have concepts. AB is only hard because the teacher sucks. and i end up teaching myself a lot. Physics C is a whole new world. Feilds, Forces, and Integrals OH MY! be ready to have your mind handed to you in mush. E& M will kill your brain.</p>
<p>Hardest to Easiest
AP US History(hard, but if you study you'll get the grade)
AP Chemistry(easy, I didn't take chemistry but I'm doing fine)
AP Macro/Microeconomics(it's not too bad)
AP European History(it's according to what I've heard)
AP Calculus BC (very easy, just do some homework and listen in class)
AP Psychology(very easy, it's also according to what I've heard)</p>
<p>There's probably a complete list, along with the mean grade, for each of the AP test subjects on the college board site. Personally, I took two my sophomore year, AP Music Theory and AP US History. I found theory to be much easier, but I've played piano for 8 years and violin for 7 years then and had done theory throughout my piano playing years. It's really hard to take that class though without any theory/music background. US History has a lot of memorizing and you have to find time to actually sit down and do it all . . . .</p>
<p>I'm taking 5 AP tests this year (Econ, Govt, Psych, Chem, and English Language). Like someone else posted, there's a great Psych teacher at my school and basically everyone gets 5's, so no problem there . . . Econ isn't too bad and I heard Govt's supposed to be easy? I'm taking English online so I'm not sure what to expect, but I got 70+ on my PSAT for the verbal section . . . . And Chem, I'm stuck with a not so great teacher, but we're using the Zumdahl . . . .</p>
<p>Are you guys serious? I thought that AP US and Euro were the easiest classes offered. Then again, my teacher just lectured and made us do no homework what-so-ever. Seemed to work though, as most of the kids got 4s and 5s.</p>
<p>US History is without a doubt harder than AP Euro. For example, on the Euro DBQ, you are supposed to use only the documents. On the AP US DBQ, you must provide outside information.
Also US is more tedious for me. More politics, less science, religion and culture than AP Euro.</p>
<p>Hey for all those of you who take AP Chemistry, are you using refering to black book written by Steven S Zumdhal with the bright aura on the front cover or a newer edition?</p>
<p>Math/Science:
Physics C E&M
Physics C Mechanics
Computer Science AB
Chemistry
Computer Science A
Calculus BC
Calculus AB
Physics B
Biology
Environmental Science</p>
<p>Social Science/History:
U.S.
European
World
Comparative Government/Politics
American Government/Politics
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Psychology</p>
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Math/Science:
Physics C E&M
Physics C Mechanics
Computer Science AB
Chemistry
Computer Science A
Calculus BC
Calculus AB
Physics B
Biology
Environmental Science
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<p>If Environmental Science is so easy, why is the mean score so low (2.4) with only 8.8% making 5's? (Stats from the Collegeboard site.)</p>
<p>it would really depend on the person and his or her perspective</p>
<p>for exapmle, if you truly like math and science and have taken AP classes u will do fine and find these tests relatively easy as i did
i got 5s on both chem and calc BC junior yr.</p>
<p>similarily, if your a history person, u'll find the history tests easy</p>
<p>otherwise it depends how much effort u put into it</p>
<p>for env. science i bet that very few take the class even though many take the test: probably feel that it will be easy though the don't do well: explaining the 2.4 avg and 8.8% 5s</p>
<p>Personal experience has led me to rank the following courses from easiest to hardest:</p>
<p>AP Gov't Politics (easy, barely any work)
AP Calculus (easy, especially with a great teacher)
AP World History
AP French
AP US History (a class where no one got an A for the entire year...)
AP Chemistry (a real pain, especially when you have a teacher that never explains anything!)</p>
<p>The stats on the percentage who score a 5 on a given AP exam has little correlation with its difficulty. Otherwise we should conclude that Calculus BC is easier than Calculus AB, that Computer Science AB is easier than Computer Science A, and that Physics C is easier than Physics B, when obviously this is not the case.</p>
<p>I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm taking Chem, and I think it's pathetically easy. I got a 98% on a midterm composed of entirely old AP questions.</p>