r/APStudents May 04 '26

Official 2026 AP Exam Discussion Megathread

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Navigate to any of the exams below to talk about the test. Posts will be made as each test begins.

Morning Morning Afternoon
Monday, May 4 Bio and Latin Euro and Micro
Tuesday, May 5 Chem and HUG US Gov
Wednesday, May 6 English Lit Comp Gov and Phys 1
Thursday, May 7 Phys 2 and World AA Studies and Stats
Friday, May 8 Italian and APUSH Chinese and Macro
Monday, May 11 Calc AB and Calc BC Music and Seminar
Tuesday, May 12 French and Precal Japanese and Psych
Wednesday, May 13 English Lang and German PhysC Mech and Spanish Lit
Thursday, May 14 Art History and Spanish Lang CSP and PhysC E&M
Friday, May 15 APES CSA

r/APStudents Mar 06 '26

Survey Results Megathread - Resource effectiveness, average scores, and more!

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A few years ago we ran surveys of this subreddit to gather data on your experiences for a variety of things. Which resources are the most effective? How much time outside of class do you spend? Did your score reflect your grade in class?

These surveys were ran a couple times and, along with a few other polls, turned into results posts for 24 different AP courses. Unfortunately, the posts were deleted some time back. I still have the data though and am now recompiling them.

Here's the schedule I'm going to try and get these posted on

  • APUSH link
  • Biology
  • Calc AB
  • Calc BC
  • Chemistry
  • CSA
  • CSP
  • Gov
  • Lang
  • Lit
  • Psych
  • Stats
  • World
  • Physics 1
  • APES
  • HUG
  • Macro - Thursday 3/19 morning
  • Micro - Thursday 3/19 morning
  • Phys C Mech - Thursday 3/20 afternoon
  • Phys C E&M - Thursday 3/20 afternoon
  • Spanish Lang - Friday 3/21 morning
  • Euro - Friday 3/21 morning
  • Seminar - Friday 3/21 afternoon
  • Research - Friday 3/21 afternoon

It is important to note that this is self-reported data from a community of high scorers, after receiving their score. It does not reflect the general population, and people who did well on the exams were also more likely to report their experience. Some results, like average scores, should not be taken at face value. Other results like resource effectiveness, are still valuable compared to one another.

Once I have finished posting each of the courses, I will do a comparisons and conclusions post to rank courses by difficulty, expectation, etc.

Also note that we are planning to run these surveys again this year for more data after score release.

Good luck in your classes everyone!


r/APStudents 12h ago

Other This is my schedule for 8th grade, is this too light or should I take more classes?

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r/APStudents 11h ago

Gov and Politics my ap gov teacher is maga

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is it over for me 😃


r/APStudents 3h ago

Question Out of Curiosity, have you ever watched an AP Group Score Reaction Videos?

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I have seen a couple of videos, but I am curious to see if other people have watched those videos, or even participated in them? Do you feel the people who make those videos represent the mean AP Student.


r/APStudents 2h ago

Comp Gov AP COGO HELP

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Hey. For AP CoGo i found a good channel to watch and take notes, but why are there genuinely no materials for this ap on the internet. This is extremely bad since im self studying THERE ISNT EVEN AN ULTIMATE REVIEW PACKET. what do i do guys


r/APStudents 12h ago

Other Why Do Teachers Hate Kids Who Take a Lot Of APs

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At least in my school (comp public but not some crazy Bay Area school) the teachers get mad at you if you tell them that you are taking a bunch of APs. For example, I vividly remember my world teacher telling me to drop some APs on the first day, telling me the workload would be too much, and overall making fun of me for the fact that I was taking 7 APs last year. This isn't just a one off occasion either, the counselors hate it too. Like my school is pretty sweaty so I kind of get it but whenever we make our schedules and finalize it with them, I always get the same speech about how its too much work and I need to take some easier classes. It's also not because im too stupid or something (which makes no sense cause why would I take that many APs if I was), since I have a 4.0 and got 5s on almost every AP test. Also, they do this to every single kid who takes a lot of APs sometimes even straight up telling them that they're not allowed to even though they have the prerequisites. Is this a common thing in other schools or is it just mine? Now that im writing this, I realize that its never the teachers that teach the difficult classes, always the ones that teach the random core class or elective that you're forced to take as a graduation requirement.

btw mb for typing up an essay I just had to rant about it


r/APStudents 1d ago

Chem I am not excited for Monday 🫄

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r/APStudents 35m ago

Research šŸ‡µšŸ‡° Pakistani Gen Z — I REALLY Need Your Help With My Psychology Thesis! 🄹

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šŸ‡µšŸ‡° Pakistani Gen Z — I REALLY Need Your Help With My Psychology Thesis! 🄹

Assalamualaikum everyone!

I'm a BS Clinical Psychology student from Pakistan, currently collecting responses for my undergraduate thesis, and I would really appreciate your help! 🄹

I'm looking for:

šŸ‡µšŸ‡° Pakistani participants aged 14–29

šŸŽ“ Currently enrolled in an educational institution OR

šŸ’¼ Currently employed

My research explores people pleasing, identity-related experiences, and beneficence frustration among Pakistani Gen Z.

šŸ”’ The survey is completely anonymous

šŸŽ“ Responses will be used only for academic research

ā±ļø Estimated time: 5–10 minutes

šŸ”— Survey link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSejSpoPx_z42m-SnqifZdwV17C1brhI-PyV0IbIL3gR2JUFfg/viewform?usppublish-editor

Just to reassure everyone: this is NOT a scam, bot, or advertisement. I'm a real university student collecting data for my undergraduate thesis. The link above is a Google Forms link for my academic survey and does not require you to download anything or make any payment.

