<p>I disagree; I don’t think anyone, or “any monkey” can self-study</p>
<p>Spanish Language - … ehh… maybe
Statistics- if you are a math-oriented person
US Government - plausible
Macroeconomics (self study)
Microeconomics (self study)^both plausible
World History (self study) really easy, plausible to self-study as one out of many AP exams
European History (self study) plausible
Computer Science A (self study) - ehhh…
AP Comparative Government (self study) plausible</p>
<p>I wouldn’t recommend it, and I don’t know why you would take so many but I guess you could do it if you really wanted to…</p>
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<p>If you just want to learn about the world then READ THE TEXTBOOK. No point spending 89 bucks unless you’re going to get college credit/college apps/brag to classmates. First reason doesn’t apply for stuff like comp gov which is pretty much useless in terms of credit. Also if you’re taking so many APs I’m assuming you’re going to a top-tier college. Most don’t accept AP credits. Second one is a lame reason to take a bazillion tests; colleges don’t care once you hit like 7 or 8; take more and they see you as a robot. Third one isn’t even true b/c classmates will just be like “lol look at that nerd in the corner killing trees with 8 PR and 5 Barron’s and 3 crash course books. heard he hasn’t slept in 3 days.”</p>
<p>I have 2 classmates taking 10 each this year. They be dying. One already failed chem today.</p>
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<p>There is no problem with 10+ APs.</p>
<p>Some kid at my school spent 3 months to study 10 APs, and the rest of the year ECs.</p>
<p>Why take more than one economics or history class? Don’t do this to yourself! I think three is a good number for AP classes. It would be better if you focused all of your attention on just a few college-level classes than struggling to keep up with so many. Choose the ones that you think are more important and go from there. Seriously, you don’t want your brain to have a meltdown before you graduate. You will be mentally and emotionally drained from working too hard.</p>
<p>most colleges llimit the number of credits that you can earn from AP exams. Usually somewhere around 32ish.</p>
<p>Just because you tae 25 AP exams in your high school years does NOT mean that you will enter college as a junior or senior</p>
<p>I took 4 APs last year and 5 this year and unless you extremely bright (like the whole studying by osmosis really does work for you), motivated like a cheetah on Red Bull and have no social life, I would be hesitant to recommend that course of action. A girl I know who is a junior is taking 6 and I can see her breakdown coming sometime around November of next year. Talking about 8 or 10 APs? No. Just no. You will be an absolute mess next spring when you realize you are only a third of the way through APUSH or AP World. Same to anyone considering Art History. My AP Art History textbook was 1300 pages. I dropped it after self studying for a month because the workload was just overwhelming.
And, perhaps if these reasons are not enough - colleges don’t want to see you bloating your schedule with APs. They expect you take advantage of classes offered at your school. If you are really interested in something not offered, take a class at a community college. An A or B there will be much more impressive than a 5 on an AP exam because it shows you took initiative and had dedication. Enjoy your life. Colleges place a lot of weight on ECs these days, only slightly less or even equal to your SAT or AP exam scores. Save that zeal for college, when just taking 5 classes instead of 4 will be the equivalent of the 12 Labors of Hercules.
I got into Princeton by the way, if that gives my opinion any validation.</p>
<p>World History/Human Geography/AP Euro, amongst others are useless and not going to make your application look better. Plus, you most likely won’t get any credit for those, especially if you already have other history APs. Don’t waste your time. Econ’s useful as is gov. And if your interested in Comp Sci, go for it.</p>
<p>Why do you want to take so many exams in one year? Especially self-studying… Are you doing it for college credit or for college acceptance? If for admissions, there are plenty of other things that colleges would rather you do with your time. just saying</p>
<p>TBH you can get into UMass Amherst with like 4 APs total. Volunteer. Get a job. Get a hobby. Don’t bother with 9-10 exams.</p>
<p>Next year I’m taking 17. Is that too much?</p>
<p>Physics C: Mechanics
Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism
Chemistry (self-study)
Biology (self-study)
Spanish Literature
Studio Art (I’m an artist)
Art History (self-study)
World History (self-study)
Euro History (self-study)
Calc BC
Latin (studied for 4 years)
Japanese (Studied for 5 years)
Chinese (I’m Chinese)
English Literature (self-study)
English Language (self-study)
Macroecon (self-study)
Microecon (self-study)</p>
<p>Just make sure that all the timing works out.</p>
<p>17 means a test every single possible time because there are only 16 time slots (although physics C is two tests in one time slot.)</p>
<p>Let us know how it goes!</p>
<p>Over the last a few years, I have talked to a number of colleagues who lead undergraduate admission offices at elite colleges. All of them have indicated that, under normal circumstance, self-studied APs carry very limited weight in admission, unless the subject is closely related to the intended major of the applicant. They do give considerable weight to AP courses and corresponding scores.</p>
<p>Seriously fohtia you are wasting your energy, instead I would attempt to develop social skills if you want to succeed in college. No hand-holding there!</p>
<p>You can do it. I took 9 this year, ap Lang, Spanish, eng lit, world history, us gov, comp gov, psych, euro history, and microecon. IT’S POSSIBLE, YOU JUST HAD TO BE EXTREMELY MOTIVATED.</p>
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Yes, refer to my previous post…</p>
<p>I thought my 5 this year (Biology, English Lit, Computer Science, and the Econ tests) were excessive.</p>
<p>You guys are CRAZY.</p>
<p>I think 10 over my HS career was sufficient. At some point, colleges may begin to view taking too many tests as avoiding their classes, and it may begin to reflect negatively on you.</p>
<p>Okay, so now that I’ve decided on a college, I figured I’d come back and tell y’all what I actually get credit for (based off of what last year’s class got credit for) and how much work I put in for it:</p>
<p>Junior Year:
USH (5, no credit)
Spanish Lang (5, language requirement met)
Calc AB (5, self-study, placement into a higher level course)
Music Theory (5, self-study, no credit)</p>
<p>Senior Year:
Biology (need a 5 for credit)
Calc BC (need a 4 for the same amount of credit as AB, 5 for anything more; self-study)
Chemistry (need a 5 for placement into the accelerated sequence; self-study)
Statistics (need a 4 for credit)
US Gov’t (no credit)
English Lit (no credit)
Psych (no credit)</p>
<p>So for the OP and others who are thinking of taking several tests, just know that it’s likely that you won’t get credit for a lot of them and it’ll just be a waste of time and money.</p>
<p>And here I was thinking that my intended college was being harsh by only taking 5’s for history credits. Hopefully you at least get some math credit there.</p>