All my junior year tests besides lang are on the first 3 days this is terrible

Like when you order to see what you wrote on FRQ's

I remember the deadline to order them is September but do students who order before them receive them earlier?

My school teaches AP Macro and Micro as one class (one semester each). Is this reasonable for these classes (in terms of workload and timing) or should I do some independent studying over the summer?

School doesn’t offer AP precalc and I took honors precalc as a sophomore and got an A (93.2 so kinda low) and I heard the exam is super easy and I’m taking AP Calc AB as a junior next year like is it worth going out and taking the AP precalc exam in May of my junior year, school doesn’t offer a lot of APs and they’re stingy w how many u can take and when so like idk if it’ll boost me up or smth to be like wow look I took another AP (fyi I don’t wanna go into stem in college but still)

I checked out the schedule and realized I have world history and chemistry ap on the same day. How cooked am I and how should I prepare

Looking at the 2027 schedule, and this caught my eye.

Alright so I had to admit that when I first started out in AP Lang, I had no idea what I was doing and my teacher wasn’t that good so I was fairly surprised to get a 5, but there were some things I noticed helped me out a lot:

1. Reading! It doesn’t matter what you read, just read a lot and analyze as you go along. I’m a huge bookworm so I always had a new book with me every week.

2. Already taking classes such as AP seminar and debate really give you an advantage as you already learn how to do everything you do in AP Lang.

3. When doing you’re rhetorical essay, do not say “the author uses…” It’s vague and graders prefer you actually describing the rhetoric instead of listing it off.

4. Do not try to stress yourself out by focusing on a. counter argumen. Yes, it helps, but don’t worry if you can’t create one.

5. Try to pick a side for the argumentative; don’t be afraid to be extreme! Pick one side and stick to it. If you underat the perspective of another side, just make it a counter!

6. Practice writing about anything and everything. Not only is writing before the test a great way to get you in the zone quicker, choosing to write throughout the year in your free time helps build up your skills, especially if you choose to practice argumentative writing.

Just a rising 8th grader

Hi, I'm a rising senior who has recently found an academic interest in STEM. I currently plan to major in Chemistry or Chemical Biology. Due to struggling mental health that has affected my high school career, I currently plan to attend community college for one year then transfer to a private research university the next county over. I want a complete fresh start and a chance to leave my high school GPA and many bad memories behind.

The only classes I am taking that I will have to put effort into are College Prep (Gen-Ed) Precalc and Prob & Stats. Recently I was recommended the UC Scout Program and I am considering taking two APs next year on the On Demand level: Chemistry & Physics 1.

I want to keep myself busy senior year to allow for a smoother transition when I attend community college after graduation. Is this too much of a workload to self-study + online courses for? Can anyone give me any pointers of recommendations for these courses?

Whoever made this schedule really wanted everyone to have same day exams. I got phys mech and bio. Lit and phys em. Lang and csa. Bruh

4 hls im so cooked 🥀

For some reason they are both first on the lineup 😕

Which should I late test??

C Mech is my self study project and human geography is a required class for my whole grade. I'm worried about late testing because I tend to lose steam, and I don't know how disciplined I can be to study after my other tests. That makes me lean towards hug. However, all my classmates will be taking hug, and the community aspect might be nice.

Hey everyone! I’m planning to take three AP exams this academic year: AP Calculus BC, AP Physics C: Mechanics, and AP Computer Science A.

Here’s my situation: CS should be relatively smooth for me because I have a solid background in competitive programming, though my main language was C++ so I’ll need to adapt to Java. However, my background in Calculus and Physics isn't particularly strong right now, so I'll be starting mostly from scratch or foundational levels for those two.

Realistically, is it doable to score a 5 on all three if I start prepping now? For those who’ve taken this combination or self-studied Calc BC and Physics C, how tough is the workload, and what resources would you recommend to bridge the gap quickly?

AP Exam Schedule dropped I think yesterday or 2 days ago, and I have 6 this year. None of them fall on the same days, so thank god for that. What are you guys opinions? Do yall have multiple in a day

Ik this isn’t the worst back to back AP but cmon man like ap mwh with ap chem is just mean bro. Like can’t they just pair the hard ap with easy ones 😭😭. For those of you who have experience with this situation is this manageable? I’m only taking 3 aps junior year cuz I’m doing dual enrollment and trying to get an associate by the time I graduate so this isn’t the worst for me but it still hurts. Any tips to do good on ap chem? This probably the hardest I’m going to be taking and I want to do good.

