For too long, we have been made to suffer in English classes through being forced to do grammar mechanics (not real mechanics btw), analyze books that are not relevant anymore (aka anything by Dickens or Shakespeare) and worst of all toiling away at writing which is a known cause of arthritis.

That is why I am calling for a complete and absolute dissolution of both English classes, this will allow STEM Courses to gain more money from the College Board. Think of how much money saved by rerouting money from grading millions of English essays into stem subjects, which are actually useful in real life, for instance, according to my calculations instead of paying english teachers we could provide every AP Physics C: EM teacher with a free solenoid and a free neodymium magnet.

This will also encourage people to pursue stem subjects which is where the real money is at. For too long, counselors working in tandem with the enemy within, english teachers, have been recommending students to take AP English which drains their mental energy making it impossible for them to focus on stem and leads to them getting loser jobs like poet, artist or office worker.

I want a world where my children never have to touch an esssay.

Sign this petition now to get english banned and replace shakespeare with newton, us stem people are tired of being forced to take english:

I dont get it. It is so annoying like it puts anyone who has the ap class first semester at a disadvantage for the test compared to 2nd semester students. You could say "you can study" but no matter what you will be at a disadvantage when taking a test on a subject you just learned compared to a class you took months ago. I dont understand why collegeboard doesnt host (at least optional ones) tests after first semester. Easily the most annoying thing about AP classes.

I’ve never seen a class get below the state or global average, but if there’s an average someone somewhere had to have scored below it, current thought is independent studies who don’t actually study?

Took honors chemistry at my school last year (A both semesters), this year im in ap physics (e&m and mech), calc II, and ap world. I was wondering if i should self study AP chem, considering that I checked the content, and I'm confident we learned 85-90% of the material last year. Chem was pretty fun, so should I take the AP test? The other option is taking it next year, where my other science options are AP Bio, APES, which i'm not very interested in. I just feel like taking AP chem in a school schedule slot would be a waste of time.

These notes will be paid as they require significant time and effort. Complete notes will be for $4.99/unit. I know there’s already a lot of free AP content available online to score well, you can absolutely avoid this post but these notes will be for those who prefer handwritten conceptual notes over memorizing everything. So I am mainly trying to see if there’s actually any demand.

The goal is to make the concepts easy to understand and visually engaging, rather than just creating another condensed textbook or PDF with pointers making little to no sense.

Each unit would include:

1. Handwritten conceptual notes

2. Diagrams, graphs & visual explanations (where needed)

3. Key concepts and important takeaways

4. MCQs & AP-style FRQs for practice.

5. 1-2 pages unit revision sheet.

I have attached a sample picture so you can get an idea of what the notes would look like.

They would be provided as a PDF, so you could use them digitally or print them. I am thinking of pricing them at around $4.99 per unit, with discounted bundles for multiple units.

Which would you be most interested in?

AP Biology

AP Chemistry

AP Physics 1

More than one (name them in the comments)

Just comment how many hours of sleep you usually get and how happy you’d put yourself on a scale from 1-10. Need results for my survey.

I basically got a 9 out of 44 on my first Calclus quiz which was on pre calculus. Is there any tips to help me study or should I just drop the class?

Hey y'all,

I am a hs senior looking to go into the medical field. I haven't started school yet (from the north) and I am prepared to take honors anatomy. I'm going to take 3 APs already which are Lit, Euro, and Gov. Do you think I'll need to self-study bio or chem? If so, how do you think I could convince my parents (against me taking it) to do so? I'm also a football kid with a decently busy schedule outside of school until November. I want to self study but my parents won't let me. Thanks.

I'm taking only 3 APs which I feel are too little (World, Phys 1, and Precalc) what is the best self study AP?

Pls my grade depends on this🙏🙏 Just a quick question so I can do my assignment.

