<p>I'm a rising senior, and I've taken my share of 8 AP's already. I haven't done amazingly on all of them; I'm only planning on taking 3 next year.</p>
<p>Is there a point to self-study AP's for next year? My school doesn't offer a lot of AP courses, and as a prospective music major, I was thinking of self-studying Music Theory. Does it matter if I take easier AP's or not -- simply because colleges won't know at all?</p>
<p>Should I mainly just take AP's that will give me credit in college then?</p>
<p>Depending on the school you are going to but I’m sure a music major must take around 2 years of social and natural science. Get those out of the way so you don’t have to take them again or jump to more interesting advanced levels when you go to college.</p>
<p>I was wondering this too. Other than the college credit part, is it at all beneficial for your applications for colleges? Because they can not see that you took the AP class and will not see your scores, if a senior, until mid-July, which will not be helpful for admission.</p>
<p>Admissions committees are more inclined to consider your application seriously and admit you if they see you challenging yourself continually, something they discern from self-studying APs as a senior. Simply stated, yes, the is a point to self-studying.</p>