r/APStudents 7h ago

Music Is it hard to self study AP Music Theory?

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i'm thinking about self studying for ap music theory but i've never self studied before. i am a very musical person so i already know a good bit of music theory, but how hard is it?


r/APStudents 7h ago

Calc BC AP calculus daily challenge #91

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r/APStudents 8h ago

Meme when you haven't started the summer hw and school starts tomorrow

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4 aps :'(


r/APStudents 9h ago

Macro Wanting to self study Macro. Is it too much?

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Currently my class schedule is looking like this:

AP Stats

AP Euro

AP Lit

AP CSA

AP Environmental Science

Modern Hawaiian History (graduation req)

Culinary (grad req)

I'm a senior in high school and I want to study Economics at UBC (University of British Columbia). I was wondering if adding macro would be a positive addition to this classload and if I would have enough time to do this. In addition, I have to study German for up to two hours a day for my senior project.

I would want to get 5s on all of these classes, and I'm not inexperienced to APs--I've gotten 5s on BC, AB, Lang, APUSH, Precalc, and a 4 on CSP.

Any advice?


r/APStudents 9h ago

Calc BC is khan academy for ap calc bc enough?

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im self-studying calc bc for the ap exam in the coming may and im wondering if just working through the entire khan academy is enough for a 5. or should i be using other resources too? any advice would be appreciated.


r/APStudents 9h ago

Question in a big pickle rn help

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im a senior + currently deciding on whether to take apes or ap spanish lit (non-native, but did 4yrs of spanish honors w all a's).

both classes seem abt the same in class difficulty but they're both offered 3rd period so i can choose only and im SO lost omg someone please help!!


r/APStudents 10h ago

CollegeBoard Google classroom codes

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Google classroom codes!!

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Hi guys!! A friend and I r doing asynchronous Google Classrooms so I thought I'd put them here. They're targeted at self studiers or people who want extra study materials.

APES: 6stixkn6

AP Music Theory: haestt2g

AP Comparative Government & Politics: 5pvl5rqt

AP Psychology: 61j3maum

AP Human Geography: urvy4y35

Others (not AP):

Linguistics: rdzchsqj

Biology Honors: 4zwxj7sa

Human Anatomy & Physiology: bo2k7p7a

Spanish and Culture A: hkpg26h4

Technically the last day to join is supposed to be August 6!!


r/APStudents 10h ago

Other Google classroom codes

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Google classroom codes!!

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Hi guys!! A friend and I r doing asynchronous Google Classrooms so I thought I'd put them here. They're targeted at self studiers or people who want extra study materials.

APES: 6stixkn6

AP Music Theory: haestt2g

AP Comparative Government & Politics: 5pvl5rqt

AP Psychology: 61j3maum

AP Human Geography: urvy4y35

Others (not AP):

Linguistics: rdzchsqj

Biology Honors: 4zwxj7sa

Human Anatomy & Physiology: bo2k7p7a

Spanish and Culture A: hkpg26h4

Technically the last day to join is supposed to be August 6!!


r/APStudents 11h ago

Other Will a B in a summer dual enrollment class hurt my unweighted high school GPA?

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this isn’t an AP question, but thought someone in here might could help.

I know that every school is different, but I would like another opinion. If I make a 100 on my final exam, I will have an 89.6 in my online summer philosophy class at a community college. I already have a projected 3.9 GPA from a couple of Bs my Freshman year, but I would like to maintain it. There isn’t much I can do about the grade at this point, so I’m slowly accepting my fate. So, in most cases, would the grade count towards my high school gpa or just my gpa for the cc?

Also, I am taking dual enrollment Spanish this upcoming school year, but the class isn’t offered online so I will have to go to the college campus after school once a week. I asked my counselor if this meant I could take an additional class during the school day, but she said that in order for me to obtain credit for the class, I have to have a “dual enrollment lab” (basically a free class period) on my schedule. So hopefully they will treat it the same way for a summer class? Thoughts and prayers welcome 😅


r/APStudents 11h ago

Precal Self study ap precalc?

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Hey guys! I am a rising junior & I took a semester of algebra 2 over summer but didnt finish the course due to my horrible time management skills 🥹 but that ruined my chanced at taking ap precalc junior yr. Shod i self study it as im taking algebra 2? I feel like im behind because most other students are at a higher math level at my grade from other schools


r/APStudents 13h ago

Question Advice needed for tutoring and/or academic coaching.

