Which AP is the Hardest? - Ranking AP exams by difficulty

It's good to know what you're getting into when you take an AP class, so I try to break down the difficulties for each AP exam I've taken (plus AP Bio cuz why not :D).

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[hhtd]

I took all 4 AP Physics as well and I honestly think Physics 1 was the hardest lol
They really did put a lot of random stuff in there just because they need to make it a year-long class

[mariar.]

honestly ap physics 1 is hard not because of the concepts but because the questions are always so convoluted and hard to understand. once you figure out what the question is even asking you’re probably fine but that’s once you get there lol. ap chem is definitely way harder tho

[emiroyunda]

dude i was like intently following your info until you said physics 1 is pretty straightforward and that "you'll grasp the concepts", my mans you overestimate people's ability to grasp a concept. Like not me I loved taking physics but the kids in my class bro, i almost felt pity for them how much they struggled throughout the year. Physics is one of those classes where there isn't that much content per se as some of the others but by its nature all the concepts need to sort of click in your mind for you to truly understand it. That's it. You can't get away with memorization. It's impossible.

[hunterlutz]

My list
1. Ap Physics C E&M
2. Ap Physics C Mechanics
3. Ap Chemistry
4. Ap Calc BC
5. Ap US History
6. Ap English Literature
7. Ap Biology
8. Ap Statistics
9. Ap English Language
10.Ap World History
11.Ap Computer science A
12.Ap Macroeconomic
13.Ap Microeconomics
14.Ap US Government
15.Ap Psychology

[malfruemulo]

Hot take but I would argue that Physics 1 and 2 are actually a lot harder than the C's. In C there's more math which you can use to hide not totally understanding the content. In Physics C, as long as you generally understand how to use all the formulas on the formula sheet and as long as you're good with Calc AB-level calc, you can do fine. Physics 1 and 2 actually require you to understand concepts in a way that is much harder to BS. The curve is also far more generous on the C's, and since the C's together are designed to be taken over one year instead of two (like Physics 1+2), there's way less content. E&M makes no sense, but the E&M FRQs are so consistent (always electrostatics, then circuits, then weird magnet shit) that studying to the test is doable. The cherry on top is that more colleges give credit for the C's than 1/2 anyway.

[amygao]

just had my ap chem test yesterday as a sophomore and boy i feel free

[CramTime]

😂 Big Fan! AP Physics was my enemy in school though 😤

[xyzyzl]

which ap test has more writing
- everything else combined
- ap fucking statistics

[tofuda]

i’m a sophomore and i’ve taken ap chinese, which is my family’s language so it was kinda easy, and currently taking ap physics. i took ap world for like a month and then dropped it after my first test cuz let’s just say it was rlly painful. but oml physics is so hard it’s literally my 13th reason. i thought it would be just plugging into formulas and shit but instead i gotta derive the equations myself??? smh. and for non-native speakers or ppl who don’t speak chinese at home, ap chinese is practically impossible like i speak chinese at home everyday and literally died, but ig it was worth it cuz i got a 5 lol.

[oliviaferguson]

My list of what I’ve taken
1 ap chem (well I have it Tuesday)
2 ap euro
3 ap macro/micro (teacher I think)
4 ap art
5 ap lit
6 ap human
Taking ap calc next yr I think it’ll be fine. Don’t do IB :)

[Willwrz]

I don't care what you people think, but AP Physics C is the hardest.

[lukeolsen]

AP Chem and Stats was super hard for me last year. maybe bc I was high everyday😬… Now that I’m off of that junk. AP physics I and AP Calc BC is a Breeze😎

[nataliemiller]

Me watching this dying in AP physics 1 but did super well in Calc and apush👁👄👁

[gageallred]

When I saw Chem where it was, I was genuinely in shock that there could be worse things, but then he said "Should be easy enough as long as you have a good teacher", and I was like "yup, a garbage teacher could definitely have been my problem" (because it was definitely the problem)

[emilynguyen]

taking your word for it and basing my aps off this video

[theeleventhgamer]

Easy to hardest for me and I just finished HS:

1. AP psych=literally the most useful and applicable AP out there. Test is literally jsut a 2 hr vocab test. Teacher was absolute dogshit though. So I self studied and got a 5.

2. WHAP=did Euro in 10th grade and took this test thus year (12th grade) because euro credits didn’t transfer. Pretty much review from euro with a hint of some Islamic/Asian history I didn’t know-but nothing too hard.

3. AP Lang: nice teacher but tough grader so essays were almost never perfect scores but was a great class, helped boost my writing fs. Also argumentative essays were my favorite because I could literally insert any kind of reference so long it fit the prompt (I talked about this one guy who was the only non native Japanese member of my favorite rock band and tied it to how multilingual people are better than monolingual speakers)

4. AP euro: first AP class, humbled me hard. Teacher was both tough grader and somewhat of a jackass (he’s the coolest person though if you can catch his nice side, but it was Covid so—). Was really hard at first but as we got to the end, everything made sense and was relatively okay. I wouldn’t go through that shit that’s fs but I’m glad I took it because all the other APs I did were somewhat easier after that.

5.AP Bio: not good teacher so I didn’t know what was happening for most part. Bsed majority of my test and shock to find I passed with a 3.

6. AP Chem: so I took regular Chem 10th grade, AP bio 11th then did AP Chem 12th because of scheduling conflict (I was supposed to do honors physiology). Teacher was really rushing everything so we had so basically finish a unit a week/2 weeks. Test was pretty bad but I think I should maybe get at least a 2-3. Now the exam is over she makes us coffee and breakfast every time we see her.

7. AP stat: holy shit never fucking again. I hate this class, didn’t like the teacher (taught well but he wasn’t following AP curriculum or format which resulted in us ltierally not knowing how to answer frqs). I don’t even know if i passed that test but oh well. I feel for the trap to take AP stats cause it’s easier than Calc. Fuck nah I shoulda done Calc. It actually made me realize I had a better chance at passing AP Japanese Lang and I’m only at beginner level 💀

[kassidyjones]

Oh hii I’m a freshman taking AP environmental science. I don’t even know how I got into the class like I’m dumb 😭so far it’s pretty hard especially because my teacher teaches like college

[Boltzmannbrain_]

My friend is just a prodigy or something because she got 5s on every exam with little studying including AP Spanish and she’s a native English speaker

[ayushtripathi]

How in depth did the curriculum go into Java (like actual coding) when you did APCS?

[remed]

AP SPANISH LANG!!!! Yes no one ever takes it, but yeah I tried my hardest and it just no way to get all of the info for the tests, and the test was long. There were so many 6 HUGE concepts, but so many subcategories within the concepts.