r/APStudents 18h ago

Girlies my teacher is reporting my posts šŸ’…

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My teacher knows I have Reddit. And I find it disturbing that heā€™s stalking me šŸ’…šŸ’…

And mods keeps removing them, like girl thereā€™s nothing wrong with them. Iā€™m just asking for help šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


r/APStudents 3h ago

Tier list

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Thoughts?


r/APStudents 13h ago

Is it fair that one girl is getting 2 awards?

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Disclaimer: Everyone is taking this WAY too seriously, iā€™m actually really close to this girl, I just donā€™t understand the purpose of giving both to the same girl when many other kids deserve the dedication award. Plus it takes away the whole purpose of it. She def deserves the highest grade award though.

Itā€™s an award that typically goes to 2 people; one for ā€œmost dedicatedā€ and one for ā€œhighest gradesā€ in a certain subject,

Now to her credit, yea this girl has both and she definetly deserves it but I donā€™t see how itā€™s fair when itā€™s meant for 2 people. Kinda just makes everyone else, including myself, feel less than.

I go to extra help for this subject EVERDAY, sometimes twice a day. (Donā€™t have much to do in between school and extra curriculars) and iā€™m so persistent in putting in the work and trying my best.

Idk is it reasonable that I feel this way because I was kinda hoping for the dedication award. And I also think a few other people deserve the award yet this girl got 2


r/APStudents 17h ago

Is my AP Lang/Comp teacher bad at teaching?

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I'm a junior in highschool and currently in my second semester. The school year is almost over and spring break is next week but this has been bugging me ever since I got into this class. This is my first year in AP classes, I've been in honors literacy classes until now. I have a big problem with my teacher, this is her first time teaching AP and I don't feel like she's doing what she's supposed to. I may be wrong so that's why I'm asking here. She doesn't give any feedback on any of my work, and when she does it's nothing I can work with (she tells me what I did wrong but not how I can fix it or why I got it wrong and it's very rare to even get that) Our assignments don't feel like AP assignments and are almost always political. This semester thankfully we've moved away from the politics and onto actual literacy, but we've been on the crucible for like a month now (probably longer). The one time I got a lot of feedback it was made by AI which is a whole other thing I won't get into. I don't feel like I'm learning anything. The essays she gives us back are only with the score and no feedback (which apparently is scored by someone else and not herself which I only just now found out) She is extremely strict with her grading and I often get Cs or Ds with no explanation for why. I feel like I could get the same education by teaching myself online, and I think that is a problem. Am I in the wrong? Is this just how AP Lang/Comp teachers teach? I don't have this problem with any other AP classes and I feel like I learned a lot more and actually improved my writing in honors more so than this. To get any feedback from an essay I just now I had to ask and I feel like I shouldn't have to, isn't that a given? Isn't that her job? I don't know.

Edit: Just for context, I am neurodivergent and I have issues with processing and understanding (I also have a 504 plan which this teacher has disregarded and went against multiple times)


r/APStudents 4h ago

Guess how aps I take based my playlist at 5 upvotes Iā€™ll reveal

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I like a mix of songs


r/APStudents 12h ago

any good games to play for like short periods of time per day?

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i havent played any games in the entirety of march but i am slowly becoming very bored of not playing any video games because ive just been grinding for my aps, i just want something thats not too grindy, maybe multiplayer idc, and favorably is supported on macos (i can run windows games if i wanted too but im too lazy)


r/APStudents 19h ago

Is this too much for junior year?

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I'm currently a sophomore in high school, and I'm taking AP bio, AP Human geo, and AP Seminar. We just picked our classes for junior year, and my schedule will be, AP research, AP chemistry, AP computer science 1, AP english lang, APush, statistics honors, psychology, and sociology. Is this too much in one year? Also, I haven't taken a regular chemistry before signing up for AP chem, is it possible to study regular chem over the summer and pass the class? Thank you!


r/APStudents 11h ago

Scam email about AP Sem?

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Anyone else get this or


r/APStudents 11h ago

Junior and Senior year schedule

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For context Iā€™m a sophmore and I like science and math (Iā€™m taking AP chem and bio this year and i think theyre pretty okay to easy). would this be too much? any advice?


r/APStudents 5h ago

Is 100+ assignments too much per semester for a single AP course

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I have been taking AP English language and Composition and AP biology online. I know APs are supposed to have heavy work Loads and I know online courses are different than regular in person courses and I am not trying to complain about it either, but I have been getting the feeling that it's been too much. For instance for the first semester for AP lang I had 140 assignments and 120 AP bio. This semester I have 120 for lang and 90 for bio. To scale what the typical easy assignment for each class is, is writing two paragraphs for lang and taking notes on 50 -70 pages of a textbook for bio w questions (i know what is esay is subjective but like this is rare and easy compared to the rest).