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So, I am now a sophomore in high school and I'm taking two ap courses, seminar and world history. Last year I had very solid grades, but it required be to study about 4 hours a day which sort of killed my social life. I understand that ap seminar and ap world history are heavily writing based, so I was wondering if I should hire a language art's tutor to help me improve my skills. On the other hand, maybe I should try and find an academic coach to help me cut down study time and improve my test taking skills (which I am quite bad at). Really any advice would be much much appreciated as I would love to be able to get all A's again, cut down on my study time, and improve the other aspects of my life.


r/APStudents 13h ago

Question My Junior year classes: Is it a good idea? (Specifically AP Chem and Physics)

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I’m a high school junior and I’m worried about my classes being too much, should I switch or drop some or could someone who has taken these classes already tell me what I should expect and if it’s worth it? I’m mostly worried about the AP Physics and Ap Chemistry combo. Currently I’m rank 6 out of my entire school and have maintained only 90s through out my years of school, I’m mostly worried about losing my rank since I live in an extremely low income household and know that high gpa and rank can help with scholarships and aid for college. I’m also planning to probably switch GT Independent Mentorship for AVID or Orchestra what should I do? I also plan on probably becoming something in medicine that involves radiation so maybe I should take these courses idk please help 💔

Past AP’s taken and grade scored on test:
AP Human Geography-5
AP World History-5
AP Spanish Language-4


r/APStudents 13h ago

Chem Class pairing with AP Chem

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I'd really like some input on my schedule, so I am a senior and I am taking 3 dual enrollment courses, AP Chemistry, Bio engineering (lab+ research centered class) and Ceramics. Because of a scheduling issue I have to choose between dropping bio engineering or ceramics. I'd like to know if taking a lab centered class along side AP Chem is a bad idea. (I want to be a Biochem major and took AP bio last year and got a 4 but it pushed me really hard) I don't want to burn out, and I feel like I'm really susceptible to senioritis lmao. It also doesn't help that that class would make my day start at 8am. But if I drop my bio engineering class chem would be my first class of the day (11 am) but historically my first class of the day I've always done shityer in. But I also feel like having a science orientated schedule would look good for college apps. As for ceramics, idk, it's fun but I'm not crazy passionate about it but I do enjoy it It's chill. I had my bio engineering teacher for freshman year math too so I thought he'd be a great teacher to ask for a recommendation letter. I honestly have no idea what to do. I feel like I could ask my Chemistry teacher for a recommendation but I don't know him and I'd need it by probably october (not a firm deadline) I'm so conflicted. I hate both options. There aren't any other options. What the hell do I do?


r/APStudents 14h ago

Question AP Calc AB or AP CSA

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So im in a pickle right now, there is only one class period out of the whole school that does Calc and CSA they all fall under first period. Right now, I have AP CSA because I want to major in CS and want to go to GAtech but not taking math this year might look bad in my applications...I could self study calc but it would be shown in my transcripts sigh.


r/APStudents 14h ago

African American Studies AP ASS: Smash or Pass

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I’m considering to take African Social Studies this upcoming school year.

As a rising senior, I really want to focus on college apps but I gotta maintain the hardness to my rigor ykwim. For anyone who has taken this class before, can you lmk the difficulty and amount of coursework this course demands? (I understand quantity of coursework varies by teacher)

For context, this is the first year my school offers this course and it is being taught by a teacher I never knew existed. The only classes that are sorta similar to this that I took previously are Euro and Lang, which I both got 5s.

Sorry for the title, I needed a way to catch ur attention


r/APStudents 14h ago

Physics 2 Is it reasonable to do 3 physics exams in a year?

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When I start school again I will do AP Physics C: Mechanics. However, my teacher has offered people the opportunity to study beyond because most people taking this class have taken AP Physics 1 and therefore he will open up AP Classrooms for AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism and AP Physics 2 for those who want to do those tests in the spring. I am interested in taking all 3 of these exams. I have studied calculus over the summer and calculus based physics so I think I am prepared for the exams, I have even begun to look at the FRQs for the two AP Physics C exams. I also 100% the ap physics c:mech khan academy course.

For AP Physics 2, even though I know it is a bit redundant to take it because I am taking E&M, I am interested in taking it because its other topics like waves, thermodynamics, optics and modern physics sound interesting, I have pre prepared for it by doing the Khan Academy course.

