Can I self study for AP computer science?

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<p>I want to major in computer programming software</p>

<p>My school canceled all computer science classes a while back because not enough people took them. But I know of a freshman (now senior) who took AP stats test w/o taking the class (and the BC calc test that year). So I can figure out how to take the test from him. I also study pretty well.
But will it do any good? seeing as APs are in May and the scores get sent in december?
Should I just make a program and tell them 'look i can do C++' on my activities sheet? I can do html (not a language) and TI calc (also) and a lil C++ so?Does it matter for say Cornell Early Decision?</p>

<p>Title is 'Should I self study..'</p>

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<p>well computer Science is on Java not C++...</p>

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<p>if you are fairly good with at understanding computer science concepts without having a teacher to drill them in, and you are good at AP taking in general, then yeah, its not a hard AP.</p>

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<p>but would it be helpful?</p>

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<p>dont try it....</p>

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<p>gah it depends on whether I catch senioritis.</p>

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<p>I think AP Computer Science is one of the easiest APs to self study. It's like math; everything's there and you don't need to interpret anything. All you need to do is use it correctly.</p>

<p>Then again, if you're not so good with syntax and logic, CS could get a bit confusing.</p>

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<p>i tried for the first quarter..but since there was no one i could ask what i was doing right/wrong..it got extremely hard..so i stopped..:) but if you think you have a good background, then go for it.</p>

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<p>I'd strongly advise against it. I studied cs A in an online course and learned the AB material on my own (got a 5, btw). that was fairly challenging as it was. </p>

<p>if you haven't done java before, you definitely should take a class.</p>