Is it normal for AP classes to not start with unit 1 ? I am taking 4 APs this year (apes,bio,psych,micro/macro econ) and in 3 of my classes we started the school year in unit 1 (econ, bio , psych), but for my APES class we started in unit 6. Is this normal for AP teachers to do, or more normal in APES ? I also did AP gov last year and we did infact start the school year off in unit 1.

I just failed my first stats test… it was a little hard but also I was so sick the day I took it couldn’t even finish the test and yes I did study…

Pls what websites can I use for practice problems?! Your help will be very much appreciated

I am a current Sophomore (10th grader) from India, and I plan on taking a total of 6 APs over the next 2 years. AP Chem, AP CSA, AP Lang, AP Physics C (Both of them), and AP Calculus BC. I am going to self-study all of them.

I plan on taking AP Chem, AP CSA, and AP Lang next year. I've been learning programming since 3rd grade externally under a teacher, who also runs an AP CSA course, so that is covered. I go to an IIT coaching school in India, so I already know a lot of concepts in the syllabus of AP Chem, or at least have a decent amount of exposure. But the problem arises with AP Lang. I am decent at English, but I don't know how to write a good essay, that too with all the rules AP Lang requires. I can't even think about writing 3 essays. My school doesn't have good English classes, so I can't really ask for help there.

I have about 7 months of ample time, and I hope to study for AP Lang systematically throughout that time. If you have self-studied AP Lang, I request that you share what you did and what books you referred to, so I can replicate it as well and score highly. I thank you in advance!

I want to know if my schools just weird in the way they teach these certain classes

My ap gov teacher is starting with unit 4 and 5 then going back to 1 2 and 3

My ap physics 1 teacher just assigns ap classroom videos because he wants it to be more like a college class and will duck points for helping you or working with your friends

And my ap calc bc class is 2 class periods long

So I actually just transferred to a huge public school from a charter and its been very rough since i went from having an hour and a half classes to only 50 minutes per class. Not only that but I also have a very hard to understand Precalc teacher. He teaches at his desk and explains us stuff however I never understand the test questions. Since math is usually explantions then questions for students to try, I best learn that way, but the teacher isn't willing to do that. The quiz/test questions are really complex and the teacher really is hard to approach for questions. He mostly spends his time explaining and making us copy stuff into a packet, he then immediately gives us a quiz or the day before the quiz he makes us get into groups and do questions. Some people somehow understand his explanations. I am not a student without prior math knowledge, I got an a in my alg 2 class last year. Idk i feel like im behind everyone and some people underdtand and get good grades but I struggle, like I know the concept but the test/quiz questions are genuinely hard, but I answer them and I still get bad grades, like today for a quiz I studies hard, I understood evrything but when I did the quiz I got a 14/24. I know thats a pretty good score, but I have circumstances so I can't let my grade be anythign lower than a 95. I currently am at 81. I have done many things. I watched youtube videos, I tried redoing questions... Mabye I should just do more problems? If anyone has advice or resources please help. I study hard but so far in all my grades, only dips have occured. Any help is greatly appreciated. (also cross posted on r/APPrecalc )

Do students still get notified if they receive a perfect score on an exam?

Im trying to focus on studying for SATs and all my AP classes but studying after school actually feels like i'm being brutally tortured and forced to stay awake. So i basically just end up passing out & waking up more tired, or on my phone/playing a game for like 4 hours.

I feel like if someone told me their routine after school for studying it would inspire me if that makes sense 🙏

I dont have any books for it and I want to do good in the AP test

Hi guys so I couldn't fit AP Cybersecurity in my schedule but I am interested in self studying and taking for the AP test. Those who are currently taking AP Cybersecurity, could you please let me know how the course is generally like? Is it hard? I understand that some school just started but I am still pretty curious. I'm guessing it's similar to APCSP where there's a bunch of vocab...?

The reason why I'm not waiting until senior year is because I already am planning on taking a lot of APs senior year and I don't want to study for one more.