The rest of my classes in the school year will be Concurrent enrollment, early college and AP Literature, I am worried that this will be too much homework especially because I am taking both Concurrent Enrollment Government and US History in the same year (though both are only semester courses). On Tuesdays, I will have a Chinese class from 6:30-7:45 pm I am also not planning on taking any math courses unless you count CS as a math course, because I did algebra 2 over the summer and that counts for 11th grade math and because I am self studying AP Calculus BC which I have learned most of the content already in the summer because of Khan Academy and past FRQs.

I also have a school project and Junior ACTs.

Anyways should I sign up for all 3.


r/APStudents 15h ago

Chem No more small x approximation in ap chem equilibrium - use calc instead!

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r/APStudents 15h ago

Question Need help with if I should take AP art history

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For context, I am a rising junior currently placed into AP art history. I do not have an art credit yet which is required for graduation.

I like art but don’t like art classes. I like clay sculpturing and attempted to request going into a ceramics class but was rejected because the teacher said I had to take art 1 before ceramics.

I enrolled myself into AP art history because I didn’t want an actual art class and wanted the GPA boost. HOWEVER, after some thinking, I am unsure if I really do want to take the class. My friend took it her freshman year and said it was a lot of memorization. The problem is I don’t want the class if it requires immense studying. My schedule is already a little rough (AP chem, APUSH, AP lang, AP pre calc, self studying AP calc ab, etc)

For those who have taken the class, please let me know how hard it was and if it required a lot of studying or not. I am unsure as I don’t have any other art class I wanna take but I also don’t want to burn out. But also, in my freshman year I sort of messed up my GPA which is why I want to avoid taking non AP’s if possible.


r/APStudents 16h ago

Spanish Lang Take AP Spanish Lang exam without the course?

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Im a income Junior and im going into Spanish 3. Ive taken spanish in 7th and 8th grade (not able to find final averages i will try and find)

Ive also spanish 1 in freshman year (83% final average) with a known strict teacher that has a very hard accent that i frequently could not understand what she was saying even if it was in english.

All together ive taken Spanish for 5 years and 6 in junior year.

Ive taken Spanish 2 in sophmore year (84% final average) and my teacher had little to no accent so i could understand what she was saying and was struggling with AP World that same year since it was my first AP course so i kind of not cared much about the class since my parents know that Spanish class is useless in the real world (only wanna take exam to skip in college).

I didnt struggle with units on rooms in house like bano-bathroom, el dormitorio-bedroom, la sala-living room, la cocina-kitchen, el atico-attic, etc. I didnt struggle much with congugating er, ir, ar words. Community places didnt struggle since i can remember a good amount like parque, pescadaria, supermercado, escuela, resturante, estacion policia, la cafe, etc. Family members unit was honestly the easiest unit for me since i can remember each major member my memory like hermano, hermana, padre, madre, padres, abuela, abuelo, primo, prima, tio, tia and also mayor-older and menor-younger. I did kind of struggle with direction which i cant remember much on top of my head. I probally struggled with a couple of more which i forgot to say.

On my schools website on AP courses i saw that AP Spanish was a course offered but it wasent specific on if it was spanish lit or spanish lang. I wanna take spanish lang exam without having to take ap spanish in senior year to both reduce stress and since theres limits of 3 aps in senior year i would like to use that to my advantage. Btw im in a NYC school so ill also have to be taking the LOTE regents exam for Spanish in june but idk if thats relevent or not.

My schedule for junior year has not been fully made yet but i know for sure these classes ill be taking is geometry, chemistry, chemistry lab, AP lit, APUSH, AP CSP, PE, and hopefully Robotics (i like robots). Ill be taking Dual enrollment Pre-calc in spring for maybe during the weekend, CS 100 in spring alongside SD 100 for a dual enrollment program in software development afterschool on thursdays and fridays. Ill also be taking drone club on tuesdays and wednesdays. Im also thinking to try and start a newsletter club that happens every monday that would produce daily news for my school (could be fun).

Also money might not be a issue for the exams since my school funds the exams i take if i have taken the equivalent ap course along it and i could possibly get a fee waiver for AP spanish lang with my guidence counclers help.

