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!


r/APStudents 10h ago

English Lang This is deadass most of the people I know

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77 Upvotes

I just am a lifelong English class hater ig


r/APStudents 7h ago

Meme Which is the most poorly designed ap test

22 Upvotes

Or say it like this. If you, in college board's position, in the hope for having more qualitied standardlized tests and better reputations for overall, can and have to remove one ap test, which one will it be


r/APStudents 18h ago

Question Teacher using AI slop

48 Upvotes

Is anyone elses teacher giving you AI generated stuff thats full of wrong info? I feel like i should say something because i actually want to do well :/


r/APStudents 34m ago

Stats Does taking ap stats look bad if I took de elementary stats over the summer

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title my school barely offers aps and I’m kinda js taking it to up my rigor/amount of aps I have before college apps opinions?


r/APStudents 1h ago

Question Should I take AP Business if I'm already doing both AP Macro and Micro?

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I'm a senior right now and I'm planning on going into business, specifically finance.
I'm taking both AP Macro and Micro, as well as AP US Gov and AP Lit. Should I take the new AP Business course as well or is it unnecessary?


r/APStudents 7h ago

APUSH APUSH Notes Help

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So I need a bit of advice and help. I have a terrible teacher for APUSH and I’m studying but I’m starting to learn I have absolutely no clue what notes to take. I was wondering a couple things. First, if anyone has any advice on how to take notes and how to know whats important. Second, if anyone has notes they may be willing to share for both study and so I can understand how to take notes.


r/APStudents 10h ago

Other My school charges 50$ for the PSAT

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what are we even doing atp


r/APStudents 1h ago

Question resources needed (APES, APUSH, AP CSA)

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Guys, I need help finding resources for the AP classes I'm self studying so if yall know any please say something

resources needed for:

APUSH

APCSA

APES

If yall know which books are good, or any online resources, please send them to meeee


r/APStudents 6h ago

Bio letter of recommendation (can a teacher write a purposely bad one for you?)

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Questions: 1. Should I ask my AP Bio teacher for my STEM recommendation, or find a different teacher (math teacher or senior year teachers?)
2. Does what my AP Bio teacher said about being able to “speak freely” sound concerning, or is that completely normal for recommendation letters?

Hi guys! I wanted to get your thoughts on whether I should have this teacher write me a letter of recommendation. I’m applying to a scholarship/college program due next month (separate from Common App), and I’m planning to study biology, biological sciences, biochemistry, or a related field, and I know it’s recommended that I have one humanities and one STEM LOR.
So I already have my AP Lang teacher for humanities, and she happily agreed. For STEM, I originally asked my AP Chem teacher, but she declined because of time constraints, so I asked my AP Bio teacher, who agreed. They’ve written letters for me before for summer programs, but I was rejected from those programs. I know that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but it still makes me nervous.
What’s making me unsure is that when I asked what the signature was for on the document that I was given that has a compiled list of what to give the teacher, my teacher said it means I’m agreeing that they can “speak freely” about me. I understand that this is probably normal for a recommendation, but given my experience in their class, I’m worried they might say something negative. I did ask if the signature meant it was a in a good or bad w


r/APStudents 8h ago

Question are there official ap subject practice tests like the full lengh practice sat on bluebook for ex?

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cause these would be so helpfull. It's kind of awkward to just keep asking teachers to unlock apclassroom material for some reason.


r/APStudents 4h ago

2-D Art and Design Schedule for School

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r/APStudents 9h ago

Bio AP BIOLOGY PDF BOOK NEEDED

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made another post about this but i desperately need a book 😫
help your girl out


r/APStudents 6h ago

Micro How hard is it to self study AP Microecon? And what materials are best?

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My hs micro class is like hybrid and like basically torture but i still want the credit so how bad would it be to self study? and what are some good resources?


r/APStudents 7h ago

Bio How to study for APES

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So I signed up for Apes because my friend told me it was a light AP class. I had a lot of fun in AP Bio and this year I wanted to learn more about evolution and orangutans and chimpanzees and shit but my counselor put me in Environmental Science. I don't wanna learn about fossil fuels and stuff cuz I already know that so I tried to switch out but my counselor said our school doesn't offer AP Apes. So now I am like determined to self study it because my teacher said I look like a chimpanzee and I really like chimpanzees. Anyone know any good resources for AP Apes?

(Also I couldn't find an AP Apes flair so looks like the mods are kinda slacking)


r/APStudents 7h ago

APUSH guys my apush heimler is messed up?? why is there yuri??

