Ranking All 38 AP Classes by Difficulty (Tier List)

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  • @thecollegetreehouse
    @thecollegetreehouse  4 місяці тому +2

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  • @airmand7718
    @airmand7718 9 місяців тому +219

    You heard it here folks, APES is harder than AP Calc BC

    • @thehypetraveler8114
      @thehypetraveler8114 7 місяців тому +4

      Bcoz most schools want Calc AB as prereq for Calc BC

    • @Boltzmannbrain_2
      @Boltzmannbrain_2 4 місяці тому +4

      @@thehypetraveler8114it still definitely shouldn’t be easier than APES lmao

    • @thepowerofcats7921
      @thepowerofcats7921 2 місяці тому

      Lowkey APES is difficult since most teachers have no idea what they are doing and you are forced to self study for the AP test. And BC is easy even without AB beforehand.

  • @aaravshah1584
    @aaravshah1584 Рік тому +489

    bro put calc ab as very hard but put calc bc as a ROOKIE class 💀💀💀

    • @chaelee7025
      @chaelee7025 Рік тому +26

      i think its cause of the pass rate

    • @chaelee7025
      @chaelee7025 Рік тому +44

      and there isn't alot of new material from bc if you took ab already

    • @braydenrooks8283
      @braydenrooks8283 Рік тому +21

      @@chaelee7025i’m in bc and never took ab💀

    • @magicaldragon4673
      @magicaldragon4673 Рік тому +27

      @@braydenrooks8283 bc is hell if you haven't taken ab or any precalculus 💀

    • @sophiajia2972
      @sophiajia2972 Рік тому

      it's the same thing w ap physics 1 vs c tho, c has a much higher pass rate than 1 because more people who like physics take c, it doesn't mean it's conceptually easier@@chaelee7025

  • @nicholasrui2008
    @nicholasrui2008 Рік тому +145

    putting physics c in master tier and calc BC in rookie tier is crazy, especially when you only put BC in E tier because of the pass rate, which is high for physics c also.

    • @dipolyn
      @dipolyn Рік тому +8

      Yeah and his reasoning was wack too. Nobody that takes AB will take BC cos that makes the BC test almost meaningless due to the fact that you only get an extra semester of credit for a whole years worth of work + the same AP test cost, when you could just take BC and get credit for both.

    • @Ananderson-z2e
      @Ananderson-z2e 10 місяців тому +1

      physics c is so hard wdym

    • @brdon2099
      @brdon2099 10 місяців тому

      @@dipolynmy school does it like this so for whoever it is applicable to, this rating makes sense

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 4 місяці тому

      Clearly, you haven't taken the test. I barely study STEM subjects. Calc BC just took me 15 minutes of studying the night before the test (I didn't study at all before that) while AP Physics C forced me to do 1 full practice test and 2 practice MCQs (both tests). Got 5s on all of them though.

  • @jaivalap
    @jaivalap 8 місяців тому +49

    never make tier lists again

  • @Michael-pp8lz
    @Michael-pp8lz Рік тому +116

    I took the AP Psych exam during COVID in 2020. It was all online. I scored a 1 because the site crashed and I was denied a retest. Finished the class with an A though.

    • @thecollegetreehouse
      @thecollegetreehouse  Рік тому +22

      I also took AP Psych in 2020, in my opinion the COVID AP exams either really helped or really hurt you

    • @jaydenprasad7950
      @jaydenprasad7950 8 місяців тому +1

      AP Human Geography exam is also super hard

    • @甘いお茶漬け
      @甘いお茶漬け 4 місяці тому +1

      @@jaydenprasad7950It was way easier than what I expected, i literally studied for 1 day and I got a 4

  • @dysprosiumdx
    @dysprosiumdx 6 місяців тому +33

    blud is putting Calc BC on the same level as CSP 😭wild

  • @mahreelowberloeber9885
    @mahreelowberloeber9885 8 місяців тому +21

    Music theory is not an easy class. Even for musicians it’s basically impossible,

  • @TheRealChopin
    @TheRealChopin Рік тому +28

    Somethings wrong with me, I found AP Chem so much easier than AP Lang

    • @cosmicflare_
      @cosmicflare_ Рік тому +1

      same!

    • @jackgoodwin7234
      @jackgoodwin7234 Рік тому +1

      Really just depends on the school

    • @darthcannoli
      @darthcannoli 11 місяців тому +9

      and your interest in the subject’s. for me, i enjoy science and math, but not english

    • @XscarredAnime
      @XscarredAnime 11 місяців тому +1

      Do you recommend me take ap bio and ap chem at the same year because I’m gonna be an senior soon

    • @TheRealChopin
      @TheRealChopin 11 місяців тому +3

      @@XscarredAnime As my chem teacher told me, AP bio’s first test includes chemistry so, on one hand it may be good to take both. On the other if you havent taken any preparation class like on level chem then maybe not.

