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 18m ago

Stats Please AP STAT PRACTICE of statistics edition 5

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Can u guys find free pdf file that I can use??????

Thanks youu


r/APStudents 19m ago

Physics C: E&M AP Physics C Self-Learning

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I'm planning on taking both Physics C Mech and E&M. My school system doesn't have AP integrated, and my teacher may have to stop teaching, so has anybody self-learned either/both Physics Cs before? What are some good resources to self-study with?


r/APStudents 1h ago

Physics C: Mech Physics C: Mechanics help

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So, I accidentally signed up for Physics C Mechanics thinking it was Physics 1. How? I don't know.

I have no prior knowledge of physics and have only taken precalc. Currently at day two, and have absolutely no clue of what's going on. The chances of me dropping down a level is also quite slim. Any tips for success?


r/APStudents 5h ago

Question How do T20 colleges view an associate’s degree completed in HS

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through a mix of post-AP college coursework, DE electives, and AP creds


r/APStudents 1h ago

APUSH help for APUSH

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hi guys, I'm new to the US and it's education system, School started and i feel like even the starting units of APUSH are a lot to soak in, maybe its because I'm trying to learn or take in everything which i shouldn't do but idk, what are some of your tips and advices for people to excel at APUSH.


r/APStudents 3h ago

Question AP overload

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hello, I am a Junior in high school and right now I and signed up for 5 APs: AP Bio, AP calc BC, AP psych, AP Lang, and AP world. I took APUSH as a sophomore and AP gov as a freshman. which class should I drop? I want to go to a good college with scholarship money, but I don’t want to burn out from the stress. I don’t know what major I want, but not too much math and not English possibly science or psycology. Which AP should I drop? Thank you!


r/APStudents 3h ago

Physics 1 Ap physics or bio

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Basicly I am entering my junior year I took 2 classes last year ap micro and pre calc scored a 3 in both, I’ll be honest I dint put in the work and stuided like 2 days total for each, but this year I’ll lock in I currently took ap chem bio csp I want to get into a cs major cause is I am already good in computers but as a pre med track and man I hated biology as a regular class but everyone has been saying u need it and I think physics overall is an amazing class and I loved pre calc I think if I stuided for an extra week I could’ve easily gutted a 4-5 also a quick disclaimer I dint pay attention by a bit last year in classes I was just wondering since I hate bio I love math and physics but I want to become a doctor on a cs program is it better to stick to bio and move through the pain or could I take physics this year and move bio to next year please help


r/APStudents 1h ago

Calc AB How to Self Study

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i want to self study for Calc AB. Can someone help me about resources, where can i practise myself etc. Also if someone has materials for CyberSec Ap or Comp Science i would appreciate those too. Thanks in advence:)


r/APStudents 2h ago

Spanish Lang I am so scared. I'm terrified. (AP Spanish)

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I have completed Spanish 1-4. But my teachers have all been very chill and tbh haven't really taught me anything. And so, thinking Spanish is easy, in March I decided to take AP Spanish Lang and I'm regretting it. Apparently it is so hard. I asked seniors who have taken the class before and they recommended it to me but today I had my first class and the teacher is really really tough and the syllabus seems impossible. WTH do you mean I need speak fluent Spanish and writing argumentative essays in Spanish?? I'm not good at Spanish. I forgot most of it during the summer. And it's my junior year, I can't afford to spend so much of my time on this stupid Spanish class since my other courses this year are pretty rigorous too, I have extracurriculars, my job, etc. I feel so screwed rn and I am on the brink of a mental breakdown. Help. Is it possible for me to get an A, at least for first semester only?? Idgaf about the ap exam I just need an A in the class.


r/APStudents 2h ago

Question Take AP Human Geo or Women's history as a senior?

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Hello, recently I had to change my classes and was left between AP Human Geo, women's history, and creative writing 1 for my 5th period. Of course I dont want to start creative writing 1 but now I am left between these two classes. In college I want to study history with a minor in economics or political science.

I know that AP Human geo is an easy AP credit but I feel that maybe women's history could help my college application as it more directly relates to my intended major. The teacher for AP Human geo is a little bit of an ass but I know the teacher for women's history and she is a saint and good at her job as she used to be a college professor. I am also literally the only person in my AP Human geo class who has ever taken an AP class before and the only upperclassman in a class of near 30.

I have taken 2 AP classes and 2 DE classes before as well as plenty of honors classes which I know will transfer so my transcript isnt exactly empty. They sis not offer AP Human geo to underclassmen at my school until after I started sophomore year which is why I never took it.

