Its that time of year again: AP testing.  Students around the nation have been preparing all year to take their AP tests of choice and hope that their hard has paid off and they will be receiving college credits in their near future. AP testing comes with a lot of struggles. The stress, the cramming, and the nerves all pile up making the week of testing seem like a wait on death row.

Whether your taking AP Chemistry, AP English, AP History, or AP Biology, a lot of stress comes along with the test. Hammonton high schools sophomores, juniors, and senior are feeling the stresses of AP testing not only before their test but after, waiting for their results and praying that a 4 or a 5 is in their future.

Junior Elizabeth Calderone has been feeling the stresses of AP testing times two with the AP Chemistry test under her belt and the AP English test still to go.

“‘I’m really stressed to find out my score and studying has been super stressful. Its hard to prepare for the test when you have no idea whats  on it,” she said.

Junior Alexis Lawless Gattone agrees that waiting for the scores for the tests is one of the most nerve racking parts of AP testing and added that she wished she had more time to prepare.

“[In my opinion,] there’s been no time to study for my AP tests because the teachers don’t let up on the school work before,” Gattone claimed.

Sophomore Isabella Massey took  her first AP test this year and definitely felt the pressure building.

“As the deadline got closer and closer every day,  I felt like there wasn’t enough time to study since I still had lab four days a week and tests and homework,” she said.

Fellow sophomore Dylan Ruskanen agreed with Massey felt that the continuing work load in classes took away from studying.

Junior Lena Richards tackled three AP tests this  year: AP Chemistry, AP Biology, and AP English. For her, the most stressful part about AP testing is not the testing itself but all of the activities going on around the same time of testing.

“With prom, powderpuff, SATs, and all of the school work we’ve been getting there’s no time to study,” she said.

Junior Doug Fusco noted that in addition to being tired from studying, the test itself is draining, explaining, “The studying process is very stressful and the day of testing was really tiring since the test is so long.”