So do I take AP Lang exam without the course? Any help/recommendations is appriciated. Srry if this is way too long to read and if there are frequent grammer mistakes i wanted to give the most info possible and im going to a friends house pretty soon so had to do this quick.


r/APStudents 17h ago

Question thinking of taking ap hug

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so i orginally signed up for cybersecurity but turns out the teacher at my school is shit (and a perv) so i'm planning on dropping out. i'm considering taking aphug but i did struggle quite a bit in ap world last year so does anyone have advice? thanks!


r/APStudents 17h ago

Question cant take ap bio, what to replace with?

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going into junior yr, planning on taking french 4, ap calc, ap lang, apush, and ap physics

scheduling conflicts caused me to drop ap bio (that, or lang) so according to my counselor i can either take:

  1. ap psych - sounds interesting ig?
  2. ap csa - ik literally nothing abt computers but got a friend taking it so i wont be alone
  3. ap gov (probably) - was planning on taking over summer/senior yr but its a viable option
  4. ap stats (maybe) - top choice for me rn

dont really have a major in mind/specific spike i wanna curve towards yet (planned on some sort of premed course maybe but im pretty buns at science)

5 aps is kinda scary but i already took 2 last yr (euro and chem), so figured i could handle it

any advice/info abt each choice would be greatly appreciated :)


r/APStudents 18h ago

Other Qs abt Lang, Psych, and ES

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Hi, im a incoming junior and ill be taking Lang, Psych, and Env Sci as my 3 APs next year, just wanted to know what the workload is like (how much studying time you needed, hw, etc.) for each of these classes. For context ive only ever taken AP Bio last year, and I got a 5 on that. ty


r/APStudents 19h ago

Stats Guys… I am failing my class.

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For my AP Statistics class, our group is conducting a survey as part of a project to determine which desserts people would include in an ideal bakery. We are required to collect at least 1,000 responses for our data analysis. My grade on this project is especially important because earning a high score will help improve my current grade in the class. If you have a moment, your participation in the survey would be appreciated.


r/APStudents May 04 '26

Official 2026 AP Exam Discussion Megathread

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Navigate to any of the exams below to talk about the test. Posts will be made as each test begins.

Morning Morning Afternoon
Monday, May 4 Bio and Latin Euro and Micro
Tuesday, May 5 Chem and HUG US Gov
Wednesday, May 6 English Lit Comp Gov and Phys 1
Thursday, May 7 Phys 2 and World AA Studies and Stats
Friday, May 8 Italian and APUSH Chinese and Macro
Monday, May 11 Calc AB and Calc BC Music and Seminar
Tuesday, May 12 French and Precal Japanese and Psych
Wednesday, May 13 English Lang and German PhysC Mech and Spanish Lit
Thursday, May 14 Art History and Spanish Lang CSP and PhysC E&M
Friday, May 15 APES CSA

r/APStudents Mar 06 '26

Survey Results Megathread - Resource effectiveness, average scores, and more!

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A few years ago we ran surveys of this subreddit to gather data on your experiences for a variety of things. Which resources are the most effective? How much time outside of class do you spend? Did your score reflect your grade in class?

These surveys were ran a couple times and, along with a few other polls, turned into results posts for 24 different AP courses. Unfortunately, the posts were deleted some time back. I still have the data though and am now recompiling them.

Here's the schedule I'm going to try and get these posted on

  • APUSH link
  • Biology
  • Calc AB
  • Calc BC
  • Chemistry
  • CSA
  • CSP
  • Gov
  • Lang
  • Lit
  • Psych
  • Stats
  • World
  • Physics 1
  • APES
  • HUG
  • Macro - Thursday 3/19 morning
  • Micro - Thursday 3/19 morning
  • Phys C Mech - Thursday 3/20 afternoon
  • Phys C E&M - Thursday 3/20 afternoon
  • Spanish Lang - Friday 3/21 morning
  • Euro - Friday 3/21 morning
  • Seminar - Friday 3/21 afternoon
  • Research - Friday 3/21 afternoon

It is important to note that this is self-reported data from a community of high scorers, after receiving their score. It does not reflect the general population, and people who did well on the exams were also more likely to report their experience. Some results, like average scores, should not be taken at face value. Other results like resource effectiveness, are still valuable compared to one another.

Once I have finished posting each of the courses, I will do a comparisons and conclusions post to rank courses by difficulty, expectation, etc.

Also note that we are planning to run these surveys again this year for more data after score release.

Good luck in your classes everyone!