Benjamin Holloway March 30, 2017 Students, Parents, Professionals Are Advanced Placement classes a scam? Benjamin Holloway March 30, 2017 Students, Parents, Professionals It's not too difficult to find people telling you that AP classes are a scam. That's usually the word they use, too: scam. Look here, and here, and here.So, let's ask: are AP courses a scam?In a word, no.