<p>So I signed up for the AP Psych exam, but I haven't started self-studying yet. I looked at the past few years' exams and freaked out because I have no idea about any of the topics. </p>
<p>Is it plausible to learn all the information from now to test day along with my 5 other AP tests? I've read stories on CC about people reading the practice books for 2-3 nights before and getting 3+'s. Meh, or should I just cancel and get a refund? Hmmm...</p>
<p>I could be wrong, but I don’t think you can get a refund for AP test.</p>
<p>as long as your not 100% done with studying for your other APs, I would forget about Psych and focus on the others, mainly because a bunch of 3s won’t look too great on a transcript… but if you don’t have anymore studying to do, by all means take the psych</p>
<p>You can get a refund before you take the test. Once you start however, you can’t. There’s a $13 fee, but meh, I’d rather not waste 4 hours feeling like an idiot. =P</p>
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<p>Hmmm…anyone have experience with self-studying Psych? How easily can this be pulled off?</p>
<p>Well, the psych test is generally pretty easy if you study over a good review book. However, I would like to note that the FR section requires that you have the ability to apply the knowledge which can take some people longer to develop. It depends how comfortable you are with your other APs really, because psych is easy enough to learn, but at this point, you’d have to study it for most of your remaining study time to understand it well enough not to bomb FR</p>
<p>"Hmmm…anyone have experience with self-studying Psych? How easily can this be pulled off? "</p>
<p>I’ll tell you this July. I’m self-studying for this year. I’ve heard it’s one of the easiest AP tests, though.</p>
<p>It’s a fairly easy exam and you could get at least a 3 if you start studying now. If you want a 5 you’re going to dedicate some time it though, and if you’ve got 5 other AP tests, that task may be quite difficult.</p>
<p>I just want a 3 and I’ve been in a <em>normal</em> psych class all year…have about a 97% in the class.</p>
<p>Do you think I could get the 3?</p>
<p>^ definitely.</p>
<p>Here’s my diagnostic from sparknotes:</p>
<p>“Test General Performance
SCORE
Raw AP Score: 79 out of 150
Scaled AP Score: 3
ANSWERS
You answered 44 out of 50 questions. You got 29 questions right and 21 questions wrong. You left 6 questions blank.
AP SCORE
About 60% of the students who score like you on the multiple choice section receive a 3 on this exam. About 30% of students receive a 4, and everyone else receives a 2 or a 5.
TIME
You spent 19 out of 55 minutes on this test.However, you left 6 questions blank. If you have extra time left over at the end on future tests, go back to the questions you didn’t answer. You might be able to eliminate at least one wrong answer—in which case you should definitely guess. It might earn you a couple of extra points.
GUESSING
You guessed on 10 questions, and you got 7 of them right. You have good guessing instincts, so you should keep on doing it. It’s helping your score.”</p>
<p>And I still have 4 more chapters to read and a quick review of the main topics.</p>
<p>you still have a week
dont worry dude
you will do just fine (at least a 1 I hope)</p>
<p>i’m self studying for psych too. if you can, just buy the barron’s book. it does a great job of covering all the details and the tests are really comprehensive.</p>
<p>If you devote a fair amount to learning the vocab and actually think about applications of them, you should be fine. But if you are too busy studying for other classes and don’t cover all/most the material needed, I recommend you take the refund. For example, if I were studying for AP Psych (if I hadn’t taken the class), I wouldn’t be able to devote much time to it since I still need to cover over half the material of AP Bio and AP Stats. But if it weren’t for my massive review of AP Bio and Stats, I’d have plenty of time to learn AP Psych and I’d probably do fine.</p>
<p>Hey 
I have a great psychology teacher, and I’ve taken several AP Psych practice tests and received a 5. If you have any questions concerning what you need to know just ask</p>