At this point, this has to be ragebait. As I write this, I am literally sitting in a Calc 1 Recitation in college that I AM TAKING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET ME MY AP SCORE IN TIME. I don't know who I'm going to blame, but all I know is I'm raining Hell on somebody.

Saw a girl on TikTok come home, and study consecutively for hours because she’s taking 7 APs. Viewed the video once and scoffed in disbelief. How can people actually come home, take no scrolling breaks, and do work nonstop? Don’t get me wrong, if I have a ton of things, I’ll power through. But on a regular basis, I scroll and talk to friends, sometimes play viola and go to lessons, and then gaslight myself into thinking I can do things later. I mean it works out in the end. Am I just lazy, or do you guys actually come home and stay in your room studying up until 12 AM?

LIKE WDYM I STUDY THE WHOLE YEAR JUST TO GET A SINGLE NUMBER 1-5 AND NOTHING ELSE??

After a bit of searching up last year I had realized it was bc they usually recycle tests (among other things), which makes sense for fairness but at the same doesn't change that I would really like to see exactly what happened on that test, like really, exactly how close was I to another number? What did I get wrong? How was my LEQ?

Anyone else feel that 😭

So this is coming from the perspective of a math tutor, I find AP precalc ridiculous? Or am I just a hater and it is actually useful.

Back in my day we simply had algebra 2 trig, precalc, and then calc. Depending on how well you did in Alg 2 trig honors, you would either take honors precalc AB or BC. Then you'd take the corresponding Calc course. If you were in precalc BC, you would start calculus around march or so and just get the fundamentals down.

Anyone going into stem absolutely does not need it if they're going to take calculus later, even if later means college because you should be able to place right into calculus 1 without an AP exam. If you are not STEM then why bother taking it, I guess from what I can tell it sometimes satisfies some quantitative gen ed, but if you are that math averse AP precalc seems like a stressful way to do that.

It just doesn't make sense to me but perhaps its worked out for some people. But it would force the more STEM focused students to slow down and NOT learn any calculus until the following year, since it isn't part of the AP curriculum.

hi. this is basically a rant bc i spent three hours crying today. Basically, for the first class, ap chem, i spent basically 6 hours studying just to barely pass both my mcq and my frq in unit 1. i need to maintain my 4.0 for my scholarship and literally everyone else around me got an A on the exams. im probably going to go to tutorials tomorrow, but i feel so shitty because apparently chem only gets harder- so looks like i'll be failing for the rest of the year.

the second exam was in calc bc, which i actually got a 60 in on our unit 1 limits mcq. literally freaking limits. i got a perfect score on all of the homework, and i feel so confident about the exam cause i swore i knew how to solve every question and get to an answer choice that was on the quiz. but i guess im a stupid chud and i have to re-assess up to an 80 (nay...).

i go to a very competitive high school where it is extremely cut throat and even just one b is what will cause you to be in the top 10 in your class to the bottom 10 in the entire school. i am 100% not getting ranked and i'm so scared that I will lose my 4.0

also this might sound dumb asf, but i do not want to drop either of these courses. something in me tells me i can still do good but i need a stranger's opinion as well. i was really liking calc bc until i got my score- and for ap chem- i don't know what the actual hell happened on the test, i think i'm just going to have to live at school for the next 9 months to get straight A's in these classes.

We just got our Year 12 national exam results back, and the pass rate is completely insane: only 40,000 out of 117,000 students passed.

For context, our school year was completely disrupted. We lost 2 to 3 months of classes because of the US-Iran conflict and the threat of drones flying over us, on top of about two weeks of normal holidays. Expecting students to pass a national exam after missing months of school due to a literal security crisis is crazy. Did anyone else’s year group get hit this hard?

To make matters worse, this was the exact year they decided to change the entire system. They announced that Arabic and our native language exams would now directly impact our overall GPA. Knowing full well that most of us don't speak fluent Arabic, they handed us an Arabic exam that absolutely whooped our ass

Expecting us to adapt to a brand new grading system and pass a brutal exam in a language we barely know after losing months of school to a security crisis is crazy.

Plus online school is a 10/10 fail.

got an online multivariable calculus class 7-11pm September-December 🥀

EVERYTHING we study is notes, just NOTES. We learn jackshit it class. it genuinely sucks. Ive been preparing for the past 5 days for my unit 1 test, and i just looked at the practice mcqs and we have learned NOTHING about it. We just learned the content and not how to apply it. Should i drop or are all AP Bio teachers like this, im taking 3 other science APs i dont wanna deal with this.

im a sophomore rn taking ap world. my teacher is super nice, but she herself has said she knows nothing about world history. we're 4 weeks into school and on lesson 0.3. the class is structured as a mess too. what can i do as im sure this class will not prepare me for the test

My teacher has just been having us do labs without any real teaching (just setting up an experiment and writing data and stuff), while my friend's teacher is going over cells supposedly. Is my teacher just not teaching AP Biology content right or is there another reason?