  • @mackaronie629
    @mackaronie629 7 місяців тому +13

    I’m surprised that AP Chem is at S tier, I just finished it and made a 94, and I had never taken an AP class before. My teacher was a saint however.

    • @thecollegetreehouse
      @thecollegetreehouse  6 місяців тому +3

      Congratulations king!

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 4 місяці тому +2

      The only way to know how hard the AP is objectively is to see your AP exam score. If you didn't get a 5 you can't call it easy.

    • @shrimpshufflr7745
      @shrimpshufflr7745 2 місяці тому

      @@azurelava7796ehhh throw 4 in there too

  • @SunnyBoi.
    @SunnyBoi. 6 місяців тому +6

    This really depends on the school. In our school, AP Lang and Comp is hands down the hardest AP in our school, while Physics C: Mech and Chem were actually relatively easy (and most people did really well on the AP test, including me). Calc AB and BC are also incredibly easy at our school, and the average person here gets a 5 on the AP Test for that.

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 4 місяці тому

      Pretty much the same here. 5s on all 4 AP Physics tests and Calc BC while I got a 3 on Lang.

    • @Rrrr101-x9l
      @Rrrr101-x9l 4 місяці тому +1

      Ap lit and lang teachers suck bruh. They mark so damn strictly and it’s near impossible to get an A.

  • @supershaw3651
    @supershaw3651 6 місяців тому +15

    My top 10 most difficult list:
    1. AP Chemistry
    2. AP US History
    3. AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
    4. AP Physics C: Mechanics
    5. AP Calculus BC
    6. AP Physics 2
    7. AP Physics 1
    8. AP English Literature
    9. AP US Government
    10. AP English Composition.

    • @AmitMydukur
      @AmitMydukur 5 місяців тому +1

      gov is so easy

    • @lukask2597
      @lukask2597 5 місяців тому

      The content in gov is easy but the curve is so harsh so many score lower than what they know. Like I breezed by my gov class with an A+ but only got a 3 on the test. Maybe I didn’t do enough proper studying for the test but still

    • @supershaw3651
      @supershaw3651 5 місяців тому

      @@AmitMydukur Yeah, I hear people say it's easy, but I hear tons of others say it's extremely hard.

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 4 місяці тому +2

      @@lukask2597 I just watched Heimler's History AP Gov livestream at 2x speed and got a 5. So yeah it was pretty easy.

    • @PhillipLopez-il5pl
      @PhillipLopez-il5pl 3 місяці тому +1

      Bro, put all my Easy AP classes on the list. hardest is AP seminar or Engish. Yes, I spelled it wrong cause I hate it.

  • @peyejon6541
    @peyejon6541 7 місяців тому +6

    Only AP I took was Calc and the actual content wasn't super hard, it's just learning the next level of math like usual. The actual difficulty of AP Calc is the test in which the difficulty comes from knowing when and where to apply what calculus depending on what it asks you. A really easy example is finding the velocity at time t, that's just finding the derivative at x=t but further into calc ab it gets much harder.

  • @OtchaliCosta
    @OtchaliCosta День тому

    Weird part is that in most countries outside of the North American border do study world history

  • @luckysevens70905
    @luckysevens70905 8 місяців тому +4

    Im taking ap calc ab and its been pretty straightforward, thanks to taking pre cal last year and im just like that

  • @makoabartley7216
    @makoabartley7216 Місяць тому +4

    Bro put APHUG in easy money💀

  • @alvaroabdalla4925
    @alvaroabdalla4925 Рік тому +16

    In my school AP world history is hardest AP class in school

  • @ultracringe0
    @ultracringe0 7 днів тому

    I took AP World History freshman year (a good fraction of the class were freshmen too), and my teacher sucked lol. My teacher did NOT explain the different types of questions that was on the exam and I was completely lost on it. Ended up scoring a 2. I think I could've done a LOT better if my teacher explained the test and prepared us from the SAQs and LEQs. Also, my APUSH teacher sucks ass. The class is definitely hard; you're either pulling your 3rd all-nighter this week doing all the work she assigned for tomorrow (like I am) or you're failing. I'd put it in hard, not impossible, but it WILL take a HUGE toll on you, your health, and your sleep schedule

