<p>Hi everyone, next year I will be a junior and I will be taking these classes in school:</p>
<p>AP laguage and Comp.
Pre-calc Honors
AP Chemistry
APUSH
AP Euro
AP Psychology
AP Statistics</p>
<p>I am also self studying AP COparative Governemnt and have already started. I have very good ECs, GPA, etc.</p>
<p>However, school is very competitive and my current rank is 20/586 and I was wondering if I should take AP Microeconomics online. I'm not specifically talking about workload, but do you guys think that colelges would see this as way too much, or would it only help me? Thanks!</p>
<p>I self-studied AP’s also my junior year: AP World History and AP Statistics. My advice is to drop all your self-study AP’s altogether. They take up an extraordinary amount of time, only add a tiny amount to your college application, and get boring. Instead of all the hours you spend self-studying your AP’s, I suggest that you either try more extracurriculars or invest time in hanging out with friends.</p>
<p>I am a current senior in high school and will be attending Yale in the fall. Looking back at my high school life, one of the things I wish I hadn’t done was self-study AP’s. It’s much better to learn material in a classroom setting than on your own. The classroom has discussion, a flow of ideas, group projects, your friends, homework to keep you in check, and a teacher you can reliably ask for help. Self-studying has none of this, and since it’s not during school hours, you’re going to have to use up precious free time to accomplish a 5.</p>
<p>What Lagiut said is right. Self-studying isn’t the most important thing on a college application. Given the amount of time you spend self-studying, the pay-off isn’t great. You may think that self-studying a course is a big plus, but at the end of the day, there are many other things that are of greater importance– focus on those. </p>
<p>Other than that, you’re course load is fine. Top schools have a mix of people that are extremely intense and got the best grades and took really difficult classes and students that are both extracurricularly and academically sound. Typically, students belong to the latter. I’d say focus on doing what you do and don’t let your grades or ECs suffer.</p>
<p>I don’t think colleges would see it as “too much” but I really don’t think it would be worth it. Sure, if you think that you can maintain a strong GPA and ECs even while having this heavy workload, go for it. It won’t hurt your chances as long as your grades or extracurriculars (or your social life, for that matter) don’t slip. Keep yourself balanced.</p>
<p>Don’t self study listen to Laguit and supersizeme said, you have enough APs to impress and you’ll probbaly be taking more in your senior year so relax about it. Wish my school had that much APs, I would be extrememly happy if they did.</p>
<p>I disagree about the self-studying. When I was in HS, I did Microecon, Macroecon, Art History, Studio Art and Chinese on my own (ok the last one didn’t take any real studying but w/e). It wasn’t much extra time at all and I definitely think it helped my app as well as clarify the image I pushed of an independent, curious student. I didn’t take any online courses though; just read textbooks.</p>
<p>Plus if you get 5’s in the econs as well as Calc BC you get to skip right past introductory econ at Yale which is great.</p>
<p>What might help you decide is taking a look at the Kaplan or whatever books (it’s been too many years) ahead of time. Having lots of APs is completely useless if you get 3s and 4s.</p>