I got a 25/35 (71%) in U1 of Limits it is considered the “easiest” unit by many students. Am I on track to get a 2 or 1 on the Exam?

Backstory: Our AP World History teacher was grading our map quizzes, and a student put the Gulf of Africa as an answer. Our teacher called them out, and the kids in our class started cracking up. It's now the most popular inside joke between the two of us.

I took chem honors last year and did really well and get a majority of A's on the test. This year im taking Ap chem with the same teacher but for some reason she just isnt teaching as well. So i missed about 3 days and missed 2 units so I ended up watching videos on youtube to cover topic 1. We just had a test today on it and I got 19/25. I studied all night but ended up getting most of the average atomic mass questions wrong which I thought I understood. Does it get better? Pls give me tips, these first weeks have kind of killed whatever confidence I had😭

Title :) im currently on 2.1 c mech 2.1 chem and 1.5 cogo

I’m a sophomore in high school, who’s always struggled with time management. I’ve tried focusflight, alarms, timers, but seeing the visual timer stresses me out more. I literally have breakdowns mid-study session over how little time I have compared to my volume of work. I typically spend 4-5 hours a day doing homework, and my school runs on block schedule. This is not sustainable, as I’m unable to work on my passion project or do any extracurriculars. I feel like I’m constantly under pressure and running out of time. How do ya’ll complete homework efficiently, and accurately? Do you have a schedule? Are you using specific study methods? Any help or advice is appreciated.

Hi, I recently started AP precal and honestly I’m failing 😭 I understand the hw mostly but when it comes to tests I don’t do so good
Algebra 2 was not my favorite, but I decided to take it anyway becuz the only other AP I took was stats (which I like) and wap which I took over the summer.

Anyway i don’t even know why I’m struggling on unit 1, but any tips for piece wise functions or graphing, etc.

I also want to be a derm PA in the future so im not sure if precal is even super important. Js a thought.

Incoming junior and my school only offers a max amount of 3 aps for juniors and seniors and none for freshmans and 1-2 for sophmores (which are either world or precalc so i took world).

Im registed to take ap lit, apush, and ap csp this year. My school doesnt offer calc bc stats or csa and my guidence counselor confirmed that those courses wont be added within the next few years.

I did very well in algebra 1 and algebra 2/trig with 94% average and 96% average. I dont have any prior coding knowledge but ill also be taking dual enrollment cs and software development courses this year since im very interested in pursuing a cs major. I also was considering stats since i would like to also pursue a premed track to med school since i would like to do any health technical professions as a career.

Should/would i be able to handle self studying those 3 ap courses? Also anyone that has self studied or taken these courses could u pls share me any advice on what to study and what to not study and prerequisites and possibly your score if your comfortable?

I'm a ninth grader, and even though I'm not planning on taking an art AP, I also really like making origami, so can you use it for the AP? I've only heard of one person doing it in the past, so just curious to see if anyone else has use origami in their submissions.

I’m a sophomore who is self-studying AP Physics 1 and looking for the best resources to prepare for the exam. I already have Barron’s (which i do not know if its good or not), but I’d like recommendations for good free resources for learning concepts, practicing MCQs and FRQs, and finding full-length practice tests. I’m aiming for a 5, so I’d especially appreciate resources that are close to the actual AP exam difficulty and style.

Chat, so my teacher said I had to make my big idea for one of my inquiries about something "personal." What does that mean?

Does that literally mean an experience, or, like, your personal values, or something else I'm potentially overthinking?

I also wouldn't like it to be personal, but if it's for a grade, I guess I'll try. Already chose my SI, but it's early enough for me to change if it is literally something personal.

This year I am taking AP Calc BC, AP Physics 1, AP Comp Sci A, and AP Psych (+other classes & clubs). I'm taking the dual enrollment version of English 3, Macroeconomics, and US Government and Politics. At my school, we can take the AP exam for the corresponding dual enrollment course and receive a GPA boost if we pass. I have already decided to take the exams for Macro and Gov (mainly because my teacher already prepares us for the test since a majority plan to take it), but I am debating on Lang. I'm not that good at English in general. I mean I do enough to pass my English tests and I write decent, but I struggle with vocab and format. I've looked into the course description and the essay part seems a bit similar to the AP history LEQ/DBQs? I also struggle with MCQs, especially for English.

What should I do? If I do choose to self-study, how should I prepare and what resources do you recommend?