  • @destroyerprime2011
    @destroyerprime2011 3 місяці тому +3

    This is the definition of having wrong opinions at 1:40

  • @BogdanKuznetsov-p2i
    @BogdanKuznetsov-p2i 10 місяців тому +11

    Ap drugs - easy money

    • @chach9206
      @chach9206 4 місяці тому

      My 4th ap class of the year: AP Adderall

  • @josiewebb296
    @josiewebb296 2 дні тому

    So I’m pretty sure that AP research is easier than Seminar. I’m in seminar right now and it’s mandatory to take seminar before you even get the option of research but since you have to take seminar it prepares you and makes research so much easier. I got this info from seniors who completed the class as well as juniors taking it right now and both of the teachers (research and seminar teacher)

  • @cosmicflare_
    @cosmicflare_ Рік тому +7

    AP lang and AP ush were harder than AP chem for me for whatever reason

    • @funolol518
      @funolol518 9 місяців тому

      All depends on the teacher

  • @SpectrogramStudios
    @SpectrogramStudios 5 місяців тому +2

    AP music theory is definitely a C or B even if you have musical experience because you have to do melodic and harmonic dictation, which isn't really stuff that you do in music classes in middle or high school. On top of that, you have to sing, which would be easy for vocalists or singers, but awful for musicians who chose to play aninstrument because they would have likely intentionally chosen not to sing. On top of that, the course is EVERYTHING music theory related starting from "this is the treble clef" to harmonic dictation. So, the bulk of the more challenging work is taught toward the latter half of the course, which means less time to study for it, unlike AP Lang where the essays can be taught in any order.

  • @polygondeath2361
    @polygondeath2361 8 місяців тому +7

    this might be the worst tierlist of all time

  • @thepowerofcats7921
    @thepowerofcats7921 2 місяці тому +1

    Calc AB being above both AP English classes is not okay

  • @archmaster
    @archmaster 2 місяці тому +1

    How tf is calc ab A tier but BC in E tier. Even if you already kow ab, BC is very very hard. The series unit beats the hell out of most ppl. Ap physics 1 is also much harder than calc ab.

  • @Loganlikeslegos
    @Loganlikeslegos Рік тому +16

    i’m doing ap physics 1 as a freshman and honestly it’s kinda easy

    • @holykim4352
      @holykim4352 Рік тому +23

      wait till the second half of the class LOL

    • @Loganlikeslegos
      @Loganlikeslegos Рік тому +1

      @@holykim4352 oh no.

    • @connorm_3605
      @connorm_3605 Рік тому +1

      @@holykim4352torque and rotational motion had me f’ed up ngl

    • @dimeraps4036
      @dimeraps4036 Рік тому

      You probably also got a good teacher too

    • @Loganlikeslegos
      @Loganlikeslegos Рік тому +8

      @@dimeraps4036 tbh she isn’t a good teacher, she’s really nice but she doesn’t know what she’s doing half the time 😭 the other day she literally said “i’m not a physics person, you guys should know this!” 😭😭

  • @alexanatorjones2763
    @alexanatorjones2763 8 місяців тому +1

    if a college were to ask what color you are what would you put

  • @Ewoshi22
    @Ewoshi22 3 місяці тому

    taking ap calc ab in my grad year as my first and only ap course, so far it's been somewhat challenging but ik it gets much harder, thank god pre-calc 12 classes helped me last year
    edit: doing better on derivatives than limits, got 100 on derivs unscaled and 92 on applications of derivatives unscaled so feeling confident ill do well for integration

  • @c_xd1
    @c_xd1 2 місяці тому

    not putting lit in master tier is diabolic work

  • @JimmyCooper-yx2ix
    @JimmyCooper-yx2ix Рік тому +2

    I know it's a bit late (I hope you see this), but for the SAT (I know it's kinda off-topic) on the common app, they ask you to submit scores you wish to report. I'm aware that some schools participate in collegeboards score choice program, but even with that in mind, when I plug in the singular score I wish to submit on the common app, on the page where they summarize what you've completed, they put that 1 score under the title of "number of past SATs taken." However, I've taken 3 SATs but I chose to submit 1. Can someone (preferably someone in college at the moment) clarify that contradiction? What did you personally do? And what should I do?

  • @interior_learning
    @interior_learning 10 місяців тому +3

    AP seminar and research teacher and I think they should be switched simply bc AP seminar is where you learn all the harder research skills making it tough at first. Research is easier bc you apply the skills from seminar to research so a lot of the heavy lifting is out of the way.

