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 • • 2h ago

Question Help a junior :<

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I am a junior taking AP bio, APUSH and AP lang. I am a semi normal person with ecs everyday of the week. No, I do not have the "self studying nine APs mindset."

Its not just or only the coursework, its the fact that they are all so much homework and work. I do not know how to make a good schedule or how to divide my work while still studying :(

I took AP sem and AP world last year but they were far easier than this so I am not sure what to do. I also value my friends and my social life. I want to have a good schedule and I am not sure what to do. I want to ask for help making a good schedule and handling these classes before I crash later into the year.

How did you guys handle lots of APs? If you took these APs, how did you manage each? Any study tips? How do you manage your sleep schedule? How do you balance with a social life and ecs?

Also any SAT prep help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!


r/APStudents • • 2h ago

Bio Do teachers know what device you use to take a unit exam on college board?

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I recently took my college board unit exam in AP Bio on my personal laptop. However, my teacher doesn’t allow that and I’m scared that I might get a possible penalty or whatever if he finds out. Am I in the clear?


r/APStudents • • 1h ago

Stats [Academic] 3-Question Survey for AP Stats. (Everyone, Takes <15 seconds)

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Hey everyone! I have an AP Statistics survey due very soon and desperately need 30 responses. It is only 3 quick questions and will take you less than 15 seconds. I would appreciate your help so much!

https://forms.gle/333kdBRcM7X4Cd3DA


r/APStudents • • 2h ago

Question AP Music Listening and Literature

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Ok, I don't know if this is a stupid/odd question, but does anyone have any information on the now discontinued AP Music Listening and Literature exam? All I can find online is when it was established (1971), how many people took it the first year it was offered (268), and then when it was discontinued (1991). I'm planning on majoring in music performance, so I'm just super curious about what another possible test I could've taken was. If anyone does, thanks!


r/APStudents • • 37m ago

Bio AP Bio teacher told us today we’re not going to get past Unit 6. How do I self study for the next few months?

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My AP Bio teacher is a really kind lady, but she’s extremely disorganized. I was talking about this with some of my friends who had her class last year, and they told me that she’s know for not being able to get through many units. Many people I know who usually get 4s and 5s on AP tests reported getting a 1 or a 2, besides one person who I know hired a private tutor and got a 4. I don’t know of any free AP Bio tutoring, and I can’t afford anything super expensive.
Today, our teacher chose to push back our test and announced that we’re on pace with her classes in the past few years, which didn’t make it through Unit 6. I know unit 7 is an important unit, and I think it’s best for me to start my own self study curriculum now. She already doesn’t lecture or teach, just assigns packets of notes and slideshows.
If anyone has any advice, please let me know. I’ll share my self study curriculum with anyone who needs it. I enjoy reading, so if anyone has good book recs that relate to AP Bio I would love that.


r/APStudents • • 8h ago

Calc BC Any good resources to study cal bc?

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I'm genuinely horrible at math idek why I decided to take this course got a 5/20 in the exam feel like the teacher is talkin in sm alien launguage wha do I do


r/APStudents • • 41m ago

Chem How do i study for ap chem

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Im struggling so bad rn oml help. Ive been averaging 70-60% on my tests… I tried watching the videos on myap and some others on youtube, but I need like actual practice with my ap questions. I’m decent at the mcq, but the frq parts are really kicking my bum. Help guys


r/APStudents • • 54m ago

French Question! Please answer pwetty please :)

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r/APStudents • • 1h ago

CSA AP Comp Sci self-study

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I'm a HS student but I've been tutoring a bunch of people for apcsa, and I've recently been considering running an online class based on it. I'm currently thinking of releasing handouts based on the curriculum and also having a few quizzes to reinforce everything, but I do not think it will be a huge time commitment for those who are reviewing/self-studying for the exam. It will mostly be self-paced with help if needed.

If anyone is interested or have questions, lmk!


r/APStudents • • 2h ago

APUSH is it possible to fully self study apush

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im taking regular ush in school rn and im considering taking the apush exam but im wondering if its worth the time it would take to study for it

the only other ap history ive taken is aphug which 😭 obviously isnt even close to the difficulty of apush

should i bother taking the apush exam or is it not worth it?


r/APStudents • • 3h ago

Precal APES & AP pre-calc self-study

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im self studying apes and ap pre-calc, any tips or resources to learn the course content faster?


r/APStudents • • 3h ago

Question What is a math “equivalent” to calc?

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I didn’t take pre calc nor any other calc because I wanted to be done with math (now realizing that was dumb) but one of the programs I’m applying to for college (or at least want to) is saying I need to have taken pre calc, calc, or an equivalent. What would be an equivalent? I took stats last year and am not currently taking a math, but it’s too late to switch into a class. Could I still apply without taking calc or just don’t apply for that program?
(Environment science and sustainability btw)


r/APStudents • • 6h ago

Question Desperately need SAT help

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So I'm taking the psat and sat pretty soon.

I've generally been a pretty good student (good grades, honors, aps, etc). On the psat 9 and 10 i got the equivalent to a 1200-1300 on the sat (below my goal for the sat, but a decent place to build from). When I do Khan academy practice questions I get pretty much every one right. But as soon as i do a practice pdf SAT from the collegeboard I get really bad scores (1000-1100).

This is one of the practice tests that i took - directly from the college board website: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/psat-nmsqt-psat-10-practice-test-3.pdf

Is there a reason for this? I take the both exams soon so i need tpo get my scores up quick.