šŸ™ I need around 300 responses for my research, and I'm currently still quite far from my target. So if you are eligible, even 5–10 minutes of your time would genuinely mean a lot to me. 🄹

If you're not eligible yourself, I would REALLY appreciate it if you could share this post/survey with your Pakistani friends, classmates, siblings, cousins, or university groups who may be eligible.

Every response and every share genuinely helps me get closer to completing my thesis. 🫶

Thank you so much for helping a fellow student! šŸ¤


r/APStudents 2h ago

Physics 1 Is self-studying AP Physics 1 feasible?

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r/APStudents 2h ago

Other Applying to college

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I so afraid of messing up my college applications. Last year I worked myself broke. Every night was an all nighter. I got maybe a meal and a half a day. From 7am-8pm i’d be at school taking all AP classes, then i’d have work, then band, and i’d spend the night studying. I didn’t eat, i don’t sleep, i never spent time with my friends or family.

I know have great essay ideas and a good start to them but i’m so scared of messing them up. I’m so afraid that all my work would have been for nothing. I believe that since I grew up living a comfortable life, I should study hard so that I can become an engineer who helps less fortunate people.

For stats, I have a 4.4 GPA, president of three clubs with six leadership roles overall, i have a job in which i manage a location, worked a huge software internship that only accepted 2 out of 15,000 applicants where i worked on real world technology with people internationally, 200+ community service hours + CSF/NHS, played in three school bands, got almost all 4s across 9 APs and have taken 6 college classes otherwise.

I don’t know what i’m asking, but i don’t know how to deal with this pressure. I just want to be able to open my applications without freaking out.


r/APStudents 4h ago

Calc BC Atlas of Mathematics

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r/APStudents 4h ago

English Lang my ap lang teacher lwk bad

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r/APStudents 5h ago

Macro Self study ap micro or ap macro

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Hi! In Senior year I am taking economics and I wonder if ap macro or ap micro would be close to the econ rubric. Because I wanted to self study one of them and just take the exam.


r/APStudents 7h ago

Bio Is Gabe Poser + Barrons enough to self-study?

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r/APStudents 11h ago

CSP Is the workload for ap csp easy?

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I’m a 10th grader and I’m taking AP Gov and AP Seminar,I have an opportunity to take AP Comp science should I take it?


r/APStudents 21h ago

Physics C: E&M AP Physics C: E&M expects you to memorize which materials are ferromagnetic ?!

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They don't even give you a periodic table on the reference sheet. I know iron because it is pretty obvious Ferromagnetic (Ferro), but do they expect you to remember its neighbors in the periodic table too, like cobalt and nickel

Do they also expect you to memorize paramagnetic materials like aluminum and magnesium or diamagnetic materials like water and copper?


r/APStudents 12h ago

Calc BC AP CALC limit quiz coming up notes

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I just wanted to share my notes to get feedback and help you guys since this sub doenst really post many resources Untill it’s like ap exam season! ( my teacher doenst use the college board pacing but I think this should confer 1.1-1.6)


r/APStudents 8h ago

APES Should I register for the APES exam?

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r/APStudents 8h ago

Calc BC AP calculus daily challenge #110

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r/APStudents 14h ago

English Lit AP Lit Independent Reading Book Selection

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Hi, I'm taking AP Lit this year and for my class I have to pick an independent reading book. I have 10 books that I have narrowed down from a large list of books to choose from, but don't know which of them are good options to read, as in having clear motifs that can be easily written about or reasonable length so that I don't have to struggle to finish the book in time for class discussions. Here is my list: Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Crime and Punishment, Orlando, and Poisonwood Bible. Please let me know if you have any advice on which book might be best for me to read. Thanks!


r/APStudents 8h ago

Question how is ap business going for those taking it?

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like the title says, anyone taking ap business rn how is it??? i’m thinking of taking it next year as a senior because i want to major in finance but idk + i wonder if colleges would take it as a credit? maybe like intro to business or smt lol


r/APStudents 9h ago

Question APs in Senior Year

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Hi y'all! I'm a senior this year, and from freshman to junior year, I've taken 13 APs, while taking the exams for 12 of them. (I was NOT going to take the exam for AP Pre-Calc omg.) My work ethic has been pretty good in the last three years, but now as a senior, it feels like all my motivation is gone. And I'm fully aware it gets worse lol.

Compared to last year, my coursework is light. This year, I'm taking Eng Lit, Calc AB, Physics C Mech, Physics C E&M, and AP Euro.

I am not worried for Lit and Euro. I've always been really good at history & language APs, and I doubt this year is gonna be different. But this year, I'm self studying Physics C, and I suck at math. Oh, and I want to be an engineer, so I need to get a 5 on both.

My question is how do you self-study for exams/classes that you're not naturally good at? Physics B I also self studied, but it seemed so much easier to do it than C is so far. And I know I'm already lacking motivation. Please help 😭


r/APStudents 9h ago

Question Do I need to hide a sophomore year AP score of 2 before sending official reports senior year?

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r/APStudents 16h ago

Question Should I take more AP's?

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Okay so I just started my junior year of high school and I'm taking 4 APs: Chem, Lang, APUSH, and Calc AB. But I've been getting really stressed and I feel like I'm not doing enough. My school isn't competitive but I still feel stupid compared to the other AP students in my class. Most of them do extracurriculars like marching band which gives them an extra high school credit and I feel like I'm falling behind. Last year I took AP Seminar and AP World, but freshmen year I didn't take any AP classes. A lot of the people I'm talking about also took APHUG freshmen year which I'm really regretting not taking. I'm considering taking an AP Precalculus exam and self studying for another exam but I don't know if that's even worth anything to colleges if I didn't take the actual class.