  • @panicfvx
    @panicfvx 4 місяці тому +1

    Excuse me ap seminar is hard?!?!? Above Lang?!?!?! I took the class and everything and now I need to decide if I want lit or lang and now I’m even more confused than I was before

    • @PhillipLopez-il5pl
      @PhillipLopez-il5pl 3 місяці тому +2

      Ap seminar is nightmare fuel teacher made me read like 11 harry potter sized books during the last week of summer. It just might be me though as I love Math and Science but f**king hate Engish

  • @brooooooooooke
    @brooooooooooke 7 місяців тому +3

    ah why is calculus bc rookie why

    • @thecollegetreehouse
      @thecollegetreehouse  6 місяців тому +1

      For those who take AB before BC (most people near where we are from), it's rookie

    • @brooooooooooke
      @brooooooooooke 6 місяців тому +2

      @@thecollegetreehouse 😆

  • @watermelonindianboi
    @watermelonindianboi 9 місяців тому +1

    Would AP macro be helpful for someone that wants major in economics?

    • @nonecker7479
      @nonecker7479 9 місяців тому +1

      Is that a serious question?

    • @watermelonindianboi
      @watermelonindianboi 9 місяців тому +1

      @@nonecker7479 not really

    • @nonecker7479
      @nonecker7479 9 місяців тому +1

      @@watermelonindianboi macro is a key component of economics. Macro/micro/accounting are all classes you should consider taking as they are a part of the business core classes of most colleges

  • @adamsiegel2657
    @adamsiegel2657 8 місяців тому +5

    I have ap physics C mechanics today, I’m cooked

    • @fayyad0
      @fayyad0 Місяць тому

      yo how did it go

  • @MaxDiehl-u2d
    @MaxDiehl-u2d 25 днів тому

    Think about it, the last chapter book I read was around 6 years ago and now I’m taking AP English literature this year (not knowing what I was about to go into) and now I gotta read these long ahh books like bruh my brain is destroyed now from reading these books now😂

  • @jerryz2175
    @jerryz2175 3 місяці тому

    Tbh many of my friends took AP Chem as a sophomore. They said that it was easy bc the first semester is what u learn in honors chemistry. And for my school, u have to take honors chemistry and honors algebra 2 before ap chem

  • @kathryn3466
    @kathryn3466 Місяць тому

    What high school did you go to? I teach AP classes at a regular public high school in a low income neighborhood and our kids are struggling.
    They also threw a bunch of teachers into PreAP World History and Geography.

    • @thecollegetreehouse
      @thecollegetreehouse  Місяць тому +1

      It's very hard out there, especially post COVID, so thank you for all the work you do as a teacher ❤
      I went to Northville High School in Michigan.

  • @jaydenprasad7950
    @jaydenprasad7950 8 місяців тому +1

    AP Human Geography exam is hard while the workload is very essy to handle and the topics are quite easy to quite difficult

  • @ezozabaeva2514
    @ezozabaeva2514 Рік тому +1

    please make a video “reading my supplemental essays that got me into Stanford”

  • @jerryz2175
    @jerryz2175 3 місяці тому +1

    Bro Bc Calc is harder than CSP. CSP is easier than Psychology. It should also be in easy money

  • @wkhdt
    @wkhdt 10 місяців тому +1

    my school gave all honors english 10 students ap seminar with no other choice. good practice for college, unfortunately, we have 3 entire years until then and it would've been better if we just did honors 10

    • @Crepesofwrath
      @Crepesofwrath 9 місяців тому

      Omg my school is making us do that to was it really that bad

    • @wkhdt
      @wkhdt 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Crepesofwrath no just PLEASE study when you're given time. dont sit by friends in that class, pay attention, dont be on your phone or doing wordle or being distracted. time is valuable in ap seminar bc its basically like ap research. it isn't exactly hard if u were doing honors english 10 anyway, just please please please focus

  • @amend.548
    @amend.548 3 місяці тому +1

    My guy put ap stats above calc bc 💀wth

  • @malice4515
    @malice4515 8 місяців тому +1

    AP MACRO IN E??

  • @annahagerman-p1l
    @annahagerman-p1l 2 дні тому

    bro did not take apush

  • @imali-jv5bu
    @imali-jv5bu 19 днів тому

    emmm we are not allowed to take ab an bc lollllll

  • @SGWST3
    @SGWST3 6 місяців тому

    I found electricity and magnetism probably the second easiest ap course I took

  • @kyumonzon5678
    @kyumonzon5678 4 місяці тому +1

    I'm so cooked for taking AP chem as a freshmen 💀

    • @chefethanguo9701
      @chefethanguo9701 Місяць тому

      As a freshman? I'm a junior and I'm currently taking the class right now. Not to brag, but my high school (Seven Lakes High School) is known to be vigorous in education and AP Chem is only allowed for juniors and seniors here. I feel bad for you. It's going well for me because I took a honors chem class last year.

