<p>I know this sounds crazy, but I am just curious as to if there are AP tests I can take without actually taking the course. Frankly, my high school does not offer many AP classes other than English, Biology, U.S. History, Chemistry, and Physics. I plan on taking all, but I will only have taken 3 of the 6 by the time I apply to college. Are there subjects I could prep myself on all year to a point where I would be prepared to take it in May?
If it is completely unreasonable, please do not hesitate to say.</p>
<p>Yes, you can “self-study.” You’ll need to discuss how to do set it up with your high school’s guidance counselor. Usually schools only permit it to highly-qualified students. Luck!</p>
<p>At my school, at least, you don’t have to be permitted to do it; you can just sign up for the tests. My advice, though: START EARLY and treat yourself as though you’re in the class. I didn’t decide to take two tests that I wasn’t in the classes for until March, and even then I didn’t study too hard, so I only got 2s and am going to cancel the scores. It was a tragedy I could’ve avoided if I’d just planned better.</p>
<p>Any advice on which ones I should take?
I am going into my junior year, and I am taking virtually the most rigorous schedule offered at my school.
Last year I took AP Biology and got a 5 on the exam.
My school offers APUSH in a two year course during your sophomore-junior year, and I am taking that.
I am also taking both AP Chemistry and Honors Physics. AP English isn’t offered until senior year.
So, by the end of this year, I will only have taken 3 AP tests. Its disappointing.
I think I am going to self study for Environmental Science and Statistics. Any others that would make sense which the classes I am taking?</p>
<p>Depending on the structure of your physics class, you may be able to take Physics B. My physics teacher said that anyone in our class could take the AP provided that we studied a couple of concepts that the class didn’t cover - he just conveniently put off mentioning that until a few days after the AP signup deadline. You’ll be fine, though; I only have two APs that I’m submitting to colleges.</p>
<p>Which AP English is offered? Neither is all that hard so whichever you don’t take your senior year you might want to self-study for. Also, AP World History is, in my opinion, the easiest so that might be another option.</p>
<p>I disagree with the idea that AP English is not hard. I, personally, found it fairly easy, but it’s almost never ranked with “easier” APs like Environmental Science, Psychology, and Human Geography, and it has one of the highest 1 rates of any AP (and one of the lowest 5 rates). It is true that there’s not much material you have to study, but that’s as much of a con as it is a pro - studying won’t really improve your score. Probably more than any other AP except possibly Music Theory, AP English relies on natural abilities cultivated over a long period of time.</p>
<p>Yeah you can definitely take AP tests without taking the class. There’s this super-freak-genius freshman girl in my school who took the AP Psych test, and the closer thing my school offers is regular psychology, but she ended up getting a 4. I swear she’s a witch.</p>