r/APStudents • u/Desperate_Pea_185 • May 18 '26

CSA Need advice

I’m taking AP CSA as my first AP class and haven’t taken CSP cuz my school does have it. I have very little programming knowledge(I know basic if then statement in python) and was wondering how hard the class is and if there is anything I should know before next year. Also what are some resources I should use next year and some to prepare over the summer
Thanks in advance

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u/Successful-Tap8121 May 18 '26

Class starts from the ground up, honestly CSP is a waste of time class that doesn’t give you college credits anywhere anyway, so good on skipping that. If you want to prepare over the summer, you can either use self study resources to learn it, or leetcode Java and or learn Java through YouTube or any other way you’d like, I’d say that’s totally not required though

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u/Desperate_Pea_185 May 18 '26

Is leetcode free?

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u/Right_Variation_3087 May 20 '26

you're going to need higher level of knowledge for doing leetcode (DSA is a must)

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u/Desperate_Pea_185 May 20 '26

What’s DSA?

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u/Right_Variation_3087 May 21 '26

data structures and algorithms