<p>if so, how did you study for them and what kind of methods did you use? (did you study all of them once little by little or one ap at a time?)</p>
<p>and which books did you use to study your respective subjects?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I have seen your posts and I believe that you are making a really big mistake. you will not be able to pull this off… euro/ush is same day as well as several of the others your are taking. What are you trying to accomplish, you are only a junior… Colleges aren’t crazy about ap tests and especially if you take so many and get 2s and 3s, which you will probably get. Having back to back 8 hours test days will definitely make you very tired and its just not worth it. My friend was accepted full ride scholarship to Harvard University, # of AP classes: 4. All 5s. I see you are taking 2 in school and self studying 6. That is crazy, a 2400 sat sophomore at my school thought he was smart enough to handle 7 APs by himself (9 total), and even though he got a couple 5s, his other scores were bad. My advice take the 2 in school and self study maybe 3 or 4. Don’t choose history classes, its all memorization and even with a class it is challenging. If you are going to take an AP test, plan to get a 5, not a 4. Getting four 5s and a 4 is better than two 5s two 4s three 3s, and a 2. It definitely shows that you are the top of the applicants, and to further my arguement, time allocated in ECs and making your self stand out is far more important than just AP classes, they dont want someone who just studies all the time. </p>
<p>I am taking 6 ap tests this year and I am studying for fives, nothing lower.</p>
<p>thank you for the advice. I think I’ll really reconsider this ambition of aps. Thanks again</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking 10 AP’s this coming year. However, the difference between my schedule and yours is that most of my AP’s are in class at school. I am doing 4 self-studies, maximum–Chinese (native), Music Theory (extensive background, so native), EnvSci (a joke), and English Language (if I don’t get the class). Don’t try and self-study 6, especially 2 histories. I had to “self-study” AP Euro last year in about a month (teacher was s**t); it was rather stressful and I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody, save for history geeks.</p>
<p>I’m a history geek and I still hated self-studyiing APUSH (my teacher thought Stonewall Jackson and Andrew Jackson were the same person, nuff said). If your going to self study two histories, make them World and Euro, that way when you get to the modern stuff they are basically the same material (Europe does basically take over the world in the 1800s).</p>
<p>People have. I myself took 7 sophomore year, although I probably could have taken 8+ had I studied more, I didn’t feel like it.</p>
<p>I took 8 AP exams as a junior. I got seven 5s, plus a 3 on AP French. I only self-studied for one exam, which was AP Comparative Government. Here is how I lined everything up.</p>
<p>I took AP US Government on Florida Virtual School the summer before junior year. I took five AP classes in school, plus AP French Language online (my school cut the class, and I needed a fourth year of French). During winter break, I spent about an hour and a half a day going through each chapter of Ethel Wood’s review book for AP Comparative Government. I highlighted, took notes in the margins, and made a vocabulary list. I already knew a bit about politics in general, but I did not know any specifics about the six countrires in the class.</p>
<p>I began reviewing AP US History two months prior to the exam. I read a chapter a night from AMSCO, which took me half an hour (the chapters are 10 to 15 pages, but I was reading slowly). I started reviewing for US government, psychology, and English language a month before the exam; for the first two, I read a couple of prep books cover-to-cover, and for the third, I did one multiple choice reading passage a night. I did a few FRQ sections for calculus AB and physics B, but I felt extremely comfortable in those classes, so not much preparation was needed. I just didn’t study for French since I’d been reading Le Figaro all year.</p>
<p>It is important to note that a lot of AP preparation occurred in class. For example, our English teacher had us writing a LOT. Also, my psychology and calculus classes had every test modeled after the AP exam, so there was a lot of practice in class for that. (Also, the two subjects are really, really easy exams.) Physics B did almost no exam preparation, but I consistently did textbook problem sets that were much harder than what’s on the AP exam, so I felt very comfortable.</p>
<p>I did a few multiple choice practice tests a couple of nights before every exam. It really helps.</p>
<p>Finally, for some of the exams, I answered FRQs in my head and checked the grading rubric to see how I did. I didn’t want to waste time writing out or typing out answers, since I can always do that on exam day. I just wanted to make sure I knew both the general concepts and the specific details.</p>
<p>8 exams can be done, even when combined with extracurriculars. I did it with a heavy extarcurricular load and social life. I slept 4 to 5 hours a night on weekdays, but I’m a light sleeper to begin with. The key is not to procrastinate. I did almost all homework assignments the night they were assigned, or I broke them into parts (helpful for psychology flashcards and US history outlines). You’re going to be assigned busywork in classes that you’re not going to want to do. It’s good for you and will cut back on future study time. Suck it up and do it. I never once skimped on a homework assignment this year.</p>
<p>Okay, that’s a lie. I missed a practice multiple choice exam in AP English because I had another AP exam. My teacher had me do it at home after the exam was over. I fudged it. I think that’s understandable, though.</p>
<p>The point is that you can do 8 exams if you don’t slack. Be efficient. Seriously. Make a plan. I did one of my AP classes over the summer. Summer’s almost over and you’re still contemplating your plan. You’re already falling behind.</p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>Wow Keasbey Nights that was truly informative ^ </p>
<p>I am in a similiar situation so I just wanted to ask your opinion as well, sorry xcelr8t that I cant answer your question though =/</p>
<p>I am taking the following classes in school: APUSH, AP Chem, AP English Lang, AP Econ (both Micro and Macro), and AP Environmental. I am thinking of self-studying for AP Psychology, but I didnt really have much time this summer what with going to Egypt, etc. But do you think that it would be doable to study for all of those and self-study AP Psych say if I started over winter break (I know that will be hard =P).</p>
