<p>Which AP would be better for ivy colleges Macro or Micro economics ???</p>
<p>honestly once you get one down, it only takes about 2 or 3 weeks of studying to get the other..i would recommend doing both. the hardest part of econ is the terminology</p>
<p>Take them both, they're both half years. Study up and take them both.</p>
<p>Is it easy to self-study for macro? I am hoping to studying it outside of school because I have the class the last nine weeks of school which means that I would only have like 4 weeks of the material before the ap exam. Is there any particular book that I should get.</p>
<p>I hate to do this but...bump</p>
<p>neither one is viewed better than the other</p>
<p>Brief Principles of Macroeconomics by N. Gregory Mankiw.</p>
<p>At our school, even though they're each semester classes, you need to do one to do the other. We're talking about Micro right now. I don't think either is preferred. Isn't this a test where you can do two for the price of one? If that's the case, you have nothing to lose by taking both of them.</p>
<p>at my school, even if there's 2 "parts" to an ap test like the 2 ap economics, you have to take both, it's treated as a full year class</p>
<p>I found it easier to self-study Micro, since there is less emphasis on graphs and more on vocabulary words. I used the Princeton Review book and got a 5 on both exams.</p>
<p>My school only offers macro. Should I buy a book on micro and take that AP test too? Is this easy enough to do if I already know macro?</p>
<p>I self-studied with no knowledge of either one, but knowing macro should help for micro, since there is some overlap in concepts.</p>
<p>these two are just some of the wanna-be APs out there, along with psychology and stats.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say that at all. In fact, the Macro/Micro exams have rather low score distributions. Economics is a class that you can't work to be good at</p>
<p>highly agreed psychology is kind of easy, but VERY INDEPTH AND COOL. Econ is very term-oriented, my brother got a 5 on bc, biology, and physics c, and a 1 on micro!</p>
<p>agreed!! yes</p>
<p>Econ is weird that way. It's a logic based test</p>
<p>But that's the beauty of it--you only need to memorize a few basic terms and rules, and you can reason out almost everything on the test if you understand the concepts.</p>