I’m debating self-teaching myself one of the two courses next year as a senior so I can take one of the tests. Which one is easier, if at all? Which one could I self teach myself easier?</p>
Thanks.</p>
Bump, any thoughts?</p>
I would say macro is easier since there are less graphs to understand and memorize.</p>
They have a lot of overlap; why not take both?</p>
I agree - take both. </p>
These courses, if done right, don’t have to be too conceptually hard. I’m currently in the “review” phase of self-study for each of these, having primarily used Khan Academy videos (at the moment, the Micro playlist covers about 90% of the AP course description).</p>
One is not necessarily easier, though Micro technically does have more graphs. Graphs don’t have to be hard though. If you can recognize pretty easily that a line sloping upward that gradually becomes more flat means that the independent variable has less effect on the dependent one when it gets large (or any comparable “I see basically what’s happening from this line here”), you’ll be just fine.</p>
Do you have to pay for each test separately? I just don’t want to have a bunch of AP tests senior year. I’m already self-studying AP World History, so three self-studies would be a lot. I do plan on using Khan Academy as well! I’m leaning towards macro</p>
I guess I’m the odd one in this thread. I find micro easier to understand than macro. And yes, they all have to be paid separately.</p>
Either way, I recommend reffonomics.</p>
The shorter and easier one (most say and I say) is Macroeconomics. Macroeconomics has all the elements “connected.” For example, a decrease in tax > higher investment > higher real GDP > higher AD curve > because higher real GDP > lower unemployment rate > inflation … ETC
but in microeconomics, there are separated chapters. Like one unit for monopoly, for oligopoly, perfect competition, competitive monopoly, and so on with “lesser” chapters. These chapters are loosely connected. The graphs look totally different, and things you need to know are more ranged.</p>
But I am taking micro AND macro, and I’m finding it more fun to know both, and feel “stronger”. I would recommend taking both. Taking both isn’t that hard</p>
Macro I’ll take for sure. I’ll consider doing both depending on how much time I’ll have senior year. I understand that they overlap and have correlation, it’s just another commitment to learn both on top of other classes. Thanks for the advice everybody.</p>