Ranking All 38 AP Classes by Difficulty (Tier List)

[@thecollegetreehouse]

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[@airmand7718]

You heard it here folks, APES is harder than AP Calc BC

[@thehypetraveler8114]

Bcoz most schools want Calc AB as prereq for Calc BC

[@teenage_socialist_edgelord]

@@thehypetraveler8114it still definitely shouldn’t be easier than APES lmao

[@thepowerofcats7921]

Lowkey APES is difficult since most teachers have no idea what they are doing and you are forced to self study for the AP test. And BC is easy even without AB beforehand.

[@aaravshah1584]

bro put calc ab as very hard but put calc bc as a ROOKIE class 💀💀💀

[@chaelee7025]

i think its cause of the pass rate

[@chaelee7025]

and there isn't alot of new material from bc if you took ab already

[@braydenrooks8283]

@@chaelee7025i’m in bc and never took ab💀

[@magicaldragon4673]

@@braydenrooks8283 bc is hell if you haven't taken ab or any precalculus 💀

[@sophiajia2972]

it's the same thing w ap physics 1 vs c tho, c has a much higher pass rate than 1 because more people who like physics take c, it doesn't mean it's conceptually easier@@chaelee7025

[@nicholasrui2008]

putting physics c in master tier and calc BC in rookie tier is crazy, especially when you only put BC in E tier because of the pass rate, which is high for physics c also.

[@dipolyn]

Yeah and his reasoning was wack too. Nobody that takes AB will take BC cos that makes the BC test almost meaningless due to the fact that you only get an extra semester of credit for a whole years worth of work + the same AP test cost, when you could just take BC and get credit for both.

[@AmrAlnamer]

physics c is so hard wdym

[@brdon2099]

@@dipolynmy school does it like this so for whoever it is applicable to, this rating makes sense

[@azurelava7796]

Clearly, you haven't taken the test. I barely study STEM subjects. Calc BC just took me 15 minutes of studying the night before the test (I didn't study at all before that) while AP Physics C forced me to do 1 full practice test and 2 practice MCQs (both tests). Got 5s on all of them though.

[@dysprosiumdx]

blud is putting Calc BC on the same level as CSP 😭wild

[@Michael-pp8lz]

I took the AP Psych exam during COVID in 2020. It was all online. I scored a 1 because the site crashed and I was denied a retest. Finished the class with an A though.

[@thecollegetreehouse]

I also took AP Psych in 2020, in my opinion the COVID AP exams either really helped or really hurt you

[@jaydenprasad7950]

AP Human Geography exam is also super hard

[@thereoc]

@@jaydenprasad7950It was way easier than what I expected, i literally studied for 1 day and I got a 4

[@jaivalap]

never make tier lists again

[@mahreelowberloeber9885]

Music theory is not an easy class. Even for musicians it’s basically impossible,

[@peyejon6541]

Only AP I took was Calc and the actual content wasn't super hard, it's just learning the next level of math like usual. The actual difficulty of AP Calc is the test in which the difficulty comes from knowing when and where to apply what calculus depending on what it asks you. A really easy example is finding the velocity at time t, that's just finding the derivative at x=t but further into calc ab it gets much harder.

[@SunnyBoi.]

This really depends on the school. In our school, AP Lang and Comp is hands down the hardest AP in our school, while Physics C: Mech and Chem were actually relatively easy (and most people did really well on the AP test, including me). Calc AB and BC are also incredibly easy at our school, and the average person here gets a 5 on the AP Test for that.

[@azurelava7796]

Pretty much the same here. 5s on all 4 AP Physics tests and Calc BC while I got a 3 on Lang.

[@Rrrr101-x9l]

Ap lit and lang teachers suck bruh. They mark so damn strictly and it’s near impossible to get an A.

[@mackaronie629]

I’m surprised that AP Chem is at S tier, I just finished it and made a 94, and I had never taken an AP class before. My teacher was a saint however.

[@thecollegetreehouse]

Congratulations king!

[@azurelava7796]

The only way to know how hard the AP is objectively is to see your AP exam score. If you didn't get a 5 you can't call it easy.

[@shrimpshufflr7745]

@@azurelava7796ehhh throw 4 in there too

[@TheRealChopin]

Somethings wrong with me, I found AP Chem so much easier than AP Lang

[@cosmicflare_]

same!

[@jackgoodwin7234]

Really just depends on the school

[@darthcannoli]

and your interest in the subject’s. for me, i enjoy science and math, but not english

[@XscarredAnime]

Do you recommend me take ap bio and ap chem at the same year because I’m gonna be an senior soon

[@TheRealChopin]

@@XscarredAnime As my chem teacher told me, AP bio’s first test includes chemistry so, on one hand it may be good to take both. On the other if you havent taken any preparation class like on level chem then maybe not.

