Does it help to get into a college with you independent studied APs??
<p>kinda.. but not alot :)</p>
<p>during admissions, colleges generally do not take AP tests into consideration</p>
<p>I'm planning on preparing for the macro and micro economics exams next year by myself.</p>
<p>I'm hoping it shows academic interest and responsibility.</p>
<p>Draw attention to the self study by listing it as an EC, and then bring it up in your essay.</p>
<p>See if your school will let you do it independent study - which (at my school, anyways) is the same thing as self-study with a teacher there if you have questions. That way it will show up on your transcript, and will probably be another easy A (FYI, it was automatic A's in AP Econ at my school this year - so long as you took the AP at the end of the year).</p>