<p>I am going to be a sophomore and I am self-studying 3 APs (I am taking 2 more in school). </p>
<p>Self-Studying:
-AP Environmental Science
-AP European History
-AP Psychology</p>
<p>In School:
-AP Computer Science A
-AP Human Geography</p>
<p>I plan to thoroughly study all 5 subjects from August until the AP Classes. If you have any experience with any of these classes how did you do? What did you buy that really worked?</p>
<p>Although I was technically concurrently enrolled in e school and took ap psycho from it, I think it’s pretty.close to self studying considering that I did all of my assignments in a rushed manner a few weeks after the deadline.
I bough the Barron’s book and started reading about a month before. I took notes for vocabulary that I had a hard time with. I took some practice tests and found my weaknesses and reread those sections and took more notes on those sections. I basically reread the entire book the day before the test, too. I got a 5.</p>
<p>I’m taking AP European history online and I think it’d be pretty hard to self-study.
Unless you’re willing to memorize a lot of little facts, have an interest, or have some background, I would advise to NOT self-study a history class.</p>
<p>I would NOT recommend self-studying AP European History. I took the class this past year and it was incredibly intense and I still ended up with a 4 on the exam. Unless you have a background, don’t do it.</p>
<p>If you decide to self study anyways, I would recommend you use REA’s crash course. It gives you exactly what you need to pass. I would also pick up PR because the practice tests are hard, so if you can comprehend the material and ace the tests, you’ll do well on the actual exam.</p>