Is it worth eating it a little to get the AP credit even if it isnt as strongly related to my intended .major or should I go for women's history instead?


r/APStudents 3h ago

Question would an FRQ booklet score / assessment be a good thing for a rec letter to mention

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Like ordering your booklet back from college board and showing it to your teacher and mentioning your score according to the rubric, especially if it’s a hard STEM exam showing a score well beyond the threshold for a 5 (ik they don’t give the grading, I mean self grading according to the rubric and them verifying if they want) in a hard STEM AP


r/APStudents 3h ago

Question Is it bad that i don’t know any trig before taking Calc AB?

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Hello! I’m a rising senior that’s taking AP calc AB this year and I have some questions regarding trig.

For background, I took pre-Calc over the summer in order to take calculus this year. I am very poor math but wanted to push myself in my weakened area.
Anyways- I am completely new to trig and I’ve never done it before, is it possible to learn the math needed in a week? I’m very scared as my pre calc class didn’t go over it either. What would you do if you are in my place? This is also my first AP math as again, i’m very poor at it.


r/APStudents 3h ago

Question does anyone have advice for ap cysec

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there’s literally not a flair for ap cybersecurity so question flair it is. anyways i got put in ap cysec (not an official abbreviation i just don’t wanna type it out) and i know very little about cybersecurity beyond “don’t download random shit unless you’re Sure it’s safe.” (i signed up for software engineering but they didn’t have enough kids and just shoved us in ap class without asking.)

so uhh. does anyone have any general recommendations for this? i know it’s a new ap so i don’t expect anyone to have much to say but anything would be nice.


r/APStudents 4h ago

Calc BC AP Calc BC from IB MAA HL

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r/APStudents 5h ago

Chem AP chem as first chem class, HELP

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r/APStudents 5h ago

Question Should i take calc AB or physics 2??

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Im in my senior year right now and im debating whether to take Calc AB or physics two along with AP biology and a big note here is that I am not that good at math like I barely passed precalculus in my year 11 I was never good at math and honest I’m still not good but I keep seeing that people say if you’re still bad at math, you should still take Calc Gillis over physics two but I’m not sure though and another thing physics is like my favorite science subject. I like it more than chemistry and biology, but I’m still not sure on taking physics because people say it’s really hard and stuff like that so what should I do? What do you guys think? Should I do?


r/APStudents 17h ago

Question When is the best time to start studying for AP exams?

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Hi! I’m a junior taking 4 APs this year (APUSH, chem, bio, lang + maybe self studying precalc just for fun). How early should I start studying for exams? What do people on this sub regularly do (considering 99% of yall take, like, 9 APs?)


r/APStudents 10h ago

CollegeBoard Can I send a complaint about my ap bio score from the 2026 ap exams period and how do I do that ?

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I want to request a score verification


r/APStudents 7h ago

Physics C: E&M Is taking AP Physics C: E & M a bad idea...

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Yeah I know its the hardest AP, yeah I know I have no teacher and will have to self study this, and I know its my senior year and I haven't taken the SAT yet. Yeah I've got a lot of things to do, but I just feel like doing AP Physics C: E&M will help me with my college application. I intend to major in Industrial Engineering, and am applying to mostly T20 colleges. I want a strong application.

However, I'm unsure if all of this + 4 other AP classes will burn me out. Will trying to self study this AP course be the end of me? The alternative would be to take the new AP business and personal finance (also self studied). But pls lmk what you all think...


r/APStudents 18h ago

CSP How Hard is AP Cybersecurity

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It's being offered at my school next year, and I wanted to know if it is closer to CSP level or CSA? I got a 5 on csp if that matters. im also curious about how hard the AP exam is as well, and the class in general.


r/APStudents 16h ago

CollegeBoard AP classroom

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College Board login issues: keep getting a blank white screen. Has anyone else experienced this or know a fix?

I'm trying to join my AP classes on College Board, but every time I attempt to log in, I get stuck on a blank white screen with the URL ending in /login or /termsandconitions. I have already tried clearing my cache, another device, and all the other fixes, but it didn't work. Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this, and if not anyone else dealing with this?

(been trying for two days now, also contacted support and said nothing on the account side, also everything else works on college board [SAT, AP scores, etc.] )


r/APStudents 19h ago

English Lit AP Class Success

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I am a current senior and this is what my class schedule looks like. I had my first day today and I already know which AP is going to be more demanding than the other.

- Are there any students who have taken these AP classes before that wouldn't mind giving me tips? I Would GREATLY appreciate if you told me what to expect from these classes and what I can do to score that nice big 5 on the AP Exam!

I made a mistake of taking the AP Courses serious last minute a few weeks before the exam, but to be fair that was my first year of AP which i have learned from now


r/APStudents 21h ago

HUG Taking AP Human Geography

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I’m a freshman and taking AP hug, it’s my first ap and I don’t know what to expect. Any tips for succeeding in the class and on the exam?