<p>Thought we should start one early.</p>
<p>cool I will start how many people are self studying this?</p>
<p>I am, and I’m trying to get a couple of my friends to do it with me. Has anyone got any tips?</p>
<p>In all honesty this exam truly is easy. I have no clue how the national average for the exam is so low, but that exam really is nothing but a giant vocabulary test on lots of psychology terms, and the exam requires very little insight or problem-solving.</p>
<p>However, it isn’t <em>that</em> easy. If you think you can just devote a few hours the day before the exam preparing for the test and ace it (yes, some people on CC have done it, but I personally think they just got very lucky), you are very wrong. This course definitely still requires work, but it’s just a lot easier than other AP classes. Just get a good review book (PR or Barrons are both good), and memorize it thoroughly (this is the tough part… do NOT procrastinate doing this). Then do some old AP exams when you have the time, and you’ll be golden. If you want, get an old edition of a psych textbook (I personally like Myers) to thoroughly learn the subject. Again, there is a very high emphasis on vocabulary on this exam. As long as you get a pretty decent understanding of each vocabulary word tested, you should easily get a 4-5 (most likely a 5).</p>
<p>So, to conclude, and if there is only one thing that you take away from this, the number 1 pitfall for self-studiers is starting too late. It’s perfectly doable and pretty easy if you can start studying early. Overall, at the end, I’d say this exam requires only 25-50 hours of coursework total, which is MUCH MUCH less than any other AP course/exam.</p>
<p>hahah no. i’m taking it at school, but our teacher makes the tests so hard and irrelevant :(</p>
<p>I’m taking it, but I’m self-studying it.</p>
<p>^ Wow, thank you!</p>
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