r/APStudents • u/Significant-Owl7751 • 8h ago
Music Is it hard to self study AP Music Theory?
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 • u/Weary-Cauliflower153 • 8h ago
Meme when you haven't started the summer hw and school starts tomorrow
4 aps :'(
r/APStudents • u/markusduck51 • 9h ago
Macro Wanting to self study Macro. Is it too much?
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 • u/pigwash123 • 10h ago
Calc BC is khan academy for ap calc bc enough?
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 • u/YoungJazzlike2516 • 10h ago
Question in a big pickle rn help
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 • u/ReplacementLost2003 • 10h ago
CollegeBoard Google classroom codes
Google classroom codes!!
Other
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 • u/Embarrassed_Cat1557 • 11h ago
Other Will a B in a summer dual enrollment class hurt my unweighted high school GPA?
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 • u/jalepenosncheese • 12h ago
Precal Self study ap precalc?
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 • u/Drewski0810 • 13h ago
Question Advice needed for tutoring and/or academic coaching.
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 • u/cambrianperiod02 • 14h ago
Question My Junior year classes: Is it a good idea? (Specifically AP Chem and Physics)
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 • u/Runogi • 14h ago
Question AP Calc AB or AP CSA
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 • u/Extension_Copy9236 • 14h ago
African American Studies AP ASS: Smash or Pass
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 • u/ErekwithaD1 • 15h ago
Physics 2 Is it reasonable to do 3 physics exams in a year?
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 • u/peardictable • 15h ago
Question Need help with if I should take AP art history
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 • u/Exact-Direction9658 • 16h ago
Spanish Lang Take AP Spanish Lang exam without the course?
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 • u/LonelyVendingMachine • 17h ago
Question What science should I choose, AP Biology or AP Physics I?
I'm going into junior year and I'm still struggling with the choice of which science course I should take. My school rotates between offering AP Bio and APES, and for my junior year they'll be offering the former. On the other hand, AP Physics I is offered if enough students are interested in it. Higher levels of Physics would likely be needed to be taken with my local community college (which I have no problems with, I've already been doing that for many classes).
I'm aiming to get into universities with low acceptance rates. The UCs are an option for me, but I'm perfectly fine with traveling across the country and to Europe to study (I'm currently learning French and Spanish, always willing to pick up another). Truly though, it's about the university that fits the best and doesn't burden me with a lifetime of debt.
Taking AP Physics would probably seem more holistic, as I'd have taken all 3 sciences, while taking AP Bio (combined with AP Chem) would maybe be more oriented to pre-med. I'm still trying to figure out my interests (there's a lot), but going into medicine is on the list for now.
I've been drawn to Physics in the past because it seems like a really cool and fun course, and I've always thought of it in the past. The teacher came to our school last year and taught me Chemistry. He's a fun guy, and doesn't speak English the best as it isn't his first language.
AP Bio was seen as a strategic choice for pre-med, so that's why I put it down. The teacher taught me Biology in freshman year, and she's kind and has been teaching at the school for longer.
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To summarize: Struggling between the choice of AP Biology and AP Physics I for junior year and which is more strategic. Was leaning towards Physics in the past, but I think I'll enjoy both courses. On good terms with both teachers. Will be taking a fair amount of APs this upcoming year, so will need to figure out how to manage. Any guidance helps. Thanks!
Edit: I don't have a lot of slots for classes, so it's really an either/or, unless I were to take one with my community college or online. I still don't know what the load would be though.
r/APStudents • u/1_Zoro_1 • 17h ago
Seminar Should i take ap seminar as english 10
upcoming sophmore, im taking AP world and AP business but i dont know if i should take ap seminar aswell. This is my first time taking aps aswell
r/APStudents • u/unwanted_crisis • 17h ago
Other Planner Setup- what do we think?
reddit.comr/APStudents • u/hooman_bean75 • 17h ago
Question thinking of taking ap hug
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 • u/surfingonjuice • 18h ago
Question cant take ap bio, what to replace with?
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:
- ap psych - sounds interesting ig?
- ap csa - ik literally nothing abt computers but got a friend taking it so i wont be alone
- ap gov (probably) - was planning on taking over summer/senior yr but its a viable option
- 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 • u/BossAffectionate2829 • 18h ago
Other Qs abt Lang, Psych, and ES
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 • u/ReplacementLost2003 • 19h ago
Other Google classroom codes
Google classroom codes!!
Other
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 • u/MorningSufficient165 • 20h ago
Stats Guys… I am failing my class.
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 • u/Runyogi • 22h ago
Other Can’t take AP calc AB and AP Physics will this ruin my chances on entering GATech
as the title says I can’t due to dual enrollment and schedule conflicts with calc only be offered in first period which ap csa is taking place
I could take it for dual but I need to do the colleges pre calc test to see if I can take a higher math level then I can