[@supershaw3651]

My top 10 most difficult list: 1. AP Chemistry 2. AP US History 3. AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism 4. AP Physics C: Mechanics 5. AP Calculus BC 6. AP Physics 2 7. AP Physics 1 8. AP English Literature 9. AP US Government 10. AP English Composition.

[@AmitMydukur]

gov is so easy

[@lukask2597]

The content in gov is easy but the curve is so harsh so many score lower than what they know. Like I breezed by my gov class with an A+ but only got a 3 on the test. Maybe I didn’t do enough proper studying for the test but still

[@supershaw3651]

@@AmitMydukur Yeah, I hear people say it's easy, but I hear tons of others say it's extremely hard.

[@azurelava7796]

@@lukask2597 I just watched Heimler's History AP Gov livestream at 2x speed and got a 5. So yeah it was pretty easy.

[@PhillipLopez-il5pl]

Bro, put all my Easy AP classes on the list. hardest is AP seminar or Engish. Yes, I spelled it wrong cause I hate it.

[@Ewoshi22]

taking ap calc ab in my grad year as my first and only ap course, so far it's been somewhat challenging but ik it gets much harder, thank god pre-calc 12 classes helped me last year

[@luckysevens70905]

Im taking ap calc ab and its been pretty straightforward, thanks to taking pre cal last year and im just like that

[@jaydenprasad7950]

AP Human Geography exam is hard while the workload is very essy to handle and the topics are quite easy to quite difficult

[@BogdanKuznetsov-p2i]

Ap drugs - easy money

[@chach9206]

My 4th ap class of the year: AP Adderall

[@jerryz2175]

Tbh many of my friends took AP Chem as a sophomore. They said that it was easy bc the first semester is what u learn in honors chemistry. And for my school, u have to take honors chemistry and honors algebra 2 before ap chem

[@cosmicflare_]

AP lang and AP ush were harder than AP chem for me for whatever reason

[@funolol518]

All depends on the teacher

[@alvaroabdalla4925]

In my school AP world history is hardest AP class in school

[@adamsiegel2657]

I have ap physics C mechanics today, I’m cooked

[@ezozabaeva2514]

please make a video “reading my supplemental essays that got me into Stanford”

[@thecollegetreehouse]

At 1000 :)

[@interior_learning]

AP seminar and research teacher and I think they should be switched simply bc AP seminar is where you learn all the harder research skills making it tough at first. Research is easier bc you apply the skills from seminar to research so a lot of the heavy lifting is out of the way.

[@Loganlikeslegos]

i’m doing ap physics 1 as a freshman and honestly it’s kinda easy

[@holykim4352]

wait till the second half of the class LOL

[@Loganlikeslegos]

@@holykim4352 oh no.

[@connorm_3605]

@@holykim4352torque and rotational motion had me f’ed up ngl

[@dimeraps4036]

You probably also got a good teacher too

[@Loganlikeslegos]

@@dimeraps4036 tbh she isn’t a good teacher, she’s really nice but she doesn’t know what she’s doing half the time 😭 the other day she literally said “i’m not a physics person, you guys should know this!” 😭😭

[@wkhdt]

my school gave all honors english 10 students ap seminar with no other choice. good practice for college, unfortunately, we have 3 entire years until then and it would've been better if we just did honors 10

[@Crepesofwrath]

Omg my school is making us do that to was it really that bad

[@wkhdt]

@@Crepesofwrath no just PLEASE study when you're given time. dont sit by friends in that class, pay attention, dont be on your phone or doing wordle or being distracted. time is valuable in ap seminar bc its basically like ap research. it isn't exactly hard if u were doing honors english 10 anyway, just please please please focus

[@SpectrogramStudios]

AP music theory is definitely a C or B even if you have musical experience because you have to do melodic and harmonic dictation, which isn't really stuff that you do in music classes in middle or high school. On top of that, you have to sing, which would be easy for vocalists or singers, but awful for musicians who chose to play aninstrument because they would have likely intentionally chosen not to sing. On top of that, the course is EVERYTHING music theory related starting from "this is the treble clef" to harmonic dictation. So, the bulk of the more challenging work is taught toward the latter half of the course, which means less time to study for it, unlike AP Lang where the essays can be taught in any order.

