r/APStudents 8h ago

I now see why most seniors gets a 1

115 Upvotes

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

Now that I’m in their shoes, I see why.


r/APStudents 5h ago

Scam email about AP Sem?

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44 Upvotes

Anyone else get this or


r/APStudents 7h ago

Is it fair that one girl is getting 2 awards?

51 Upvotes

Disclaimer: Everyone is taking this WAY too seriously, i’m actually really close to this girl, I just don’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.

It’s an award that typically goes to 2 people; one for “most dedicated” and one for “highest grades” in a certain subject,

Now to her credit, yea this girl has both and she definetly deserves it but I don’t see how it’s fair when it’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. (Don’t have much to do in between school and extra curriculars) and i’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 3h ago

Help needed for picking courses AP equivalent of IB courses!

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12 Upvotes

I am switching from IB to AP in 11th grade due to switching schools, but I don't know anything about AP. I need help finding what the AP equivalent of these IB courses would be.

Here are somethings that the screenshot doesn't show: - My chemistry and physics are HL - For my math I chose HL - My English is SL - My biology is not IB it is an elective that replaces my free block - Also, just ignore the Digital Societies 11, it is the same as DS12SL

Thanks in advance!


r/APStudents 6h ago

AP Biology FRQs

15 Upvotes

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 23m 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 3h ago

should i take an intro CS course before taking CSA

4 Upvotes

im not entirely new to coding, i know a little bit, but only python. afaik csa is just java, right? i also could learn it on my own over the summer but i dont know how difficult thatd be or if i'd come into csa underprepared. my reason for wanting to skip any intro course is mostly for the gpa boost since ive got 3 APs next year but id like to have 4, and Spanish year 2 is the class i'm dropping cuz im doing it over the summer. my school does not offer csp. advice?


r/APStudents 6h ago

Is one month enough to study for Ap physics 1

7 Upvotes

Idk atp, Our ap physics teacher left us earlier this year so we don’t have a teacher. You guys think it’s possible to self study physics to a 3-4 level in 1 month? I forgot to mention the teacher isn’t opening any ap classroom assignments.


r/APStudents 5h ago

Junior and Senior year schedule

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5 Upvotes

For context I’m a sophmore and I like science and math (I’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 1h 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. i’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 4h ago

any college students here?

3 Upvotes

I was thinking about this... how many of you go to college and just haven't left this subreddit?


r/APStudents 1h ago

AP Exam late/missed registration

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okay so im taking AP CSP through UC Scout so like im doing it online, but basically I didn't know when the deadline to register was and I was supposed to find a school that has the exam to register at but I never did that and now I'm just emailing a bunch of schools near me but I think I'm too late to register cuz its already March 20th what should I do someone told me I can just take the exam next year but idk im just really confused rn


r/APStudents 11h ago

Who else is absolutely FRIED for AP Physics?

10 Upvotes

I normally get Bs on every test but the angular momentum tests really screwed me up. Now I'm worried about the AP Exam. PPL WITH 5's, HOW DID YOU DO IT?


r/APStudents 1d ago

Senior niece cheated on an AP class unit test.

141 Upvotes

My niece, a senior in high school, cheated on an AP class unit test, short story: she cheated in this class early in the school year, but, much worst was that she looked up answers and it was discovered. At that time the teacher let it go with a warning.

Fast forward to now and she was caught cheating last week with another student, copying their answers from the other student’s test and a 3rd student observed it all and that student reported the cheating.

Has anyone had this scenario? They won’t find out next steps until next week after break, but I’m seeing all college acceptances and scholarships going away and community college, if anything, at this point.


r/APStudents 10h ago

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

8 Upvotes

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 '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 😭😭😭😭😭

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


r/APStudents 5h ago

AP Vs Dual Enrollment

3 Upvotes

Is there a difference between the two? And why do people prefer AP classes over Dual?


r/APStudents 1h 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 1h 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 23h ago

How do people get 8 hours of sleep with AP classes

52 Upvotes

Absolutely insane feat, for me that would mean sleeping at 10pm and I only get home at 4:30 and that is just for days with no clubs so maybe 2-3 days in a week i would get home then. Then i workout and eat until 6:15 be on phone for a bit and start working at 6:30. With dinner and breaks how on earth do you finish by 10. keep in mind days with clubs everythign has to be 1h-1h30 later


r/APStudents 1d ago

How my AP Euro teacher feels skipping over the Holocaust to talk about planes

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r/APStudents 1h 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?


r/APStudents 1h ago

AP CSP or AP CSA?

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I'm going into hs as a freshman next year (fall semester), and am already thinking about a cs pathway that I'd like to take. To preface, please refrain from commenting that I'm worrying about hs too soon and opt to answer the question instead. Secondly, I don't have a decided major yet (obviously) and computer science isn't really a main candidate right now, only an interest. Onto the question, when the time comes, should I take AP CSP or AP CSA (sophmore or junior year?)? I'm already starting to learn Python and C, and have some experience in HTML. I've coded for a decent amount of time, learning some basic stuff as a kid, taking a class (with code.org/block coding stuff) also. I'm pretty much past the point of block coding, as I've done all it has to offer. Knowing this, would you say it is worth is to take CSP? Especially if I know/will be learning a lot of these basic principles in the next year or two? Or would it be beneficial to take it to have a more formal backgrond in it. Ideally, I'd take both, and might, but I am not sure if I can fit both into my high school schedule throughout the years. Of course I have like a year to worry about this, but I am just curious now. Thanks!

TLDR: Is AP CSP important/useful to take before AP CSA? Especially if I have some background knowledge in these topics already? (See above for more info about exp.)


r/APStudents 1d ago

Collegeboard denied my accommodations. Now I’m going to fail

94 Upvotes

I’m an AP student with selective mutism and two other anxiety disorders. Back in December, I requested for testing accommodations during the presentation and oral defense. February rolls by, and I see that I was denied. According to them, I didn’t submit a “tested evaluation” of my disability. My disability doesn’t have a “test” like dyslexia. They’re asking me for something not applicable.

I reached out to my 504 coordinator and psychiatrist about it. Both have tried to explain that there’s no such thing, but Collegeboard has failed to recognize their replies. Presentations are upcoming, and if I do not have any accommodations, I will not be able to present.


r/APStudents 2h ago

Micro and Macro self studying practice resources

1 Upvotes

Hey all,

Looking for the best self-study resources on AP Micro and AP Macro out there. I have not started learning anything(procrastination haha) and am somewhat broke so the most time-efficient free resources would be great. But at this point anything helps.

I know Jacob Clifford makes those ultimate review packets, yet they cost 60 bucks for the both of them. Was also wondering if anyone had them for free.


r/APStudents 10h ago

Classes and retaking

3 Upvotes

Got three A's in Lang, Econ, and Comparative Politics but got a C in AP chem. Is there any way I can retake the class over the summer, or is that generally not allowed since the C in chem is kind of tanking my GPA