Hey, everyone, I hope you’ve had a great day so far. So I’m a sophomore now and I’ve went over my junior classes with my classes. Next year I’m taking AP Psychology and AP Language and composition what I’m wondering is could I also self-study APUSH and AP Gov and politics. Would it be smart to do that?
Why not just take the classes in school? Although you’d probably have to spread them out, since I doubt you can do 3 social studies classes the same year without impacting another core subject.
I have to take the classes that are required for graduation like my foreign language class.
Of course. But USH is basically a universal graduation requirement, and US government may be as well, depending on the state. So taking the AP version of any required course should be prioritized over an elective like AP Psych.
Regardless, unless you’ve already taken AP World History or AP Euro as a class, I would not suggest self studying APUSH.
Self-studying APs does not help you with admissions. They don’t look at your AP test scores for admissions…seniors who take APs don’t get the scores back until after they are admitted.
So if you do it, you would be doing it for College credit. See if your colleges of choice would give you credit and if that credit would be useful. Li
Also realize that doing well in your HS courses is vastly more important than self studying…also would you have time to do ECs if you are self studying?
Why are you self-studying?
- Love to learn - great! Take the classes
- Want college credit? Fine…but make sure it is not at the expense of your regular HS courses or ECs
- AP Scholars award with distinction…this is cool and all…but is not useful for college admissions
- Research programs… AP Human Geo and AP Env are not really considered super hard. They will be more interested in your actual classes/GPA I would think
- College Admissions…doesn’t help. Many people take AP tests senior year after they are already admitted. Colleges don’t generally take AP scores into account. They take your GPA