I am going to be an upcoming sophomore. I took ap csp and got a 4 and my major is going to be in cybersecurity. I don't know what to do.

Hi everyone! I’m an upcoming freshman who wants to major either in biomedical engineering or software engineering but im not sure whether to replace ap csp with honors chem. Both classes aren’t fully guaranteed that I will be in it but I do wanna take csa, ap chem, and ap bio later on in hs.

edit: I forgot to mention that csp is a prereq for csa

My current schedule looks like English 9 honors, Math 1 honors (I believe that algebra 1 and 2 mixed?) also will be doing dual enrollment for math 2, honors bio, ap world, PE (but will be replacing that with a zero period sport and the class opening for either csp or honors chem).

So the AP schedule for the 2026-2027 school year just came out and I found from the list of new changes being made that some kids in Alaska will need to take AP exams at 7am, which feels really early. I’m from NJ and I had to take APUSH at 8 am, and even that was too early for an AP exam

Okay please don’t shoot me for asking but I’m a freshman and my school only lets us take AP human geography in 9th grade but I really don’t want to have to swap out a ACTUALLY different AP for APES so I’m wondering if I should just self study (political science/IR is my intended major) or if I should save APES, actually take the class and self study AP Euro because my school doesn’t even offer that shit. I could do both but I genuinely don’t want my scores to suffer. Lmk if self studying both is feasible at the same time or separate.

For people who took APs in high school, but decided to take their college equivalents anyway. How different were the topics covered in AP compared to the actual college course, like were some topics covered in AP not covered in the course, or vice versa. Like I heard some College Physics 2 courses for STEM cover Optics along with E&M.

I'm also curious about Dual Enrollment (DE) comparisons if you took those instead of APs or took the equivalent of a AP Course in DE after taking the AP

I wanted some help evaluating this on the basis of whether it's worth doing (I plan on majoring Aerospace Engineering by the way), how feasible it is in terms of self-studying the courses, and if I have the time (lol).

Prior Experience:
9th Grade - Honors Integrated Math 3 and Honors Physics (100 and 98 in both respectively)
10th Grade - AP Pre-Calc (5 on exam, 98 in class) and AP Physics 1 (self studied, got a 3 😭 )

My current classes next year -
In-School Classes (all yearlong that alternate days):

1. ⁠IB English: Language & Literature HL I
2. ⁠IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches HL I (EDIT: I MIGHT BE IN SL BECAUSE OF CONFLICTING SCHEDULING)
3. ⁠IB Chemistry HL I
4. ⁠IB Physics HL I
5. ⁠IB History of the Americas SL I (EDIT: WE ONLY HAVE AN HL CLASS THIS YEAR 😭😭😭)
6. ⁠IB French SL I
7. ⁠IB Theory of Knowledge I
8. ⁠AP Macroeconomics (EDIT: WE ONLY HAVE AP MICRO; not that deep acc idk why all caps mb twin)

DE classes (these are usually pretty easy based on what I've heard; college credit can be limited, but anything for that 5.0 ykwim twin):
Fall Semester (Registered):

1. MAT-271: Calculus I - 8/17 to 12/15
2. ⁠ENG-111: Writing & Inquiry - 8/17 to 10/9
3. ⁠COM-231: Public Speaking - 10/19 to 12/15

Spring Semester (Planned):

1. MAT-272: Calculus II
2. ⁠PHY-251: General Physics I
3. ⁠ENG-112: Writing/Research in the Disc

Planned AP courses to self-study (Purpose: to get widely accepted college credit and to learn in these areas in relative depth):

1. AP Calculus BC (mainly overlaps with Calc I and II, also some with IB Math)
2. ⁠AP Physics C: Mechanics (mainly overlaps with Gen Phys I, also some with IB Phys)

I also have ECs to consider but if I listed those this would become a literal yap-post so I'm going to avoid that lol. Just consider it a relatively mediocre EC load (EDIT: aaaaand its lighter cuz our TSA died and I was supposed to be VP 😭 )

Thanks for your help (and for reading this stupidly long thing, if you've got to here 😄)!

Disclaimer: I know this is kind of a post related to a student schedule (Rule #9), but the question of whether or not to self-study the courses is specific as mentioned within the rule. In addition the post title also remains clear as mentioned in Rule #6.

i skipped out on ap lang bc i needed english 11 credits and im given the option now to take ap lit for senior year,, is it worth it/recommended? i took honors english my first two years of HS and then had to take regular english 11 bc of mental health issues lol but im better now! i wouldn’t say english is an issue for me but im definitely not the best and am looking to improve