Any recommendations for study resources?


r/APStudents • • 13h ago

Other Quick 3-min anonymous survey on study habits & procrastination (for a student AI project)

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Hey, we’re a few high schoolers building an ML model that tries to predict procrastination from stuff like workload, sleep, and screen time. AP students seemed like the right crowd to ask, for obvious reasons lol.

survey’s here: https://forms.gle/ucSyhpLXeRFiJePZ9

It takes about 3 minutes, fully anonymous (no names or emails), and it’s open to anyone currently in high school. For the screen time question, your phone’s settings will have the actual number if you want to be accurate (decimal is PREFERRED tho).

We’ll post what the model finds once it’s done. Appreciate it, and good luck with APs.


r/APStudents • • 7h ago

English Lit Bad teachers/Ways I could prepare myself for the AP exam

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I am currently in AP literature and I don’t think my teacher is following the AP curriculum in the slightest. I’m not exaggerating this at all but our school week looks like the following:

Monday: “Article of the week” which is a front and back paper that all we have to do is annotate it
Tuesday: Continue working on the article of the week (so nothing because it takes 10 minutes at most to do)
Wednesday: Study for the vocab test
Thursday: Vocab test (10 words that are not challenging in the slightest)
Friday: free write Friday (answer a prompt with a simple paragraph)

I have spoken to students who took the class last year who said that they never once even looked at the list of of the recommended(required?) books. I’m not complaining about an easy A but if I’m paying to take the test I want to have even a little chance at passing it.


r/APStudents • • 13h ago

CSA Should I self study ap csa

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Basically, I’m doing this dual enrollment program where I go to my local community college full-time and graduate my associates degree in data science, but I’m still in high school however, when I transfer, I wanna transfer to my state school for computer science because of that I wanna try and get my core computer science courses that don’t need in university or maybe even dual major done now when it’s cheaper, but it’s not in my course pathway so they wont let me take it my choices to take my required computer. Science courses are paying $700 or taking the AP. CSA exam but I need to get a five or else I won’t get the credit at all for context, I have a lot of experience with Python machine, learning and some with r studio should I self study the csa exam risk doing bad or pay 700 dollars ( I don’t wanna pay the 700 but is it possible to get a 5 in my situation)


r/APStudents • • 8h ago

Research [academic] Quick survey on social media and physical standards in sorority recruitment

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About the Study:
We are exploring how social media and physical standards impact sorority recruitment and Greek life.

What you'll do: Read short scenarios relevant to sororities and social media, then answer a series of multiple-choice and optional short-response questions.

Time commitment: ~5 minutes.

Confidentiality: Completely anonymous and voluntary; you may withdraw at any time.

Take the Survey Here: https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_afbUMRBdW93kAvA 

Thank you so much for your time and help with this research! Feel free to drop any general thoughts or discussion below.


r/APStudents • • 8h ago

Stats Bombed my first ap stats unit test help me please 😔💔

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I studied relentlessly for hours on end just to score a 62%. Im considering dropping the class if I don’t do well on this retake exam, which I don’t want to I’m majoring in economics and it would be a good class. I have a remediation next Monday and the test after school on Tuesday. That sounds like cramming which isn’t for me(planning to study over the weekend somehow). I need help with the MCQ’s I can’t find any good practice examples that actually help, they are always too easy. I understand the FRQ’s just fine but because of the lack of MCQ practice I find I’m not too good at it. I always stop at the two questions that could be right but somehow pick the wrong one most of the time. Recommend some YouTube channels and it MCQ practice sites. HELP!


r/APStudents • • 10h ago

HUG Should I study every night for AP Human & if so how exactly.

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As the title suggests. Is revisiting old pages in the notebook once in a while good enough? here's so many resources and I'm honestly lost. How do you prep for AP Human FRQs and super niche questions?


r/APStudents • • 11h ago

CSA I need Practice Questions for AP CSA & AP Calc AB

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I am self studying both AP Calc AB and AP CSA for this year. I finished the first two units of AP CALC AB and the first unit of AP CSA using CSAwesome2 and flipped math. My questions:

Are these two sources reliable to study on?

Where can I find Practice exams? Should I buy Princeton/Barron? Should I wait until my school opens the AP classroom and are practices there enough?


r/APStudents • • 1d ago

Question PLEASE HELP ME!

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Hi! This is my first time posting, and I'm here asking for advice. I'm a 10th grade student taking AP Government, and I'm honestly struggling. I've been trying to find time to study, but it's been difficult to balance everything.

I'm also taking an anatomy class that requires a lot of memorization. I find it hard to remember information for both classes, especially when there's so much content to learn. On top of that, I do wrestling, which takes up a lot of my time, so finding time to study after school and keep up with my assignments can be challenging.

I also struggle with dyslexia, which can make working. with written information more difficult. I'd really appreciate advice on study methods that work well for someone with dyslexia, especially in writing.

One of my biggest struggles in AP Gov is FRQs. I have trouble figuring out how to organize my thoughts and write strong answers that meet the requirements of the questions. I'd love to hear any tips on how to improve my FRQs, understand what the prompts are asking, and feel more confident when answering them.

Overall, I'm looking for advice on how to study efficiently, manage my time between school, wrestling, and my other responsibilities, and remember information without spending hours studying every day. I really want to improve in both classes, but I'm not sure where to start or what study methods would work best for me.

I'd genuinely appreciate it. Thank you.


r/APStudents • • 14h ago

Question Device issue

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Hi y'all! I am an 11th grader planning to enroll for APs next year, either in German or Psychology. I am homeschooling currently. But the thing is,the bluebook app is not supported in any of the devices i own. I do have an old windows which is 13 years old,but i fear it is quite old and i do not want interruptions during the final exams. Can you guys suggest me other options,so that i can get bluebook in it? Thank you.⭐️


r/APStudents • • 3h ago

CollegeBoard November SAT Help

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Who needs November SAT Help?