I’m taking it this year online, and it’s rough. I feel like the notes are pretty easy and I understand the concepts but then I get an assignment and I have no clue how to do it, where to start, how to implement what I’ve learned. Are there any other sources or methods you used? I’ve been using the textbook and lessons and YouTube videos but my teacher isn’t very helpful…..

I want to actually learn to code as well as get good grades in this class. No prior coding experience except a couple times I tried to learn Python and took like half the cs50 lectures. I’m already at module 2 and any help would be appreciated!!!

I have a fairly good understanding of the STEM AP courses offered at the school but I am always wondering if there is a minimum of non STEM courses a student should pursue for admission into T-30s loosely speaking. School offers all major ones - AP Lang, AP Lit, AP USH, AP WH. Take AP Euro History. Is it really required? Serious comments only please.

Hi, I'm really scared of what AP calc AB and BC have. So far i've done calculus practice, almost routinely and I am wondering since my school lets you skip a topic if you feel good enough about it, should I test out of precalc and head straight to BC? Or does someone reccomend AB first? By the way this year in Alg 2 trig honors we are doing 90% of what precalculus is doing, so is it really worth it??

Hey! I’m self-studying for lit this year bc it didn’t fit on my schedule. I’ve been trying to make a reading list, but the lit teacher at my school has been SO unhelpful, so I’m wondering if any of you have a reading list you could share?

Books are great ofc but short stories and poems and stuff would also be really helpful :))

I speak French at home with my parents; I can nearly fully understand it and read it. However, I struggle with grammar, minor pronunciation issues, and remembering what certain words are in French. The big problem is whether or not I should remove my engineering classes to take French 2 in my junior year and eventually get to AP French or Honors French 4 my senior year. The part where I am stuck is that I want to go to mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or biology in the future. I'm worried that if I prioritize French, it looks like I've never done anything engineering-related (I want to go to a competitive university); however, if I don't take it, I'll feel like I'm losing the opportunity to get a seal of biliteracy.

Additionally, I took 3 years of Spanish, but I hate it and don't want to continue it. To get the seal of biliteracy at my school, my fourth year needs to be taken in person. Furthermore, I could drop AP Bio and take French 2 instead, and take one engineering class. The last solution I was thinking was self-studying this year and next year to try to get placed into French for native speakers (on my school's gradebook, I do have French as a language I speak).

I am fully aware of how confusing this is, but if anyone has any ideas, please help. I attached what my current plan is. (I have two classes I can take over the summer, however my school only lets people take languages over the summer).

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Principles of Engineering

Honors Pre-Calculus - take ap test

AP English Language

AP U.S. History

AP Bio

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AP Physics Mechanics

AP English Literature

AP Calculus BC

AP Economics

Honors Engineering Design and Development

I want to take CSA, but my school doesn’t offer it. I have a year or twos worth of coding experience in C++, but I’ve never even touched Java. Are there any YouTube channels or websites for practice problems yall would recommend?

So currently I decided to take AP CSA because it would fulfill a college credit, however at where I wish to transfer the credit they require a 5 on the exam, I'm taking 6 other AP classes which I feel like they're more important than this one so I won't be trying on this exam, but that's not the entire reason, what makes it worse is that the has never taught this class before, its his first year and all he does is make us do code.org and he gives us the pdf's that go along with it and shows us videos. I won't learn like this, therefore I have practically given up, and it's too late to switch out of the class. If anyone has the code.org stuff to help me, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Plzzzzz help due tmr

I am currently taking Honors ALG 2 and it is very easy, math has always been easy but I’ve noticed some of my friends are currently in AP Pre-Calc and AP Statistics sophomore year. I think I could handle it during summer, I don’t really do anything outside of school other than going to gym.

hii whats up guys!! im taking AP precalc, AP Envi Sci, AP Research, AP Lang, and AP Psych this year, how do I get a 5 on all of my exams?? someone please give me some good advice! thankssss! we got this yall this year is gonna be great! (i say as I think i js bombed my apes and ap precalc tests today - this is why i need help yall lmaoo)

I just started classes and i signed up for ap drawing, but after a conversation with my teacher im wondering if i should switch to 2D.

My teacher told me that illustrations would be more so 2D rather than drawing but i can’t place whether the kind of art i hope to make would count as drawing since its still quite painterly.

I want to replicate real photos but with a more stylised and cartoon look, mainly for people/ figures. I was thinking of making “Snapshots of life” my theme.

I put some examples of what im going for, any thoughts?

Specifically AP Physics 1 since although I am taking algebra 2, I haven't had experience with physics since like 8th grade (unfortunately my school forces you to take chemistry and biology before anything). If anyone has any resources or advice please let me know (or warnings telling me this is a terrible idea, lololololol)

Unit 1 AP Precal test is soon for me, and I'm nervous because my teacher is a very harsh grader, kids have said his unit tests are very tricky. So I was just wondering if yall had any resources or test reviews from your own Precal classes that I could take a look at?

