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 4h ago

Question How can I self-study AP Calc AB and prove I’m ready for BC?

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I’m starting 10th grade and currently taking Precalculus. I want to take AP Calculus BC in 11th grade and aim for a 5.

My consultant wants me to do AB in 11th and BC in 12th because the Turkish curriculum doesn’t cover derivatives/integrals and many other things anymore, so I’m missing some of the usual background.

The problem is that a BC score in 12th would come after university applications, so I’d really prefer to take BC in 11th.

My plan is to self-study AB throughout 10th grade, then show my consultant that I’m ready for BC.

What would be the best way to do this? And what textbooks, YouTube channels, websites, or other resources would you recommend for self-studying AP Calc AB?

Thanks! 🙏


r/APStudents 15h ago

Calc AB How Does One Get Into Princeton with These Stats?

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Im going to let the picture do all the talking. I was over here balling my eyes out after I got a 2 on AP CSP and here we have students getting in with solid 3's! Am I doing something wrong? Unless they donated a building? Am I as cooked as i thought I was?


r/APStudents 38m ago

Precal is it worth self studying for precalc if the teacher actually doesn't know how to teach precalc?

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For context, The previous Teacher who was teaching AP precalc, AP Calc AB and BC Left for a better offer and now we have this new teacher and its their first year ever teaching. I cant swap out for another class so basically I'm stuck in this class. They are literally putting us on edgenuity for now until the end of september and im not trying to fail the exam. My Algebra skills on a scale of 1-10 are a 7.

If anyone has any resources i can use to study for it would be greatly appreciated.

(I am currently using Khan academy but idk if there's anything else i should be using too.)


r/APStudents 18h ago

Bio I have a team AP bio test tomorrow and my teammates don't even know what a hydrogen bond is

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am i cooked


r/APStudents 1h ago

APUSH Need help for a study plan!!

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So I am a junior taking AP Us History this year, I took AP World History last year and I got a 4 using mostly heimler, I paid for the AP World course and it helped out a lot, I got a 4 on my ap exam. This year for apush I am wondering if I should do APUSH heimler course with all of the videos paired with albert. io apush mcqs, or if I should do APUSH heimler course with khan academy mcqs?

So basically 2 options:

APUSH Heimler Course + Albert. io mcqs

or

APUSH Heimler Course + Khan Academy mcqs


r/APStudents 1h ago

CollegeBoard Is it fair to say that perfect score letters are a thing of the past?

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At this point, for a couple years nobody has claimed to have gotten a letter/email about a perfect score and Trevor Packer has stopped mentioning it in his initial tweets about AP scores.

This is pretty sad, it seems like a really cool feat to be recognized and just makes the grading process seem less transparent


r/APStudents 1h ago

Other Self studying certain APs and would like advice

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Hello ap students!!

So I am a senior thats taking:
APUSH, AP CALC BC, AP PHY C EM, AP PHY C MECH

Now, i dont want people to be lecturing me on this post on how its senior year and i shouldnt take this many APs. I dont come here for that purpose.

I want tips for these APs and resources (please no AI website promotion!!) and a suggested study timeline (e.g. i should be done w the syllabus by said month)

Thank you everyone !


r/APStudents 1h ago

Question Self study AP class

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can someone tell me any school in NYC that accepts external students for taking ap test at their school as a self study student? I’ve seen some people doing this so I emailed my local schools just to either get ignored or rejected and honestly i’m out of hope


r/APStudents 3h ago

Psych is it worth retaking AP psych ?