[@c_xd1]

not putting lit in master tier is diabolic work

[@JimmyCooper-yx2ix]

I know it's a bit late (I hope you see this), but for the SAT (I know it's kinda off-topic) on the common app, they ask you to submit scores you wish to report. I'm aware that some schools participate in collegeboards score choice program, but even with that in mind, when I plug in the singular score I wish to submit on the common app, on the page where they summarize what you've completed, they put that 1 score under the title of "number of past SATs taken." However, I've taken 3 SATs but I chose to submit 1. Can someone (preferably someone in college at the moment) clarify that contradiction? What did you personally do? And what should I do?

[@polygondeath2361]

this might be the worst tierlist of all time

[@destroyerprime2011]

This is the definition of having wrong opinions at 1:40

[@watermelonindianboi]

Would AP macro be helpful for someone that wants major in economics?

[@nonecker7479]

Is that a serious question?

[@watermelonindianboi]

@@nonecker7479 not really

[@nonecker7479]

@@watermelonindianboi macro is a key component of economics. Macro/micro/accounting are all classes you should consider taking as they are a part of the business core classes of most colleges

[@SGWST3]

I found electricity and magnetism probably the second easiest ap course I took

[@archmaster]

How tf is calc ab A tier but BC in E tier. Even if you already kow ab, BC is very very hard. The series unit beats the hell out of most ppl. Ap physics 1 is also much harder than calc ab.

[@alexanatorjones2763]

if a college were to ask what color you are what would you put

[@jerryz2175]

Bro Bc Calc is harder than CSP. CSP is easier than Psychology. It should also be in easy money

[@thepowerofcats7921]

Calc AB being above both AP English classes is not okay

[@TimelapseWTO]

I found ap human geography harder than world history modern

[@angelovalle-deleon5959]

That’s crazy Ap Physics 1 should be S with the other physics

[@azurelava7796]

Nah, I took all 4 physics classes and exams first-hand. Got a 5 for Physics 1 by taking 1 practice MCQ on AP classroom. Got a 5 for Physics 2 by taking 2 practice MCQs on AP classroom. Got 5s for both Physics C tests by taking a full test and 2 practice MCQs for each. The difficulty ramps up.

[@panicfvx]

Excuse me ap seminar is hard?!?!? Above Lang?!?!?! I took the class and everything and now I need to decide if I want lit or lang and now I’m even more confused than I was before

[@PhillipLopez-il5pl]

Ap seminar is nightmare fuel teacher made me read like 11 harry potter sized books during the last week of summer. It just might be me though as I love Math and Science but f**king hate Engish

[@brooooooooooke]

ah why is calculus bc rookie why

[@thecollegetreehouse]

For those who take AB before BC (most people near where we are from), it's rookie

[@brooooooooooke]

@@thecollegetreehouse 😆

[@badowie]

where is ap CHEESE you fool

[@kyumonzon5678]

I'm so cooked for taking AP chem as a freshmen 💀

[@malice4515]

AP MACRO IN E??

[@makoabartley7216]

Bro put APHUG in easy money💀

[@williamhutton1752]

Ap Chem is like C tier tops

[@amend.548]

My guy put ap stats above calc bc 💀wth

[@jackgoodwin7234]

AP CSP is easy money bro wym😭

[@smileyboi2667]

I disagree with the APCHEM placement kind of. I talked to many kids and teachers about APCHEM and from what information I have obtained, the kids who struggled in APCHEM have not taken a year of chemistry before hand. And for the kids who have, said that the class was still a little bit hard but fairly easy for the first half of the year.

[@regophil]

Cal BC is easy ? I stopped watching after that...

[@VoGnos]

Apush ranked my gpa and fucked me over possibly permanently because of the gpa I have now so fuck apush

[@ufohoh]

ap test was light tho

[@VoGnos]

@@ufohoh maybe this year last year it was hell

[@polygondeath2361]

@@VoGnos last year was easy as hell what do you mean

[@VoGnos]

@@polygondeath2361 not for a history hater

[@polygondeath2361]

@@VoGnos i came into the class knowing very little about US history, barely studied outside of class, and got a 5 (though several months late, fuck college board). It was a fairly easy test, compared to previous tests as well.

[@AmandaGarcia-j9q]

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[@chocolateaddictedartist5924]

Ain't no way calc bc is a rookie class 💀

[@gamingwithmndandlnd4952]

Ap macro is not easy.

[@user-sl8wm1wd1j]

AP world history is not easy💀

[@WinkWonkWonkWonkWonk]

Ty

[@ScottBooker-v1q]

Miller Helen Perez Melissa Thomas Susan

[@juliasechandter4891]

Martinez Jeffrey Walker Ronald Moore Deborah

[@ireviewfastforyou]

definitely not the most accurate...

[@bluerisk]

Japanese at B tier...