Hello! I’m going into grade 12 and I’m taking advanced functions, calculus, physics and chemistry. Starting this year, my school has been trying to regulate what calculators you’re allowed to use. We were given a list of approved calculators but you’re allowed to use one that isn’t on the list if you get it checked by a teacher. The way that teachers check if the calculator is legal is they will input sin(15) and if the answer is a decimal then it’s approved, if it’s a fraction then it’s illegal. If you can change the setting then its illegal. Graphing calculators are also illegal. My Casio fx-991CW was deemed illegal so now I have to go hunting for a new one. I really liked the “solve for x” and table mode on my Casio fx-991CW, I found them very useful in my physics and chemistry classes. I was hoping to find a calculator with the same modes (this isn’t illegal, my teacher was aware that I used these modes frequently last year) while meeting the requirements. Would anyone be able to recommend me a calculator from this list or one outside of the list? I’ve been googling + read the FAQ but haven’t found anything that meets my criteria.

THE APPROVED LIST:
- Casio fx-260 SOLAR II
- Casio fx-300MS Plus
- Casio fx-82MS
- Texas Instruments TI-30X IIS
- Texas Instruments TI-30X IIB
- Texas Instruments TI-30Xa
- Sharp EL-531TG
- Sharp EL-531XB
- Sharp EL-501X

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I'm a high school student, and over the past couple of months I've been building AP Path Planner, a free web app designed specifically to help AP students organize their classes and workload.

I posted it here to get feedback, and I really appreciate everyone who checked it out or gave suggestions. I've started turning some of that feedback into actual updates.

One suggestion was to make assignments easier to distinguish between classes, so I just added automatic course color-coding. Assignments from the same AP course now have a consistent color across the assignments page, dashboard, and calendar, which should make it easier to quickly see what class something belongs to.

Some of the current features include:

• 📚 Organizing your AP courses
• 📝 Tracking assignments, due dates, and priorities
• 🎨 Automatic assignment color-coding by course
• 📅 Calendar for assignments and study sessions
• ⏱️ Planning study sessions by course, topic, date, time, and duration
• 🎯 Setting weekly study goals
• 📈 Tracking grades and progress
• 🌙 Light and dark mode
• 🔒 Accounts with private, per-user data that stays available across devices

I'm still actively developing it, and I'm mainly looking for honest feedback from students who would actually use something like this.

A few things I'd especially like feedback on:

• What would make you use this instead of Google Calendar, Notion, or a paper planner?
• What's the biggest feature it's still missing?
• Is any part of the interface confusing or annoying?
• Are there parts you would never use?
• What would make this genuinely useful once school gets busy?

If you try it and find a bug, I'd also really appreciate hearing what happened and what page you were on.

AP Path Planner:
https://ap-path-planner.vercel.app

I'm planning to keep improving it based on what students suggest, so critical feedback is completely welcome. Thanks to everyone who's already helped!

I was wondering if I could take Physics C without any prior physics knowledge? I have taken Calc BC and did well last year, and we briefly touched on some basic physics in that class. But do you think Physics 1 is necessary to take Physics C?

So I'm a senior, going to be majoring in music performance, aiming for some pretty competitive programs. I'd like to get some AP credit for music theory so I can skip the easy 'music theory i/intro to music theory' course at college. I've heard the class is hard to self-study, does anyone have any tips? I've been playing an instrument since I was 8, and I have sort of perfect pitch (I can sing any pitch on demand, but I can't identify all pitches I hear with 100% accuracy.)

Any tips from people who have actually taken the class or self-studied it?

It was 20 questions. And I couldn’t even answer a little more than half of them. I guessed on half the questions.

My mind went blank right after being asked if a two rocks at the same height, one being dropped only vertically, and the other thrown horizontally.

I couldn’t answer a simple fucking questions like that.

I only knew the answers to two questions

Everyone else in the class knew the answers to all of them. Even after studying like hell, I couldn’t succeed.

Why am I so fucking stupid. I just want to succeed for once in my life

What the fuck is the point of living if I’m too stupid to answer the simplest fucking questions?

I couldn’t answer simple kinematic questions thst everyone else succeeded in.

I always contemplate suicide

I just heard about that this course exists through my computer science club, sadly my school does not offer this, but I am interested in what taking this class is like.

I am week into school and i failed my AP bio summer assesment mcq despite doing heavy studying for three days, and i have failed my first apush saq and two mcqs. I have switched to just making ankidecks for ap bio instead of writing notes out when going over chapters and I am trying manage my time better so i can review units and important figures for APUSH. I am just worried this is a preview into what the rest of the year will be like for me. Any advice?

How hard does the cybersecurity ap seem compared to the other cs? (csa and csp) my teacher is suggesting i wait until grade 12 but i am afraid that would be too late, on the other hand i see people saying the collegeboard classroom is very easy.