<p>I'm self-studying ten AP's this year. I think I can handle it, but that's not the problem. It seems from the college board website that a lot of the exams that I want to take are at 8 AM during the school week, and some in the afternoon. I can't miss five straight days of certain classes.. What's up with this?</p>
<p>The College Board would probably run into a lot more conflicts running AP exams outside of the school day. After school, they’d run into athletic events and other extracurriculars. Weekends, they’d not only need to ensure weekend availability, but schools would probably have to pay to staff the testing facility. I’m also not sure that taking up the weekends would be particularly popular, either.</p>
<p>The other piece is that most of the students who take AP Exams are enrolled in AP classes, so it’s not as if they would be missing a lot of class time.</p>
<p>Lastly, if you can actually self-study ten AP classes, you could surely make up five days of class time independently.</p>
<p>Self studying 10? Which subjects, because that is a whole lot of AP. Best of luck to you with those.</p>
<p>So in other words I’m going to have to miss school? :-/</p>
<p>Umm:</p>
<p>1) Psychology
2) Environmental Science
3) Human Geography
4) Biology
5) Eng Lit
6) Eng Lang
7) Spanish
8) World History
9) US History</p>
<p>Maybe:
10) Chemistry</p>
<p>I can’t speak to all of them, but I wouldn’t self-study both Eng Lit and Eng Lang, as most colleges will only give you credit for one or the other, not both.</p>
<p>If you’re choosing out of English language and English literature, take English language as it requires really no preparation at all if you’re a good writer and get a good grade on SAT Critical Reading.</p>
<p>As for your schedule, it’s far too absurd. There is no way that you are going to do well in school, do well on those tests and have a social life. Plus, the APs you have chosen are really information intensive, like US History, World History, Biology and you’re even thinking about Chemistry.</p>
<p>What grade are you in? You need to disperse those APs and split them over a few years (take 3 or 4 this year and 3 or 4 the next).</p>
<p>In addition, are you going to take Environmental Science in college? If not, don’t do it because it just wastes time and doesn’t look as good as the rest.</p>
<p>I have a good memory :P. Seriously though, thanks for the advice about english lit/lang. And well this is my junior year, so I can’t really take any next year if I want to send them to colleges on my app.</p>
<p>Good luck with that…I guarantee you will have NO life if you actually go through with this.</p>
<p>What classes do you have in school lol? If you’re SS 10 aps, I’m assuming your school classes are a waste of time.</p>
<p>Pretty much. Well, my school doesn’t have any AP’s and really not that much homework… I’m already solidly first in the class, so I figure I can handle it even with a social life and sports and clubs and crap.</p>
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<p>I call BS on you having all of that if you’re going to self-study ten APs. Also, you’re wrong about being able to handle it. I mean, no offense, but it’s undoable. Even if you’re taking regular/honors classes in some of those subjects, it’s not going to happen.</p>
<p>Want to know why APs are during the school day? Because the people who take them are usually taking AP classes, so therefore it doesn’t matter if they miss. Also, the school recognizes AP tests as school testing so they don’t put it down as an absence. It would be ridiculous if they were after school.</p>
<p>Anyway, may I ask why you are self-studying 10 APs? I don’t see any point in this. Also, don’t you realize that tons of people take APs senior year because colleges DO get your score reports before you sign up for classes. Therefore they DO count and they aren’t included in your app just so you know. You have to send the scores separately. So basically, colleges don’t take AP scores into consideration in decisions. They base it off of classes, rank, GPA, ECs, essay, etc. I suppose you could write down on your app that you self-studied 10 APs, but then they might just find you obsessive. Also, if you’ve never taken any AP tests than you’re in for a surprise because these are HARD tests. If you are not adequately prepared then it is easy to sink. Remember, you are testing with people who have probably taken a full year class and who have studied their butts off on top of it. These aren’t easy test despite what anyone says.</p>
<p>First of all, you’re wrong… You do report all the AP exams you took on most apps. Second of all, I didn’t ask for the hate. I think I can do it, that’s not what the question was. Thanks to whoever answered my question. I guess I can make up a few classes, and I’ve decided not to take English Language.</p>
<p>My question is, why are you self-studying ten AP classes? That’s so useless and trivial. Colleges will already know you’re a determined student who’s up for a challenge if you take a mere four or five APs. So why don’t you spend some time doing some more ECs instead?</p>
<p>Taking AP’s shows initiative. And I’m pretty much set with EC’s. Plus, I figure, why not? I’m actually interested in all of these subjects. If I get a 3 or 4, so what?</p>
<p>But come on. Would a college really care if you took one or two more AP classes than other applicants? And I’m not saying that AP classes are trivial, I’m just saying that it’s stupid to take like ten of them. You’re definitely going to overwork and stress yourself out, and you’re going to be sticking to one hell of a busy schedule this year. If I were you, I would just chillax, hang with friends, have some fun. Even if you took only like five AP classes, drop the other five, you would still be heading off to a good college.</p>
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<p>If you’re going to go around thinking, “I’m set with EC’s,” then than just shows that you don’t actually care about your extracurriculars. You can always do more, and quite frankly, you’d get more out of life and out of your college application if you dedicated yourself to a cause you truly enjoy.</p>
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<p>It’s this statement that worries me dude. You make it sound like social life/sports/clubs is just grouped with “crap.” Grades will only get you so far - the other stuff is important too. Furthermore, people develop into who they will be for the rest of their lives in high school, and it’s not good to neglect the fun side of life just for academics.</p>
<p>OP, to answer your original question, you should talk to your guidance/college counselor about your school’s policy about this. Most schools will recognize AP testing as a legitimate reason to miss class and won’t penalize you for it, but you should check with your school and tell your teachers beforehand.</p>
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Exactly. You can only get so much out of your academics. Your ECs will carry you for a lifetime. It’s the ECs who tell you what person you’re going to be.</p>