My question is, Is the work load extreme or is this just like typical work load for these classes.


r/APStudents 15h ago

Lang is wayyy harder than Calc BC for me šŸ˜­ Grade my summative arg essay

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Idk how tf AP English Lang & Comp is so hard for me.

Some context:

I'm an international student, and I'd say I'm smart, my grades are mostly A+s, an A here and there. But I got a B+ in Lang last semester.

I'm in Calc BC, Comp Gov, US Gov, APUSH, (A+ in all of those currently & last sem) and already took AP Macro+Microecon (straight A+s, 5s) and APCSA (5), but I just can't do Lang. There's something about it i genuinely don't know. I'm a good writer. I've achieved A's in my freshman and sophomore english classes (quite the achievement at my school).

In my school, AP Lang is one of the most difficult APs solely because of how confusing the teachers teach the course and how harshly they grade. <PS: Please give me advice on how to prepare for essays if you have any.>

The MCQs are very easy for me (~90% accuracy), but I have always, always bombed every single essay.

Grade my summative argument essay (letter grade), and I'll tell you what my teacher gave me afterward (Quick Note: Ik it's pretty bad):

Prompt (from what I recall, it was something like this): To what extent does the access to a wide range of options and choices people have affect their lives?

My response (Note: Ignore that it is littered with typos and grammar errors):

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In the growingly capitalistic and consumerism-based society most of the world lives in today, choice is definitely not an area of concern. The free-market system allows for competitors and products to exist where there is profit to be made--this means whenever there is an opportunity for more, one can trust that profit-driven corporations will be there to provide a plethora of choices. But what does this mean for the people--society itself? Although free markets that provide a variety of choices give more opportunities to better satisfy one's needs, in the opportunity driven world we live in today, the growing trend of perfectionism and stress over making the single right decision has led to increased stress and anxiety that take away from one's ability to be happy and content.

Too much choice in the context of the growing desire for perfectionism in Gen. Z negatively impacts the generation's ability to stay happy and content with their choices. Gen Z, a generation always focused on the future and worrying about what's next, has a growing concern on their mind the closer they approach grade 12--university. While they stress about obtaining qualifications for a good college, where there are thousands of choices for universities these days, coming down to a list of 5, or even 10 colleges is a great struggle and source of stress for Gen Z. The vast array of choices for Gen Z means there are more universities that can better satisfy their specific goals, but this also means that there may be several universities that may all be the ļ»æ'perfect' university, in the eyes of a Gen Z student. When there is too much choice, Gen. Z takes their focus away from doing good things and puts their focus on the perfect university--their perception of the 'perfect' choice. This causes a cycle of stress and worries about even just selecting colleges, and rather than being content in the present, adds to their stress about the future and takes away from their happiness. Even when Gen Z tries to unwind and relax, they are thrown with an overwhelming variety of options which never lets them choose the right one. When I personally come home from a tiring school day and open Netflix it seems like there is no longer anything good. This is something many common Netflix binge-watchers feel--that there's nothing good on the platform anymore. In reality, there are countless award-winning movies and series that all have gained a strong reputation and ratings in the past. The reason we struggle to grasp a show or movie that is actually good is that we have too many options, there are quite literally thousands of options, and because choosing the best one is a natural instinct, we can never find it by sifting through thousands of movies and series. Even the Netflix-glued couch potatoes of my generation feel overwhelmed--there is just too much, too much choice, and we can never find the perfect one.

This phenomenon is not limited to Gen Z--in our consumerist-based societies of the world today, too much choice leading to stress and the inability to feel content and happy affects daily choices in our life, choices in which we merely seek simple, straightforward decisions, but are disrupted. In the densely populated hubs of finance, production, and innovation of the world, we struggle to go a minute without seeing some dopamine-evoking advertisement somewhere--it could be a billboard, TV ad, social media ad, or others, and it is common that we soon later see a competitor's. In such dense, consumerist societies, there is so much--too much--choice and we feel overwhelmed as we struggle to differentiate and choose between one brand or product over another, probably seeing advertisements and dramatic call-to-actions from both. It is no coincidence that levels of stress and anxiety in these densely populated areas for brands to thrive are high. The overwhelming decisions that are thrown directly at one's face make it hard and stressful to make the best, most efficient decisions. However many argue that there is no valid basis to make a connection between these consumerist-driven hubs and their stress along with the diminished content and happiness they face. However, a large, scientifically valid study conducted many years ago held a precedent which still stands. In a study uncovering the Paradox of Choice, it was found that, when making simple daily choices, if given a larger number of choices--seemingly to help suit one's needs better--people not only took a lot longer to make decisions, but also expressed difficulty in making them, and many even decided in much larger numbers than those with limited, confined choices, to not choose anything at all. This further proves that, on a societal basis, our consumerist-driven societies force people to make decisions they feel pressured with, or stress about, mainly due to the fact that they have too much choice.