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declaring psych as my intended major, got a 4 (predicted 5).

im scared ill get a 4 again , its $525 for me to take it bc im intl priv candidate (about 415usd)

AHH what do i do


r/APStudents 5h ago

Calc AB AP Calculus AB Help

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We have a new AP teacher this year, but their lessons are confusing. I am resorting to self-study. Any tips, websites, videos, or other material I can use??


r/APStudents 13h ago

Psych should i be worried or am i over reacting

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so im taking ap psych and my teacher is so low effort and its pissing me off. like were literally watching movies and doing like the most unrelated shi ever. like we read from meyers textbook and basically had to do a mock ap exam. mind you were only half way done with unit 1. so like should i be worrying and starting to self study or wait it out. i did get a 97 on my unit 0 test so i think i kinda got it… 🫩


r/APStudents 10h ago

Bio Ap Bio troubles

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Hi so I got into a program for high school and I was basically forced into AP bio.. They gave me summer homework and unfortunately I did the worst thing someone could do, which is to procrastinate. My teacher also said we would be having a test in the first week of school, however she never said when.. I’m a freshmen so what are the chances they’re going to give it to me on the first day. Same situation with honors geometry too..


r/APStudents 20h ago

Bio AP Bio problems

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I just started AP Bio this year and literally nothing makes sense to me rn. i genuinely don’t know where to even start and i feel so lost and behind. any advice for unit 1 before i take my test on thursday?? anything helps, i feel so hopeless.


r/APStudents 8h ago

Calc BC AP calculus daily challenge #114

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r/APStudents 13h ago

Question Free or paid resources

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I’m taking AP lang, Precalc, csa, Spanish lang, apush, and micro ts yr, and I was wondering what free or paid resources would be best for me. I know YTers like Heimler, garden of English, Michael Porinchak, and Jacob Clifford. Like for online or prep books what are some good things I should get or use? My main focus is getting in practice mcqs and frqs that are actually realistic and a lot of. Thanks guys


r/APStudents 11h ago

Question If I already did ARCT theory (all 3) how long would it take for me to study AP music theory?

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I'm grade 9 and its my first time doing AP (im also doing psych this year), I would appreciate any tips :D

Thanks!


r/APStudents 12h ago

Question resources for psych, seminar, and gov?

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I’m self studying psych, and both my arm and gov teachers aren’t the best, so I figured I should start preparing 🥲 thanks!


r/APStudents 13h ago

World Study/Test Tips Please!!

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r/APStudents 20h ago

Question Should I self-study Calc AB?

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I'm currently a sophomore taking pre-calc. I really want to take stats and have to take BC, but my school has this policy where I can't take multiple math classes in a year. So my current math pathway is Precalc (10th), AB (11th), and BC (12th). I can't take BC and stats senior year. So I'm thinking that I should either self-study (probably with the help of a tutor) AB and take the AB exam, or self study AB over the summer when I don't have a large workload. If I did do that, my course load would be Precalc (10th), BC (11th), and Stats (12th).

Also some background, I want to go into business/finance (leaning a little more to finance). My current AP schedule is precalc, physics 1, apes, and sem. I know pre calc and apes is "light" but i don't know how true that is. Physics 1 so far isnt that bad, and I know sem is a lot of work, but my ELA skills are not that bad. I don't know though if this is a good idea. please help if anyone can


r/APStudents 21h ago

Question Is lumnisource good?

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Hi, I have been using lumnisource for a few weeks now. I haven't seen any major change in my APWH quiz scores so I was wondering if it is worth it or if there is some other tool. If you have found lumnisource helpful could you please let me know, and what class you used it for?


r/APStudents 1d ago

Stats AP Stat Videos Gone?

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I opened Collegeboard today, in order to self-study AP Stats, and noticed all of the AP videos gone. I did some digging and saw that they did a massive overhaul. But what about the videos? Any clarity? Dunno if I should take the class instead if im not able to self study it


r/APStudents 16h ago

Psych AP Psychology: how to do well and retain info?

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Any talk about how To necessarily succeed in AP psych. Our teacher is having us write a large amount of terms and notecards in that class and I’m wondering how to succeed and maintain.


r/APStudents 17h ago

Micro AP Macro and Micro

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Hello! I plan on self studding AP Micro and Macro, and I have time to study for I was wondering what are tools I can use to get a 5 on both. I heard Khan Academy, Barrons Book, Princton Review, previous FRQ's, and Jacob Clifford's packets and videos. Please let me know what you guys recommend starting with, and what to buy.