<p>AP Biology 1hour(class)
AP U.S. History 1hour(class)
AP Comp Sci - 30Min(self)
AP Comparative Government and Politics - 30Min(self)
AP Psychology - 30Min(self)
AP Environmental Science - 30Min(self)</p>
<p>I found out this will cost me $516+ to take all these AP Exams! ***! My parents can't pay this??? What can I do????</p>
<p>You can get a Fee Waiver. Talk to your AP coordinator. </p>
<p>But really though, that’s not that much. In all due respect, how will you be able to afford college?</p>
<p>I don’t think my parents will believe me and pay for it.</p>
<p>Why are you taking so many!? This looks like a schedule for an intense junior. Can’t you spread out those self-studies over high school, instead of doing four at once. Take two now and two later on. This could also cut down your expenses.</p>
<p>As for paying, your guidance counselor can get fee waivers. Those can end up dropping the cost from $86 to $56 per exam. And, if your school subsidizes exams further, you can pay a lot less.</p>
<p>Well my goal is to be a National AP Scholar before Senior year!!! </p>
<p>“Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.”</p>
<p>Edit:
Hmm now I think I can afford it. It will only cost about $300! </p>
<p>(AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Psychology, AP Environmental Science) Also I’m taking these because I heard they are really easy classes.</p>
<p>And I already know AP Computer Science xD.</p>
<p>Good plan, but I was required to take a Government class my senior year, so make sure you won’t be taking AP US Gov. later on. Also, you will not be able to AP Comp Sci by yourself just by having a book. You’ll need to build some real programs on the computer using JAVA. Enviro Sci was easy, and I know a lot of kids who self studied Psyc who said it was easy too.</p>
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<p>xD I know I know. But I’ve been programming ever since 7th grade! xD I already know java lol. I can make my own 3D games using OpenGL. xD! I’m so lucky xD!</p>
<p>I just want to #1!!!</p>
<p>^Wow! Smart. Umm, that sucks that your school dosen’t pay the fees maybe cut down or take it online.</p>
<p>If you need to drop any, drop ap enviro and ap psych. Usually you can only get social science credit for those two classes. Honestly, just take it for free at your community college to get your credit, as they’re kind of bsey AP tests (but the material is better in a first year course). </p>
<p>If your family really can’t afford the tests, you can get a fee waiver. But you have to be within certain financial ranges etc. And like the other posters in this thread, if you’re expecting to get into a 4-year university right off the bat, and a rather good one too, then you ought to be able to cough up (and thus save in the long run) enough money for the exams.</p>
<p>Which state do you live in? Some states (like Florida) pay for all AP exams, regardless of family income. Others (like California) will reduce the cost (rather significantly; 86 dollars to 5 dollars in my district, maybe even the entire state) provided your family qualifies for free/reduced lunch. Talk to your AP Coordinator when school starts. Discuss your options with him/her.</p>
<p>Should I drop both AP Environment & AP Psych to self study AP Calculus AB??</p>
<p>Minnesota, and I get reduced lunch.</p>
<p>I want to take easy AP classes this year, then harder ones next year so I look smart.</p>
<p>Also all I really want is National AP Scholar.</p>
<p>If you want national scholar go for it, but also realize it is not too important, and there are more important things for your app (i.e. ECs)</p>
<p>For the Calc AB, it depends on what level of math you are in right now. Are you going into Algebra 2 or Pre-Calc next year? Algebra 2 is a necessity before Calc, but Pre-Calc you might be able to skip depending on your skill. Still, if your school offers an AP Calc class (preferably BC) it would be better to learn it in a classroom. I would say study Psych and Enviro over Calc.</p>
<p>I hadn’t heard of AP CoPo being an easy self-study. Usually in that grouping I think Psych, Enviro Sci, Human Geo, Statistics. If it is easy, good for me 'cause I have that class next year :)</p>
<p>I just hear people say that. And this year I’m doing Alg 2. Next year Precalc.</p>
<p>But then I wouldn’t be able to take AP Calc BC because my school says its requirement is AB, and the requirement for AB is precalc…>???</p>
<p>I should have signed up for the more advanced class >.> now I’m screwed.</p>
<p>^^ If you really want to take Calc BC and your school wont allow you to skip AB, try to take pre-cal this year concurrently with alg 2.</p>
<p>I wonder if I can take it online? I’m going to ask my dean in a week</p>
<p>It would be easier to either self-study or on-line with Pre-Calc than Calc. It is basically Algebra 2 with very few new topics (trig which may be covered in Algebra 2, vectors which can be covered in a physics class, polar/parametric, and limits).</p>
<p>Do Algebra 2, then see if you can get Pre-Calc out of the way in the summer, followed by AP Calc AB junior year and AP Calc BC senior year.</p>
<p>Or if that doesn’t work, you can see if you can take Pre-Calculus junior year, Calculus 1 & 2 at the community college senior year, study the format of the AP test using a prep-book, and then take the AP test in BC.</p>
<p>Nvm… My parents can pay lol. But if I get <4 I get no more AP test.</p>