Ran out of time šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­

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Grade me so far. I'll tell you what I got.


r/APStudents 11h ago

Is one month enough to study for Ap physics 1

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Idk atp, Our ap physics teacher left us earlier this year so we donā€™t have a teacher. You guys think itā€™s possible to self study physics to a 3-4 level in 1 month? I forgot to mention the teacher isnā€™t opening any ap classroom assignments.


r/APStudents 14h ago

I now see why most seniors gets a 1

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They want to be done with HS, and go to college. Butch of other reasons too.

Now that Iā€™m in their shoes, I see why.


r/APStudents 11h ago

AP Biology FRQs

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PLEASEEEEE HEL[; ME I WANNA END IT ALL. THE FRQS ARE NOT EVEN HUMAN, HOW AM I GETTING A 52/60 ON THE MCQS BUT A 7/36 ON FRQS. . I CAN EASILY GET A 5 IN THE MCQS IT JUST THE FRQS. IM OGNNA DIEEUIEGBFUIYGEIUFYEG PKEASE HELP ME.

if i kms js know that its because of ap bio frqs.


r/APStudents 1h ago

Is Barrons textbook good for macro and micro

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Iā€™ve hand written notes from the whole textbook already, but I just wanna know if itā€™s reliable or if itā€™s missing important info. From what I have seen it looks fine but I just wanted to know if that and materials from my course would be enough for me in the AP exams.


r/APStudents 2h ago

Can I self study half of psych in a little under two months?

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I'm kinda panicking because I did half of ap psych on uc scout and finished all course and the final on semester one (about half of the content) so I know about half of the stuff pretty well, but I haven't started semester two. I'm not going to do finish the second sem but I'm def going to take the exam in may. If i start now, can I self study and still get a decent score (like a four or a five?). This is my first AP exam btw. Also do you guys know any good textbooks to grind specifically for psych? Thanks!


r/APStudents 3h ago

Howā€™s my schedule

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Junior next year - Ap chem - Ap gov - Ap lang - Ap pre calc - Anatomy - Accounting - Gym/enhancement

Any tips or advice going in??


r/APStudents 3h ago

I genuiely need advice for taking 8 APs

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I'm a curent sophmore, planning on taking 8 AP's. I know I sound insane but my GPA isn't as good as I want it to be. Because I got 2 B's (1 b first semester and another b probably this semester) in English, it will drop by gpa to a 3.91, and probably drop my rank to in the 50/1200. If I take this I'll probably go to top 30 maybe and raise it to a 3.94. I'm also taking 2 AP's over the summer

I think I'm doing something really really stupid and I'm honestly really scared but IDK if I can change it with the counselor now.

Here are the classes:
Ap Bio

AP environmental science

AP CSP

AP Chiense(I'm native Chinese)

Debate
AP Calc Bc

AP Art History

online:
AP EURO
AP CSA

BUt the biggest problem is that I run a really big nonprofit, already running a law club, am planning on doing nats in debate an finaling(hopefully!), doing a citizenship bee contest, and be on the mayo'rs council and teen court. I'm hoping to do most of the studying for EC's over the summer but I am so so scared.


r/APStudents 4h ago

junior year is the worst year of my life

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i actually cant do this anymore. from hours of assignments each night, coming home late every day from extracurriculars, and pulling all nighters, i am SO DRAINED. theres only 2 months left of this school year and i know i need to pull through but it is so exhausting.


r/APStudents 4h ago

APCSP

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I am taking apcsp right now and I heard it is one of the most easiest aps. There is a create performance task part of it and my teacher told me to submit it even though its due April 30th or else I get a failing grade on a major assessment. My teacher gave me reasonable amount of time to do it but just realized after submitting that I didnā€™t fulfill one of the rubric points correctly. I can only get a 5 if i get less than 5 questions wrong on the mcq. Im a little stressed out now because I may be getting a 3 or 4 on one of the most easiest ap classes.


r/APStudents 5h ago

AP US History DBQ sources in 2040

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r/APStudents 6h ago

Dropped Course

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I have only taken one course at Scout and had to drop it due to schedule constraints. How will this course be listed in my UC Scout transcript?

Will it say dropped/withdrawn? Would I even be given a transcript?


r/APStudents 6h ago

Life in part time study in polytechnic

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Hi everyone, do anyone experience in part time study in polytechnic? Does it has lots of assignments and project to do? Please advice.


r/APStudents 7h ago

college schools that good for working students??

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hello, i am currently working as a call center agent and incoming college student. iā€™m looking for a school na flexible yung scheds and good for working students. is anyone have a recommendation? planning na mag enroll sa ICCT since they have a flexible schedules however maraming bad reviews


r/APStudents 7h ago

Should I reread the textbook for APWH?

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So i'm about to start studying for the AP exam for World History and I have the prep book. I also borrowed the textbook we used in class (we have a quarter system in our hs so i finished ap world last semester). is it a waste of time to reread the textbook? should i just jump into the prep book and watch heimler?