<p>I am a home schooled student through A Beka Academy, and as any of you familiar with ABA would know that ABA does not offer AP, nor do they permit students to participate in joint or dual enrollment.
ABA is in charge of my transcript, but I was wondering, if I could self-study for some AP exams and have an additional transcript and put down that I am studying AP and will be taking the exams?</p>
<p>If you self-study for AP exams, then can’t you just report your scores on your app?</p>
<p>I’m an upcoming junior, and so I’m not /too/ familiar with the application process, but I think you can do that. My school doesn’t offer many APs either, so I self-study for most of the exams I take. </p>
<p>But yeah, I’m pretty sure you self-report your AP scores when you send in your app, and colleges will see it regardless of whether or not your school offers/allows AP.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong though o3o</p>
<p>My application goes in October 2012, AP tests are May 2013 :(</p>
<p>Oh. </p>
<p>You can send your AP scores to the college anyways. The APs aren’t for high school credit, they’re for college credit. The school, obviously, doesn’t send in your AP scores to the college you’ll be attending. Collegeboard does.</p>
<p>But I mean to write that I’m taking AP classes/self-study</p>
<p>You can take AP exams whether or not you take a AP class. If you just take the AP exam and get a good score you’ll get college credit. If you do this you must contact your nearest high school and ask them if you can take the exam there because although you pay for the exam schools must order it. And yes as gomdorri said CB sends in your score.</p>
<p>I think in order to put it on your application as a class, you need to be enrolled in a class at some advanced level. I suppose you could put it down as an extracurricular, but I don’t know if this is the best use of your time.
If you wanted to self study, you can get AP study guides at any bookstore. You don’t have to take the class to take the test. However, I don’t know if it will change your admission chances to do this, and even if you got credit for a class, I would strongly recommend you take it in college with a teacher so you are well prepared for the next level. Your time may be better spent studying for the ACT and getting the best grades in the curriculum you are in. I would also ask the admissions counselor at your school to see how they weight ABA curriculum compared to other schools. If they have admitted other ABA students, they would be familiar with it.
Another thing colleges take into account is if you are taking the most challenging classes offered at your school. Someone from a large city does not have the same advantages as someone from a small town, or a home school. Self studying for an AP may not be necessary for you- as they may not compare you with students who could take them. It may be better for you to make the most of what you have- do well in your classes and get the best ACT score possible. </p>
<p>Some colleges require home schoolers to take some SAT subject tests to show what they have learned as there are not many ways to standardize a home school. Rather than study for AP- which you won’t get scores for admissions anyway- it may be better to self study for one or two SAT subject tests- and do well on those. They can be sent to admissions in time. Get a good guide book at a bookstore and work at it. Make sure you have taken the class for the subject. One suggestion is SAT Math I (not II) as that will also help with the ACT. Do not take the foreign language ones as many native speakers take them. Also- look at the averages to see which ones you are likely to succeed in. Stay away from Math II, and other ones that have a very high average as people who take them may have had more advanced classes that ABA offers. You can find the average scores here.
<a href=“http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Subject_Tests_Percentile_Ranks_2011.pdf[/url]”>http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/SAT-Subject_Tests_Percentile_Ranks_2011.pdf</a></p>
<p>You can also take the SAT subject tests one at a time, and you can take up to three in one test session. So you can also study for them one at a time too. These are just suggestions- best to ask the admission counselor if it is worth it to do.</p>
<p>There are a lot of people here who post some amazing academic stats, but remember they are all in different schools with different opportunities. Schools may have a different approach to home schoolers. Best to talk to an admission counselor to see how they evaluate a home school curriculum.</p>