  • @angelovalle-deleon5959
    @angelovalle-deleon5959 4 місяці тому +1

    That’s crazy Ap Physics 1 should be S with the other physics

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 4 місяці тому

      Nah, I took all 4 physics classes and exams first-hand. Got a 5 for Physics 1 by taking 1 practice MCQ on AP classroom. Got a 5 for Physics 2 by taking 2 practice MCQs on AP classroom. Got 5s for both Physics C tests by taking a full test and 2 practice MCQs for each. The difficulty ramps up.

    • @chefethanguo9701
      @chefethanguo9701 Місяць тому

      @@azurelava7796 Wow! You're a physics nerd, yeah? Congrats on your performance! However, many people don't find physics as doable as you do (I'm not in any physics class right now).

    • @azurelava7796
      @azurelava7796 Місяць тому

      @@chefethanguo9701 Nope, I’m a CS major. It would be safe to say that at least 70% of my AP Physics C class got a 4 or 5 on both tests.

  • @regophil
    @regophil 3 місяці тому +1

    Cal BC is easy ?
    I stopped watching after that...

  • @chocolateaddictedartist5924
    @chocolateaddictedartist5924 5 місяців тому +1

    Ain't no way calc bc is a rookie class 💀

  • @williamhutton1752
    @williamhutton1752 3 місяці тому +1

    Ap Chem is like C tier tops

  • @smileyboi2667
    @smileyboi2667 6 місяців тому +2

    I disagree with the APCHEM placement kind of. I talked to many kids and teachers about APCHEM and from what information I have obtained, the kids who struggled in APCHEM have not taken a year of chemistry before hand. And for the kids who have, said that the class was still a little bit hard but fairly easy for the first half of the year.

  • @badowie
    @badowie Рік тому +4

    where is ap CHEESE you fool

  • @TimelapseWTO
    @TimelapseWTO 8 місяців тому

    I found ap human geography harder than world history modern

  • @user-sl8wm1wd1j
    @user-sl8wm1wd1j 3 місяці тому +1

    AP world history is not easy💀

  • @gamingwithmndandlnd4952
    @gamingwithmndandlnd4952 2 місяці тому +1

    Ap macro is not easy.

  • @VoGnos
    @VoGnos 10 місяців тому +2

    Apush ranked my gpa and fucked me over possibly permanently because of the gpa I have now so fuck apush

    • @ufohoh
      @ufohoh 8 місяців тому +1

      ap test was light tho

    • @VoGnos
      @VoGnos 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ufohoh maybe this year last year it was hell

    • @polygondeath2361
      @polygondeath2361 8 місяців тому

      @@VoGnos last year was easy as hell what do you mean

    • @VoGnos
      @VoGnos 8 місяців тому

      @@polygondeath2361 not for a history hater

    • @polygondeath2361
      @polygondeath2361 8 місяців тому

      @@VoGnos i came into the class knowing very little about US history, barely studied outside of class, and got a 5 (though several months late, fuck college board). It was a fairly easy test, compared to previous tests as well.

  • @jackgoodwin7234
    @jackgoodwin7234 Рік тому +3

    AP CSP is easy money bro wym😭

  • @ireviewfastforyou
    @ireviewfastforyou 8 місяців тому +1

    definitely not the most accurate...

  • @WinkWonkWonkWonkWonk
    @WinkWonkWonkWonkWonk 10 місяців тому

    Ty

  • @bluerisk
    @bluerisk 8 місяців тому +1

    Japanese at B tier...

  • @ScottBooker-v1q
    @ScottBooker-v1q 4 місяці тому

    Miller Helen Perez Melissa Thomas Susan

  • @AmandaGarcia-j9q
    @AmandaGarcia-j9q 4 місяці тому

    Young Jose Lopez Daniel Garcia Lisa

  • @juliasechandter4891
    @juliasechandter4891 4 місяці тому

    Martinez Jeffrey Walker Ronald Moore Deborah

  • @josiewebb296
    @josiewebb296 2 дні тому

    So I’m pretty sure that AP research is easier than Seminar. I’m in seminar right now and it’s mandatory to take seminar before you even get the option of research but since you have to take seminar it prepares you and makes research so much easier. I got this info from seniors who completed the class as well as juniors taking it right now and both of the teachers (research and seminar teacher)