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r/APStudents 11h ago

World Should I drop AP World?

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I am a junior this school year and taking AP Psych, AP Lang, and AP World. These will be my first AP classes, since I didn't take any freshman or sophomore year. What I'm worried about is the workload that I would have dealing with all of these APs while also needing to study for the SAT/ACT and having extracurriculars outside of school hours.

Since I've heard that AP World has the most work out of all of these 3 AP's, I'm considering dropping the class just so I can have enough time to focus on my other courses and study for the SAT.

I also just don't want to get burned out and want to have a life outside of just endless studying and schoolwork...

For reference, I'm interested in a criminology/psychology/criminal justice field in the future (not 100% sure yet, though)


r/APStudents 14h ago

Question Is it a bad idea to self study 2 aps same time?

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My school is pretty small and doesn’t have that many APs. I’m taking APUSH and AP Lang this year, but my schedule doesn’t allow for any more because I only realized I wanted to take more after it was locked in, and it was too late; my schedule overlaps too much for me to take what I want. Do you think I could manage that while also self-studying for APES? I also want to self-study a brand-new AP called AP Business and Personal Finance, since I love finance and have background knowledge of it. Would this be way too much? Are these APs easy to self-study? Also, I throw that word around a lot, but I don’t really know what it means to self-study, like when you actually do it. Is there anything to help me from the College Board, or am I just completely on my own, like any videos that they post or anything, or a little practice? I would love to know what self studying is like from people who have done a few.


r/APStudents 8h ago

World Is taking ap world history as a freshman a good idea?

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r/APStudents 14h ago

Calc BC Dropping AP Calculus bc

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I’m only about three weeks into the school year, and I’m already struggling a lot in Calc BC (i'm a senior). For some context, I took Honors Precalc last year, and I honestly knew going into BC that math was one of my weaker subjects and that I had some gaps in my foundational skills. I expected that I probably wouldn’t do very well in the class, but I thought it might still be worth taking (even if it tanked my GPA) if I could at least get a 3 on the AP exam.

I’m currently failing the class, and even though I’ve been studying, I’m still not seeing much improvement. I took a retest today, and honestly, I think I may have done even worse than I did on the original test. 😭😭👌

I’m really thinking that I should drop down to Calc AB. The problem is that I’m not even sure if that would actually solve the issue. If I’m already struggling with what are considered some of the easier units in BC, I’m worried that I might still struggle in AB.

There’s also a scheduling issue that makes the decision a lot harder. If I drop Calc BC, I would have to drop AP Chem as well because Calc AB is only offered during 4th period, which is also when my AP Chem class is. There aren’t any other periods available for me to move Chem to. I really don’t want to give up AP Chem just because I couldn’t handle Calc BC, especially since I’m already a senior.

At this point, I’m just really unsure about what the smartest decision is. Should I stick with BC and try to improve my foundations and see if I can turn things around, or would dropping to AB be the more realistic choice even if it means losing AP Chem? I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation or has experience.

just wanna clarify that my calc bc teacher is a great and really good teacher, but i struggle regardless


r/APStudents 9h ago

APES Suffering through AP Es

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Guys i picked this class cause I heard its the easiest ap class but turns out my teacher is creating quizes worth like a ton of the grade from the depths of hell. what are your best study resources from this class?


r/APStudents 9h ago

Micro Self-Studying AP Econ

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I've currently just started my junior year of high school and want to self-study AP Microeconomics and AP Macroeconomics in order to take both exams in May. Does anyone have any tips, resources, or anything else that can help me out? I honestly have no idea where to start, this is my first time self-studying an AP class, and the only other class I've taken is AP Seminar (currently in AP Pre-Calc and Lang).

My current plan is to just go through Khan Academy's courses then review and practice, but I find Khan Academy's videos kind of confusing sometimes. Thanks!


r/APStudents 9h ago

Chem Chapter 1 Quiz Review help: Water displacement

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Hello again,

I understand much better now. I have studied much. Sleep, not so much. Rage, much.

For water displacement, does Dalton's law matter for chapter one of the AP textbook? Also, anyone here understand water displacement formulas and can explain how they work?

Thanks to everyone who tried to help yesterday, I am locking in very much now. My hand cramps lol. (I've written 15 pages of notes today).


r/APStudents 9h ago

Bio AP BIOLOGYBOOK NEEDED

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i’m self-studying AP biology and ordering a book will take a while
so i PLEASE need an ap biology textbook as a PDF,
princeton or barrons. whatever version work fine
it would be better if it was the newest version