How is AP psych , AP chem, AP micoro econ and Calc ABC?

AP Psych is considered one of the easiest AP tests. It’s mostly vocabulary, and a lot of the vocabulary is, if not quite common sense, things that when you read it you think, “Oh, of course,” and have very little difficulty remembering. The only parts that require a little more memorization are the chapters about the brain, neurotransmitters and synapses, and the abnormal psychology, maybe. And there are a few of the notable psychologists you’ll need to know. The class is a good deal of (easy, fun) reading and discussions, nothing too intensive.

AP Chem was probably the hardest AP test/class that I took, or at least the one that I felt like I did the most work for. The class involved labs, a lot of (not so fun) reading, and a TON of homework… constantly, the whole year. The net ionic equations kill a lot of people, and the titrations. I enjoyed Chemistry thoroughly myself, but it was one of the few classes I’ve taken where I truly had to work hard to understand everything that was thrown at me.

I never took Econ, but I’m told it’s also one of the easier tests. It was offered during my senior year as a one-semester class, if that tells you anything. I think it’d mainly be a matter of reading and learning the material, without anything too complicated about it. For a better idea of what’s on it: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/economics_micro/topic.html?micro .

Calculus is… math. If you enjoy math, it isn’t that bad. But, as with all math classes, it involves pretty much constant homework, constant learning of new material, and constant confusion of the not-quite-getting-it feeling, lol. A lot of people struggled with it. The test itself wasn’t all that hard compared to the class for me, but we did practice tests for six straight weeks in my class. If your teacher prepares you well, the test has not surprises on it. Just… math. BC Calc covers a little more than AB, but I think the difficulty of the separate classes wasn’t that different.

You can learn about the AP tests on College Board’s website, here: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/subjects.html . I also suggest getting a review book of some kind early for the tests you’re taking, so you can use them as you go in the classes to cement the important concepts in your memory.

As always, AP classes are naturally challenging. They’re meant to be hard! And you may find any of them difficult or easy– that depends on your study habits and what you’re good at. It also may depend on the teachers you get whether the classes are hard or easy, and whether you find the tests hard or easy when it comes to it.

Good luck!

I taught myself AP Psych, got a 5, but you really need to go through everything thoroughly and get things solid. Other than that though, it’s okay, exam’s difficult though. Especially since I took 2 in one day (psych and chem back to back).

AP Chem sucks, still passed with a 3, had a horrible teacher who showed us physics videos instead of teaching. I didn’t learn anything but still passed with basic chem knowledge.

AP Micro econ is very difficult, but depending on your teacher and your own interest, it can be good. I haven’t taken it, but I already studied it a bit.

Calc AB or BC? It’s not bad I don’t think. But then I did really well in my previous math classes such as precalc, trig, algebra 2 and stuff, which gives you a good background to begin with. Depends on teacher too, I’ve been teaching myself so far and it doesn’t seem that bad.

It’s been (gulp) almost a decade, but I bet any of them have changed that much. AP psych is fun and easy, AP chem is terrible, but if you stay in it from the beginning you should be able to tag along. Ap econ is a breeze. As for calc, well, you’re a math person or you aren’t.

it all depends on the person…the more interest you show…the more effort you put in….therefore the better you do in that particular subject.

For me…calculus is easy. I think about it all day, even in the train, doing calculations in my brain.

Chem, I hate it. I really hate it. thats why i didnt do so good.

Psych…idk..and im not interested i guess i’ll do bad.

Economics…not interested…i dont know how ill do.

it all depends…who teaches and if you like any of it…

i personally love business…so i love AP Micro Econo…so to me…its easy…

and i hate the other subjects..so i dun think it will be easy for me…

They are pretty easy. For more info read:

http://www.tutorfox.com/apchemistryarticle.html

http://www.tutorfox.com/apcalculusarticle.html

http://www.tutorfox.com/apeconomicsarticle.html

psych, read and stuff, easy becuase interesting

chem, its okay..

microecon, idk.

calc ab.. just math.. idk..