<p>Sorry, I know this topic has probably been stated before, but I couldn't find it through search.</p>
<p>My question is, since my school doesn't offer AP courses (just the exams), does self-study influence application decision at all? I mean, I heard that only the courses count...in which case my efforts (self-studied 5 APs; might do more) have been wasted :S</p>
<p>I self-studied for bio, got a 5.
I self-studied for ap calculus bc, ap chemistry.
i told all the universities,
but still i got rejected from all my reach/dream schools (mit, stanford, ucb, harvard, cornell, northwestern).</p>
<p>Aww damn that must have sucked :(</p>
<p>What did you get for calc BC and Chem?</p>
<p>I doubt you got rejected because you told them that you self-studied some APs :S.</p>
<p>They barely care.</p>
<p>raller is right
i self-studied all those ap's to make my admission into MIT guaranteed.</p>
<p>but they don't care if you self-studied or not, even though it actually is a really big accomplishment.</p>
<p>i gave ap chem/calculus bc this yr. but my grades on my transcripts were 90+</p>
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<p>I wouldn't say it's that big of an accomplishment. Most high school teachers don't teach very effectively, so you can actually learn better if you self-study a course (especially true for something memorization-intensive like Bio (which I self-studied))</p>
<p>^true, but for test like chem/calc it shows a lot of discipline because those are not really "crammable"</p>
<p>but then i doubt colleges will care...we know how much discipline it takes...i highly doubt they realize</p>
<p>I self-studied Human Geography this semester (the exam's tomorrow!) for personal enjoyment and enrichment, not for "getting into college". That's just me though.</p>
<p>I self studied two..since I couldn't afford to take those AP Courses....my high school curriculum is too rigorous to put too many APs in it...so, yeah, that's the basic reason..oh, and I wanted to take those courses...to get AP Credits in college...:D</p>
<p>Not unless you talk about it an essay or say it some other way.</p>
<p>apples: what colleges did you get into?</p>
<p>lol they dont? and chem is very crammable..</p>
<p>dang.. so is self-studying more impressive than normal studying?.. or does it not matter at all?</p>
<p>no selfstudying is not beneficial- you would only do it for credit in college or pure interest</p>
<p>Wneckid99: i believe u r forgetting the fact that most classes aren't ANY beneficial either.....you forget most of the stuffs u learned either way by the beginning of next year...or I think most of the stuffs...</p>
<p>eeeric I got into:
UCSD
UCI
UCD
UCSB
Rose-Hulman
Purdue, West Lafayette
UW-Madison
WPI
Stevens Institute of Technology
PennState- Univ Park
RPI
GeorgiaTech
I'm going to UCSD.</p>
<p>dude u applied to hell lotta colleges out there! lol.</p>