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 4h ago

Calc AB Just got my AP Score...TWO MONTHS LATE

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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.


r/APStudents 1h ago

CollegeBoard I'm remembering rn my reaction to finding out college board don't give u ur tests back

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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 😭


r/APStudents 2h ago

Chem AP Chem notes for Unit 1

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r/APStudents 1h ago

Bio What was AP Bio like for you guys starting out?

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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?


r/APStudents 15h ago

2-D Art and Design For all the rising seniors here

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r/APStudents 1h ago

Calc AB Low C on Unit 1: Limits

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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?


r/APStudents 11h ago

Other Year 12 National Exam Results: Only 34% Pass Rate After Months of War Disruption

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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.


r/APStudents 5h ago

Chem Ap Chem Grade

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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😭


r/APStudents 20h ago

Question What are your afterschool study schedules?

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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?


r/APStudents 4h ago

World Me and u/Own-Sea1585 core!

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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.


r/APStudents 4h ago

Calc BC doable to self study calc bc, stats and csa?

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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?


r/APStudents 32m ago

2-D Art and Design AP 2D art question

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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.


r/APStudents 40m ago

World ap world with bad teacher

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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


r/APStudents 1h ago

Question Should I self-study AP Lang on top of my current workload?

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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?


r/APStudents 1h ago

APES Best online classes for mhtcet ??

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r/APStudents 1h ago

Chem Ap chem conversion math question

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I don't even know where it's to start. I'm so confused


r/APStudents 1h ago

Precal Any tips for AP precal?

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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.


r/APStudents 2h ago

Chem Lessons Learned from the 2026 AP Chemistry Exam

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r/APStudents 2h ago

Precal Trig/Math Analysis Honors --> AP Precalc Exam

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my school doesn't offer ap precalc, but it does offer trig/math analysis honors so i'm taking that rn using the sullivan precalc textbook. should i consider signing up for the ap precalc exam? my school is pretty strict and has ap caps which has me worried about receiving ap scholar w distinction. i'm currently taking ap euro + rest honors and will probably take 4 aps junior year (calc ab being one of them). would this be advisable? thanks!


r/APStudents 4h ago

Question AP Chem or AP Calc BC?

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I took a biology class before, and this year I’m planning to take AP Biology. I’m trying to decide whether I should take AP Chemistry or AP Calculus BC alongside it.

I’ve never taken chemistry before, and my math level is around Precalc.

These classes would also be alongside my national curriculum, so I’m wondering which one would be more manageable while still giving me a good chance of getting a 5 on both AP exams.


r/APStudents 6h ago

Question How much aps? And which?

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I’m a freshman and most people in my class will be taking them and I heard the easiest is ap human geo since it’s a start and my friend wants to take ap psychology since apparently it’s also easy im not sure which to take first. I want to be in laboratory science maybe. There is also env science


r/APStudents 6h ago

Japanese How can I take AP Japanese if my high school doesn’t offer the exam?

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I’m interested in taking the AP Japanese Language and Culture exam, but unfortunately my high school doesn’t offer it. Since AP Japanese is a relatively niche subject, there don’t seem to be many schools nearby that offer the course or administer the exam. I’ve reached out to several high schools in my state within a reasonable driving distance, but so far, none of them allow students from other schools to take AP exams there.

Has anyone been in a similar situation or have any advice on what else I can try? Are there other types of testing centers or organizations that might administer AP exams to outside students? or do I basically have to give up if I can’t find a school willing to let me take it? It feels frustrating that my ability to take the exam depends so much on what my own school happens to offer.

Any suggestions or experiences would be really appreciated!


r/APStudents 18h ago

Chem failing my first unit tests in hard ap classes

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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.