<p>Which should I consider doing first, AP micro or macro? I heard they're both really hard.....has anyone taken this courses? If I do it, it will be online.</p>
<p>AP Macro-the course gives you an overview of world economics, whereas Micro pertains to an individual set of companies inside the global sphere of economics.</p>
<p>thanks.....but can anyone tell me how hard the course is?</p>
<p>The formulas that you need for AP Macro are simple arithmetic: adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying. The concepts behind the formulas are straightforward. The graphs are straightforward and easy to read. The concepts are a lot of x happens then the government/fed does y.</p>
<p>AP Macro really isn't a lot of math, it's just a lot of graphs. I can't speak for AP micro because my school doesn't offer it, but AP macro is a challenge. </p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn't do either without a tutor or mentor to ask for help if you don't understand the material.</p>
<p>Both courses are easy.</p>
<p>Economics is easy in general, or at least the economics you do in high school.</p>
<p>Econ is the best. Lots of conceptual stuff, but it's not terribly difficult. I would take Macro first (Macro is like an overview, Micro gets a lot more specific). Overall, though, they're not hugely related.</p>
<p>both r easy, but micro i think is easier, so do micro, and then macro... if u want to do both...</p>
<p>Uhm I did IB higher level econ and in the IB you start with micro.. I liked that because you see things on a smaller scale and then widen your view to the next 3 sections, Macro-> Intl Econ -> Development. I grasped things very well in this order; so I say micro first.</p>
<p>Edit: by the way yeah micro is easier so perhaps thats another reason to begin with it</p>
<p>lol lots of different answers.......anyone else?</p>
<p>I took AP Macro in school and took the exam and my teacher taught us some Micro. My teacher thinks that it's essential to take Macro first and I would agree(the college I'm going to even offers Macro before Micro). As for how hard Macro is, it's not the hardest AP exam ever(it's not that long) but it's not a blowoff AP course and would require a reasonable amount of memorization and work. Do econ if you really want to, but expect to spend some time on it and be confused, especially without help.</p>
<p>I took both the same year self-study, I did Micro first, because there is more of a variety of material. Macro is just 4 or 5 concepts reapplied in a bunch of forms.</p>