<p>Also do you have any tips how to self-study for Psych, other than getting Barrons because I already have it. Thanks in advance =)</p>
<p>I self-studied 8 APs this year (Micro, Calc BC, Physics B, Psychology, World, Eng Lang, US Govt, Comp Govt) and got 5s on all of them. My advice would be you should decide to study for a test ONLY when you’re confident that you can get a 5 on it. Another thing is stay focused and be efficient. Sometimes it’s not that 8 APs are beyond your ability. It’s just that someone would just idle away some time.</p>
<p>james11223 - AP Psychology is literally a joke, as in, the name is a punchline that brought laughter to me and my friends. I would have made a better use of my time going to Starbucks every time I was supposed to go to that class. You’ll be more than fine using winter break to study for psych.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in going a bit deeper into the material, pick up a copy of 40 Studies That Changed Psychology. The book is extremely informative and pertinent to the AP exam while covering specifics of some studies that would be glossed over in the Barron’s. The book is fascinating, and I read it in two days.</p>
<p>I didn’t quite get to 8, but here’s my experience with taking 7 APs Junior year (6 5’s, 1 4), copied from another thread:</p>
<p>I only took two ap classes at my school last year (chem + spanish) but I also took 3 online ap courses (micro + macro + statisitcs) and then had a regular ush course. I took the exams for all 6 of these subjects plus self-studied the psych one for a total of 7 exams. It honestly wasn’t that bad until the actual week of ap exams, which was pretty much hell. I had all nighters the night before every single one of my exams, lots and lots of coffee. I actually fell asleep during my macro exam for a good ten minutes. I got kind of behind on my school work while ap’s were going on, but my teachers were understanding and I eventualy caught up. I ended up with six 5’s and a 4 on spanish.</p>
<p>Therefore, I would say that for some so many ap’s is too many, but others can definitely handle it. It was manageable for me, and if you are willing to put in the time comittment (and skimp out on the sleep), then I’m sure you can do it too.</p>
<p>Also, macro and psych are pretty easy. I spent one or two nights on the barrons psych book and got a 5, so it’s definitely not bad if you spend the entire year on it. And if you’re taking macro, you should take micro as well. The two complement eachother.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Also, I took 6 my senior year and got 5 5’s and a 3 (on physics, which I was grosly unprepared for, and didn’t really try on). </p>
<p>I took AP Govt, English Lit, English Lang, Environ, Calc BC, and Mechanics. With the exception of the last two, they were all really easy subjects, and the AP class at school plus a couple hours of cramming the night before were all I needed to get a 5. Calc BC was hard, but I had a very good teacher, and since I had worked hard all year long, barely needed to study for the AP test. Physics was a different story…barely cared or tried, and got a 3, which I guess I deserved. </p>
<p>Taking 7 Junior year was a lot harder than the 6 I took my senior year. But I can say quite confidently that I could definitely have taken one more my Junior year and two more my senior year for the total of 8 APs each year. It sounds like a lot, but I think it’s very manageable if you’re motivated enough.</p>
<p>I self-studied 8 APs in junior year (calculus bc, physics b, c mech, c EM, chemistry, biology, macro & microecon) and got all 5s (im really proud of this, though many CCers have all 5’s for double-digit subjects), in addition to a full IB diploma courseload in my HS (4HLs in math, phy, chem, econ). Im more of a science guy i guess…XD </p>
<p>For me, I used barron’s book (ap cliffs too for bio, btw im a Barron’s FAN) for all the subjects, and studied bit by bit throughout 1 year (for econ, i studied only for a month, since nearly all the topics were covered by my IB econ HL class). </p>
<p>About a month before the real AP exams, I downloaded a bunch of Multiple Choice qs from the internet and worked on them…which was really helpful to me (maybe even more than the review itself for econ especially).For the FRQs, though, I just looked thru the types of questions and worked on lyk past 2-3yrs FRQ in collegeboard.</p>
<p>I think taking 8 or more AP exams is possible (even I did it with the full IB diploma workload) as long as u put enough effort (and r reasonably smart). If u think that u r up to the challenge, u better start early. otherwise, u will be overwhelmed later when u realize that u hv so much to do (and the pressure gets worse just before the AP exam “season”). But, the final decision is always up to u, and gud luck wid that~</p>
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<p>^Beneficial for you maybe. ■■■■ before report.</p>
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<p>I took ten tests my Junior year and passed them all:</p>
<p>Art History (the only AP class I took at school) - 4
Biology (tutored in 2 months - never took a Biology course before) - 5
Calculus AB (self study) - 5
Chemistry (tutored in 3 months) - 5
Comparative Government (self study) - 5
English Language (tutored, although what really helped me were practice exams) - 5
Human Geography (self study) - 4
Macroeconomics (self study) - 3 
Psychology (self study) - 4
US History (outside class) - 5</p>
<p>Six 5’s, three 4’s, and a 3.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible to take 8+ AP tests in one year; you just have to be really dedicated and ambitious. Granted, it is easier for me than others because I’m intrinsically not a social person and I don’t mind nothing having a social life. ._.</p>
<p>chill, guys…im sorry about “advertising” (though i didn’t mean to) barron’s prepbooks before. All right, I admit that maybe I overemphasized on the usefulness of barron’s.</p>
<p>But it was just my opinion (I know that everyone here is smart enough to figure out for themselves that different ppl r suited to diffferent prepbooks)…</p>
<p>I am sorry once again, but please don’t be so rude. I made a mistake, and u guys r like saying all those words…</p>
<p>^Student, we weren’t talking to you. Your posts are perfectly fine. There was a post right below yours that was removed, and it was advertising some guy’s illegal released AP tests on eBay.</p>
<p>Oh i see…(sigh of relief~) i thought u guys were blaming me…</p>
<p>yea i agree wid u, ther has been a lot of blatant advertising recently by the id of something beginning with Upenn if im not mistaken…</p>